Our view on the latest developments in solar.
Vietnam’s solar star is clearly on the rise. In 2016, the long awaited announcement of the first solar feed-in tariff (FiT) policy for solar project development (also further referred to as FiT phase 1) in Vietnam triggered a solar success story, unique in the ASEAN...
This article explores the current state of floating solar PV, briefly highlighting several leading markets, and discussing benefits and advantages in detail alongside common applications and business model considerations. The outlook for FPV is positive and is set to...
inspiratia contacted Apricum Partner Florian Mayr recently for his comments on the record-breaking PV auction in Portugal. In this article you can read all the results and details of the winning bids plus key takeaways. inspiratia publishes news and analysis for the...
This article explores the competitiveness of energy storage and new market opportunities that are emerging via storage-plus-renewables projects by examining with some simple “reverse engineering” how recent low solar-plus-storage PPAs in the USA were achieved.
The rise and fall of feed-in tariffs By the end of 2018, only seven years after the introduction of a national feed-in tariff (FIT) support scheme in 2012, China was home to one third of the world’s cumulative photovoltaic capacity, with ~173 GW of cumulative PV...
Berlin, February 26, 2019: Apricum – The Cleantech Advisory acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Eternal Sun Group, a leading provider of solar simulation and testing solutions based in The Hague, Netherlands, in the recent transaction with ABN AMRO Energy...
Substantial flows of investment into renewables has brought about significant reductions in the cost of delivered energy, while simultaneously increasing the penetration of renewables in most markets. These developments herald the rise of Renewables 2.0, a...
Berlin, November 27, 2018: Apricum – The Cleantech Advisory acted as financial advisor to its client NOMADD Desert Solar Solutions, a leading solar photovoltaic (PV) cleaning technology company, facilitating a strategic investment by specialist Saudi Arabian...
As the deployment of renewable energy continues to expand around the world driven by various inputs such as capital allocation and investment, falling capital costs, competitive LCOE and various policy mechanisms, we are now moving towards a new era for renewable...
Berlin, August 13, 2018: Apricum – The Cleantech Advisory acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Greencells, one of the largest European solution providers of solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants, with respect to the recent strategic investment from OMAS, a...
The need to install additional power generation continues to be one of the most relevant issues in Southeast Asia. It’s a region with GDP growth rates of above 6% p.a. during the past decade[1] and where around one-fifth of its population (~25% larger than that of the...
Apricum Senior Consultant Meishi Tan's article "The hungry dragon: explaining China's 50 GW + PV market in 2017" was published in the February 2018 issue of PV Tech Power magazine. Read the article here. You can also download a free copy of the entire magazine here.