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Dimitris Pantoulas, Technical Director for Utility Projects Europe, GoodWe explains that grid-forming converters establish their own voltage and frequency reference, while grid-following converters depend on an existing grid reference.
At the TaiyangNews online conference, the company presented utility-scale string inverters, storage PCS and medium-voltage systems alongside its grid-forming control technology
Conow's booth at Solar & Storage Live UK 2026.
The company’s UK debut covered balcony storage, AC-coupled and all-in-one systems, an 800 W plug-in solar kit and its Conow AIX energy platform
EP Cube's stall at Solar & Storage UK Live 2026.
The company showcased a new single- and 3-phase ESS, along with an updated home energy management app, an HMI, and upcoming AC EV chargers, at Solar & Storage Live UK 2026
CEA–INES increased its internal flexible perovskite cell record from 19.2% to 21.2% over an active area of 0.28 cm².
The cell, based on PET substrate, reaches 21.2% over an active area of 0.28 cm² after researchers add an anti-reflective coating and redesign its electrical connections
Jackery's showcase at the exhibition.
SolarVault 3 range includes PV-compatible and AC-coupled retrofit storage solutions, while Explorer Plus v2 targets portable power and emergency backup
Amfisol’s east-west ground-mount system uses ballast instead of anchors and allows up to 15° of inclination between adjacent mounting units. (Image Credit: Amfisol)
The modular east-west system, built with a polypropylene structure, uses detachable ballast carriers and hinged connections to accommodate uneven ground and temporary installations
BayRobot’s H1 Pro uses dual roller brushes, multi-sensor navigation and a PV-powered wireless charging station for automated module cleaning. (Image Credit: BayRobot)
The robot cleans up to 1,000 m² per hour and returns to a PV-powered dock for wireless charging
Gloria Gao of JA ESS discusses how storage and digital controls can turn solar plants into flexible energy assets.
As grid constraints and weak midday prices erode solar revenues, batteries can recover curtailed solar power, shift output to higher-value periods and add grid-service revenues
Battery Storage
The company’s first standalone utility-scale battery in Australia incorporates grid-forming inverter technology backed by AUD 7 million in state funding
TrinaTracker says its BUILDEX automates PV module handling and placement, while AURORA supports unattended module cleaning.
BUILDEX installs up to 90 modules per hour, while AURORA supports autonomous cleaning across height offsets of up to 50 mm
TCL Solar’s European C2 range includes a 495 W black rooftop module and 670 W bifacial modules for commercial and power plant applications.
The C2 range targets rooftop, C&I and utility applications, with top module efficiencies of 24.3% and 24.8%
BIPV
A study of six installations across six countries highlights challenges in predicting BIPV electricity output and module temperatures
Hoymiles displayed its HiFlow and HiBattery plug-in products alongside the HiOne residential storage system at Solar & Storage Live UK 2026.
The display ranged from HiFlow microinverters and 4.02 kWh plug-in batteries to a 5 MW/10 MWh utility-scale BESS
MOVA LumeGret's latest plug-in model.
The A4000 accepts up to 3.6 kW of PV and supplies up to 800 W through a standard household socket, while its 2.5 kW grid-tied output must comply with applicable grid-connection requirements
SolaX Power & Powernaut collaboration
The standardized interface lets European energy retailers monitor and use supported control functions on compatible SolaX inverters and batteries without building a separate device integration
Laser-based recycling involves heating of silicon cells through irradiation resulting in decomposition of the adjacent encapsulant, allowing the module layers to be separated.  (Image Credit: P.K. Kanaujia et al., Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Vol. 309, Elsevier, 2027)
The laboratory-scale process, developed by researcher at the University of Virginia, separates front glass, silicon cells and rear glass, with an estimated recycling cost of $5.33 per dual-glass modu ...
A drone records electroluminescence images at night, allowing the method to map estimated power loss at cell, module and string level across a PV plant.
Machine learning identifies the dominant degradation mechanism, while a physics-based model converts one luminescence image into power-loss maps from cell to string level
LONGi has raised the HIBC cell efficiency world record from 27.81% in April 2025 to 28.29% in September 2026, including 3 successive records in 2026.
The ISFH-certified HIBC cell efficiency follows records of 28.04% in January and 28.13% in April, making it LONGi's third world record with the technology in 2026
Pylontech’s 588 Ah and 601 Ah LFP cells roll off the production line at its Hefei plant.
The Chinese company has produced more than 100 MWh of its new 588 Ah and 601 Ah cells for utility-scale storage systems
Suntech's 470 W full-black Ultra T 3.0 module combines quarter-cut TOPCon cells with an anti-glare design for sites where reflected light is a concern.
The display included 670 W bifacial and 470 W anti-glare Ultra T 3.0 modules, a 520 W Ultra T 2.0 module, and residential and C&I energy storage systems
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