Becquerel Institute and PV Magazine Global have started a collaboration for a monthly opinion column.
Every Thursday in the middle of the month, read our analysis on a major PV topic in Europe.
On this page, you will find all the articles published over the months.
Summer, 2026
The controversy over fire classification of BIPV systems
Fire safety is a key topic for BIPV. In this article, we explain that a number of photovoltaic façade products are recently being marketed as “non-combustible” under EN 13501-1. These claims are causing confusion in the construction sector and controversy among European manufacturers, raising the questions: what do these classifications actually certify, and can a conventional BIPV module meet them at all?
June, 2026
Solar everywhere: The infrastructure opportunity
As Europe’s most attractive rooftops and most favourable sites fill up with solar, a new logic is taking hold: the dual use of land. After agrivoltaics, floating PV and building-integrated solar, it is now the turn of infrastructure such as roads, railways, canals and dikes to become a solar resource.
May, 2026
Meeting the challenges of long life time PV on buildings
As Europe’s first generations of integrated PV systems age, researchers and industry actors are only beginning to explore the long-term realities of maintenance, compatibility and repair.
This month’s article also draws on resources from the European research projects SPHINX and EVERPV, in which we are partners.
April, 2026
Will we finally buy European PV modules?
This month, we explains why Europe’s solar manufacturing outlook is shifting from decline to cautious opportunity, driven by rising energy uncertainty and new regulations like the Net-Zero Industry Act that create fragmented, nationally defined markets with partial protection for domestic producers.
March, 2026
Lightweight PV modules could unlock more than 85 GW of untapped rooftop potential in Europe
In the second monthly column, we explains that Europe has vast commercial and industrial rooftops suitable for solar, but decades-old structural limits block conventional PV panels, creating an 85 GW untapped potential.
February, 2026
The new rationale of the EU PV Market
In the first monthly column, we explain how solar PV continues its global expansion despite political uncertainty and market turbulence. In Europe, 2025 was a record year — but the underlying dynamics are becoming increasingly complex.