Insights into the cleantech industry by Apricum – The Cleantech Advisory
Interview with Florian Haacke, Partner and head of the Solar Materials practice group at Apricum PV cell packaging, the outer protective layer of the PV module, plays a critical role in the module’s safety, efficiency and durability. On one hand, packaging acts as an...
Interview with Werner Koldehoff, a member of the advisory board at ESTIF, the European Solar Industry Federation, and a Senior Advisor at Apricum Despite its growth, the solar hot water market is frequently left behind the fast-moving solar PV market. Yet solar hot...
Interview with Vahid Fotuhi, President of ESIA, the Emirates Solar Industry Association Apricum: Saudi Arabia has just revealed its ambitious solar plan, foreseeing 41 GW of installed capacity in 2032. With this plan, is the Kingdom jumping to the top of solar markets...
Georg Weishaupt, Handelsblatt Download PDF press clip (in German)
Becky Stuart, PV Magazine Positioning itself to become one of the largest solar markets globally, the governments King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KA-CARE) has announced Saudi Arabia's ambitious plans to install 41 gigawatts (GW) worth of solar by...
Craig Morris, Renewables International Yesterday, Saudi Arabia announced specific targets for solar and wind. By 2032, the country aims to get nearly a quarter of its electricity from photovoltaics and concentrating solar power alone, but the country will be expanding...
SolarServer On Mai, 8th, 2012 Saudi Arabia has launched one of the world's most ambitious solar energy programs, cleantech advisory company Apricum (Berlin) reports. At the Saudi Solar Energy Forum in Riyadh officials from the responsible government entity King...
The country announces targets and a concrete plan for massive development of solar and other renewable energy sources Saudi Arabia has launched one of the world's most ambitious solar-energy programs today. At the Saudi Solar Energy Forum in Riyadh on May 8, officials...
Georg Weishaupt, Handelsblatt Die einst erfolgsverwöhnte Solarindustrie übt sich heute in Preisdrückerei. Unternehmen wie Q-Cells und Solon sind erste Opfer des brutalen Wettbewerbs. Jetzt haben nur noch die Großen eine Chance. „Chancen haben nur Unternehmen mit guten...
Cheryl Kaften, pv magazine A recent report released by Berlin-based Apricum GmbH, a strategic management consultancy that specializes in cleantech and renewable energies, reveals the possible ripple effects of the government’s proposed feed-in tariff (FIT) policy –...
On February 23, German Economy Minister Rösler and Environment Minister Röttgen announced the most drastic cuts to the German solar feed-in-tariff (FIT) to date, drawing fiery dissent from the solar industry and opposition parties. The announcement came only shortly...
After a turbulent 2011, one thing is perfectly clear: solar markets are not for the faint-hearted. Solyndra is gone; Solon filed for bankruptcy; German PV installations skyrocketed, while the price of PV panels plummeted; and China and the U.S. engaged in a nasty...