PV Module Re-Use & Digitisation
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PV Module Re-Use & Digitisation

Innovators in reconditioned PV modules, GE4A - Green Energy for All have partnered with cutting-edge solar digitisation innovators Sunified Group , to super-charge solar energy development across developing countries like India, Africa and the Middle East. Sunified’s panel level #unity chip technology provides real-time visibility and security, facilitating significant new utility for any PV module, let alone one that has been left for landfill.

GE4A based in Netherlands and Germany has reconditioned and sold 1.5 million previously discarded panels in the last 12 months. “The solar PV industry needs a better solution for the increasing amount of waste they are generating from both old and defect panels” says Toralf Nitsch - Chief Strategy Officer and Co-founder. “Our reconditioning gives them an extra 20 years of operation, but with Sunified’s technology now on them, we can create real-time energy data that drives new business models, from energy trading, carbon accounting and energy-as-a-service. These are reconditioned panels, but they can do more than new ones, now that’s upcycling!

Sunified’s co-founder and CEO Leon-Gerard Vandenberg is equally emphatic “We developed our UNITY technology to empower the democratisation of renewable energy. We believe that everybody deserves to own a piece of solar, our vision is to create a world connected to the wealth of renewable energy. With GE4A’s distribution across 4 continents, we see this happening and we are really keen to work with Toralf’s team.”

Sunified’s technology is supplemental - a unifying layer integrated vertically within energy markets and horizontally across industries. It is built to deliver massive grid transition from day one, with security as a core focus. It enables financial grade trust, connecting diverse stakeholders in a transactive fabric ecosystem. It’s core capabilities deliver:

“This is a solution for humanity” states Nitsch proudly, “not only we are driving the goals of a sophisticated circular economy we are also adding significant value as it comes around a second time. The path to EVERYTHING-AS-A-SERVICE”

For more information please contact

Toralf Nitsch Chief Strategy Officer and Co-founder

GE4A (Green Energy for all) - United Energy Group B.V.

Louis Couperusplein 22514 HP Den Haag, The Netherlands

Office: +31 6 28945008 and +49 1573 2362051

E-Mail: press@ge4a.com

Website: www.ge4a.com

 

About GE4A

GE4A (Green Energy for All) is a digital renewable energy company led by a team of experienced players around Chief Strategy Officer Toralf Nitsch. GE4A's focus is on optimising the circular economy through the consistent use of digital tools. This is done in a multi-stage process.

What is new about Green Energy for all is the further digital development of the re-use idea.

GE4A collects used solar modules in numerous countries and prepares them for re-use with the help of established technologies. The solar modules are then linked to a so-called non-fungible token (NFT) to create a "digital twin".

Not only can it be used to prove the actual existence of a module, but also its production history, its users and locations of use can be traced at any time and in a binding manner. This proof is the basis of a true circular economy and the basis for real technical and financial impact with renewable energies.

The process called "GE4A E-Trust", which is based on blockchain technology, benefits all network participants with a more secure, intelligent and sustainable energy ecosystem. Digitisation of transactions and data enables more efficient operations across the supply chain, including suppliers of raw materials, manufacturers as well as processors, shippers, traders, regulators and, of course, consumers. The GE4A solution provides authorised users with instant access to actionable data from the time a DC generator is produced and while it is in the energy supply chain, i.e. a real-time view of the item in the past and in the future. The full history and current location of each solar module, as well as accompanying information such as certifications and test data, are available in seconds once a product has been manufactured and connected to the "GE4A E-Trust" using the blockchain. This solution ensures that trust enables, rather than hinders, the expanding energy market. We manage the digital twins, CO2 certificates and green energy produced alongside the products in the real world, allowing us to connect the value chains linearly and vertically. In this way, we generate less waste, faster traceability and better access to shared information of all parties involved in the product. Thus, "GE4A E-Trust" can enable all levels to meet entirely new standards of transparency and trust. GE4A wants to further increase the already very comprehensive digital traceability, transparency and honesty in the segment. Therefore, in a further step, the used (later also new) solar modules will be provided with a digital interface after they have been refurbished or repaired. This interface establishes the connection to the blockchain-based "GE4A E-Trust" as a billing system. This leads to binding billing of the generated energy and opens the doors to further value creation, for example the generation of CO2 certificates and other services related to digital energies from solar power. Further information at www.ge4a.com

Peter Sirotny

Recycle / Testing / Re-use / 2nd Life of PV Modules

6mo

Hm

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Blockchain… aha. Buzzword. NFT… aha. Buzzword… Put em together and put a Marketing Stratagie on top. U have got he perfect scam… just an opinion. 💁

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Oliver Fels

Passion for leadership, sustainable development & value chains ¦ Speaker ] Trainer

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Freu mich auf morgen.

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CHESTER SWANSON SR.

Realtor Associate @ Next Trend Realty LLC | HAR REALTOR, IRS Tax Preparer

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Thanks for sharing.

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