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The SCHMID Group is pleased to announce the arrival of Prof Dr Ralf Lüdemann as a new member of the SCHMID management team. Starting from November, Ralf Lüdemann will lead the energy storage business unit and will play a major role as advisor to the PV-related business units.

BISOL Group is constantly expanding its global sales network and entering new markets. By entering the markets of South-Eastern Europe the company not only set its position as a provider of premium quality solar solutions but also as a reliable partner in disseminating knowledge about photovoltaics and educating clients and the public.

Germany, Italy, Czech Republic and Belgium are the only above average countries new visualisation reveals.

A team consisting of specialized scientists and university professors, coordinated by Dr. A. Metaxas, Lecturer of European Law at the University of Athens and Managing Partner of “Metaxas and Associates” Law Firm, has been assigned, by several foreign and greek RES investors, to lodge a complaint with the European Commission on the retroactive taxation on RES stations which has recently been imposed by the Greek Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change. The complaint will mainly focus on the infringements of European Energy and State Aid Law contained in the relevant provisions, by adopting an interdisciplinary approach that will help underline a series of legal arguments related to the functioning as well as the distortions of the greek energy market. Furthermore, the internationally renowned Professor, Dr. Ph. Nicolaides, Jan Tinbergen Chair of European Economics and Director of Studies in the “College of Europe” will also play a very significant part in this scientific group. The complaint with the EU Commission will be a first crucial step towards the legal challenge of the retroactive taxation, which will be followed by a series of further legal actions, at both individual and collective level, before the Greek and european courts and tribunals on behalf of RES producers since the negative impacts of this latest legislation on the Greek RES market are severe.
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Didier Houssin took charge this week as the International Energy Agency’s new Director of Sustainable Energy Policy and Technology (SPT), bringing his expertise from five years as chief of Energy Markets and Security at the IEA.

Prism Solar awarded UL1703 and CEC certifications for its bifacial and holographic bifacial silicon solar modules.

The ranking of owners of utility-scale solar power stations published today shows a broad range of investors entering the market for PV generation assets.

Pioneer PV Solutions, a next-generation, thin-film microsolar company, today officially launched its operations.

The Greek company ExelGroup has become full member of the PV CYCLE Association, which leads the European program for the collection and recycling of discarded photovoltaic panels.

Leading companies continue to move the fuel cell industry forward, purchasing more than 32 MW of stationary fuel cell systems and 1,100 fuel cell forklifts for U.S. facilities in the past year alone. Several are relying on fuel cells to help provide reliable power to major data centers and communications hubs.