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Head of category management Nikola Milenkovic gets hands-on with the latest tech

Energy3000 – new partner, new tech, new storage

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Energy3000 has brought Novafixx on board as a partner and is putting Hithium's liquid-cooled C&I storage system in the spotlight, with Sigenergy a standout in the residential segment. Watch the video for more.

Maximilian Münnicke (left) is an expert in the utility business

Huawei FusionSolar: new utility flagships 506KTL and LUTERRA

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PV Guided Tours: In the utility segment, Huawei FusionSolar is focusing on two innovations this year: an inverter platform with 1,000 V AC technology, and the LUTERRA storage platform with exceptional power and capacity density. Let's take a closer look.

Retrofit without the rewiring headache

Sunenergy XT's first retrofit battery skips the inverter swap

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Storage specialist Sunenergy XT, formerly Sunlit Solar, is launching the 500 Pro AC Core, an AC-coupled battery storage platform for retrofitting existing solar installations that leaves the existing inverter untouched.

Commissioning is handled through the CSS-OD local interface

Solaredge packs 107 kWh into new C&I storage

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Backup-ready and scalable to 2.1 MWh, the CSS-OD targets commercial and industrial users across Europe. It arrives alongside a wider rollout of Multirange to all European commercial inverters.

Every container here is talking, but is anyone listening?

Alert fatigue comes at a cost for battery operators

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As global battery storage grows towards 500–700 GWh by 2030, ACCURE’s Valentin Lorscheid argues that reactive operations and single-vendor monitoring are eroding returns, and explains how operators can get ahead.

Hybrid systems are now standard in the majority of applications

Solax Power: new systems for residential and commercial buildings

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PV Guided Tours: The market expects complete and well-integrated systems that are intelligently managed and, increasingly, supported by AI. We find out what makes it possible to build smart energy systems of this kind.

James Xie is managing director of SAJ Electric

SAJ Electric: innovative storage solutions for residential & C&I

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PV Guided Tours: The HS5 all-in-one offers a complete way to power private homes. It brings together solar, battery storage, a wallbox and backup power in a single unit, with an AI-based energy manager orchestrating the individual components.

Commercial storage opens new trading options while reducing electricity costs

Solar Investors Guide #7 – Commercial storage systems

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Energy costs shape competitiveness in both global and local markets. As fossil and nuclear prices continue to rise, solar and wind are no longer marginal technologies but increasingly represent the smart money in power generation.

Our guest author Gerard Scheper, CEO of European Solar

Opinion: Europe needs battery suppliers who stay after the sale

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As manufacturers bypass distributors and sell C&I storage directly to installers and EPCs, buyers must establish who handles integration, commissioning and repairs. Removing a distributor does not remove the work, says market expert Gerard Scheper.

Neat rows of storage: Greece’s 4.7 GW will need many more

Greece set to rank 4.7 GW of battery storage projects

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Around 720 projects with 9 GW of capacity are competing for grid connections worth around €2 billion in investment, but analysts are split on how much will actually be built.

Valentin Lorscheid, Product Manager, ACCURE Battery Intelligence

Why most operators are stuck in a reactive cycle

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Global battery storage capacity is set to nearly triple by 2030, and operators are already drowning in alarms. Valentin Lorscheid of ACCURE explains how to get ahead of problems, and why independent data matters.

AlphaESS storage works alongside devices from more than 2,000 brands

AlphaESS and Homey plug batteries into the wider smart home

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Battery data, solar output and electricity prices now sit side by side in the Homey app, with automation rules that can charge, discharge or pause storage on demand.

Our pick of the week: JA Solar’s Planet Fusion hybrid storage system

PV Europe’s picks of the week – from batteries to light roofs

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JA Solar adds a DC-coupled hybrid system and AC commercial storage, while Electrofleet buys 40 MWh of buffer storage for truck charging. Solcliv targets low-load roofs, and SAX Power’s app ties together electricity, heat and mobility – these are our picks.

