After four years of soaring growth, the EU solar sector has hit its first deployment slowdown of the 2020s, dropping from 53% growth in 2023 to 4% in 2024. This represents a 92% slowdown of solar growth.
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.
In 2024, solar energy covered around 14 percent of Germany's electricity consumption. In 2024, more than one million new solar power systems were registered. The newly installed photovoltaic capacity grew by around ten percent compared to the previous year.
With its Miralux substructures, Richard Brink offers robust and easy-to-install systems for photovoltaic installations. The company is now presenting some innovations.
Falling accidents are one of the biggest risks in solar installations, but with the right protection they can be avoided. The Swedish Solar Energy Federation's (Svensk Solenergi) new checklist makes it easier to create a safe working environment on the roof.
European legislators adopted the EU Solar Standard in the European Parliament within the European Performance of Buildings Directive. The new law is set to require solar installations on buildings across the European Union.
Soltech's Spanish subsidiary Sud Renovables, based north of Barcelona, expanded to the Spanish archipelago, the Balearic Islands, through a newly opened branch.
Fimer supplied five of its PVS-100 three-phase string inverters through its partner GruppoSTG, specializing in the design and production of photovoltaic and structural solutions.
With an output of 3.4 megawatts, one of the largest photovoltaic roof systems in Bavaria has been connected to the grid in Pilsting in Lower Bavaria.
Trina Solar has been starting international deliveries of its upgraded Vertex S rooftop modules. Now the first shipments of the 210R products are on their way to Europe.
Dhamma Energy and Banque Palatine executed the financing agreements for the solar rooftops La Coucourde (3.05 MW) and Valreas (1.3 MW) in Southern France.
In a brief study, scientists at the Fraunhofer ISE recently evaluated the data of photovoltaic systems registered in the Market Master Data Register (MaStR) and the master data set for subsidized systems. Here are the key findings:
Until now, it was almost impossible to install a roof hook in such a way that it did not void the roofing contractor's warranty. See here why that is about to change:
On-site solar has the potential to contribute to increasing access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy (UN Sustainable Development Goal 7) for businesses and citizens across sub-Saharan Africa.
