The Smarter E: Five startups to watch in 2025
The Startup Area at The smarter E Europe exhibition and conference will be a must for investors, researchers, and companies seeking partnerships with emerging startups. Here, we spotlight five innovative software companies heading to Munich in May.
On the road with pv magazine
Where we’ve been: RE+ Northeast, Boston, USA In 2024, the RE+ Northeast event in Boston, Massachusetts, outgrew its original home at the conference center of the Westin Hotel and moved across the street to the Boston Convention Center. This year, the event continued to grow as around 3,000 industry professionals and more than 200 regional and […]
Nearshoring: further away than ever
After decades of strategic investment, China is the undisputed leader of cleantech manufacturing and dominates supply chains. Western economies are struggling to develop domestic manufacturing to boost their economies and secure supply. While the benefits of that are clear, a more expensive energy transition is inevitable.
US is facing net losses
Many US states are evaluating net metering rules that require utilities to pay solar customers for exporting their excess electricity to the grid. Any change to the regime could dampen return on investment for PV and make battery energy storage a critical component of home solar.
US reshapes the non-China solar supply chain
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) revised antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVDs) on Vietnamese and Malaysian solar products in December 2024. The move has reshaped the non-Chinese supply chain, with further use of tariffs likely under the new administration, explains InfoLink’s Corrine Lin.
It’s time to reframe clean energy
Jessica Fishman, director of renewable energy at Kiterocket
Floating an African solar solution
Solar arrays on Africa’s many large hydroelectric sites could shore up patchy grid electricity supply. Finance is difficult but possible, as demonstrated by plants such as the 250 MW Kariba Dam project in Southern Africa, backed by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). Options include utilities, big energy users, and even crowdfunding participants, as Neil Ford reports.
Making batteries better
A panel of battery energy storage system (BESS) experts at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, in January, discussed emerging technologies, new materials, risk avoidance, and ways to maximize energy density and return on investment.
Open tax and tariff questions
The Invesco Solar Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) kicked off 2025 with growth in January, but the evolving policy landscape in the United States continues to make forecasting a challenge. Jesse Pichel, of Roth Capital Partners, explores the latest developments in the US solar market.
System-wide solutions
The solar industry faces significant challenges in 2025 as renewables continue to make up a growing share of the global energy mix, requiring systems to adapt. In the following pages, pv magazine and event organizer Solar Promotion explore energy management, battery storage, grid integration, and other innovations crucial to enabling a 24/7 renewable energy supply. Many will be on display at key industry events this year, as we heard from Solar Promotion CEO Markus Elsässer.
