Special Editions

pv magazine regularly produces features and special editions in collaboration with our trusted industry partners. On this page you can download low-resolution PDFs of these publications, to be read online and on the go, at your convenience.

pv magazine Special Editions

pv magazine publishes its own special editions for the respective regional markets. Below, you can see our most recent issues.

Special Edition Brazil 2025 Nordeste2025: Intersolar Summit Brasil Nordeste

April 2025 – Focused on the Brazilian market (Edition in Portuguese)

Excerpt from the focus:

  • BESS as a Service: More companies are offering storage systems as a service for commercial and industrial consumers—a model that eliminates the need for upfront investment by the client.
  • The future of solar energy in agriculture: How agrivoltaic systems can expand support for agribusiness and the current Brazilian initiatives.
  • How and when to hybridize photovoltaic systems: Experts share tips on how to assess investment opportunities in solar-plus-storage solutions.
  • and more

 

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Special Edition Brazil 2025 Nordeste2025: BePositive Special Edition

March 2025 – Focused on the French market

Excerpt from the focus:

  • Photovoltaics and Biodiversity: The ambition to massively deploy ground-mounted photovoltaics without threatening biodiversity requires rethinking development models and projects.
  • Production: The 4.9 kg/m² photovoltaic module from the startup Heliup, proudly Made in France.
  • Plug-and-Play Kits: Are solar station sales threatened by the NF C15-100 standard, which comes into force on September 1, 2025?
  • and more

 

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Special Edition Key Rimini Italy Cover2025: Key Rimini Special Edition

March 2025 – Focused on the Italian market

Excerpt from the focus:

  • KEY25: All the latest innovations in photovoltaics and storage
  • Solar highways: Photovoltaics expanding into new infrastructures
  • Growing agrivoltaics: The rise of solar energy in agriculture
  • Batteries and photovoltaics: Falling prices, rising investments
  • and more

 

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pecial-Edition-Energaia-20242024: Energaia Special Edition

December 2024 – Focused on the French market (Edition in French)

Excerpt from the focus:

  • Daniel Bour, President of Enerplan, reviews the highlights of 2024
  • A report on Voltec, one of the last manufacturers of solar panels
  • Distributors and installers: Diversification of service offerings
  • and more

 

 

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pecial-Edition-Energaia-20242024: RE+ Special Edition

September 2024 – Focused on the U.S. market

Excerpt from the focus:

  • KEY25: All the latest innovations in photovoltaics and storage
  • Solar highways: Photovoltaics expanding into new infrastructures
  • Growing agrivoltaics: The rise of solar energy in agriculture
  • Batteries and photovoltaics: Falling prices, rising investments
  • and more

 

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Intersolar SA special edition2024: Intersolar South America Special Edition

August 2024 – Focused on the Brazilian market (Edition in Portuguese)

Excerpt from the focus:

  • Trends for distributed generation
  • New business models circumvent connection barriers
  • Synergies with batteries, electric mobility and green hydrogen
  • Solar as a tool for decarbonization in Agro, Data Centers and Mining
  • International examples that can inspire Brazil
  • and more

 

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Key Rimini Special Edition 2024 pv magazine2024: Key Rimini Special Edition

August 2024 – Focused on the Brazilian market (Edition in Portuguese)

Excerpt from the focus:

  • Trends for distributed generation
  • New business models circumvent connection barriers
  • Synergies with batteries, electric mobility and green hydrogen
  • Solar as a tool for decarbonization in Agro, Data Centers and Mining
  • International examples that can inspire Brazil
  • and more

 

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Special Edition Genera Spanish2024: Genera Special Edition

February 2024 – Focused on the Spanish market (Edition in Spanish)

Excerpt from the focus:

  • 2023 self-consumption data analysis and challenges for PNIEC in 2030
  • Elche's plan to transform into a solar-only city for self-sufficiency
  • Training for installers: Generamés proposes photovoltaic installation as a form of social and environmental justice
  • and more

 

 

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Special Edition USA Las Vegas2023: RE+ Las Vegas Special Edition

September 2023 – Focused on the U.S. market

Excerpt from the focus:

  • State policies reshape distributed solar
  • Critical roles for long-duration energy storage
  • Manufacturing a solar-powered economy
  • Spotlight on Canada
  • A hydrogen-powered microgrid at RE+ 2023
  • and more

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Special Edition Genera Spanish2023: Intersolar South America Special Edition

September 2023 – Focused on the Brazilian market (Edition in Portuguese)

Excerpt from the focus:

  • Brazil in defense of its leading role
  • Distributed generation seeks a way out of its first crisis
  • and more

 

 

 

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2019: The smarter-E Special Edition

June 2019 – In conjunction with the smarter-E Europe exhibition and conference

Excerpt from the focus:

  • European solar comes of PPAge
  • Utilities in a time of energy transition
  • The what and when of P2G
  • and more

 

 

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2019: Energy Storage Highlights

June 2019 – In conjunction with the smarter-E Europe exhibition and conference

Excerpt from the focus:

  • European solar comes of PPAge
  • Utilities in a time of energy transition
  • The what and when of P2G
  • and more

 

 

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2018: Energy Storage North America Special Edition

November 2018 – The momentum behind energy storage

Excerpt from the focus:

  • From net metering to storage in Hawaii
  • AI for energy storage
  • Limits to lithium
  • and more

 

 

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2018: Energy Storage Highlights

February 2018 – Top 10 innovations, energy storage highlights

Excerpt from the focus:

  • Multi-string three-phase battery inverter technology
  • Flexible sector coupling
  • Organic redox flow battery
  • and more

 

 

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This page was last updated on April 23, 2025.