Featured in Full picture on quality – 04-2022

The problematic fairy tale of ‘Peter PAN’ files

The financial risk of investing in photovoltaic systems is increasing. This is because the yield forecasts on which profitability audits are based are increasingly too optimistic. One reason for this could be the handling of so-called PAN files, reports pv magazine Deutschland’s Marian Willuhn.

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Marian Willuhn

07 Apr 2022

Image: PV Evolution Labs

Data analyst Hao Shen is following his growing suspicion. “We thought that more modern photovoltaic systems would be more reliable and efficient than those commissioned 10 years ago.” Shen is the head of data products at data analytics and climate insurance firm kWh-Analytics. The company has compiled performance data from the portfolios of 15 of …

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