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Shown: Justin Jacober, CEO, Urbanvolt; and Conor Sheehy, Head of Warehouse Finance, HSBC Innovation Banking UK. Image: Urbanvolt. The Solar Energy Company Urbanvolt, based in Dublin, has agreed a new debt facility of € 40 million (£ 34 million) with International Bank HSBC. The company, which performs ‘Solar As a Service’ propositions for large companies, including Heineken and multinational manufacturer Flextronics, says that financing will be used to extend its services to commercial and industrial customers in both Ireland and Great Britain. UrbanVolt offers design, financing, installation and maintenance services for solar panels for customers who want to benefit from…
The flexible, automated production allows the Swiss project partner Freesuns to produce its newly developed Matrix Grind Dakt tiles on a pilot scale before they go to mass production. May 7, 2025 Edgar Meza The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems Ise has collaborated with the Swiss sun roof manufacturer Freesuns to set up a pilot line for PV roof tiles in the research project of Module Technology Evaluation Center (Module-TEC) in Freiburg. With the flexible, automated production, mills can produce its newly developed Matrix Grind Dakes on a pilot scale before they go to mass production. The production line…
In this contributed blog, Sam Langston, manager of Power Markets at Pulse Clean Energy, is investigating the potential impact of the LDES cap and floor schedule on Bess investments. April saw a milestone moment for the ambitions of clean energy in the UK. OFGEM officially opened the first application window for its new CAP and floor schedule for Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES), a crucial enabler from the Clean Power 2030 action plan of the government. LDES technologies have the potential to speed up the rollout of renewable energy, to strengthen the resilience of energy enforcement and to transform our…
The Black -out that took place in Spain on April 28 was neither a surprise nor a malfunction. It embodies a deeper tension of our time, between those who embrace change and those who stick to outdated systems in the name of safety. Like any technological shift, it reflects a wider gap: a vision of the world that welcomes innovation versus one that clings to legacy -frameworks. The Spanish blackout should not be interpreted as a failure of renewable energy sources, but as a wake-up call revealing how rigid our power infrastructure is still holding on to its historical basis.…
Array Technologies has expanded Smart rack Software to include back tracking and diffuse optimization options for his Array Sti H250 Tracker with double row. This progress brings algorit met training and optimization aids, already proven on the Duratrack Platform, to H250 installations in Europe and other global markets. “Our H250 tracker has long been a trusted solution in markets with challenging site conditions, and the addition of SmartRack -Backtracking and Diffuse brings his performance to a higher level,” said Neil Manning, President and Chief Operating Officer of Array Technologies. “By applying algorithmic training and real-time sensor data, we enable our…
The provider of inverter and energy storage placed a second consecutive quarter of the positive cash flow while he recovers from a difficult year. May 7, 2025 Ryan Kennedy SolarEdge, a supplier based supplier of solar converters and energy storage, announced his income report of Q1 2025. The company achieved a turnover of $ 219.5 million, with the consensus expectations of Wall Street by around 7.5%. SolarEdge offers solar inverters, power optimalizers and energy storage for residential, commercial and industrial projects worldwide. In Q1 2025, SolarEdge sent 1.2 GWAC from inverters and 180 MWh of batteries. The company’s share price…
Saft, A subsidiary of the Totaleenergie has expanded its energy storage system with the launch of its latest innovation: the Intensiumflex (I-flex) battery storage container. It offers a compact building block with a rating of 3.4, 4.3 or 5.1 MWh for creating projects up to the Gigawatt-hour scale. The production on the DC version starts by the end of 2025 to operate more than 1 GWh of fixed orders that are already in control. The company will also launch an AC version in 2026. Based on lithium iron phosphate (LFP) chemistry, I-Flex is a high energy, liquid-cooled, fully integrated system…
As the European market for solar energy and storage evolves, stakeholders adapt to a gradual transformation: although the residential segment will maintain its significance on the European market, a pivot point of decentralized adoption driven by homeowner to a higher focus on large-scale trials (C & i) and indenting (C & i). Based on the market data of EUPD Research’s Global Energy Transition Get-Matrix©This strategic balance is powered by various interlocking forces: Target: National climate goals lead to an increase in the scale of solar projects. For example, Germany strives for annual PV installations of 22 GW from next year,…
Researchers investigated which stock conditions of the solar module can help to guarantee stable PV implementation of solar energy at the lowest costs in Europe. The scientists have shown that the stock is cost -effective, mainly under unfavorable import conditions. May 7, 2025 Emiliano Bellini A group of researchers from the Technical Universität Wien in Austria and Norwegian University of Science and Technology has performed a techno-economic analysis to understand what level of solar modules for the European Union can be used to achieve stable Solar PV implementation at the lowest possible costs. The scientists explained that compared to traditional…
Researchers in China have investigated how transparent smart radiant devices (TSRD) can be used to protect space solar cells against extreme thermal fluctuations. Through a series of simulations, they have shown that the proposed technology could become an “effective” solution for thermal management of spacecraft. May 7, 2025 Lior Kahana A research team from China has proposed a transparent Smart Radiation Device (TSRD) for efficient thermal management of solar cells on spacecraft, which are exposed to hard environmental conditions, in particular extreme thermal fluctuations that can influence the performance of the device and light absorption. The TSRD, which can be…