Solar Media

What Solar Media does

Solar Media is a B2B media company serving the clean-energy industry. Founded in 2006 in Sydney and now headquartered in London, the company operates through three divisions: Publishing (four digital platforms — PV Tech, Energy-Storage.News, Solar Power Portal, EV Infrastructure News — plus two technical print journals), Events (15+ global conference series including the Energy Storage Summit, PV CellTech, PV ModuleTech, Solar Finance & Investment Europe, and Battery Asset Management Summits), and Market Research (quarterly bankability ratings for PV modules, inverters, and BESS suppliers, plus monthly-updated project pipeline and completed-asset databases across the UK, Ireland, and Italy).

The underlying technology is content-led rather than software-led: Solar Media accumulates proprietary editorial data, project ownership and grid-connection records, and supplier financial/technology profiles over more than a decade. Bankability ratings (AAA to C) are produced by in-house analysts using proprietary methodologies, and databases are sold as subscription products to enterprises needing verified project, ownership, and supplier intelligence.

Revenue is generated through three mechanics: (1) event registration fees, sponsorship packages, and exhibitor fees across the global conference portfolio; (2) subscription-based and one-off sales of research reports and pipeline databases; and (3) advertising and sponsored content across the digital and print publications. Pricing is quote-based enterprise sales rather than self-serve. Customer segments span developers, EPCs, IPPs, investors and funds, technical advisors, financial institutions, and component suppliers across solar, energy storage, EV infrastructure, and distributed generation. The company has been acquired by Informa PLC and now operates as part of Informa Markets' Engineering portfolio, with about 45 FTEs across London, Shanghai, and Sydney.

Name

Solar Media

Legal name

Solar Media Ltd

Website

https://solarmedia.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Solar Media is a London-based B2B media company providing digital news platforms (PV Tech, Energy-Storage.News, Solar Power Portal, EV Infrastructure News), global clean-energy conferences, and subscription market research including bankability ratings and project pipeline databases for solar, storage, EV, and wind sectors. Now part of Informa Markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Events and Conferences: Solar Media organizes and hosts major industry conferences, exhibitions and awards dinners worldwide. These events bring together decision-makers across the clean energy value chain and generate revenue through attendee registration fees, sponsorship packages, and exhibitor fees.
2. Market Research Reports: Provides comprehensive market research reports covering solar PV and battery storage technologies. Reports include bankability ratings for suppliers, project pipeline databases, and manufacturing technology analysis. Revenue generated through report sales and subscriptions.
3. Publishing and Advertising: Operates four industry-leading digital news platforms (Energy-Storage.News, PVTech, Solar Power Portal, EV Infrastructure News) and print publications (PV Tech Power, Photovoltaics International). Revenue from advertising solutions and sponsored content.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Solar Media Ltd is a B2B media company specialising in digital news platforms, business intelligence, print publishing, and high-quality events serving the Solar, Energy Storage, Electric Vehicle, and Distributed Generation sectors of the clean energy industry. The company operates three core divisions: Events (flagship summits, conferences, and awards), Publishing (digital news sites PV Tech, Energy-Storage.News, Solar Power Portal, EV Infrastructure News plus print journals PV Tech Power and Photovoltaics International), and Market Research (bankability ratings reports and project pipeline databases for solar, storage and wind assets).

Product overview

Solar Media is a B2B media company operating across three core divisions: Events, Publishing, and Market Research. The Publishing arm includes four digital platforms (Energy-Storage.News, PV Tech, Solar Power Portal, EV Infrastructure News) and two print publications (PV Tech Power, Photovoltaics International). The Events portfolio comprises flagship summits including the Energy Storage Summit, PV CellTech, PV ModuleTech, Solar Finance & Investment Europe Summit, Battery Asset Management Summit series, and Energy Storage Awards. The Market Research division provides bankability rating reports (PV InverterTech, Battery StorageTech, PV ModuleTech, PV Manufacturing & Technology) and geographic project databases (UK, Ireland, Italy) tracking solar, battery storage and wind projects. All divisions serve the Solar, Energy Storage, EV and Distributed Generation sectors of the energy industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PV Tech: Leading solar PV industry news platform covering the solar supply chain from manufacturing to deployment
• Energy Storage News
• Solar Power Portal
• EV Infrastructure News
• PV Tech Research
• Solar Media Market Research
• PV Tech Power
• Photovoltaics International

