Opinion & Analysis

This week Women in Solar+ Europe gives voice to Hollie Carek, General Manager UK & Global Head of Partner Marketing Strategy at UK-based OpenSolar. She urges women to invest in relationships and networks while curating group of peers and mentors who can support growth and open doors. “

Solar PV currently evolves as the most important source of energy. Many energy system models still do not consider technologies that are already standard in today’s solar PV market. This article provides a call to energy system modelers to better reflect real-world developments in scenarios aimed at giving an outlook to the energy transition by providing key research works of LUT University researchers as food for thought.

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that September was dominated by a persistent high-pressure system centered over Eastern Europe. This atmospheric blocking pattern suppressed cloud formation and created ideal conditions for solar irradiance across a broad swathe of the continent.

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.

As climate change leads to more electricity blackouts and brownouts, the reliability of everyday refrigeration is at risk. A new IEC Standard, together with solar innovations in Africa and Asia, demonstrates how cooling can continue when power grids falter.

For commercial & industrial (C&I) solar, getting the initial “yes” is only half the battle. The real challenge is keeping momentum and closing multi-stakeholder deals that often stall for no clear reason. After decades of relying on traditional sales techniques, I realized that success in today’s long-cycle projects demands a fundamental shift from micromanagement to vision alignment, trust-building, and team autonomy.

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that frontal systems, widespread wildfires and an omega block pattern contributed to highly mixed irradiance anomalies across North America in September. Solar conditions underperformed in much of the West and Midwest, while the Northeast, South, and parts of Canada recorded a strong month.

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.

This week Women in Solar+ Europe gives voice to Sandra Kupiszewska Stylec, Revenue Management Director at Poland’s Keno sp. z o.o. She says that, without cohesion, even the most diverse teams may struggle to innovate. “Your voice is valuable, and your perspective deserves to be heard. This industry is dynamic and variable; there are no fixed rules that can’t be questioned or reimagined,” she states.

Sustainable projects depend on prices – and suppliers – that hold up under compliance, delivery and long-term performance requirements.