Australia’s rooftop solar market continues to reach new highs. But as millions of homes and businesses feed electricity into the grid, a more complex question is emerging: how can the power system make the best use of solar energy when so much of it is generated at the same time?

Italy has updated its renewable-energy requirements for buildings under Legislative Decree No. 5/2026, which implements the EU’s revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED III). The new provisions apply to applications for building permits and other relevant authorizations submitted from August 3, 2026. They expand and update the existing framework to cover new buildings, major renovations and certain renovations of heating systems.

If you have rooftop solar, you know the equation: generate during the day, use what you can, send the rest to the grid. Add a home battery, and you can store excess energy for the evening, potentially reducing your reliance on grid electricity.

A modern utility-scale solar farm is more than a collection of modules, inverters, trackers, and cables. Increasingly, it is also a connected digital asset. Solar plants generate large amounts of operational data every day, including irradiance, temperature, current, voltage, equipment status, and soiling levels. When this data is collected and analyzed effectively, operators can better understand plant performance, identify potential issues earlier, and make more informed operations and maintenance (O&M) decisions.

The Southern Hotel in Toowoomba, Queensland, is one of the region’s most established full-service hospitality venues. It runs around the clock, with its restaurants, bars, conference facilities, and guest rooms driving annual electricity consumption beyond  1 GWh. Energy is one of its highest operating costs.

With 72.2 GW of installed solar capacity and more than 4.5 million distributed-generation systems as of June 2026, Brazil is no longer simply building a solar market. The industry is increasingly facing a question beyond how to deploy more capacity: how should solar equipment be managed throughout its entire lifecycle?