Products and services

• PV Tech Industry-leading solar PV news platform with a dedicated team of 11 full-time editors providing 24/5 news coverage across the solar supply chain from manufacturing to deployment.
• Energy-Storage.News Leading digital news platform providing news and analysis for the global energy storage industry, covering battery energy storage systems (BESS), policy developments, market trends and business strategies.
• Solar Power Portal

Quantifiable outcome

• UK CfD allocation round 7a awarded 4.9GW across 155 projects, projected to contribute £370 million to UK economy and reduce gas imports by over 80TWh annually

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Informa MarketscoreOthersSolar Media is now part of Informa, the FTSE 100 events, digital services and academic research company. With this combination, Solar Media leverages Informa Markets' international scale to deliver on its mission to accelerate the growth of the clean energy transition worldwide. Solar Media is part of Informa Markets' Engineering portfolio.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mercom Capital Group: Mercom publishes widely-used clean-energy market research, project databases, and quarterly reports on solar, storage and smart grid funding/M&A activity. Its subscription research closely parallels PV-Tech Research and Solar Media's project pipeline databases.
• BloombergNEF (Bloomberg New Energy Finance): BloombergNEF is the leading global provider of clean energy research, data and analysis, serving the same institutional investors, developers, and corporate buyers as Solar Media across solar, energy storage, and EV. Direct overlap exists in market intelligence subscriptions and event/analyst access for the clean-energy value chain.
• Wood Mackenzie: Wood Mackenzie (which acquired Greentech Media) sells upstream renewable energy research, asset-level data and advisory to the same developers, lenders and corporate buyers Solar Media serves. Its Power & Renewables and battery storage research closely parallels Solar Media's bankability and pipeline reports.
• Canary Media: Canary Media is an independent newsroom covering clean energy topics including solar, storage, EVs and the grid. It is a digital-first competitor to Energy-Storage.News and PV Tech, targeting similar professionals and increasingly competing for the same advertiser base.
• Energy Voice: Energy Voice provides news, events and awards across the UK and international energy sector, including renewables, offshore wind and hydrogen. It mirrors Solar Media's combination of vertical trade publishing, conferences and awards ceremonies.
• pv magazine: pv magazine is the most direct editorial competitor to PV Tech and Solar Power Portal, providing global solar PV news, technical analysis and market intelligence. The two organizations compete for the same readers, advertisers and event sponsors across PV manufacturing and deployment.
• Recharge News (Recharge / Windpower Monthly): Recharge News is a global B2B media brand covering wind and renewable energy with news, analysis and conferences - a structural twin to Solar Media's wind pipeline database and event work. It competes for the same clean-energy professional audience and advertising budgets.
• Utility Dive: Utility Dive is a leading B2B news publication covering the electric utility sector including renewables, storage and grid transformation. It targets the same investor/utility/developer audience as Solar Power Portal and competes for clean-energy display advertising.

Broad incumbents

• S&P Global Commodity Insights (Platts): S&P Global Commodity Insights is a much larger enterprise data and analytics platform selling energy market intelligence across oil, gas, power, renewables and metals. It overlaps with Solar Media in serving the same upstream-to-procurement enterprise buyers through adjacent research and price-assessment products.

Emerging players

• Latitude Media: Latitude Media (acquiring Greentech Media) is a digitally-native B2B media company covering climate, energy and technology. It overlaps with Solar Media's publishing portfolio with a newer, more product-native editorial model and competes for share of voice in clean energy professional readership.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Solarmedialtd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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