Solar & Storage Live Middle East Market Report 2025
The Middle East is undergoing a rapid shift toward clean energy, with solar, storage, and green hydrogen reshaping power systems across the Gulf and Levant. This report offers a clear overview of regional trends, from record-breaking solar parks to emerging hydrogen...
Cape Town’s Solar & Battery Storage Market Opportunities 2025-2030
This exclusive market report explores the solar and battery storage landscape across Cape Town, offering a strategic overview of investment potential, emerging technologies, and evolving policy frameworks. Discover how local and national initiatives, including...
UK Solar Market Report 2025
The UK solar industry is entering a transformative era, with installed capacity soaring past 17.2 GW and over 1.4m homes now equipped with solar panels. The Solar & Storage Live UK 2025 Market Report reveals a sector driven by plummeting costs, strong public...
Switzerland Solar Market Report 2025
Switzerland’s solar energy sector has experienced exponential growth, with capacity leaping from 0.1 GW in 2010 to 6.8 GW in 2024. This report unpacks the government policies, technological advancements, and market dynamics driving this success, while also addressing...
Spain Solar Market Report 2025
Spain’s solar energy sector has surged to 22.45 GW of capacity by early 2023, with ground-mounted solar farms driving 77% of new installations. This report delves into the policies, technological advances, and market forces shaping Spain’s rise as Europe’s...
SolarPower Europe and The Nature Conservancy release policy paper on nature-inclusive solar
Press Release A new paper from SolarPower Europe and The Nature Conservancy shows that nature-inclusive solar parks can help not only mitigate the impacts of climate change but also help go the extra mile to restore nature. A new, cross-sectorial EU policy framework...
IEA: International renewable energy capacity goal wont be met
A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) reveals that efforts to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030 will likely fall short, despite rapid growth in solar power and supportive policies from major economies. The IEA’s Renewables 2024 report...
Report: Solar storage market to hit $154.3bn by 2031
According to research by InsightAce Analytic, the global solar energy storage market was valued at $45.63bn in 2022 and is projected to reach $154.30bn by 2031, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.7% from 2023 to 2031. Solar energy storage involves...
SolarPower Europe: Growth of solar jobs has stagnated
According to SolarPower Europe’s 2024 Solar Jobs Report the European solar sector created around 826,000 jobs by 2023’s close – a 27% increase since 2022. However, the 2024 forecast expects only a 0.4% increase. The 2023 boost seems to have been caused by a...
IEA report: countries need collaboration for climate goals
According to a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), more international cooperation will be needed in order to achieve climate goals – despite headway already made in high-emission sectors. The IEA worked with the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions to...
Solar Energy UK survey seeks farmers’ views on challenging harvest
Press Release UK farming is preparing for both a low-yielding harvest and adapting to a new normal of climate extremes, following the country’s coolest summer for nearly a decade and one of the wettest winters on record. This has been compounded by external factors...
US solar sector grows despite China’s market dominance
The U.S. solar energy sector is experiencing rapid growth, driven by increased investment and supportive policies like the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Solar installations grew by 21% in the first quarter of 2024, bringing total capacity to over 100 GW, with 3,379...
Switzerland Energy Week: Energy Policy Review one year on
In September 2023, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released a report on Switzerland’s energy policies – as it does for all its member countries. Switzerland's low-emissions electricity system positions the country favourably to achieve its climate goals for 2030...
Switzerland Energy Week: The challenge of energy storage
A study titled Future Swiss Energy Economy: The Challenge of Storing Renewable Energy, published in the journal Frontiers in Energy Research, in part analyses how Switzerland could use solar power as part of its renewable energy transformation through various storage...
Switzerland Energy Week: The Swiss surge in PV energy
Switzerland is experiencing a significant surge in solar PV energy, with solar power expected to cover more than 10% of the country’s total electricity demand for the first time in 2024. This marks a milestone, as solar energy will surpass the output of the Beznau...
Research shows solar panels at risk from hailstorms
Chaucer, a specialist insurance group, has released a new report showing that the number of recorded hailstorms has more than doubled over the last year. These reached 11,808 in the 12 months leading up to the end of June, which could cause damage to solar panels....
Europe and US falling behind on climate targets
A recent McKinsey & Company study reveals that Europe and the United States lag behind their decarbonisation objectives. This shortfall is primarily due to a significant discrepancy between the volume of targeted projects and the number progressing to final...
USA considers tariffs on Southeast Asian solar imports
According to a report from Bloomberg, the USA is considering placing tariffs on Southeast Asia’s solar industry – the largest producer of solar panels after China. The news comes as the USA accuses Chinese-run factories in the region, which have opened in the last...
Report says European solar needs more cyber protection
Cybersecurity firm Secura has reported that a large European solar power grid is currently vulnerable to attacks on its system. The report highlights the Netherlands having a “significant area of attack in the solar power industry”, while the case study additionally...
EU data shows solar overtook hard coal in 2022 for energy
Eurostat, a statistics and data site officially owned by the European Union, has reported that 2022 saw solar energy overtake hard coal for the EU’s total electricity production for the first time. Solar energy accounted for 210 249 GWh and hard coal generated 205 693...
