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A tsunami of cheap Chinese solar panels flooding Europe, an increasing taste for rooftop solar and a boom for small, medium and large-scale battery storage. These are the three strongest trends in solar energy for 2025, as seen by Midsummer Executive VP Sven Lindström.
The private sector plays a crucial role in achieving Europe’s climate targets. While the integration of renewables into the energy mix brings its share of challenges, it also unlocks tremendous opportunities — demanding forward-looking solutions, Timo Maier, Head of Utility Sales DACH at Sungrow, elaborates.
The European renewable energy market in 2024 has seen both massive growth phases as well as uncertainties around legislation and infrastructure readiness in several European markets. Wolf Dietrich – Senior Director Development, UK & Europe of Econergy summarizes key challenges and provides an outlook on growth trends and success factors for 2025.
The solar PV and storage co-location at Tiln Farm will help to future-proof the UK’s energy grid. It is powered by 26 Trina Storage’s battery energy storage systems (BESS), Elementa.
Kenneth Frey switched from Huawei Deutschland to SOFAR. He was appointed to head the European business of the Chinese PV and energy storage manufacturer.
Exide Technologies, a French energy storage solutions provider, partners with Vrijopnaam, a energy company actively involved in the renewable energy market, located in Rijen, the Netherlands. Goal is to enhance sustainable energy access in The Netherlands.
Poland's electricity grid is set for transformative upgrades, paving the way for a more modern and resilient energy infrastructure. The Electricity Storage Conference, taking place in Warsaw on February 26–27, 2025, will spotlight these advancements and the opportunities they bring, with a special focus on grid-friendly storage solutions. Discover the full range of possibilities—read on for more details.
The UK is expected to be the second most important market for large-scale battery energy storage in Europe in the coming years. Recently another major project has been realized in Newport/South Wales.
Large battery storage systems are becoming more and more popular in Europe. Important reasons for this are the increasing demand for grid stabilization services and the shifting of peak loads. Italy and Great Britain are ahead of the game.
One award, five categories, 15 winners and an abundance of innovative and intelligent ideas, products, services and projects: The next The smarter E AWARD is already on the horizon. Companies can submit their applications for the coveted award starting November 1, 2024. The application period ends on January 31, 2025.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is considered a key technology in many fields. What role can AI play in the energy transition and in renewable energy systems? Bradley Mundt, CEO & founder of the green energy start-up PLAN-B NET ZERO, sheds light on this question.
What are the opportunities and challenges for business cases for stand-alone battery energy storage systems (BESS) in European markets like Germany, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Romania and Austria? Expert Philipp Kraemer of CCE shares his analysis.
BloombergNEF (BNEF) has recognized Sungrow as the world's most bankable company in both the energy storage system and Power Conversion System (PCS) sectors, in its just-released Energy Storage System Cost Survey 2024.
MET Group has purchased a 100% shareholding in Comax France, an owner, operator and developer of combined heat and power (CHP) and battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Temporis Capital, Clarke Energy and Trina Storage have entered into construction contracts to deliver a 50MW/100MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Boat of Garten in the Scottish Highlands, with Clarke Energy providing the EPC wrap and Trina Storage supplying the BESS system, including its Elementa solution for the project.
Trina Storage has successfully completed integration testing of its Elementa 2 liquid-cooled battery energy storage system (BESS) with a leading European PCS and control system provider. The system will be launched and installed starting in 2025.
BYD Energy Storage expands the partner program for residential energy storage solution wholesalers and installers. As part of this effort, BYD recently held a partner conference at the BYD headquarters and a production site visit of the Nanning Industrial Park.
Energy storage systems are vital to the transition toward renewable energy, balancing fluctuations in supply and demand and supporting grid stability. However, maximizing the performance of these systems requires careful management of both operational efficiency and system longevity, as Laura Laringe, CEO of Reli Energy explains.
Trade association Solar Energy UK has signed a agreement with charitable foundation RePower Ukraine to deliver vital solar power systems to Ukrainian hospitals and critical infrastructure. This partnership aims to counter the devastating effects of the ongoing conflict on Ukraine's energy grid.
Corsica Sole and Evecon are planning the construction of two battery storage power plants with a total capacity of 400 MWh in Estonia. They are intended to help stabilize the Baltic power grid, which is to be decoupled from the Russian power grid at the beginning of 2025.
The PV market in Central and Eastern Europe continues to develop dynamically. Challenges are - as elsewhere - grid expansion, energy storage, load management and bureaucracy reduction. This was demonstrated at the CISOLAR & GREENBATTERY 2024 conference and expo in Bucharest.
Soltech Energy Solutions has developed, installed and commissioned a 4 MWh energy storage facility next to Postnord TPL’s logistics property just outside Norrköping/Sweden. This enables the expansion of the property’s charging infrastructure for electric trucks.
For clean energy to continue growing at pace, greater investment in new energy systems, especially in electricity grids and energy storage, is necessary, IEA`s new World Energy Outlook 2024 says. Today, for every dollar spent on renewable power, only 60 cents are spent on grids and storage.
DRI, part of the Ukraine-based DTEK group, has taken an important next step on its 133 MW 4h (532 MWh) battery storage project in Trzebinia, Poland, by acquiring 100% of the shares from Columbus Energy.
EWS’ company site is once again bustling with activity: heavy equipment has arrived in Handewitt/Germany to complete what is now the seventh warehouse with adjacent warehouse office. Construction work in the Kätnerland business park began at the end of May 2024, with completion and move-in planned for November 2024.
