Featured in Europe's PV heavyweights – 06-2014

Casting light on off-grid areas

Interview: Robert Haendel is applying a startup ethos to where the stars are aligning in cost and efficiency. His solar startup Fosera Lighting, based in Singapore, has developed a range of products combining the fast evolving technologies of PV, lithium iron phosphate batteries and LEDs to light up off-grid communities. Norways Differ Group and fosera in Germany are investors in the venture. Before these investors were found, Haendel had launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to be able to start production.

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pv magazine

27 May 2014

pv magazine: What is your background in the PV industry? Robert Haendel: I’m originally from Munich and have worked in Norway with REC Group, before the IPO, in sales. I then worked for SolarWorld in the U.S. and after that for Innotech Solar, where I started a venture. Since then I’ve been in China, Hong …

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