Module pricing kept splitting along the premium line in August 2026, with TOPCon bifacial posting the month's strongest gain and Back Contact now the most expensive segment, even as inverter pricing moved unevenly and the demand signal continued to cool.
Battery storage projects approved nationwide last year were, on average, significantly larger than those cleared in 2024, according to new grid data.
ZEZ and partners bring the "Energy Communities in Practice" conference to Bol on 24 and 25 September, focused on setting up, financing and running shared solar installations.
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The UK's largest energy supplier has begun selling plug-in solar kits starting from £450, days after new rules made the systems legal for UK households without rooftop installations.
After passing 9 GW of installed PV in 2025, the EU's newest solar frontrunner is now targeting more than 12 GW by 2030. The Intersolar Summit Romania will bring 350 delegates to Bucharest on 13–14 October to map out the opportunities.
The energy trade fair in Madrid is inviting research institutions and exhibitors to submit technologically mature, market-ready developments for its 2026 showcase, with applications closing on 16 October.
The IPV Conference will gather architects, planners and researchers at the Chamber of Commerce on 3 and 4 December to examine how photovoltaics can be integrated into buildings, infrastructure and vehicles.
A Brussels coalition of regional governments, manufacturers and trade unions is calling for tougher local-content rules in the EU's planned Industrial Accelerator Act.
Devices generating up to 800W are now on legal sale at leading UK retailers including Currys and B&Q, with the government citing potential household savings of up to £110 a year.
Six months on from the outbreak of the Iran War, Europe's solar generation has displaced more than €30 billion worth of gas imports, even as summer heatwaves strained the wider power system and pushed bills higher for consumers.
The government in Madrid has opened a consultation running to 4 September on rules requiring new data centres to match consumption growth with newly built renewable capacity, hour by hour.
The EU's latest Social Climate Plan approval will fund 200,000 heat pumps and solar water heaters for 460,000 vulnerable households, part of a landmark package for one of the EU's most energy-vulnerable member states.
Running from 14 to 18 September 2026 in Rotterdam, the 43rd EU PVSEC will centre its programme on grid integration, digitalisation and the growing role of AI in solar energy systems.
Prewave's Magnetic West maps how Chinese dominance in processing creates systemic exposure several tiers upstream of where most procurement teams are looking. Solar and batteries are no exception.
Mayor Gergely Karácsony says the Hungarian capital plans to install ten million square metres of rooftop solar and storage, technical potential he puts at around 5 GW.
Solar Macedonia will host its 5th Annual Solar Conference on 23 and 24 September 2026, marking the association's 20th anniversary. The two-day event is expected to draw engineers, investors, designers, installers and traders from across the Balkan region and beyond.
Installed photovoltaic capacity has met the 2026 EEG target, but the solar association warns that planned policy changes could put future growth targets at risk.
RWE and PPC have finished building 930 MWp of solar capacity in Western Macedonia, part of a joint venture that also has 567 MWp under construction for 2027.
Annual investment in the sector is forecast to more than double by 2035, with cumulative spending over the next decade estimated at 250 to 300 billion US dollars.
This summer, Portugal's photovoltaic output surpassed every other energy source for the first time, with renewables now responsible for more than two thirds of the country's total electricity supply.
A new IIASA-led study finds that climate strategies which cut energy and resource demand tend to improve quality of life across a broader range of dimensions than supply-side alternatives, and that communicating these benefits can strengthen public support.
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Renewed disruption to LNG flows pushed European gas and power prices higher in July, but PPA pricing barely responded, a structural shift that instead lifted merchant battery storage revenues.
As solar and battery storage projects scale up, the industry's exposure to fire, serial defects and unmanaged risk is outpacing its reliance on insurance alone, argues Harry Wolkenfelt of Solarif Group.
