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In a fast-changing world, renewable energies will increasingly be responsible for our economy, environment and geopolitics.

On the eve of the official start of The smarter E Europe, the continent’s largest alliance of exhibitions for the energy industry, the winners of this year’s The smarter E AWARD were honored at an official ceremony.

Across Europe, energy communities and peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading are transforming how electricity is produced, shared, and consumed.

Sun, wind and other renewable sources now provide a steadily growing share of electricity in more and more countries.

In 2025, the new highlight of ees Europe, Europe’s largest and most international exhibition for batteries and energy storage systems, will be the ees Innovation Hub.

Hydrogen technology plays a key role in the integration of solar and wind power into the energy system.

The energy transition has reached a crucial point. The steady growth in power generated by renewable sources of energy is, in turn, giving rise to greater demand for effective grid stabilization solutions.

The energy transition is advancing rapidly on a global scale. In many places, electricity from renewable sources of energy is no longer the exception; it is now the rule.

The time for hybrid power plants has come. The combination of power generation from various renewable sources of energy, such as the sun, wind and hydropower, and smart storage technology bring a clear benefit: They allow the cost-efficient integration of electricity from renewable sources into the energy system.

Battery storage systems are the backbone of the energy transition. Without them – whether as decentralized residential storage systems or large, grid-serving systems or electric vehicle traction batteries – green electricity from solar or wind cannot be seamlessly integrated into our energy system

The smarter E Europe 2025, taking place earlier in the year than usual, from May 7–9, 2025 at Messe München, has the motto “Accelerating Integrated Energy Solutions”.

Our electricity is becoming greener and greener – and power generation is becoming more and more decentralized and volatile.

Germany is transforming its energy sector with dynamic electricity tariffs and smart meters under the Digitization of the Energy Transition Law.

Electric cars are capable of much more than “simply” being quiet and emissions-free. Equipped with bidirectional charging technology, they can store electricity and feed it back into the grid later.

The energy world of tomorrow is being built today – and it will be more sustainable, more intelligent and more integrated than ever before.

The worldwide boom in renewable energy continues unabated and is gaining momentum.

The deployment of renewable sources of energy is picking up speed around the world. The impressive results of several market surveys recently presented at The smarter E Europe 2024 prove this.

After three packed exhibition days featuring inspiring conferences and forums, Europe’s largest platform for the energy industry has once again broken various records

The worldwide boom in renewable energy continues unabated. According to REN21's latest Global Status Report 2024, last year alone, 536 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity was installed worldwide.

This year marks the tenth anniversary of ees Europe, and in a growing number of countries the framework conditions for the dynamic development of storage markets have become very favorable.

The battery industry is steadily moving forward: With the increasing electrification of vehicles and the expansion of renewable sources of energy, the global demand for batteries is growing. New technologies, as well as strategic and geopolitical decisions, will impact the battery and electromobility sectors, creating both opportunities and challenges.

Energy suppliers with a comprehensive range of energy efficiency measures will be awarded in the energy efficiency category at the Energiewende Award ceremony.

The successful debut in 2023 laid the foundations for a promising future: The cooperation between ees Europe, the continent’s largest and most international exhibition for batteries and energy storage systems and InterBattery, South Korea’s leading battery exhibition, enters its second round this year.

The smarter E AWARD moves into the next round and has been completely revamped. From December 1, 2023, companies will have the chance to submit their innovations or projects and compete for The smarter E AWARD – for the first time in five categories.

Elestor uses innovative technologies to benefit from the synergy of electricity and hydrogen.

Get an overview of what you must see at ees Europe 2025.

Digital twins change the way grid operators plan, control and monitor their grids.

Why negative electricity prices occur and what strategies can help.

The Future Power Grids Conference showed how digitalization, flexibility and storage systems shape grid development.

At Kärnten Netz GmbH, the process for connection approvals for photovoltaic installations is now fully digital.

The power grid was a prominent topic at the Forum Solar PLUS 2024, Germany's largest photovoltaic industry conference.

Start-up interview with Todor Kostov from Reasonance about Atlas, an AI platform for the energy industry

Four electrolyzers and a pipeline in Stuttgart will supply the local industry in the near future. A 100-megawatt electrolyzer is set to decarbonize the entire port industry of Hamburg.

ees Europe 2024 shows: from planning to operation, innovations are unlocking savings potential

What is the plan when grid capacity runs out?

Market survey show 87% increase in PV installations compared to the previous year, 447 GW of solar newly installed.

Cate Blanchett, Ban Ki-moon and others spoke at The smarter E Europe 2024

The smarter E Forum provides a diverse program around smart grids and prosuming.

Start-up iInterview with Nuno Taveira, CEO bei Enfasys

How private consumers can become self-sufficient in the electricity, heating and transport sectors

Why flexible electricity tariffs and dynamic grid charges work best when combined

Future Power Grids Conference explores path to system stability.

How grid companies use digitalization to monitor and stabilize their grids.

Start-up keeconn has developed a simple and secure solution for monitoring routers.

The increasing use of electromobility will significantly increase the demand for electricity in Germany in the coming years. Researchers at Fraunhofer IEE and the University of Kassel have investigated the challenges this will pose for the electricity grids as part of the "Decarbonising transport - energy system feedback" (DeV-KopSys-2) project.

Meet some of our AWARD winners as well as some start-ups and their energy management systems