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New research from Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) has shown that combining rooftop PV systems with battery storage and heat pumps can improve heat pump ...

Panellists from Large Scale Solar Southern Europe discuss the state of the Greek solar market. Image: Raphael Cruz via Unsplash. Ahead of Large Scale Solar Southern Europe next week in Athens, Greece, ...

In a field in central Greece that once grew clover and corn, maintenance worker Nikos Zigomitros deftly drives a tractor between rows of solar panels, trimming weeds under a blazing sun. "Letting them ...

Enphase Energy, Inc. ENPH recently expanded its IQ Energy Management system to include select electric water heaters in Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland. The update allows homeowners to manage ...

An international research group led by China’s Zhejiang University has developed a proof-of-concept compression-assisted adsorption thermal battery (CATB) prototype, using solar thermal collectors.

The cost of solar power has fallen by 87%, and battery storage by 85% in the past decade, according to a new study – here’s why. Berlin-based scientific think tank Mercator Research Institute on ...

A 1-megawatt sand battery that can store up to 100 megawatt hours of thermal energy will be 10 times larger than a prototype already in use. The new sand battery will eliminate the need for oil-based ...