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Berlin solar mandate drives rooftop PV installations
Berlin’s mandate for solar installations on new and renovated roofs has spurred rapid rooftop expansion, but the German capital remains far from its 2035 clean energy goal.
Austria opens final €8 million solar-plus-storage rebate round
Vienna’s third and final subsidy call offers €8 million ($9.2 million) in incentives and a 10% “Made in Europe” bonus for new or expanded solar-plus-storage systems.
BMW, E.ON offer bidirectional EV charging tariff
BMW and E.ON say they have launched Germany’s first commercial vehicle-to-grid (V2G) solution, allowing EV owners to provide grid access while ensuring no impact on battery life.
Germany’s largest agrivoltaic project goes online
Vattenfall has commissioned a 76 MW agrivoltaic plant in Germany under a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG.
Germany adds almost 4.59 GWh of battery storage already this year
Analysis by pv magazine shows almost 2.1 million battery storage systems (BESS) are now in operation in Germany. The latest figures for this year are 362,537 systems with a power output of around 2.6 GW and a cumulative storage capacity of 4.59 GWh.
Freen launches scalable sodium-ion battery storage
The Estonian home and commercial storage systems come in low- and high-voltage models. The high-voltage option can scale to ten modules, for 100.8 kWh, and a six-module, low-voltage version to 45 kWh.
Germany battery storage grid-connection requests exceed 500 GW
Germany’s grid connection requests for battery storage exceed 500 GW, a figure driven by a “first come, first served” approval system rather than viable projects, according to Regelleistung-Online.
Solyco unveils 480 W back-contact solar panel
Germany’s Solyco has developed a 480 W back-contact solar module with 23.8% efficiency and a temperature coefficient of -0.26% per degree Celsius.
Photovoltaic roofing for airport access roads
The German state of Bavaria has commissioned a €4.2 million ($4.9 million) photovoltaic system along a 35-meter stretch of airport access road near Munich.
Germany records 453 hours of year-to-date negative electricity prices
Germany has logged 453 hours of negative day-ahead power prices this year, already above the total in 2024, while hours above €100 ($116.,54)/MWh have also surpassed last year.
