smart grid

PV Tech spoke with Alejandra Pérez-Plá, regional manager – Mediterranean at financial advisory firm Global Capital Finance about challenges related to land acquisition for utility-scale solar PV projects in Southern Europe, how to manage these issues and grid modernisation.

A round-up of the latest news from Europe’s solar market, as Lightsource BP continues its Spanish charge and Iberdrola launches a grid R&D centre.

Hungary’s first "city-owned smart grid project" will be powered by a 1.3MWp PV facility and supported by a 1.2MW lithium-ion battery energy storage system with a capacity of 2.4MWh.

A look at how microgrids around the world are changing the way neighbourhoods produce and consume electricity, providing resilience and promoting self-generation.

SolarPower Europe has continued its digitalisation crusade with the launch of 10 requests for policymakers.

A collective of wind and solar lobbies together with groups representing major energy users and European power utilities have formed a new partnership.

A new plan submitted to the regulator from Hawaii’s main utility HECO shows how the state can continue to steer a course to meet its ambitious “100% renewable energy-powered” target.