Featured in Solar springs eternal – 09-2023

Time for an upgrade?

While people rush to embrace every new generation of smartphones, we are often content to rely on aging solar projects to carry the energy transition. Tomaso Charlemont, product manager for PV repowering and revamping at German developer BayWa re, asks why.

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pv magazine

07 Sep 2023

In 2021 , BayWa re repowered the 4.98 MW Lake Farm project, which was first commissioned in 2011. | Photo: BayWa r.e.

The mid to late 2000s saw a major influx of technological innovations that we now consider indispensable – from the first iPhone to tablet computers, new-generation gaming consoles, and e-readers. Another major technology that saw a significant sales boom during this time was solar power, with Europe experiencing a fourfold increase in installed solar capacity …

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