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Solarport launches modular PV carport series

1+ hour, 30+ min ago  (455+ words) Solarport has launched the modular Power Park PRO PV carport series, designed to meet UK/EU parking standards and adapt to various site layouts with multiple configurations and orientations. UK-based Solarport has unveiled this week a new PV carport line…...

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How Switzerland plans to integrate 40 GW of solar by 2050

2+ hour ago  (556+ words) Swiss national grid company Swissgrid teamed up with a group of Swiss energy expects to publish a white paper covering how Switzerland can integrate up to 40 GW of solar by 2050 while maintaining safe and reliable operation of the grid. Switzerland's…...

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Brazil approves first co-located solar and battery project

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (141+ words) Brazil's National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) has authorized a 5 MWh battery system co-located with a solar plant, setting a regulatory precedent for integrated storage. Brazil's Aneel has granted the country's first authorization for a co-located battery energy storage system (BESS)…...

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Pexapark logs more than 1 GWh of European storage PPAs in March

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (167+ words) War in the Middle East is putting pressure on energy markets and boosting the value of solar and storage power purchase agreements (PPAs), with Europe seeing a surge in activity in March, according to Swiss consultancy Pexapark. From ESS News…...

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BBDF 2026: How financing standalone vs. co-located projects really works

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (675+ words) The "lab" session at Battery Business & Development Forum 2026 made transparent how different stakeholders evaluate and view energy storage projects between standalone and co-located options, and where views diverged. The opening session of BBDF day two brought project completion into focus,…...

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Grid bottlenecks threaten 120 GW of planned renewables in Europe

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (483+ words) Latest analysis from Ember finds major grid bottlenecks in transmission and distribution networks across Europe, threatening the viability of both future utility-scale and smaller-scale residential solar in the most impacted countries. Image: Pjrsoap, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4. 0 There is a…...

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BBDF 2026: Finance, tolling, and getting the merchant balance right

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (227+ words) As Europe prepares to roll out 200 GWh of battery storage over the next five years, discussion at the Battery Business & Development Forum 2026 turns to how financing models are rapidly shifting. Bankers, developers and stakeholders shared key pain points with the…...

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EU energy regulator opens consultation into PPA market

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (554+ words) The European Union Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) is running a public consultation on the evolution of the bloc's power purchase agreement (PPA) market to identify existing initiatives and challenges. Image: Markus Spiske, Unsplash From pv magazine Espa'a…...

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Italy, Spain set solar records in March

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (488+ words) Alea Soft Energy Forecasting finds the weekly average electricity price fell across most major European markets last week as gas prices dropped. Solar energy production increased in southern Europe, helping Portugal and Spain to record their lowest daily average prices…...

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Ray Gen rolls out 1 MW "solar hydro" power plant in Brazil

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (507+ words) Australian solar and thermal energy storage company Ray Gen says it has achieved a major international milestone with the commissioning of a 1 MW integrated solar electricity and hydro energy storage plant in Brazil. Ray Gen has installed a 1 MW concentrated…...