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Solar Solutions Amsterdam claims to be the largest exhibiton for professionals in renewable energy in the Netherlands. New products and services are presented on 24,000 square meters at Expo Greater Amsterdam in Vijfhuizen, 11-13, March, 2025.

Chinese PV manufacturer Aiko has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Energy3000, a European solar distributor and project developer. Under this partnership, AIKO will supply N-Type ABC modules, including the latest third-generation Infinite series.

Video: The solar markets for private customers have cooled down somewhat. Now quality providers of complete packages are prevailing. Installers receive all components from a single source – compatible and tailor-made. Bertrand Chevalley, COO of Solar Solutions, explains what advantages this offers.

The energy provider was successful in the recent Italian Recovery and Resilience Plan auction. Both projects are being realised in the region around Neaples as tracker systems.

SolarPower Europe welcomes the new Farming Strategy of the European Commission. For the first time, the EU recognises the role of solar PV in enhancing energy security, decarbonising the sector and supplementing farmers' income.

MET Energia Italia has launched the first Renewable Energy Community in Lombardy. The community is open to all citizens, companies and local authorities in the area, and uses renewable energy to generate energy savings.

A continuously variable heating rod, a new app that makes solar installers' business more efficient, a solar roof tile with 25 per cent efficiency and a new series of hybrid inverters. These are our products of the week.

Video: Chint Power Systems presented its new large-scale inverter and also brought along a new inverter plus battery storage for the residential sector. Find out what innovations the devices feature!

The new Special Edition on the decentralised generation and use of solar power in agriculture has been published. It is available to download free of charge.

After months of declining prices, January marked a turning point in the European solar market, with module prices experiencing a slight rebound. While the increases are still moderate, they indicate a shift in market dynamics, suggesting that the prolonged price drops may be slowing down, according to online trading platform sun.store.

Video: Storage and energy management systems (EMS) are the key to more self-consumption of solar power, cheaper electricity and less peak load in commercial and industrial applications. Sigenergy uses AI in its EMS to balance consumption and generation even better.

Olaf Heyden was appointed as Chief Transformation Officer (CTrO), effective from February 14, 2025. The 61-year-old has been leading the group-wide restructuring and transformation program since September 2024.

No other electricity generation technology has expanded as quickly as photovoltaics in the past year. It is now stronger than coal power. Adding green power plants also saves a lot of money on fossil fuel imports.

Enex trade fair showcased energy solutions like heat pumps, photovoltaics, energy management, storage systems, and e-mobility. Held on February 18-19 at Targi Kielce, it featured cutting-edge technologies spanning over 15,000 square meters and seven halls.

Telecommunications company TIM Group, in collaboration with Axpo Italia, launched TIM Energia, a new venture offering green electricity to meet the energy needs of Italy’s small and medium sized businesses.

Video: Two new string inverters from domestic manufacturing improve the harvest of complex solar roofs. 200 percent oversizing and 99.1 percent efficiency pay off, Senior Technical Sales Engineer Momoh Kargbo explains.

Kaco New Energy presents the new Blueplanet Hybrid NH3 system. The hybrid inverter series offers outputs between six and twelve kilowatts for home storage systems and small businesses.

The electrification of the industry is not taking off in Europe due to high upfront investments, long investment cycles, increased energy costs, unfair taxation and continued subsidies for fossil fuels of over €55 billion every year. Eurelectric is calling for an electrification bank in the EU Clean Industrial Deal.

Due to approval delays, construction of the tracker system could not start until late autumn last year. Nevertheless, the project was completed on time. In future, it will be under scientific monitoring.

Increasing wind and rain are also causing problems for ground-mounted solar power plants. Here too, there are solutions that offer increased stability.

The reform of the European Long Term Investment Fund (ELTIF 2.0) offers institutional and private investors significantly better investments in solar projects. And, secondly, Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) provide return of investments independent of public subsidies.

SolarPower Europe has launched an updated ‘Operation & Maintenance: Best Practice Guidelines Version 6.0,’ to maximise the operational efficiency of PV power plants. It was presented at the Solar Quality Summit Europe Barcelona, co-organised with Intersolar.

Video: What new technology is behind the safer, more reliable, and cost-effective temperature control for battery storage from Ampace? CTO Tim Yuan allows us some interesting insights.

Electric cars, solar heating and cooling as well as industrial processes will increase electricity demand by up to 30 TWh (+12%) compared to 2024. At the same time, the Spanish economy could save up to 6.71 billion euros per year through a green electricity supply. On average, each household could reduce its energy costs by 64% or more than €1,400 per year.

BYD Energy Storage and Saudi Electricity Company have signed contracts for the world's largest grid-scale energy storage projects with a capacity of 12.5 GWh. Together with a previously completed 2.6 GWh project, the total capacity of the collaboration is 15.1 GWh.