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With this, we wrap up the last virtual conference of the year 2025 at TaiyangNews. We will be back with lots more in 2026, starting with a webinar on Solar & Storage Market 2025 Review & 2026 Outlook. Mark your calendar for January 13, 2026. Details to follow soon.
TaiyangNews Managing Director Michael Schmela led a discussion with Canadian Solar’s Andrea Praticò and HyperStrong’s Luis Manuel Haya Carballo on how inverters and battery storage are reshaping solar systems for homes, businesses, and the grid. Panelists highlighted key challenges, including permitting, grid connections, curtailment, and unclear financial models. While Carballo noted that solar oversupply and connection points can limit value without proper planning, Praticò said residential users often focus only on self-consumption, overlooking the broader role of batteries. For the C&I segment, speakers said falling costs, modular designs, and improved safety are making smaller storage projects viable. They see software and energy management systems as critical to unlocking returns and grid interaction.
SigEnergy Senior Account Manager Sebastian Feges presents SigenStack, a modular, DC-coupled energy storage system designed for C&I and utility applications. He links rising EU blackout risks and negative electricity prices from PV oversupply to growing demand for storage. SigenStack aims to address the limitations of traditional cabinet and container ESS by reducing complexity, devices, and lifecycle costs. He emphasized that the system enables direct PV connection, scalable capacity expansion, faster installation, and enhanced safety features. SigEnergy said a 20 MWh system can be installed in about 10 days, compared to 60 days for traditional container ESS.
Andrea Praticò, Director of Sales Europe at Canadian Solar, said the EP Cube positions itself as an all-in-one storage solution integrating a hybrid inverter, emergency power supply, and stackable battery modules via a plug-and-play design. Each 5 kWh module weighs under 42 kg, easing transport and installation across residential and C&I applications. He highlighted broad compatibility with new and existing PV systems, including microinverters, optimizers, and EV charging. With 4 independent MPPTs, scalable capacity from 7.6 to 60 kW and up to 200 kWh, and faster installation, EP Cube aims to simplify projects and improve installer productivity, he added.
HyperStrong Solutions Engineer Luis Manuel Haya Carballo said the company’s integrated BESS solutions for Europe largely met technical needs, but customers still had concerns around investment, logistics, and footprint. He highlighted transport challenges as utility-scale systems average about 40 tons, which raises costs and limits port access. To address this, he outlined HyperStrong’s move to its 'energy storage 3.0' portfolio, including the HyperBlock M product. Calling it the most compact utility-scale energy storage solution ever, he said the HyperBlock M offers a low initial investment while improving energy density by 28%. It delivers up to 6.4 MWh in a 20-foot configuration, offering lower LCOS and greater deployment flexibility
Jinko ESS Product Manager for BESS Khalid Mannan spoke about the company’s SunGiga G2, a 261 kWh liquid-cooled LFP energy storage system for the C&I segment. He noted that the new generation features a more compact, highly integrated design that combines the HV battery and PCS, reducing footprint by 10% compared with its predecessor. Mannan added that SunGiga G2 increases cycle life to 8,000 cycles, improves efficiency, lowers auxiliary consumption, and supports both on- and off-grid operation, with up to 12 units scalable to 3 MW.
RCT Solutions CEO Peter Fath said inverters are playing an increasingly critical role across commercial and industrial, residential, and utility-scale energy systems. He stressed that cybersecurity is becoming a decisive issue, urging inverter manufacturers to ensure systems can be safely disconnected from the internet. He raised concerns about who controls power systems, arguing that Europe’s energy infrastructure must remain under European control. According to him, tougher, strictly enforced regulations are on the way, and inverter makers serious about the European market should consider establishing local manufacturing. The threat of cybersecurity is real, not only for Europe but even globally
CATL CTO Hank Zhao said the company is expanding its BESS offerings for Europe, backed by more than 2,000 global ESS projects with zero incidents and strict quality controls. Highlighting CATL’s strong focus on safety and quality, Zhao added that the company's products are supported by over 7,000 quality control checkpoints and extensive in-house testing. He added that CATL has developed solutions tailored to Europe’s infrastructure constraints, including noise and legacy structures.
Opening the conference, TaiyangNews Managing Director Michael Schmela said solar’s global power share continues to rise consistently, shifting attention from adding capacity to using solar more intelligently. He noted that rising midday peaks are lowering capture rates and increasing the need for battery storage. Schmela added that growth is moving toward front-of-the-meter demand, with smart inverters and energy management systems helping integrate solar better into the grid.
The conference will wrap up with an insightful panel discussion on making solar smarter, focusing on advanced inverters and battery storage for homes, businesses, and grid support. So stay tuned till the end!
Today’s virtual conference runs from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. CET and brings together experts from the inverter and storage space. The sessions will focus on the critical role of inverters and batteries in building more resilient and responsive solar-based energy systems.
Welcome to the TaiyangNews Inverters & Battery Storage Conference – our final event of 2025. Now in its second edition, the conference takes a closer look at inverters and battery storage, often called the brain and backbone of solar energy, and how they are enabling the next phase of market growth. Last-minute registrations are still open here.
