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Solar and storage take centre stage

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As solar becomes a mainstream energy source, attention is shifting from generation alone to the smarter storage, management and use of clean power.

Solar has moved beyond the question of whether it can deliver low-cost electricity. That argument has largely been won. Across rooftops, commercial buildings and utility-scale sites, solar PV has become one of the defining technologies of the energy transition. It is familiar, bankable and increasingly central to how homes, businesses and power systems think about future energy supply.

The more interesting question now is what comes next.

For years, the solar sector has measured progress through installation figures, module efficiency, falling prices and capacity records. Those remain important, but they no longer tell the whole story. As solar becomes part of the mainstream energy mix, its value is increasingly shaped by what happens after power is generated. Can it be stored? Can it be shifted to a more useful time of day? Can it help a business manage peak pricing periods? Can it support a grid under pressure? Can it give customers more control over how and when they use energy?

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