PV Tech Power 27 out now: European solar and storage in focus and much more in our quarterly journal

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Cover image for PV Tech Power 27, by Adrian Cartwright of Planet illustration for Solar Media.

The quarterly journal PV Tech Power volume 27 is now available to download, providing a comprehensive and detailed analysis of Europe’s solar market.

This edition of PV Tech Power features a cover story dedicated to the growth of Europe’s solar market. With installations set to rocket in the coming years, we discover not just the drivers behind future growth but also the challenges and hurdles that remain.

Included within the cover story is a country-by-country review of Europe’s market leaders, the emerging markets on everybody’s list of nations to visit and a few surprise packages along the way.

Meanwhile, our Storage & Smart Power section also contains a feature dedicated to the European market, as storage editor Andy Colthorpe hears from representatives from the energy storage trade bodies of Germany, Poland, Ireland and Spain about market developments in their respective countries.

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Other features in this issue include:

  • Beyond PR – New solar PV performance metrics for advanced technologies

Christopher West of Statkraft details how solar is moving beyond using Performance Ratios as the metric of choice for measuring solar project performance.

  • Why battery storage procurement is still a chaotic, challenging endeavour in the US

Adam Walters of law firm Stoel Rives on how the maturity of the industry is not always reflected in the information available to financial decision-makers.

  • Battery storage as peaking capacity: How Alamitos changed the game for California

Andy Colthorpe finds out the backstory of a “landmark” project from Fluence’s Ray Hohenstein and AES’ Mark Miller.

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Now in its second edition, the Summit provides a dedicated platform for UK & Ireland’s BESS community to share practical insights on performance, degradation, safety, market design and optimisation strategies. As storage deployment accelerates towards 2030 targets, attendees gain the tools needed to enhance returns and operate resilient, efficient assets.
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