ONE is a storage system for large C&I and utilities

LONGi: a look inside the ONE storage platform

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PV Guided Tours: LONGi ONE is an integrated storage platform for C&I applications, featuring intelligent energy management and a TÜV-certified early warning system at cell level. Watch the video to find out why storage is becoming a key component of modern energy infrastructure.

The SAX Power Manager app at a glance, in its German version

SAX Power has one app to rule the home energy system

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Designed for the Manager Pro and Manager Plug-In energy management systems, the storage specialist’s new mobile app controls solar, storage, heat and EV charging from a single screen.

Dr Tim Juan (left) is CTO of Ampace

Ampace: strategies and innovation for the European storage market

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CEO Talk: The European energy storage market is growing dynamically, and so are the demands on profitability, safety and system integration. We find out how Ampace is positioning itself in this environment, the role Europe plays for the company, and which advances and technologies are set to shape the market next.

Both visible residential tiers turned upwards in September

September Battery Index: residential prices climb, commercial holds firm

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All three home storage tiers rose in September 2026, by between 7 and 10 percent, with low-voltage systems reaching €94.4/kWh. Commercial pricing held steady in smaller systems and firmed in larger ones, sun.store data shows.

Sodium-ion cells take lithium and cobalt out of the equation

Revolta wins EU funding to bring its sodium-ion home battery to market

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Frankfurt startup Revolta has secured ERDF funding from Hesse for a plug-and-play sodium-ion battery that charges directly from the grid, aimed at flats and homes without solar.

Atmoce is entering the C&I business with its new Atmoce storage

Atmoce: new BattBank C&I storage system

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PV Guided Tours: Atmoce is introducing a 25-year warranty on its residential storage system and unveiling intelligent module-level energy management that supports automated snow clearing of solar panels. On the storage side, the portfolio is being expanded with the C&I BattBank, the first AC-coupled, stackable commercial storage system designed for low-voltage operation.

From a field test in Bielefeld to a 40 MWh deal for the Fenecon XL

Electrofleet adds buffer storage to truck charging parks

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The German truck charging specialist is buying 40 MWh of battery storage from Fenecon to ease grid bottlenecks at customer depots and support high-power charging at its new public sites.

Franz-Josef Feilmeier (right) is an expert in energy storage

Fenecon: large storage systems – made in Europe

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CEO Talk: Growing demand for large-scale storage systems is working in favour of European suppliers. Safety and security are becoming increasingly important. What role does service play, from commissioning through the entire lifespan of the storage system? Fenecon's CEO shares his view.

Gregor Kuschmann (right) presents the new Battery vision 2

Solarwatt: from home to market – complete systems for buildings

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PV Guided Tours: Homes are increasingly becoming energy producers. Sector coupling within the building is growing in importance and even electric vehicles are now part of the picture. Gregor Kuschmann and Robert Pawlik of Solarwatt explain which components and solutions make energy independence possible and how buildings are playing a new role in the energy market.

Built and running, but how effectively? That is the data question

Europe has built the batteries, and now has to run them well

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A record 27.1 GWh of battery storage was added across the continent in 2025, but many operators still cannot see how their assets perform. Stephan Rohr of TWAICE argues that operational data will define the market’s next phase.

Our pick of the week: JA Solar’s Planet Fusion hybrid storage system

JA Solar bolsters storage range with hybrid and commercial units

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The module heavyweight is expanding its storage portfolio with two new products: Planet Fusion, a DC hybrid system combining inverter, battery and backup in one unit, and Planet 2.0, its latest AC commercial storage system.

Lv Mo, Benelux Distribution Team Lead at Sungrow

Sungrow’s Benelux strategy: “The challenge is timing”

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With Dutch net metering ending in 2027, Sungrow has chosen the Low Countries to launch its new residential storage in Europe. Lv Mo explains how the plan fits each market’s grid, tariff and installer needs.