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Planning software is a essential tool eg for the design of complex large PV rooftops.

Increase efficiency and quality with planning software

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Planning software is an indispensable tool for the efficient and precise design of PV systems and projects, whether on the roof, on the ground, on water or on facades – or combined with storage. We will be presenting a number of interesting solutions in our thematic focus next week.

United Motors & Heavy Equipment is the exclusive dealer for companies such as MAN Trucks & Buses, Wacker Neuson, Sany and others.
UAE:

SunBrush sweeps the Middle East off its feet

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SunBrush mobil, provider of cleaning solutions for solar arrays, partners with construction enterprise United Motors & Heavy Equipment in the United Arab Emirates.

The interconnection of the planning tools makes it easier for installers to design solar systems.
Planning tools:

SMA and Renusol to link up their planning tools

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SMA Solar Technology and Renusol Europe GmbH are connecting their online planning tools for PV roof mounting and PV system design. Installers will now be able to access the mechanical and electrical planning data of over 100,000 different PV modules as they configure their PV systems.

For private users and commercial buyers, the use of the marketplace will be free of charge in the future.
Spare parts:

SecondSol introduces new features

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The new features for SecondSol include a new payment model, visible contact details, price scales for products and the choice of currency. See here for more:

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:

By networking thousands of decentralised units in the virtual power plant using remote control technology, Next Kraftwerke enables optimised dispatch and trading of the aggregated capacity of electricity producers, storage facilities and consumers.
Company acquisition:

Shell acquires Next Kraftwerke

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To strengthen its position in renewable energy trading, Shell Overseas Investment B.V. will take over all of Next Kraftwerke, including the more than 180 staff.

Georg Stawowy is the Board Member for Innovation and Technology at Lapp Holding AG in Stuttgart.
My vision:

Georg Stawowy of Lapp Holding AG: All Electric Society needs 100 per cent renewable electricity

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What concerns me personally is not directly climate change, but the consumption of resources on our planet. Because all people want to share in the prosperity.

Torsten Sieker is Global Industry Management Solar Power at Phoenix Contact Electronics in Bad Pyrmont.
My vision:

Torsten Sieker of Phoenix Contact: Implementing sector coupling across the board

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Phoenix Contact's vision for the energy transition in the future is clean and affordable electricity that is available to everyone everywhere in the world. This vision cannot be realised with solar energy alone.

Users can create a forecast of their expected energy yield and thus optimize and compare their PV plant.
Cooperation:

Solar Data and SecondSol work together on the optimization of PV plants

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Solar Data has integrated the SecondSol marketplace in their optimization software for PV plants. This allows users for the first time to incorporate available products directly into their plant optimization. Consequently, optimization projects can be converted faster and more efficiently.

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.

PV-Invest will move its entire portfolio of 52 megawatts distributed over 86 PV systems with 14 different data loggers in 10 countries into one central monitoring system.
Monitoring:

PV-Invest chooses Solytic to monitor 52 megawatts

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Klagenfurt-based company PV-Invest acquires and operates photovoltaic plants throughout Europe. Now, PV-Invest brings the O&M service back in-house.

New solar parks at a former military site in in La Martinerie/France. The EPC best practice guidelines  of Solarpower Europe want to help further improve PV plant`s quality.
Solarpower Europe:

EPC best practice guidelines set standard for solar sector

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Solarpower Europe published a industry-first Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Best Practice Guidelines. They enable quality assurance at a much earlier stage of a project, reducing overall risks, and thus cost.

GPM now manages a portfolio of more than 34 gigawatts around the world between solar and wind projects.
Renewables monitoring:

Wood Mackenzie ranks GreenPowerMonitor at top of its industry

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DNV GL, GreenPowerMonitor's (GPM) parent company, recently announced that its unit leads the renewables monitoring industry according to Wood Mackenzie.

ETU 2020 is further improved. Watch our video.
Video PV Guided Tours 2020:

ETU Software 2020: Fast from roof photo to 3D simulation!

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ETU Software has further simplified the planning and design of photovoltaic systems: Simply take a photo of the roof with any device, define a dimension and the solar system can be planned. One data model for many applications - in the video of the pv Guided Tours 2020!

Drone-based inspection of a solar array as part of the COSIMA research project.

Project COSIMA: Smart inspection from the air

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Regional cooperation partners develop yield monitoring and forecasting of solar parks through intelligent quality management of photovoltaic systems.

PV-Simulation 3D Plus provides a module report.
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PV-Simulation 3D PLUS - optimized design of rooftop PV systems

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PV-Simulation 3D PLUS is a manufacturer-independent simulation software for the design and layout of photovoltaic systems.

With its system-specific power generation profiles meteocontrol GmbH is now providing a new technical consulting service for photovoltaic systems required for PPA projects.

Power generation profiles for PPA projects

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meteocontrol GmbH is now providing a new technical consulting service with its system-specific power generation profiles.

Andreas Grochowiak, 56, Managing Director of TG hyLIFT GmbH. He has been with the company since 2010.

Leaders of our industry: Andreas Grochowiak, Managing Director at TG hyLIFT

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Every week we introduce you to one of the movers and shakers of some of the leading companies in the solar and renewables industries:

The storage units networked via the Internet are combined into individual bundles of two megawatts.

A software for virtual power plants

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With the recently developed software SonnenVPP, electricity storage or other devices can be integrated into a virtual power plant via a simple Internet connection.

All steps can be carried out directly on the mobile phone or tablet.

An app for solar technicians

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Application software on mobile phones or tablets simplify everyday life. That is why SMA has developed the app SMA 360° for solar technicians.

The model can be used to simulate AC, DC and solar coupled systems.

Simulation of battery systems

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The University of Applied Sciences HTW Berlin has released an updated version of the open source simulation software Permod.

The software takes a global set of data and turns them into a precise and clear analysis of a plant's performance.

Comparison of inverters made simple

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Monitoring services provider AlsoEnergy launches new product: Intelligent reporting that allows the performance of inverters to be compared.

The Dehnshield ZP Basic SG combination arrester meets the basic normative requirements for surge protection.

Combination arrester for the busbar

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The Dehnshield ZP Basic SG from the company Dehn SE is a new combination arrester. It is used in TT and TN-S systems (3+1 circuit) in main power supply systems without external lightning protection.

When integrated into the own company website, the solar calculator can also become a very useful marketing tool.

Solar calculator for digital consulting

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The solar calculator Eturnity enables efficient and digital customer advice for estimating the potential of a new solar power system.

The OLED display ensures a clear, easy-to-read readout, even in poor lighting conditions.

Top products of the week

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Better recording of lightning strikes, greater performance thanks to half cells, testing back sheets out in the field and a versatile and entirely flexible inverter. These are our top products of the week: