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On the eve of the official start of The smarter E Europe, the continent’s largest alliance of exhibitions for the energy industry, the winners of this year’s The smarter E AWARD were honored at an official ceremony.

Across Europe, energy communities and peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading are transforming how electricity is produced, shared, and consumed.

Sun, wind and other renewable sources now provide a steadily growing share of electricity in more and more countries.

The energy transition has reached a crucial point. The steady growth in power generated by renewable sources of energy is, in turn, giving rise to greater demand for effective grid stabilization solutions.

The energy transition is advancing rapidly on a global scale. In many places, electricity from renewable sources of energy is no longer the exception; it is now the rule.

The time for hybrid power plants has come. The combination of power generation from various renewable sources of energy, such as the sun, wind and hydropower, and smart storage technology bring a clear benefit: They allow the cost-efficient integration of electricity from renewable sources into the energy system.

The smarter E Europe 2025, taking place earlier in the year than usual, from May 7–9, 2025 at Messe München, has the motto “Accelerating Integrated Energy Solutions”.

Our electricity is becoming greener and greener – and power generation is becoming more and more decentralized and volatile.

The global growth of solar power generation shows no signs of slowing. Some of the established markets are seeing a fast deployment of photovoltaics (PV), while new, up-and-coming markets are adding to the boom.

Germany is transforming its energy sector with dynamic electricity tariffs and smart meters under the Digitization of the Energy Transition Law.

Electric cars are capable of much more than “simply” being quiet and emissions-free. Equipped with bidirectional charging technology, they can store electricity and feed it back into the grid later.

The energy world of tomorrow is being built today – and it will be more sustainable, more intelligent and more integrated than ever before.

The February 25–27 conference and expo will feature expert speakers at the intersection of policy, technology, and renewable energy.

Acquisition Amplifies Regional Offerings, Delivering Targeted Support to Midwest Solar + Storage Professionals

One award, five categories, 15 winners and an abundance of innovative and intelligent ideas, products, services and projects:

The worldwide boom in renewable energy continues unabated and is gaining momentum.

A new solar award celebrates innovation: Starting in 2025, the Adolf Goetzberger Award will annually honor visionaries in the field of solar energy.

Regional Event to Showcase Solar + Storage Industry’s Leading Solution Providers and Key Texas Energy Associations

The deployment of renewable sources of energy is picking up speed around the world. The impressive results of several market surveys recently presented at The smarter E Europe 2024 prove this.

After three packed exhibition days featuring inspiring conferences and forums, Europe’s largest platform for the energy industry has once again broken various records

The worldwide boom in renewable energy continues unabated. According to REN21's latest Global Status Report 2024, last year alone, 536 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity was installed worldwide.

A new era for solar energy is dawning in Eastern Europe: According to the European industry association SolarPower Europe, Poland and Hungary are among the top ten countries in Europe’s solar rankings, and the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Romania reached the one gigawatt mark of annual photovoltaics (PV) deployment in 2023.

The energy transition is in full swing and dynamism continues to rapidly increase.

The energy industry is undergoing a radical transformation. Renewable sources of energy have become increasingly profitable in recent years and are now the most economically viable solution for generating electricity

The EU’s objectives are ambitious: The total solar energy deployment is to reach around 750 gigawatts (GW) by 2030.

Energy suppliers with a comprehensive range of energy efficiency measures will be awarded in the energy efficiency category at the Energiewende Award ceremony.

A new generation of inverters is on the rise: Their functions go far beyond their original task of converting direct current to alternating current. Today, they’re crucial for our renewable 24/7 energy supply.

The smarter E AWARD moves into the next round and has been completely revamped. From December 1, 2023, companies will have the chance to submit their innovations or projects and compete for The smarter E AWARD – for the first time in five categories.

The worldwide PV market has hit a new growth record with a deployment of 239 gigawatts of newly installed capacity. Read more here.

Joschka Fischer, former German foreign minister talks in an interview about climate protection and energy transition

Technology for saving critical resources such as silver in solar cells

Part 4 / 4 of the series “Winners of the Architecture Award Building-Integrated Solar Technology 2024“

Part 3 / 4 of the winners of the Architecture Award Building-Integrated Solar Technology 2024.

Digital twins change the way grid operators plan, control and monitor their grids.

Part 2 / 4 of the winners of the Architecture Award Building-Integrated Solar Technology 2024.

Part 1 / 4 of the winners of the Architecture Award Building-Integrated Solar Technology 2024.

Best practices and new technologies for O&M, asset management and project development were presented at the Solar Quality Summit 2025.

Intersolar Europe Conference 2025 presents the latest industry developments.

Why negative electricity prices occur and what strategies can help.

How bidirectional charging brings together electric mobility, renewable energy, and grid stability – Insights from the V2G Summit.

The Future Power Grids Conference showed how digitalization, flexibility and storage systems shape grid development.

At Kärnten Netz GmbH, the process for connection approvals for photovoltaic installations is now fully digital.

Building-integrated PV turns the Halles des Abattoirs in Anderlecht, Belgium, into a “SolarMarket”.

European industry association publishes market figures for 2024

The power grid was a prominent topic at the Forum Solar PLUS 2024, Germany's largest photovoltaic industry conference.

France’s new provisions on parking lot PV define the dimensions of the parking lots in question, as well as exemptions and penalties for non-compliance.

Start-up interview with Todor Kostov from Reasonance about Atlas, an AI platform for the energy industry

The Agrivoltaics Industry Forum 2024 in Madrid discussed regulations, the standardization of projects and technological advancements in agricultural PV.

How can the production of solar technology become as sustainable as possible while reducing energy consumption and emissions?

The quantities of PV modules to be recycled are increasing, the processes allow almost complete recovery of the materials

What is the plan when grid capacity runs out?

Market survey show 87% increase in PV installations compared to the previous year, 447 GW of solar newly installed.

Topics at the industry conference included negative electricity prices, the PV manufacturing industry, growth of the solar industry and sustainability

Cate Blanchett, Ban Ki-moon and others spoke at The smarter E Europe 2024

Solar Package I provides improved framework conditions for ground-mounted systems, commercial systems, balcony solar systems and PV on multi-family dwellings

The smarter E Forum provides a diverse program around smart grids and prosuming.

Despite impressive growth rates in photovoltaics, we are still at the beginning of the transformation of our energy system towards CO2 neutrality. We will need a lot more space to accommodate PV modules.

Specialist speakers from the BSW-Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft e.V. (German Solar Industry Association) provide an up-to-date report on the recently adopted Solar Package 1.

In this webinar we will look at the prospects for PV in the 27 member states over the next few years, discuss the EU's expansion targets and take a look at the status of the EU manufacturing industry.

Experts from the German Solar Industry Association (BSW) will report on the latest developments in the German Bundestag.

In this webinar we take a closer look at the insights from the recently released "Solarize Africa Market Report 2023" and showcase leading lighthouse projects.