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A German-Swiss research team has calculated how many houses could be decoupled from external infrastructure using solar power and battery and hydrogen storage. The proportion could rise to 75 percent by 2050.With two million single-family homes, total self-sufficiency is possible for 50 percent addi

Europe’s solar installation levels are exceeding expectations and are on track to grow 30% this year from 2022, according to Rystad Energy.

The EU is, according to the European executive, on track to achieve the objectives of REPowerEU, but "it is necessary to significantly accelerate the pace".

Austria has reduced the value-added tax (VAT) on residential PV systems. The new measures apply to all new PV systems up to 35 kW in size, and it will go into force in January.

The new directive on renewable energies, which adds an additional indicative complement of 2.5% in order to reach a share of renewables of 45% in the mix in 2030, received final approval from the Council this Monday.

AleaSoft Energy Forecasting highlights, using Irena data, that the global weighted average LCOE for large-scale photovoltaic systems decreased by 89% between 2010 and 2022.

AleaSoft reports that last week the electricity market in Spain and Portugal was more expensive than the Italian one, recording a greater increase. The upward trend depends on the increase in CO2 and gas prices, as well as on the increase in electricity demand in most European countries.Image: AleaS

In a new weekly update for pv magazine , OPIS, a Dow Jones company, offers a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.

As the entire world heading for carbon neutralization to combat the grievous global warming, photovoltaic utilization is becoming more and more popular to make construction greener, or even its own carbon neutral.Different from conventional ground-mounted PV plant, modules used either attached to bu