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Lightweight solar agriPV modules with weather protection covering cherry trees in Germany

Fraunhofer ISE develops lightweight agriPV modules to mount on crops

April 8, 2025
Scientists at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) and weather protection provider VOEN have developed lightweight modules for agrivoltaics (agriPV) applications.
An agriPV project.
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Agrivoltaics: towards the optimisation of the solar resource for energy and food

March 31, 2025
Hugo Sánchez Ortiz reports on some of the findings of research into how best to balance land use for energy and food production.
Rooftop solar installation.

Germany awards 315MW in latest rooftop solar tender

March 25, 2025
The German auction for solar installations on buildings and noise barriers once again ended up oversubscribed, this time by 1.2 times.
Image: Fraunhofer ISE

Fraunhofer ISE: Monocrystalline modules underperformed by 1.2% in 2024

March 12, 2025
Fraunhofer ISE research suggests that the average monocrystalline silicon PV module’s power output was 1.2% lower than its nominal capacity.
PV modules on a field from Enerparc.

Enerparc secures financing for 400MW German solar PV portfolio

March 12, 2025
German IPP Enerparc has secured a €266 million financing package for the construction and operation of a 400MW solar PV portfolio in Germany.
Image: 1KOMMA5°

1Komma5° releases TOPCon module made with Wacker polysilicon

March 6, 2025
The company said its Full Black double-glass module, based on n-type TOPcon cell technology, has a conversion efficiency of 22.8%.
sma solar inverters in germany

SMA Solar inverter sales and income mirrors ‘declining’ residential, C&I markets

March 5, 2025
SMA Solar posted preliminary net losses of €117.7 million (US$126 million) in 2024—down from €225.7 million in income last year.
Image: Lotus Energy (LinkedIn).

Australia’s Lotus Energy to open solar recycling facility in Germany

March 4, 2025
Australia-based solar module recycling group Lotus Energy has confirmed it will build a US$250 million recycling facility in Saxony, Germany.
Aerial view of a solar PV plant from Uniper

Uniper kicks off construction on solar PV portfolios in Hungary, Germany and the UK

February 25, 2025
Germany-based renewables developer Uniper has started the construction phase on several solar PV projects in Hungary, Germany and the UK.
Obton's Ganzlin solar project in Germany.

Germany passes 100GW of installed solar PV

February 18, 2025
Germany has now installed more than 100GW of solar PV after adding 1.1GW in January 2025, according to monthly data from the German Federal Network Agency.

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