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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8 September 2026
Barcelona, Spain
Battery & Energy Storage Tech Europe (BESTE) is Europe’s industrial scaling platform for stationary and industrial battery applications — not EVs. Taking place 8–9 September 2026 at Fira de Barcelona, BESTE brings together utilities, IPPs, energy-intensive industries, data centres, ports, rail, maritime, defence and aerospace OEMs — all deploying or integrating battery storage at scale. Over 100 companies already confirmed — including EDP Renewables, Acciona, Endesa, Naturgy, Neoen, Galp, Basquevolt and Veolia — alongside 40+ expert speakers and international institutional support from BEPA, BVES, LDES and Volta Foundation. Where Europe’s battery & ES ecosystem turns projects into reality.
9 September 2026
Schaumburg, Illinois
RE+ Midwest brings together clean energy businesses, utilities, professionals, and policymakers to explore the technologies, trends, and opportunities shaping the Midwest energy market. Following a successful 2025 event that welcomed more than 1,200 attendees and 90 exhibitors, RE+ Midwest continues to highlight the region’s growing role in advancing solar, energy storage, EV infrastructure, and grid modernization. From rustbelt to greenbelt, the Midwest is helping drive the future of clean energy forward.
9 September 2026
RE+ Centroamérica provides a dynamic platform for renewable energy professionals to explore the latest trends, technologies, products, and services shaping the clean energy market in Central America. The event features an expo hall showcasing leading renewable energy companies, educational sessions led by industry experts covering topics including solar, wind, energy storage, and policy frameworks, and networking opportunities designed to connect attendees with key partners and decision-makers across the region.
10 September 2026
This session is a practical, operator-led conversation about the battery anomalies that erode utility-scale battery energy storage systems’ (BESS) capacity and availability, and what it takes to catch them before they materially impact the P&L. Neoen, one of the world’s leading independent power producers, brings the operator’s perspective from a growing storage fleet, and PowerUp provides the analytics that make these patterns visible earlier. You leave with a clearer sense of where these losses hide and what it takes to act on them across your own portfolio. Who’s it for: owners, operators, asset managers, and integrators of grid-scale BESS assets.
14 September 2026
Rotterdam, Netherlands
The EU PVSEC is the world’s leading forum for photovoltaic research and the largest PV-dedicated scientific conference. It covers the full PV value chain, from materials and devices to systems, BIPV, agrivoltaics and floating PV, with an accompanying exhibition showcasing innovations. The EU PVSEC 2026 takes place 14–18 September at the WTC Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
15 September 2026
San Diego, USA
You can expect to meet and network with all the key industry players again in 2025 from major US asset owners, operators, RTOs and ISOs, optimizers, software and analytics providers, technical consultancies, O&M technology providers and more.

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