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Kai Lippert is founder and managing director of the solar wholesaler EWS in Handewitt, Germany.
Solar market:

Kai Lippert from EWS: "Logistics remains challenging“

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The specialist solar wholesaler from northern Germany finished 2021 with strong growth - a plus of 60 per cent in solar modules alone. Now Managing Director Kai Lippert is preparing for the hype to continue - in all markets.

The student teams were supposed to construct their sustainable buildings as a Solar Village in Bucharest in 2023.
Covid:

Solar Decathlon Europe 2023 in Bucharest is cancelled

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Due to the continuing uncertainty caused by the corona pandemic, the Energy Endeavour Foundation has decided not to hold the competition for the best solar architecture.

Denis de Vette, Managing Director of Van der Valk Solar Systems, in front of a well-stocked warehouse - despite a challenging supply situation in 2021.
Mounting systems:

Van der Valk are optimistic for the coming year

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In a recent communication, Dutch mounting systems manufacturer Van der Valk Solar Systems have looked back at 2021 with all its challenges. More importantly, however, the prospects for 2022 are promising:

At the Restart of The smarter E in October 2021, green hydrogen will feature as a major topic for the first time.
The smarter E Europe Restart:

We will be broadcasting live from Munich!

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In less than two weeks the most important trade fair of the renewables industry returns: The smarter E Europe Restart in Munich. It will be smaller in scope. However, the event promises to be packed with innovations. There are two that stand out: Green hydrogen and our new PV Guided Tours.

Defying expectations in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, solar power has performed much better in the last year.
Global Market Outlook:

Solar power on track for terawatt scale by 2022

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Today, SolarPower Europe released its new Global Market Outlook during The smarter E Industry Days event. The report provides market intelligence for the global solar sector for 2020, and forecasts capacity for 2021–2025.

In Q1 of 2021, the SMA group sold inverters with an accumulated output of around 3.4 GW and generated sales of €240.4 million.
Sales figures Q1 2021:

SMA increases profitability in the first quarter of 2021

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SMA Solar Technology AG achieved a considerably better operating result from January to March 2021 than in the first three months of the previous year.

Emissions trading:

Determining the price of the UK ETS scheme

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Carbon prices, especially the EU Emission Trading System (ETS), have experienced considerable volatility over the last year, influenced first by COVID-19 and more recently by expectations of increased EU climate ambitions.

Environmental groups demanded early on for governments to make use of this unprecedented situation by installing measures for ecological and sustainable transformation.
Covid recovery:

How green is Europe’s green recovery plan?

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Since the beginning of 2020, Covid-19 has had most of the world in suspense. The pandemic has not only had an impact on our private lives but also took over most of political decision making and media coverage.

This invention will be especially useful as we are headed into the hotter months of summer (at least in the northern hemisphere).
Coronavirus:

Anti-coronavirus masks now available with solar cells

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An inventor from Berlin has covered the surfaces of N95 masks with solar cells – as commonly used in solar watches. This can be used to charge a mobile device or electrically cool two vials of Astrazeneca vaccine. The first delivery is due in Rotterdam soon.

Solar PV and thermal technologies will offer an attractive option to local authorities keen to upgrade domestic energy efficiency cost-effectively.
UK:

Solar installers poised to roll-out green home upgrades via local authorities

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Thousands of households are due to receive free green home improvements this year under the Green Homes Grants Local Authority Delivery scheme, with solar PV and solar thermal eligible alongside other technologies and building fabric upgrades.

Viessmann was able to report strong results in 2020.
Viessmann:

Strong growth despite Corona

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The Viessmann Group successfully mastered the past financial year. After a global market slump at the beginning of the Corona pandemic, the family-run company was able to make significant gains.

BayWa r.e. launched a new report "Decade That Matters" to understand better the public perception of the climate crisis.
New report „Decade That Matters“

Analysis of online conversations about perception of the climate crisis

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BayWa r.e. launched its new “Decade That Matters” report, a deep dive into online climate discussions over the past 10 years and what these may tell us about where we are heading over the next 10 years.

