{"id":224216,"date":"2026-03-16T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/breakthrough-technology-could-slash-solar-installation-costs-by-up-to-60\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T10:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:50:11","slug":"breakthrough-technology-could-slash-solar-installation-costs-by-up-to-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/breakthrough-technology-could-slash-solar-installation-costs-by-up-to-60\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakthrough technology could slash solar installation costs by up to 60%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/strategicenergy.eu\/breakthrough-technology-could-slash-solar-installation-costs-by-up-to-60\/\">Breakthrough technology could slash solar installation costs by up to 60%<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/strategicenergy.eu\/breakthrough-technology-could-slash-solar-installation-costs-by-up-to-60\/\">https:\/\/strategicenergy.eu\/breakthrough-technology-could-slash-solar-installation-costs-by-up-to-60\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-16 10:26:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"strategicenergy.eu\">strategicenergy.eu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>H\u00e9ctor Erdociain, CSO &#038; CTO of Chemik Group, announced new technological solutions for photovoltaic projects and an international expansion strategy aimed at increasing the company\u2019s global business by up to 30%, after supplying 6 GW in 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"333\" data-end=\"750\">The technology manufacturer Chemik Group aims to grow its global business by <strong data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"432\">25% to 30% in 2026<\/strong>, driven by new solutions for solar photovoltaic (PV) projects and an international expansion strategy in key markets. The announcement was made by H\u00e9ctor Erdociain, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Chemik Group, during his participation in the Future Energy Summit (FES) Iberia 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"752\" data-end=\"1024\">\u201cLast year we supplied <strong data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"805\">6 GW of products worldwide<\/strong>, which is no small figure. Overall, we have reached <strong data-start=\"858\" data-end=\"876\">40 GW globally<\/strong>,\u201d Erdociain stated while outlining the company\u2019s recent performance. He also noted that Chemik holds <strong data-start=\"978\" data-end=\"1023\">between 80% and 90% market share in Spain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1026\" data-end=\"1317\">Building on this growth trajectory, the company presented <strong data-start=\"1084\" data-end=\"1119\">two new technological solutions<\/strong> designed to enhance asset safety and reduce installation costs in solar PV projects, at a time when developers are seeking to maximise operational efficiency and ensure the bankability of projects.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1026\" data-end=\"1317\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Future Energy Summit Iberia 2026\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_G9kRTY2oU4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1319\" data-end=\"1572\">The first innovation is <strong data-start=\"1343\" data-end=\"1357\">TCS String<\/strong>, a solution designed to optimise <strong data-start=\"1391\" data-end=\"1424\">string inverter installations<\/strong> by industrialising installation processes and modifying materials used in the system, with the goal of significantly reducing implementation costs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1574\" data-end=\"1755\">\u201cBy industrialising more of the installation process and changing certain materials, we can achieve <strong data-start=\"1674\" data-end=\"1732\">savings of 55% to 60% in string inverter installations<\/strong>,\u201d Erdociain explained.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1757\" data-end=\"1989\">The second technology presented at the event was <strong data-start=\"1806\" data-end=\"1817\">Chekarc<\/strong>, a system focused on the <strong data-start=\"1843\" data-end=\"1895\">early detection of electrical arcs in PV strings<\/strong> \u2014 a phenomenon that can lead to operational failures or even fires if not identified in time.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1991\" data-end=\"2211\">\u201cIt can&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/strategicenergy.eu\/breakthrough-technology-could-slash-solar-installation-costs-by-up-to-60\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breakthrough technology could slash solar installation costs by up to 60% https:\/\/strategicenergy.eu\/breakthrough-technology-could-slash-solar-installation-costs-by-up-to-60\/ Publish Date: 2026-03-16&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":224217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/strategicenergy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SEE-9-e1773342639344.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,62,129],"class_list":["post-224216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-energy","tag-innovation","tag-solar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224216"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224218,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224216\/revisions\/224218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}