Featured in Europe's PV heavyweights – 06-2014

“Otherwise, someone else will do it”

Add-on business: More and more municipal utilities in Germany are selling and leasing PV systems to their customers. The power companies view such activity as a new business area with added value, especially for creating customer loyalty.

“The best green electricity is what you produce yourself.” That is how the Nuremberg utility N-Ergie is pitches photovoltaic systems on its website. For those not yet in the know, N-Ergie explains why it pays to use one’s own solar power. Then the customer can use an online planner to calculate how big a self-consumption …

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