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Find out which technologies and business models are possible for the construction of solar systems on arable land in the new special.
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Dual use of land – our special on Agri-PV

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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.

The building in Flanders is around 100 years old. But that does not detract from the solar-electric heat supply.

Weekly Topic: Heating: Homeowner in Belgium runs hot tub using the sun

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The owner of a detached house has switched to solar-electric heating. Two power controllers from My PV control the energy flows - including for the hot tub in the garden.

The combination with the existing wind farm was not the only planning and technical challenge for the project.
Solar parks

GP Joule commissions 83 megawatt solar park

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The new plant is combined with an existing wind farm. The ground conditions and the existing monument protection did not make the realisation of the project any easier.

 Construction work on the new solar park began in February with the ramming of the specially coated posts of the mounting system.
Hybrid power

SENS and Windpower combine wind farm with new solar plant

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The new Berching-Altmannsdorf solar park will feed solar power into the grid of the Berching community wind farm. As with the wind farm, the citizens are once again involved.

This is what the industrial park in Poitou in western France will look like when it is completely supplied with green hydrogen.
Green hydrogen

Lhyfe and TES completely supply French industrial park with green hydrogen

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TSE will build several solar plants to power Lhyfe's electrolysis. Several companies have already expressed their interest in settling in the new industrial park.

Visitors were able to get a close-up view of the solar hydrogen house in Schöneiche near Berlin.
Hybrid power

HPS inaugurates home with solar-hydrogen storage system

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Home Power Solutions (HPS) has inaugurated a solar hydrogen house in Schöneiche near Berlin, Germany. The highlight: The project is intended to demonstrate the technical possibility of a home being self-sufficient in heat and electricity with good insulation.

This combination will be seen more in the future: A storage system increases the availability of the solar power and thereby also helps to stabilise the grid.
Hybrid power plant

Statkraft wins bid for combined solar and battery project

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The Norwegian energy company Statkraft has been awarded the contract for a combined project in an innovation tender by the German Federal Network Agency. The solar project in the municipality of Zerbst in Saxony-Anhalt has an output of 47 megawatts, while the battery storage system has a capacity of 16 megawatt hours.

Switzerland

Axpo to strengthen wind and solar business in the future

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The energy supplier intends to further promote the expansion of renewable energies in Switzerland and abroad. After ten years of development work, Axpo is now transferring its wind and solar business into two separate divisions.

The massive solar park at Vienna Airport is a central element on the way to climate-neutral operations.
Decarbonisation

Vienna Airport aims to become climate-neutral from 2023

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From 2023, airport operations in Vienna will be climate-neutral. At least that is the goal the operator has set itself. A central component is a huge solar park.

Small settlement in Switzerland with a lot of solar power: surplus is stored in the form of hydrogen for the winter.
Switzerland:

Village stores solar power seasonally and decentrally using hydrogen

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So far, green hydrogen has mostly been discussed in connection with large-scale industrial applications. But with a modern energy system in a settlement in Switzerland, the Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ) show that hydrogen is definitely also a part of the decentralised energy transition.

Hydrogen storage:

Multi-Picea in a cascaded system

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The Berlin-based manufacturer HPS Home Power Solutions (HPS) of the Picea storage unit based on green hydrogen in buildings, has expanded its product portfolio.

EV charging:

Charging self-generated solar power on the go

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With Cloud to go, Senec has made it possible for homeowners to charge their EVs on the go with solar power from their own roof. This is possible at more than 150,000 charge points in the charging network of the parent company EnBW.

Module manufacturer Meyer Burger is already producing its own solar power in Switzerland.
Study:

Green electricity to be most cost-effective energy source by 2050

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Technological progress in renewables could revolutionise global energy use. While electricity has so far covered only one fifth of the world's energy needs, green power could actually account for three quarters in the long term if climate policy is consistent.

Building noise barriers with solar panels is a good solution, but it has limitations.
Switzerland:

101 gigawatt hours of solar power from noise barriers possible

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Solar installations on noise barriers along federal roads and railway lines can supply 101 gigawatt hours of electricity every year - according to current technical standards.

The solar plant on the roof of the Siemens Mobility Austria factory in Vienna has a capacity of one megawatt.
Zero-carbon manufacturing:

Siemens builds metros and trains in Vienna with solar power

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Siemens Mobility is doubling the output of its photovoltaic system on the roof of its production plant in Vienna. The company manufactures railway rolling stock there.

Overview of important exhibitors at The smarter E 2021 Restart.
The smarter E 2021 Restart:

The five halls of The smarter E 2021 at a glance

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For visitors to The smarter E Europe 2021 in Munich, here is something to better orient yourselves. Simply download and save the hall layout to your smartphone.

Solar carports:

A system for corporate-scale solar carports

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The Munich-based company Sopago presents its newly developed solar carport system, which can be adapted to the needs of industry and municipalities for large parking areas with 35 parking spaces or more.

EV charging:

Charging EVs on surplus solar electricity

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With the Zappi, Myenergi offers a compact charging station that can charge the electric vehicle in the garage or carport at home with solar power from the roof without any additional components.

The roof construction is built of wood and covered with semi-transparent, bicafial solar modules.
Solar roofs:

Sonnenkraft builds a giant shed roof at its own site in Austria

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The module manufacturer Sonnenkraft from Austrian town of St. Veit an der Glan in Carinthia has expanded its production building with a solar-roofed storage area. In doing so, they have paid attention to both aesthetics and high yield.

With the installation of the private wallbox, the question arises as to which electricity should be charged.
Solar storage:

Storage units enable 80 per cent solar power share in electromobility

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Electromobility is directly linked to the operation of private charging stations, as a recent study by EuPD Research shows. With solar power from the roof of one's own house, the additional demand is covered cost-effectively.

United Motors & Heavy Equipment is the exclusive dealer for companies such as MAN Trucks & Buses, Wacker Neuson, Sany and others.
UAE:

SunBrush sweeps the Middle East off its feet

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SunBrush mobil, provider of cleaning solutions for solar arrays, partners with construction enterprise United Motors & Heavy Equipment in the United Arab Emirates.

As a large solar installer in the region, the company wanted to realise its own lighthouse project.
Innoinstall Award 2021:

Installing company honoured for their innovative energy concept

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The innovative energy concept of the Klaus Schleicher Energietechnik installing company in Eichenzell combines solar power with a commercial storage system, 16 charge points and infrared heating. KSE thus wins the innovation prize, awarded for the first time, with its own company building.

The digital campaign Reach for the Sun seeks to inspire, inform, and activate audiences to achieve a zero-carbon world by 2040.
Reach for the Sun:

New creative digital campaign for solar power

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Little Sun, the clean energy nonprofit founded by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson and engineer Frederik Ottesen, announces Reach for the Sun: Ten Steps to Creating a Solar-Powered World, a global creative communications campaign.

The Ingecon Sun FSK fits perfectly inside a 40-foot container, so it can be transported and installed anywhere in the world.
Large-scale power plant:

A power station for large-scale solar plants and battery storage systems

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With a nominal power of up to 7.2 MW at medium-voltage, Ingeteam’s new Ingecon Sun FSK power station is aimed at large-scale solar plants and battery energy storage systems.

Statkraft Pure intelligently combines wind, solar and hydropower from Germany with flexible storage power plants in Norway.
Green power:

Statkraft supplies solar and wind power on a large scale

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To enable the long-term 100% green power supply on an industrial scale, Statkraft will supply further wind power and solar power to Daimler in the form of PPAs.