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Katharina David is Managing Director of K2 Systems and responsible for sales.

Katharina David from K2 Systems: “We get smarter support through AI”

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Suppliers of assembly and mounting technology are under no small amount of pressure. How can businesses respond? As with so much else, artificial intelligence is here to help.

Adeel Y. Khan, founder and CEO of the new company.

SunIsUs – from project rights to AI-powered asset management

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A new player enters the German and global energy markets, combining PV and battery storage development with smart operational management.

“Comprehensive training and upskilling programs hold the key to bridging the solar skills gap,” says Chris Hopper.

Hybrid skills – the key to Europe’s solar boom

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Europe's solar boom is reaching its limits - not because of a lack of demand but because of a lack of skilled workers. What are the ways out and what training is needed? Chris Hopper, Co-Founder & CEO of Aurora Solar, gives his opinion.

A clean machine: the EV charger PowerPulse 2.

Ecoflow launches new home energy management system and EV-charger

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Intersolar Europe: Ecoflow is showcasing the new products in Munich this week. Integrated AI helps to reduce energy bills and maximise solar usage.

If the sun is not shining, it should also be possible to purchase electricity via the grid connection.

Edisun Power builds solar power plant to supply data centres in Spain

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The Swiss energy provider is building a huge solar park near Madrid to cover the immense energy consumption of artificial intelligence. This will be specially adapted to supply data centres.

Sue Quense, Chief Commercial Officer, at software provider Aveva (Cambridge/UK), has extensive experience in industrial systems.

Expert analysis: As we rebuild the grid, we must rethink its management

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Digitised power systems are well-uited for handling today’s fluctuating demands. Data-driven approaches are unlocking new opportunities for operation, maintenance and management, as Sue Quense, Chief Commercial Officer at Aveva, explains.

Solaredge

AI platform optimises commercial storage

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The manufacturer Solaredge presents the One platform for commercial and industrial applications. It was developed as the company's first optimisation platform for project planners (EPCs), technical service providers (O&M) and companies.

Aurora Solar

Efficient obstruction detection for solar project planning using AI

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Aurora Solar has unveiled a new feature within its HelioScope product, enhancing the efficiency of solar project planning by leveraging AI to identify and manage potential obstructions on commercial and industrial rooftops.

The Lighthouse Factory of LONGi in Jiaxing/China is highly digitalized.
Manufacturing

LONGi: AI-driven Lighthouse Factory achieves significant optimizations in production quality and efficiency

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LONGi has made significant optimizations at its Jiaxing Lighthouse Factory, achieving a 43% increase in product quality, an 84% reduction in production and delivery cycles and a 20% reduction in energy consumption per unit.

Sigenergy

A safe, modular and AI-enhanced battery storage

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The SigenStor system from Sigenergy offers modular storage, advanced safety and AI-driven battery management, ideal for residential and small-scale commercial use.

SolarEdge

New AI-based software to maximize energy savings for homeowners

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Launched recently, the new AI-based energy optimization system SolarEdge ONE is designed to autonomously optimize home energy production and consumption with solar and storage in-line with real-time energy prices.

Longi has invested a lot in its digital transformation of production.
Manufacturing

Longi: Global Lighthouse Factory

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Longi announced that its Jiaxing Production Base has been recognized by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a Global Lighthouse Factory, the world’s first solar module manufacturing base joining WEF's Global Lighthouse Network (GLN). 

With the support of AI methods, the researchers want to improve the processes for efficient perovskite solar cells.
Perovskite cells

AI could improve the stability of perovskite solar cells

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Tandem solar cells based on perovskite semiconductors can convert sunlight into electricity more efficiently than conventional silicon solar cells. In order to bring this technology to the market, stability and production processes must be further improved. Artificial intelligence (AI) methods could now help with production.

Artificial Intelligence

Inion develops AI tool to enhance solar power plant efficiency

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Knowing how much energy a solar power plant will generate is essential to its operator. This is especially true with larger solar power plants: electricity suppliers need to establish how much energy they are capable of producing.

EM-Power Europe 2023

Swarm intelligence for the energy transition

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The energy transition does not just change the energy generation technologies we use, but also requires an update of the power grids. Today, instead of a dozen large-scale power plants, an enormous swarm of power plants all feed into our grid.

Charging management

New charging management that uses AI

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Delta introduces a new platform with AI capabilities and seamless integration into the energy infrastructure. This ensures electrical safety, billing procedures and daily management.

Solar planning

Planning tool delivers concrete project outline

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GP Joule Connect's Expert planning tool uses AI-based algorithms to translate individual specifications into concrete parameters as well as initial and operating costs. It is also filled with empirical values from the more than 800 projects in the GP Joule network.

The size of the solar system and a battery storage system must fit the energy consumption of the farm.
Self-consumption in agriculture

Smartfarm 2 develops software for solar self-consumption in agriculture

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Finding the right system size and deciding for or against a storage unit: This is something that a new planning software is supposed to provide assistance with for decision-makers in farms in the future.

Maintenance:

An autonomous cleaning robot for solar panels

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With the SolarCleano B1 (‘SolarBridge’), SolarCleano recently unveiled a new generation of autonomous robots for the cleaning and predictive maintenance of solar installations.

The Tracker Smart Controller uses AI and an inclinometer to calculate a new solar tracker angle in case of shading between adjacent rows.
Solar trackers:

STI Norland launches new smart control system for solar power plants

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STI Norland has launched a new system that optimizes power generation in solar tracking plants. This new system, called STI Control, is used for comprehensive control and monitoring of photovoltaic plants equipped with STI Norland’s trackers.

Automatic alerts about issues and areas of soiling and vegetation enables asset managers and O&M teams to take appropriate action.
AI-based asset management:

Raycatch to unveil new DeepSolar at Intersolar

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Raycatch, a company that has developed an innovative AI-driven digital asset management system automating and optimizing solar PV assets, will launch a major upgrade at Intersolar Europe 2021.

DeepSolar is a cloud-based, fully-automated diagnostics system that delivers a 360° view of PV assets.
Solar asset management:

The global PV industry could be losing $14.5 billion each year by 2024

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Raycatch, a start-up that has developed an innovative AI-driven digital asset management system of solar PV assets, recently released a special report entitled Solar Asset Optimization – Industry Benchmark Study:

Sensors track temperature, humidity, pressure - and can even track how many people have sat on the bench, how long they stayed or whether they charged their devices.
Urban furniture:

A smart city bench that charges small devices from the sun

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With futuristic looks, include’s Steora City bench has a number of environmental sensors, Qi and USB device charges and provides ambient light. Can also be upgraded for various other smart applications.

Johannes Dahl is Chief Sales Officer of Solytic in Berlin.
My vision:

Johannes Dahl from Solytic: Completely digitalise monitoring and problem solving

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How good is good? Digitalisation leaves no questions unanswered. Today, the productivity of photovoltaic systems can be precisely measured and easily optimised.

Artificial intelligence (AI) enables more accurate yield and weather forecasts.
Artificial intelligence:

Reap benefits and tackle risks from AI for the power sector

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Artificial intelligence (AI) applications are transforming business operations and processes in the power sector, leading to greater cost savings, increased efficiency and new services. But also risks like data access and data protection have to be tackled.