- Economy
Dutch battery storage project developer Return receives €300 million in growth capital
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Dutch energy storage solutions provider Return has announced the conclusion of a long-term partnership with APG. APG is an institutional investor with approximately €590 billion in assets under...
- Top News, In Practice
EnBW uses surplus production of electric car batteries for solar park battery storage in Germany
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This week, energy supplier EnBW inaugurated a 14.2-megawatt solar park in Aach (Constance district). What makes the plant special is that a battery storage facility using vehicle batteries from surplus production is...
- In Practice
The Fränkische Schweiz Fruit Information Centre is testing agri-PV in sweet cherry cultivation
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The centre, located in Hiltpoltstein, grows sweet cherries. To protect this delicate fruit, they have now installed a photovoltaic canopy with a capacity of 24.84 kW. The modules were mounted at a height of four...
- Science & Technology
New competence cluster aims to bring perovskite solar cells into practical use
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The newly founded Perovskite Competence Cluster Baden-Württemberg is receiving a total of around €1.4 million from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and the state of Baden-Württemberg. This was announced by the University...
- Science & Technology
Renewable energies generate more electricity than coal-fired power plants for the first time
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In the first half of this year, renewable energies surpassed coal-fired power generation for the first time. According to the report »Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025« by the British think tank Ember...
- Science & Technology
ENTSO-E publishes interim report on blackout in Spain and Portugal
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The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) has published an interim report on the blackout in Spain and Portugal in April. The 264-page report contains a detailed description of the system...
- Economy
SMA cuts another 350 jobs, 300 of them in Germany
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SMA Solar Technology AG has announced the elimination of another 300 jobs in Germany. In addition, another 50 jobs will be cut abroad, the inverter manufacturer announced on 2 October. In addition to the restructuring and transformation programme...
- New Products
SolarEdge and Solation aim to increase self-consumption in commercial multi-unit buildings with virtual batteries
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Israeli storage and inverter manufacturer Solaredge Technologies, Inc. and Munich-based Solation GmbH have unveiled a »virtual battery« concept for multi-tenant commercial buildings in Germany. The virtual...
- Economy
IEA lowers renewable energy expansion forecast due to developments in the US and China
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Although the expansion of renewable energies continues to progress rapidly, it will be somewhat slower than previously predicted until 2030. This is according to the report »Renewables 2025« published...
- Top News, New Products
Sinn Power inaugurates its first floating photovoltaic system with vertical modules
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After a construction period of just over a year, Sinn Power GmbH today inaugurated its first vertical floating photovoltaic system. Unlike conventional floating PV constructions, the system is based on vertically...
