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Making revenues stack up

Poor profitability for daytime solar generation is driving a likely paradigm shift, argues Michael Salomon. The president of energy storage consultancy Clean Horizon says Europe needs more than market signals to keep investors interested in renewables and storage.

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Mark Hutchins

02 May 2025

New solar is unlikely to be profitable in Europe within the next decade, as generators struggle for space on overcrowded networks in the middle of the day. Energy storage can help to counter this and make solar available when it’s needed. However, new batteries will also soon have a hard time being profitable enough to …

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