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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This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of the current grid constraint landscape in Germany, with a focus on what it means in practice for the storage business case. Attendees will gain a clear understanding of how ramp rate restrictions and grid limitations translate into concrete business model challenges, with real-world examples illustrating how developers can structure tailored, constraint-aware models for a single project, including the multiple-scenario analyses increasingly required in Flexible Connection Agreement (FCA) processes. The session will then address the critical question of financing: how do route-to-market (RTM) players continue to assess and price battery projects in a constrained environment? And what do lenders actually need to see to get comfortable?
2 June 2026
Johannesburg, South Africa
RE+ South Africa is a premium platform for the commercial and industrial clean energy market, bringing together industry leaders for high-level education, networking, and business development opportunities. The event features a conference program focused on market insights and industry-shaping discussions alongside an exhibition showcasing solar, energy storage, microgrids, and other renewable energy technologies. Co-located with Securex South Africa, the event also fosters collaboration across sectors including safety, security, and facilities management that are critical to South Africa’s continued growth.
9 June 2026
Stuttgart, Germany
Held alongside The Battery Show Europe, Energy Storage Summit provides a focused platform to understand the policies, revenue models and deployment conditions shaping Germany’s utility-scale storage boom. With contributions from TSOs, banks, developers and optimisers, the Summit explores regulation, merchant strategies, financing, grid tariffs and project delivery in a market forecast to integrate 24GW of storage by 2037.
10 June 2026
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As the energy transition accelerates, solar + BESS hybrid projects are rapidly becoming the new standard. But while many developers approach these systems with a “solar mindset,” battery storage introduces a fundamentally different layer of operational complexity, one that directly impacts performance, revenue, and long-term asset value. In this webinar, industry experts from Sonnedix and TWAICE will explore how to design and operate solar + BESS projects that are not only optimized for today’s requirements, but resilient and profitable in tomorrow’s markets.
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Munich, Germany
Every year, ees Europe, Europe’s largest and most international exhibition for batteries and energy storage systems, provides a networking opportunity for the industry’s key players – all under the motto “Innovating Energy Storage”. It focuses on the latest technologies, trends and market developments. ees Europe will take place from June 23–25, 2026 – for the first time running from Tuesday to Thursday – as part of The smarter E Europe at Messe München.
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