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pv magazine

Pro-solar industry trade press (German-based, international)

Owned bypv magazine group GmbH & Co. KG, a privately held publisher in Berlin. It grew out of Solarpraxis AG, the solar consultancy and publisher that launched the magazine in 2008. Eckhart Gouras is managing director. I did not confirm the current shareholders.
FundingMainly advertising and sponsorship from solar and energy companies, plus event and trade-show partnerships, magazine and issue sales, and newsletters. Much online content is free.
On the administrationbroadly critical

Background

pv magazine launched in 2008 as a monthly publication for the international photovoltaics community. Solarpraxis AG, led by Karl-Heinz Remmers, created it, and Solarpraxis had been active in the solar sector since 1996. The pv magazine group was set up as a separate Berlin company in 2013. It now publishes a global site and a print and digital edition, along with national editions such as pv magazine USA, India, Germany and others. Its coverage is aimed at solar developers, manufacturers, installers and investors. Its perspective is that of the industry: it generally favors solar and storage growth and clean energy policy, and it depends on advertisers from that sector. Under the second Trump administration, pv magazine USA has reported critically on actions it presents as harmful to solar. These include the Bureau of Land Management's cancellation of the Esmeralda 7 solar project in Nevada, the repeal of the EPA's Endangerment Finding, the clawback of $7 billion from the Solar for All program, and tariff and trade measures. Opinion pieces have used strong language, such as describing a 'war on solar'. The outlet also reports where the administration's agenda may help solar, such as rising power demand tied to AI and the argument that solar and storage are the fastest and cheapest ways to add supply. I found no major scandals or controversies about its editorial record in the sources I consulted.

Sources

  1. pv magazine group GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin
  2. pv magazine team
  3. Trump administration cancels largest solar project in United States - pv magazine USA
  4. Trump EPA repeals Endangerment Finding, stripping legal bedrock for solar and clean energy - pv magazine USA
  5. The war on solar and renewable energy is real. If the public doesn't care, we'll lose - pv magazine USA
  6. Solar and storage are central to Trump energy priorities - pv magazine USA

Profile compiled 2026-10-30; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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