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The  site is to cover an area of 3,155 acres (1,277 hectares).

UK: 400 MW solar farm received development consent

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The planned solar park of Boom Power in East Yorkshire is classified as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project. Particular emphasis was placed on landscape conservation and increasing biodiversity.

Commercial and industrial solar rooftops come with complex challenges, which is why the right design software is essential.

C&I solar rooftops – design software saves time and more

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Any large-scale PV rooftop system encompasses countless planning considerations – all of them important. In this webinar with pv Europe, our expert demonstrates how the Roof Mount design software can help avoid costly headaches down the road.

The new platform consolidates all important processes for solar installers in one app.

Solaredge – new app optimises processes for installers

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The solar group has released the new Solaredge Go app, which consolidates all processes for solar installers – from installation and commissioning to management and maintenance.

Longi presented variations of its new and flexible Hi-Mo X10 solar module.

And the winner is… your solar business

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The smarter E awards 2025: Renewable energies are complex, multifaceted and powered by boundless innovation. This spirit was on full display in the winners of this year’s awards, which recognised the many impressive innovations in the categories of photovoltaics and outstanding projects.

SL Rack offer digital tools for real-life applications.

SL Rack launches Solar-Pro for digital pitched roof planning

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The manufacturer is expanding its portfolio with Solar-Pro, a digital planning app for pitched roofs. Linked to Google Maps, the tool enables real-time visualisation and precise module placement.

The planned solar parks in UK include habitat management plans.

UK: BayWa r.e. secures triple solar planning success

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The developer is making steady progress with its UK solar park plans and has now received the green light for three more projects.

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EcoFlow Presents AI-Powered Home Energy Management System and PowerPulse 2

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EcoFlow, a global leader in renewable energy solutions, presents the latest innovations: headlining its presence is EcoFlow’s revolutionary AI-powered Home Energy Management System (HEMS) (...)

The PV Inline is an innovation award finalist at this year‘s trade fair in Munich.

Weidmüller: New solutions and products for solar applications

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At The smarter E Europe in Munich, the Detmold-based company is presenting numerous innovations, including surge protection, emergency fire disconnectors, smart junction boxes and weather stations.

The new norm: the update ensures that interested solar parties will have continued access to quality data.

Meteotest: updated Meteonorm upcoming

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The Swiss company is launching a completely revamped version of its Meteonorm and updating its global meteorological reference database. The new version is being presented at the Intersolar trade fair in Munich.

UsingT-Sol, it‘s possible to plan and dimension systems and collector arrays for maximum performance.

Valentin Software releases updates for heat pumps and solar thermal systems

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The latest releases bring improvements to the GeoT-Sol planning software for heat pumps, and to T-Sol – a dynamic simulation programme for designing and calculating solar thermal systems.

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Optimizing C&I rooftop solar projects:

Overcoming design challenges with PVcase Roof Mount

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The European C&I solar market is expanding rapidly, with top markets like Germany, France, and Italy driving significant capacity growth. By 2030, the sector is expected to more than double, offering both opportunities and challenges for solar developers. Efficiency and accuracy are crucial to meet this growing demand. Discover how PVcase Roof Mount automates and optimizes C&I rooftop solar development while overcoming key obstacles.

PVcase

Software suite for maximising solar project efficiency

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Streamline your solar project planning with PVcase, a comprehensive software suite designed to enhance efficiency, precision and quality.

Solar installation in France.

The tech advantage in solar: lessons from projetsolaire’s growth and Aurora Solar partnership

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With the French solar market steadily rising from 14.71 GW in 2021 to almost 23 GW in 2024, installer platform projetsolaire.com has emerged as a example of technology-driven growth. Andrew Spalding, Head of Sales, EMEA at Aurora Solar, identifies the success factors in a guest article.

Planning

New version of the Archelios Pro planning software

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The software manufacturer Trace has introduced the latest version of the Archelios Pro planning software. The last upgrade focused on 3D modelling of the environment.

Planning software

A planning software that assembles plans in the cloud

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The US company Enphase Energy is now making its cloud-based design and quotation software Solargraf available. The software provides installers with system proposals and planning documents for residential and commercial customers.

Unsurprisingly, the steeper the angle of the modules, the less influence snowfall has on the yield. However, the details of the measurements are exciting for future planning.
New results

Only minor losses due to snow on alpine solar installations

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Researchers in Zurich have been measuring the yields of solar modules in the Alps for seven years. The first results are now available. They can be incorporated into the future planning of alpine solar plants.

Solar PV rooftop under a storm cloud.
Extreme weather risks

How advanced weather intelligence boosts solar power plant resilience

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As solar power expands globally, extreme weather events increasingly threaten these vital clean energy assets. From real-time wind monitoring to hail detection systems, discover how advanced weather intelligence transforms the solar industry’s approach to risk management and resilience,  Rémy Parmentier, Head of Solar and Hybrid at Vaisala elaborates.

Aurora Solar

Efficient obstruction detection for solar project planning using AI

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Aurora Solar has unveiled a new feature within its HelioScope product, enhancing the efficiency of solar project planning by leveraging AI to identify and manage potential obstructions on commercial and industrial rooftops.

Global rooftop area layer results for different regions. Each panel uses colors to show the amount of rooftop area per grid cell (small area). Rooftop area growth is visible in East China, West Africa, and Central Europe.
IIASA

Mapping global rooftop growth for better planning of decentralized PV

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A novel machine learning framework developed by IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis) researchers to estimate global rooftop area growth from 2020 to 2050 can aid in planning sustainable energy systems, urban development, and climate change mitigation.

Solar powered Park and Ride in Stourton, Leeds/UK.
SolarEdge

New energy optimization platform for solar C&I applications

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SolarEdge announced the global rollout of SolarEdge ONE for C&I, a comprehensive software-based energy optimization platform for Commercial and Industrial (C&I) solar applications.

 Lucy Craig, Executive Vice President Growth, Innovation and Digitalization, Energy Systems at DNV.
Intersolar Europe

DNV launches solar resource compass for Europe

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DNV announced the expansion of its Solar Resource Compass (SRC) online software platform to include support for Europe, with additional regions to follow throughout 2024.

Top products of the week

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A digital planning and documentation app, an inverter for balcony power plants, a solar carport with steel construction and an interface for mounting systems. These are our top products of the week:

App

Digital planning and documentation

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With the software from Craftboxx, job planning, time recording and documentation can be digitised quickly and easily. The planner enables quick job planning in the office.

Top products of the week

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A new load-bearing roof hook, ready-to-connect inverter manifolds, a planning software that assembles plans in the cloud and a lot more innovations to be presented at Solar Solutions in Amsterdam. These are our top products of the week:

Top products of the week

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An app for efficient planning and operation, a power optimiser that switches quickly, a new version of the app for monitoring and a solar powered wildlife and security camera. These are our top products of the week: