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Fronius showcases robust solutions, underlining its support for a European energy transition.

Fronius expands partnership with installers

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Intersolar Europe: With its clear statement of “We are Europe”, Fronius positioned itself in Munich as a strong and reliable partner for the European solar industry.

An expansive new partnership for Segen and BNP.

BNP-Segen deal brings instant finance to solar and battery buyers

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Installers in the UK and Germany can look forward to new financing options for solar and storage through a collaboration between distributor Segen and BNP Paribas, with a view to a wider European rollout

Pol Spronck, based in The Netherlands, now leads the European business of myenergi, which is headquartered in Stallingborough, UK.

Pol Spronck named Managing Director Europe at myenergi

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UK-based green tech firm myenergi sees the appointment as a key step in expanding its presence across Europe. Pol Spronck brings extensive experience in the solar industry to the role.

Jan Paul Dahm, Managing Director of wholesalers EWS in Handewitt, Germany.
Interview EWS

“Germany is at the heart of residential battery storage expansion in Northern Europe”

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Interview with Jan Paul Dahm, Managing Director of wholesaler EWS, on business in Northern Europe, expertise in residential storage and service for installers.

Headquarters of EWS in Handewitt/Germany. Sweden is one of the important focus markets of the solar wholesaler. Coming Tuesday August 27, EWS is offering its next webinar for Swedish solar installers.
Sweden

Tax relief for extended battery use

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Tailwind for the PV battery market in Sweden. The Swedish tax authority allows tax relief for batteries that are only partially used to store self-generated electricity, as wholesaler EWS reports.

The specialised solar company is based in Trelleborg.
Installers

Video: Presenting the BBK Group from Trelleborg, Sweden

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The installation company from Trelleborg in southern Sweden is a strong partner of the solar specialist dealer EWS. The joint vision focuses on innovation, sustainable progress and efficient task sharing - true to the motto: hand in hand to success.

 Agata Krawiec-Rokita, Co-founder & CEO of sun.store, a new B2B online PV marketplace.
E-commerce

“Expand quickly to get into network effects”

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Interview: The new PV online marketplace sun.store continues to grow fast, as latest figures show.  CEO Agata Krawiec-Rokita describes the further strategy.

 Andrea Menini, Tesvolt Area Manager for Italy, who is based in Milan.
Italy

Tesvolts expands into Italy for commerical battery storage systems

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Tesvolt expands to Italy and offers onsite-training for installation partners. The company will present its battery storage system for commercial and industrial use at KEY – The Energy Transition Expo in Rimini (February 28-March 1).

High-quality PV installations are in focus in Sweden.
Sweden

Svensk Solenergi: 1,000 certified PV installers   

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Two years ago, the Swedish solar trade association Svensk Solenergi launched its certification of solar installers. This week, the number of certified PV installers exceeded one thousand.

Residential PV installations in Sweden are booming.
Sweden

Svensk Solenergi publishes guideline for safe PV installations

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To ensure safe and secure PV installations when demand increases, the Swedish Solar Energy Association (Svensk Solenergi) has developed a new guideline for private individuals and offers its members free certification of installers.

With the strong growth of the PV market in Sweden installer safety issues are more in the spotlight.
Sweden

Safety issues of PV installers become more important

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As a result of the sharp increase in PV installations in Sweden, PV-installer safety is becoming more important, the Swedish Solar Energy Assocation (Svensk Solenergi) reports.

Sven Ullrich (l.) and Hans-Christoph Neidlein (r.) in conversation with Martin Hackl from Fronius in Sattledt/Austria.
Interview Fronius

„Inverters with higher input currents"

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What technological innovations and product developments are on the horizon at Fronius? Martin Hackl, Head of the Solar Division at Fronius International, comments in an interview.

Production line of the Gen24 Plus hybrid inverter from Fronius in Sattledt/Austria.
Factory visit at Fronius

Sustainability and more

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Inverter manufacturer Fronius has almost doubled its production capacity in Sattledt, Austria. But more is needed to survive as a European manufacturer in a tough market, as a visit on site shows.

