From 23 to 25 September, colleagues from across DVP Solar’s European offices came together in Italy for our Global Meeting 2026.
Over three days, teams from different countries, departments and professional backgrounds shared experiences, discussed projects, exchanged ideas and explored new ways of working together.
For an international and multidisciplinary company, bringing these perspectives together is essential. Different markets bring different regulatory frameworks, technologies, local conditions and project challenges. Combining that knowledge allows teams to approach complex challenges from multiple perspectives and share lessons that can benefit projects across the organisation.
This year’s Global Meeting focused on knowledge sharing, technical expertise, collaboration and new ways of working — with a visit to DVP Solar’s Vetralla agrivoltaic project providing a valuable opportunity to take those discussions into the field.
Different markets, shared knowledge
One of the main objectives of the Global Meeting was to give teams the opportunity to learn from experiences across different markets.
During the technical sessions, colleagues from Italy, France and Germany shared examples from projects and discussed how similar challenges can have different implications depending on local conditions.
Topics included cable routes and grid connection, exploring how different constraints can influence:
- project design
- permitting
- construction methods
- planning and timelines
- technical and economic project decisions
The goal was not to identify a single solution, but to understand different approaches to the same type of challenge.
An experience in one market can help another team identify a potential issue earlier. A permitting lesson from another country can inform how a future project is assessed.
This exchange of expertise is one of the strengths of working across markets and disciplines: different perspectives can contribute to better-informed decisions.
Vetralla: taking knowledge into the field
A key moment of the Global Meeting was the visit to DVP Solar’s Vetralla agrivoltaic project.
The visit gave colleagues from across the company the opportunity to experience a project at an advanced stage of construction and connect the technical work developed through plans, models and documentation with the reality of the site.
Vetralla is a 4.2 MWp agri-PV project, combining renewable electricity generation with agricultural activity focused on grass production for livestock feed.
The visit focused on three main technical areas:
- the elevated tracker system
- grid connection
- electrical infrastructure
Rather than being simply a site tour, the visit created a shared technical learning environment where colleagues could ask questions, compare approaches and explore how different disciplines contribute to the development of an agrivoltaic project.
Agrivoltaics in practice
Vetralla also provided an opportunity to explore what agrivoltaics means beyond the concept itself.
Agrivoltaic projects are designed to allow agricultural activity and renewable energy generation to coexist on the same land. Achieving this requires both uses to be considered from the early stages of project design.
At Vetralla, the elevated tracker system has been designed to accommodate agricultural activity beneath and around the photovoltaic structures. Civil and electrical works have also been developed with the continued use of the land in mind, including minimizing the use of concrete and ensuring that electrical trenches are deep enough to allow future agricultural activities.
These design considerations illustrate an important principle of agrivoltaics: integrating agricultural and energy uses requires a project to be designed around both from the outset.
Seeing these decisions implemented in the field allowed colleagues from different areas of the business to understand the project from perspectives beyond their own discipline.
AI, knowledge and the way we work
Artificial Intelligence was another important topic during Global Meeting 2026.
We were joined by Omar Puertas from Harvey, who shared insights into how AI is changing professional work and the way organisations interact with information and expertise.
The session opened a broader discussion about how companies can make better use of the knowledge they generate every day.
Renewable energy projects involve a significant amount of information — from technical decisions and permitting processes to documentation, stakeholder interactions and lessons learned.
The opportunity lies not simply in generating more information, but in preserving useful knowledge, making it accessible and using experience from one project to inform the next.
These discussions reinforced the importance of digitalisation and new technologies in supporting more efficient ways of working and enabling better-informed decisions.
Sharing perspectives with Glentra
The Global Meeting was also attended by Michael Bruhn Hansen, Alex Abadjis and Korn Maneewannakul from Glentra, DVP Solar’s shareholder.
Their participation provided an opportunity to exchange perspectives directly with colleagues across the organisation and discuss DVP Solar’s evolution, its markets and the opportunities ahead.
Having representatives of Glentra present also created space for direct conversations with teams working across different countries and areas of the business.
One team, many perspectives
Not all of the most valuable exchanges happened during formal sessions.
Over the three days, the Global Meeting also created space for conversations between sessions, shared meals, informal discussions and social moments — interactions that are difficult to replicate through scheduled calls and day-to-day project work.
DVP Solar brings together people from different countries, disciplines, professional backgrounds and generations. Each perspective contributes to the way we understand projects, identify challenges and develop solutions.
Meeting in person makes it easier to share that experience, continue conversations beyond the agenda and strengthen relationships across teams and offices.
In that sense, collaboration was not limited to a specific activity in the programme. It was part of the entire experience — from technical discussions and the Vetralla visit to the conversations that continued throughout the three days.
Global Meeting 2026 brought together technical expertise, field experience, Artificial Intelligence, knowledge sharing and collaboration — reinforcing what it means to work as one #TeamDVPSolar.
Different markets. Different disciplines. Different perspectives. One team.
