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Hybrid solar supports system flexibility, improves the cost-effectiveness of an asset and makes energy generation more reliable.

From solar and wind energy to battery storage and e-mobility, the pace and scale of clean technology deployment are shaped by public policy.

Julian Jansen and Michael Schreiber discuss energy security, grid stability and the robustness of the European electricity grid

Prof. Dr. Christian Stöcker explains why climate change deniers still exist and whether they can be won over

Carsten Körnig, BSW, explains why clean and affordable renewable energies are essential for Germany.

Julius Beutel explains that photovoltaic systems must be monitored and maintained to reduce their levelised electricity cost.

Tom Essex, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Kigyo Solutions, explains that the energy transition could require over 1 million new jobs by 2030.

We speak with Kerstin Andreae and Simone Peter about electricity market design.

We speak with Bastian Gierull and Kai Lobo about smart meter

We speak with Martin Vogt and Dr. Julian Hochscherf about the progress in the electricity market

We speak with Dirk Kaisers about the successful transformation of the electricity grid.

We speak with Sebastian Bonilla and Matthew Wright about the latest advances in silicon solar cells, innovations and market trends

We speak with Philippe Macé about building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV)

We speak with Katharina Eickelberg about sustainability in the field of renewable energies

We speak with Dr. Stefan Reber and Dr. Johannes Eisenlohr about PV commercial and industrial installations

We speak with Christophe Lits about gobal developments in the solar market

We speak with Julian Schulz about tenant electricity

We speak with Felipe Narbona about hybrid power plants

We speak with Rana Adib about the latest trends in energy supply

We speak with Andreas Bett and Karl-Heinz Remmers about the future of the Germany Solar Industry

We speak with Alexander Neuhäuser about future technologies in the e-craft sector

We talk about this with the symposium's technical director, Dr. Korbinian Kramer from Fraunhofer ISE in Freiburg.

About this area of tension but also what Agri-PV can bring to Germany, we spoke to Mark Kugel from „Obsthof Bernhard“.

We spoke to Christoph Strasser, CEO of MaxSolar GmbH, the company behind the project, to find out how sector coupling works.

We speak with Rolf Disch about plus-energy-houses and how they can contribute to climate protection and avoiding housing shortage and energy price crisis.

We speak with Jan Lozek about the role of start-ups for a decentralised energy supply with renewable energies.

We speak with Jan Figgener about the role of battery storage and about which developments can be expected.

We speak with Jenny Chase about the astonishing and at the same time controverse developments in the global solar market.

Interview with Nelson Pinho, Global Head of Digital and AI at EDP, about how digitalization and AI are transforming the energy sector

Sascha Krause-Tünker, CEO of Next2Sun, explains the advantages and applications of vertical bifacial PV.

Grids and Flexibility are the main topics at Intersolar Europe Conference 2025, according to board member Adele Ara.

We spoke to Thomas Dederichs of Amprion about the current state of Germany’s power grids and their ability to meet future demands.

The opportunities, planning and implementation of agricultural PV projects from a developer’s perspective.

Interview with Christian Reetz of Mondas GmbH about their IOT data platform and The smarter E AWARD

The web-based GIS dvlp.energy can be used to access data on grid infrastructure and utilization

Dr. Christoph Kost from Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE gives insights in energy cost developments.

Interview with Aurore Lantrain from EPEX SPOT about local flexibility as a key solution to grid congestion

Dr. Dirk Haft from IBC SOLAR speaks about photovoltaics on commercial buildings

Tomaso Charlemont from BayWa r.e. speaks about the potential of Revamping and Repowering for existing solar assets

Fabian Flade Flade of the Bavarian Association for the Promotion of Solar Energy talks in an interview about the latest developments in building-integrated PV

Pedro Amaral Jorge, CEO of the Portuguese association for renewable energies APREN, talks in an interview about the market development of solar energy and renewable energies in Portugal

Interview with Puzant Baliozian from VDMA about the PV Manufacturing Stage 2024

The 8th Energy Transition Award for utilities will be presented at The smarter E Europe on June 20, 2024

Grid-forming inverters and BESS enable grid stability. Interview with Daniel Duckwitz and Hariram Prabhakaran from SMA Solar Technology

Interview with Dr. Sönke Rogalla, Fraunhofer ISE, about the exciting trends in the area of power converters.

Interview with KNX Association CEO Heinz Lux about KNX and smart homes

Interview with Gonzalo de la Viña, Trina Solar, about Sustainable companies

Start-up interview with Michael Seeholzer, Virtual Global Trading

Mattia Dallapiccola from EURAC about the application of AI in the solar energy sector

Thomas Hillig from THEnergy on current developments in the PPA market.

Darrell Leroux from FNSEA in an interview about the tensions in Agrivoltaics between investors, landowners and farmers

Josephine Steppat from Energy Brainpool on the problem of oversupply of solar power and how the price drop can be mitigated through flexibilization.

Felix Krause, Managing Partner of Vireo Ventures on the role of start-ups in creating a future-oriented energy world

Radovan Kopecek, CEO, CTO and co-founder ISC Konstanz about the technological shift from p-type to n-type solar cells

Interview with IoT expert Marco Oesterlein on the problems and solutions of digitalization.

Sascha Krause-Tünker, CEO of Next2Sun, explains the advantages and applications of vertical bifacial PV.

Start-up interview with Felix Krause from VC Vireo Ventures about Start-up business landscape

REN21 launches third part of the Renewables 2024 Global Status Report at The smarter E Europe