Apricum Senior Advisor Moritz Sticher offered his expert insights for PV Magazine’s recent article on Malaysia’s plans to grant 4-year PPA extensions to bidders in large-scale solar tenders.
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PV Tech: Rapidly build out a vertically integrated, high-tech solar manufacturing industry in Europe
PV Tech Magazine spoke to Florian Haacke, Apricum partner and head of Apricum’s materials business, about Europe’s need to build its own large-scale, vertically integrated solar manufacturing base.

Apricum signs open letter to EU Commission urging an accelerated energy storage rollout
Apricum Partner and head of Apricum’s energy storage business ads his signature to Fluence’s An open letter to European policy makers and the media regarding the REPowerEU Plan.

Energy Storage News: “Energy storage absent from leaked draft of European Union power plan”
Apricum partner Florian Mayr spoke to Energy Storage News about the noticeable lack of energy storage in the recently-leaked RePower EU policy paper that outlines the effort to make the European Union independent from Russian fossil fuel imports. Read the full article...

UK BESS: an evolutionary update
By Apricum Partner Charles Lesser, Louise Dalton, Partner, Energy & Climate Change, CMS and Rajiv Gogna, Partner, Energy Technology & Analytics, LCP. The British Isles are to utility-scale batteries as the Galapagos Islands are to tortoises: the isolated...

UAE Joins Net Zero Momentum
The UAE has announced a bold energy policy decision, underscoring its seriousness to becoming Net Zero by 2050. On February 3, 2022, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed, chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, announced that its flagship 2.4 GW Hassyan coal power plant...
The smarter E podcast with Florian Mayr, April 2021
Apricum partner and head of energy storage Florian Mayr was a recent guest on The smarter E podcast, discussing the impact of sustainable batteries. What are the key sustainability concerns, how can they be addressed and what opportunities exist? Florian Mayr is...

The SPAC Track – fast lane growth or road to ruin? They are both.
2021 is already the year of the SPAC: they are awash with capital and eyeing the energy transition. With many clients being approached about SPAC mergers, Apricum sets out how they work and whom they suit. The overwhelming number of SPACs are listed in the USA, where...
PV Tech Power Journal Vol 26: Longer Duration Energy Storage, March 2, 2021
Apricum Partner Florian Mayr and Apricum Consultant Dr. Fabio Oldenburg discuss the topic of long-duration energy storage and its role in the future of energy in this feature article appearing in volume 26 of PV Tech Power magazine. Read about the challenges and...
Energy Storage News: ‘Landmark’ financing deal achieved for 400 MWh standalone battery storage project in California, February 11, 2021
Apricum Partner Frank Beckers was asked recently by Energy-Storage.news to comment on sPower's announcement that it has closed a deal to finance its standalone lithium-ion battery project in California. Read the full article here ‘Landmark’ financing deal achieved for...

The compelling case of merchant risk for financing renewable energy projects – 8 opportunities for traditional energy companies
Looking through the other end of a telescope creates an unfamiliar and remote view, but distance can create valuable perspectives. Here we take an outsider’s perspective on renewables finance, to reveal opportunities for companies seeking to transition to cleaner...
Apricum appoints energy banking and finance expert Charles Lesser as partner bolstering transaction advisory offering
Berlin, December 13, 2020 – Apricum, a transaction advisory and strategy consulting firm specialised in renewable energy and cleantech, announces the appointment of Charles Lesser as partner. He will focus on expanding Apricum’s transaction advisory mandates in...