Magazine Archive 03 - 2025

  Now with its feet well under the Oval Office table, the new US administration has begun a major policy upheaval sure to affect the lives of many. As far as renewables and the energy transition go, Donald Trump’s return to the White House is sure to throw up new challenges, as well as some […]

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.

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.

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.

Restraint from China’s biggest polysilicon producers slashed output during January but with hydropower prices falling, how long will voluntarily imposed factory utilization rates of less than 40% persist?

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.

Solar is slowing in key markets, even with panels selling below production cost and nations failing to meet their clean energy targets. Chief among the challenges for PV is the lack of planning and investment needed to integrate new renewables into power grids.

As intermittent generation becomes more pervasive on grids around the world, the business case for locating solar and energy storage together is growing. For renewables developers, adding energy storage to a solar project can mitigate risk and provide the kind of firm power that utilities and corporate energy offtakers crave.

The numbers tell a compelling story. With approximately 40 million electric vehicles (EVs) on the road worldwide in 2024, mobile energy storage potential has reached an estimated 1.3 TWh, dwarfing the 360 GWh capacity of the world’s stationary battery energy storage systems.

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.