One of the highlights of Solar Solutions in Kortrijk was the competition European Solar Games Belgium. Installers competed the coveted "Golden Roof Hook", where quality, safety and speed of installation were crucial.
Solar Solutions Kortrijk

Strong focus on PV roofs and self-consumption in Belgium

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The Belgian PV market is developing dynamically, especially in the residential sector around self-consumption solutions. The quality awareness is high. This was demonstrated at the Solar Solutions trade fair, which was held for the first time in Kortrijk (Flanders).

 Homepage of the B2B plattform sun.store, that was launched recently.
E-commerce

New B2B online PV marketplace sun.store

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Sun.store, the new online marketplace for the photovoltaic (PV) industry in Europe, has been launched. More than 700 installers already registered within short time.

Wholesalers' warehouses are full. This is putting pressure on prices.
Price development

Modules are becoming cheaper and cheaper

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One man's sorrow is another man's joy: module prices are continuing to fall. This is good for planners and installers. But wholesalers are coming under even greater pressure.

Liciany Ribeiro (l.) and Daniel Marino (r.) of Ribeiro Solar are pleased with Frank Jessel, Global Director of Solar Trade at BayWa r.e. about the signing of the acquisition agreement for the Brazilian PV wholesaler.
International markets

BayWa r.e. Solar Trade acquires Brazilian PV trader

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BayWa r.e. Solar Trade has signed an acquisition agreement for Ribeiro Solar, a PV wholesale company operating exclusively in Brazil. The company thus strengthens its own position in the Brazilian and international PV market.

Artem Semenyshyn, CEO of ASEU (center), at Intersolar Europe 2023 in Munich, with Horst Dufner, Head of The smarter E Europe (left), and Anne Silber, Assistant Project Manager at Solar Promotion GmbH (right).
Ukraine

Solar energy of freedom at Intersolar Europe

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The Solar Energy Association of Ukraine (ASEU) showcased the Ukrainian solar power potential for recovery and presented leading Ukrainian EPC and manufacturers at Intersolar Europe 2023.

BYD Battery-Box Commercial.
Energy storage

BYD Battery-Box: 400,000 systems installed

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With more than 250,000 BYD Battery-Box systems delivered in 2022, the company was able to double the 2021 delivery numbers and expects to expand the production again in 2023.

Headquarters of Alliantz in Narbonne/France.
France

Sonepar purchases a majority share in Alliantz

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Sonepar France has acquired a majority stake in Alliantz, a privately-owned distributor of photovoltaics and energy efficiency solutions.

Residential PV installation in Ireland.
BHC Distributors

Ireland: „The solar PV market is maturing“

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Interview: Neil McKee, member of the leadership team of BHC Distributors Ltd about exploding energy prices, the growing PV market in Ireland, supply chain bottlenecks and quality aspects. The company is a Premium Partner Gold of Solarwatt.

There is a high demand for skilled solar installers in Europe.
Solar jobs

Solarpower Europe: New solar online recruiting platform

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SolarPower Europe’s EU Solar Jobs Report 2022 reveals that the solar sector employed 466,000 people in the European Union in 2021, an annual increase of over 30%, up from 358,000 in 2020.

Mounting system solutions met with great interest at Intersolar Europe 2022 in Munich.
Intersolar Europe

Trend paper: PV mounting systems

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More flexible, modular, simpler, lighter and at the same time more robust, load-bearing and durable: this is where manufacturers of mounting systems for PV modules are optimizing their products and solutions, as became clear at Intersolar Europe 2022 in Munich.

Herbert Muders has been managing director of Trianel Energieprojekte in Aachen/Germany since 2018. Before he worked for Juwi.
Germany/Trianel:

"We can't solve bottlenecks overnight“

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Herbert Muders, Managing Director of Trianel Energieprojekte, on municipal participation, long approval times and land availability, as well as supply bottlenecks and cost increases.

Udo Möhrstedt, industry pioneer and CEO of IBC Solar.
IBC Solar:

Market insights from a solar installer survey

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A survey ov IBC Solar with installation partners provides insight into current market developments.