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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.
The Growth of Photovoltaic Systems in Poland surpassed the 20 Gigawatts line in October 2024 hitting the 21-Gigawatt mark in December.
European Energy is expanding its Polish PV portfolio and successfully connected a 54 MW solar park near Debnica in West Pomerania to the grid in December 2024.
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.
RWE received tenders for 31 PV projects in the latest Polish tender. The total capacity of the plants is expected to be more than 100 megawatts.
A special solution for urban PV has been found in Lohne, Lower Saxony: Franz Henke's basin for fire-fighting water was covered with solar modules. This required special modules with approval and a clever substructure.
The technology group Bosch is buying Johnson Controls' global business for heating and air conditioning appliances for residential and small commercial buildings. At 7.4 billion euros, this is the largest transaction in the company's history.
pv Europe and Swiss data specialist Meteotest offer an interactive map of Europe for solar planners and installers. This service gives you the monthly sum data of solar irradiation in your region. You can zoom in or out, jump across the continent to another region where maybe you or your solar business partners are working. Or want to work.
ecoligo, developer and operator of crowd-funded solar-as-a-service projects in emerging markets, is implementing its first project in the Ivory Coast.
Clean Capital Energy (CCE) provides 30 PV kits to support sustainable energy generation in private households in the region of La Huella in Chile.
Offshore floating PV powers Singapore's journey toward carbon neutrality and the implementation of its Green Plan 2030.
The Fischer Group has developed a special range of products for mounting on flat roofs. The components enable gentle and safe installation without damaging the roof surface.
A new roof-parallel mounting system for flat roofs, charging EVs on surplus solar electricity, a module series certified with fire resistance class A and a rack- or tower-mounted storage systems with UPS. Here are our top products of the week:
The German company Bauer Solar has received fire resistance class A certification according to IEC standard 61730-2 (UL 790) for its glass-glass modules of the BS-M6HBB-GG series.
Sungrow: “Market demand for string inverters continues on a high level”
Sungrow announced that a 100 MW retrofit PV project with 1500Vdc central inverter solutions has been operational for 12 months in Benban Solar Park, Egypt. Reportedly the largest retrofit PV undertaking in the MENA region, the project boosts the performance of the existing asset for customers.
The engineers at K2 Systems have developed the new Dome 6.0 roof-parallel flat roof mounting system. It is modularly based on the Dome 6 system and should be available by the end of 2021.
A mounting system for balcony arrays, a light solar roof tile, a new mounting concept for sandwich panels and a solar planning software now with more features. Here are our top products of the week:
The Austrian manufacturer Aerocompact has developed a new mounting concept for solar power systems on sandwich panels.
JinkoSolar has announced that it has launched the 2021 series of Tiger Neo modules. The new technology promises to be much more efficient.
At the Webasto plant in Schierling, Bavaria, a significant part of the energy demand is now covered by a photovoltaic system. A total of 1,998 solar modules have been installed on the roofs of the production halls in the last two months. They have an output of around 750 kilowatts.
With the Solarhaken, ETM Solarservice from Freiburg in Germany has developed a mounting system especially for balcony power plants, which has now been launched on the market.
With the solar generator on the roof of a company, the project developer Wirsol shows that commercial systems are still economical. Because they guarantee independence from the utility.
Module manufacturer Trina Solar has introduced its new generation of Vertex modules that can generate up to 670 watts of output.
Researchers in Berlin have achieved an efficiency of 29.8 per cent with a tandem cell made of silicon and perovskite. Among other things, they have improved the boundary layers between the semiconductors.
