Articles from our solar experts
Solar PV: price & technology evolution
With the cost reduction battle carried out during the last 15 years (mainly due to the massive introduction of the Chinese solar products in the market), solar energy has now become a very competitive energy source. We estimate that prices have reduced by more than...
SDE+ Autumn 2017 – Greensolver forecast
Since 2008 about 29,500 projects have been rewarded with subsidy allowing The Netherlands to develop its capacity in terms of renewable energy production. With the 2020 objectives getting closer, rounds of SDE+ have become larger and budget have been increased by 33%...
Technical Management Contracts
As technical expert and manager of more than 860 MW of wind & solar assets, we would like to emphasize the importance of having a technical expert who will take away the burden of daily operation of your assets by managing both the technical and commercial sides....
PID on solar cells: causes and mitigations strategy
When PID effect can a be an underperformance root-cause of a solar farm The performance of your solar park does not reach your expectations? Unexplainable power losses have been noticed? This can be due to a Potential Induced Degradation (PID). PID effects in a solar...
How to ensure an optimum design of a solar park?
A successful project always starts with a good solar power plant design. A good design ensures an optimum balance between the costs of the system and the anticipated output. However, a well-thought-out design also ensures lower maintenance costs. We regularly receive...
Greensolver Index now available for solar assets
Asset manager Greensolver launches new version of its benchmarking tool allowing performance comparison of solar parks. Greensolver, the independent technical expert for wind and solar assets, has announced that its unique performance benchmarking tool, Greensolver...
The 5 most common problems with solar inverters
At Greensolver, we manage 800 MW of wind and solar assets for our clients. We see that the production loss on solar PV systems is often attributable to the poor performance of inverters. Defective inverters can lead to significant production losses. Whilst the modules...
The five most common problems with solar panels
We manage 800 MW of sustainable energy assets for our clients, and we regularly see that production loss on solar assets is attributable to the panels. Problems with panels can result in a production loss of up to 20%, since a poorly-performing panel will affect the...
Solar Farm : How to improve the project yield?
It is not uncommon for us to see in the solar parks which Greensolver manages that the actual energy yield deviates from the original forecast energy yield. However, a correct estimate of the yield on site is crucial for the correct design of the system and thereby...
Greensolver and Infinergy announce joint venture in the United Kingdom
Organisations combine strengths to provide technical & commercial management of renewable energy assets in the United Kingdom. Greensolver, the independent technical expert for wind & solar, and Infinergy, one of the major developers in the United Kingdom,...