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Enphase targets 800 V DC data centers with distributed solid-state transformers Enphase Energy representative Andy Newbold told pv magazine the company sees its distributed solid-state transformer model supporting utility-scale solar, batteries, and high-power EV charging eventually. The initial focus, however, will be on data centers.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Jul 07, 2026
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Feeding Europe’s AI energy demand On one hand, European policymakers are aiming for climate neutrality by 2050. On the other, they’re aiming to at least triple the region’s data center market by the mid-2030s to conserve European digital sovereignty and economic competitiveness. Is it possible to do both? Not without demand-side flexibility, cross-border electricity trading, and smarter integration of renewable energy assets.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Jun 24, 2026
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Markets & Policy
BESS as a ‘Swiss Army knife’ for data centers Artificial intelligence is changing how data centers consume electricity. New workloads are introducing levels of variability that conventional power systems were not designed to handle, creating operational challenges both inside the facility and across the wider grid. Battery energy storage systems (BESS) are proving an essential tool to manage these rapid demand fluctuations, as S&P Global analyst Henrique Ribeiro explains.
Henrique Ribeiro
Jun 20, 2026
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Renewables-powered data centers feasible with sevenfold solar and wind overbuild, study finds A LUT University study finds that data centers could be powered continuously by intermittent renewables like wind and solar when paired with backup generation and demand-side flexibility. However, achieving firm supply would require major overbuild, significant curtailment, and careful siting to keep costs competitive with other baseload sources.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Jun 12, 2026
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Data-driven demand Mark Hutchins introduces pv magazine’s March 2026 edition, which takes a detailed look at how AI and the data centers it runs on are reshaping energy demand.
Mark Hutchins
Mar 02, 2026