USA: electricity generation by fuel type in 2020.
Sustainable energy:

USA: 33.6 GW new PV and wind in 2020

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The 2021 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook shows resilient, clean energy growth in the USA 2020, despite overall economic decline in a COVID-19 pandemic year.

The share of installers, who either expect significantly negative or negative effects on their business due to the corona virus, slightly increases from 55% to 58%.
Netherlands:

High potential in the Dutch PV market

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EUPD Research will publish the results of the 13th edition of the Global PV InstallerMonitor 2020/2021 for the Dutch market in February. The survey sheds light on the rooftop PV segment in the Netherlands.

One of the new additions is Tallal Butt, who is responsible for international sales.
Staffing:

my-PV takes in new international sales staff

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The Austrian PV specialist my-PV was able to double half-year sales and increase the number of employees by a third compared to the previous year - despite Covid-19-related restrictions.

This year, Energy Decentral - just like the Euro Tier trade fair - has to relocate online. But the possibilities for product presentation are still extensive.
Trade fairs:

Energy Decentral lowers hurdles for trade fair participation

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The trade fair, which focuses on the supply of electricity to farms, had to be cancelled as a presence event. But the organisers have developed an innovative online platform.

Governmental policies and incentives are key to establishing the charging infrastructure that will facilitate the transition to sustainable transport.
EV charging:

EVBox Group installs 200,000 charge ports worldwide

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The EVBox Group, a global provider of flexible and scalable electric vehicle charging solutions, has now installed 200,000 EV charging stations all over the world.

To date, SMA  has  a share of approximately 65  percent of the total 6.5 gigawatts    of central inverter capacity committed or already commissioned in Australia by the end of 2020.
International business:

SMA with record inverter sales in Australia

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SMA sells 1.6 gigawatts of inverter capacity for for 15 large-scale PV power plants in Australia in 2020.

The doors in Düsseldorf will remain closed in 2021: The storage trade fair will not take place next year.
Covid-19:

Energy Storage Europe 2021 is cancelled

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Due to the ongoing corona pandemic, Messe Düsseldorf has decided to postpone Energy Storage Europe 2021 by one year.

In 2020 noncarbon energy and the global energy transition are picking up speed, according to IHS Markit.
IHS Markit:

2020 is the “pivot point” for noncarbon energy

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For the past 30 years, noncarbon energy’s share of global primary energy demand compared to fossil fuels held remarkably steady—now energy transition is starting to accelerate.

Number of charge points per EV in the UK 2018 to 2020.
EV charging:

Demand for more charging infrastructure as EV ownership increases

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Analysis by Cornwall Insight shows the number of public charge points per EV in the UK has fallen to its lowest level since 2018. In fact, for every one EV, there are 0.28 public charge points.

EV sales for 2020 – actual, projected and the National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios 2020.
E-mobility:

Electric vehicle registrations surpass National Grid’s System Transformation projections

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Data published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) showed that by October more than 75,000 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) had been registered over 2020, representing more than the total BEV registrations for 2018 and 2019 combined.

The relevance of solar for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is highlighted by a few key facts as 789 million people today remain without access to electricity (SDG 7) .
Global Solar Council:

Solar power with broad benefits for green recovery plans and SDGs

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Amid coronavirus stimulus programs to spur economic activity, PV offers benefits in terms of employment, health, education, gender equality and poverty alleviation, Global Solar Council Virtual Forum highlighted.

Emissions in the New Energy Outlook Economic Transition Scenario, by sector, and a 1.75°C carbon budget.
New Energy Outlook 2020:

COVID-19 saves 2.5 years of emissions

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The stark drop in energy demand due to the coronavirus pandemic will remove some 2.5 years’ worth of energy sector emissions between now and 2050, according to BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) latest New Energy Outlook 2020.

One of the factors that made it obvious to most people that something was different in the spring and early summer of 2020 was that the sky was much clearer than usual.
CO2 emissions:

PIK study highlights Covid-19’s impact on global emissions

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The first half of 2020 saw an unprecedented decline in CO2 emissions – larger than during the financial crisis of 2008, the oil crisis of 1979, or even World War II.