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May 25, 2025
With the storage boom and co-location trend in the UK, GoodWe rolls out its comprehensive portfolio across all sectors

In an exclusive interview at Intersolar 2025, GoodWe’s Territority Manager UK & Ireland, highlights the company’s strategic focus on comprehensive storage solutions and its latest product launches, including high-voltage batteries, hybrid inverters, and all-in-one residential systems, to meet the growing demand across all market sectors in the UK.

May 25, 2025
EU takes a step to support European solar manufacturing

The European Commission adopted Secondary Legislation to the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), which establishes criteria for rewarding sustainability and resilience in renewable energy auctions. “We expect to see the first auctions in 2026 and are calling for premiums to be applied to solar panels manufactured in Europe, because there is no time to waste,” warns SolarPower Europe.

May 23, 2025
Bilateral CfDs and no State ownership: Denmark redesigns its offshore strategy this 2025

Denmark’s new offshore wind auction framework includes state support via a bilateral CfD model, removes state ownership, and introduces flexible installation timelines. “The government has listened to the market,” says Jan Behrendt Ibsø, Senior Vice President of COWI, in an interview with Strategic Energy Europe.

May 22, 2025
IRENA charts the new map of renewable prices: “They will continue to fall, although at a more moderate pace”

During the second edition of the Storage, Renewable and Electric Vehicle Integration Forum, IRENA’s Norella Constantinescu predicted that the decline in solar, wind, and storage energy prices will continue, albeit at a slower pace. She emphasized the global push for batteries, green hydrogen development, and digitalization’s strategic role in energy system efficiency.

May 20, 2025
Europe’s key renewable energy event starts today: IRENA, industry associations, and top companies open the debate

The Storage, Renewable and Electric Vehicles Integration Forum begins today, bringing together IRENA, leading European energy associations, and top technology providers to outline the region’s path toward 2030. The two-day virtual event is free to attend and will address renewables, battery storage and eMobility in depth.

May 20, 2025
Global strategy, power, and a low carbon footprint: Yingli’s formula for sustaining 25 GW annually

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With a stable production capacity of 30 GW and a presence in over 90 countries, Yingli Solar is banking on technological efficiency and financial strength to maintain annual sales of 25 GW—20% of which are destined for Europe. “Our goal is to keep growing through strategic partnerships,” said the company’s Executive Director for Latin America and Spain.

May 20, 2025
Reiche signals shift in Germany: renewables with firm backup and grid planning

In her inaugural speech, Germany’s new Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Katherina Reiche, warned that renewables alone cannot guarantee secure electricity supply, and proposed the swift tendering of up to 20 GW in thermal power plants and grid flexibility measures to stabilise power prices.

May 20, 2025
Offshore solar integration with offshore wind is kicking off in The Netherlands

Offshore installation works for the first in the world offshore solar+wind project have commenced. The Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm, operated by Crosswind, is located 22km offshore in the Dutch North Sea and is the location where this offshore solar innovation will be operating.

May 20, 2025
IRENA, leading associations and top companies to debate tomorrow the present and future of Europe’s energy transition

The opening session will feature an exclusive interview with Norela Constantinescu, Acting Director of the IRENA Innovation and Technology Centre. She will outline the technologies expected to lead in 2025, the role of battery storage in this critical decade, the emergence of green hydrogen, and how trends in LCOE for solar and wind may evolve amid market volatility. Free registration is still open.

May 20, 2025
Storage and artificial intelligence: The cornerstones of APsystems’ portfolio for the European market

During the latest edition of InterSolar, APsystems unveiled its renewed portfolio of solutions integrating energy storage and smart energy management. Maxime Boiron, Global Marketing Director, stated in an exclusive interview with Strategic Energy Europe that the company’s strategy focuses on maximizing the self-consumption rate through AC-coupled systems and new applications powered by artificial intelligence.

May 20, 2025
Solar Steel to supply 97 MW of 1P solar trackers and fixed structures in Italy, showcasing the strength of Its multi-product platform

In total, Solar Steel will supply 97 MW of its technologies, including more than 2,800 next-gen 1P solar trackers and over 250 fixed-tilt structures, specifically designed to adapt to the steep and varied terrain of the Italian landscape.

May 19, 2025
Top 15 wind turbine manufacturers in 2024: China dominates the top 4, and Vestas holds its ground in the top 5

For the first time in history, the world’s top four wind turbine manufacturers are Chinese: Goldwind, Envision, Mingyang, and Windey. Meanwhile, in 2024, Europe reached a 92% share of its regional market, 4 percentage points higher than its 2023 level. The global wind industry, which installed 117 GW in 2024, faces significant structural challenges.

May 19, 2025
Germany’s solar capacity stagnates: April sees only 838.5 MW of new installations

With just 838.5 MW of new solar capacity installed in April 2025, Germany’s photovoltaic market remains stagnant. While rooftop solar demand continues to weaken, plug-in solar devices are gaining momentum, according to the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur). To remain on track toward its 2030 goals, the country would need to add an average of at least 1.5 GW per month, a figure that last month results fell far short of.

May 19, 2025
The Netherlands faces power supply risks after 2030: TenneT calls for urgent investment

Grid operator TenneT warns that, despite current stability, the security of the electricity supply will deteriorate significantly after 2030, with the LOLE rising to 12.6 hours by 2033. The energy transition demands urgent action in flexibility, storage, and controllable capacity to prevent critical supply disruptions.

May 19, 2025
Estonia’s CPTRA announces auction for the development of an offshore wind farm in the Saare 7 area

The auction will take place between 10 June 2025 at 12:00 and 12 June 2025 at 12:00, Estonian time (UTC+3).Two Estonian companies who submitted an application for a superficies licence qualified to participate in the auction for Saare 7 sea area: Sunly Wind OÜ and OÜ Utilitas Wind.

May 16, 2025
ORLEN invests in “Hystar”, an advanced electrolysers

Hystar’s patented design uses membranes up to ten times thinner than those in conventional units, materially improving efficiency and lowering the cost of hydrogen generation. The technology dovetails with ORLEN’s programme to produce and deploy renewable hydrogen as part of the Group’s wider energy-transition strategy.

May 15, 2025
No Modern Grids, No Transition? EU Rolls Out Record Investment to Prevent Energy Collapse

With a public consultation open until July 8, 2025, the European Commission is launching an unprecedented plan to mobilize €584 billion in investments to modernize Europe’s power grids. “We are still facing a 32 GW cross-border capacity gap and permitting processes that can take up to 17 years,” warns Eusebiu-Valentin Stamate, in an exclusive conversation with the portal.

May 15, 2025
Warsaw hosted a key meeting: the EU redefines its energy strategy

Strengthening energy security and improving access to key clean tech, as well as the situation in Ukraine and Moldova, were the main topics of the informal meeting of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (TTE), held in Warsaw on 12–13 May. The meeting was chaired by Minister Paulina Hennig-Kloska.

May 13, 2025
Europe to Boost Battery Storage to 400 GWh by 2029, But Targets Elusive