In this podcast, Andy discusses the impact COVID-19 has had on supply chain and quality. He also discusses the energy storage market and his view on where solar module and battery pricing is going to go in the future.
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CEA Founder and CEO, Andy Klump, provides an update and message of hope amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As the solar industry has skyrocketed in the last decade, this diversifying supply chain has helped drive down prices to undreamt-of levels. Quality assurance will help sustain our success even in uncertain times due to COVID-19.
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Why CEA? We are Family | Have Fun | Unending Curiosity | Be Humble | Do the Right Thing | Own it | Perform Above and Beyond
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The Supplier Benchmarking Program (SBP) is designed to deliver the PV industry’s only real time, independent, and unbiased ranking of the top PV module manufacturers in the world.
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China has long viewed solar as a key strategic industry, and it used massive amounts of debt to build a dominant position in the global market. However, concerns have been growing recently about the risk of corporate defaults.
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Firms that obtain their equipment from convoluted overseas supply chains can learn from corporate investors, now seeking to reduce the volatility in their stock portfolios.
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In the early months of the coronavirus outbreak, the energy storage industry saw production delays in China, but as manufacturing restarts there, work restrictions in the United States have prompted delays of their own.
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From mentoring employees to choosing the right customers, people are the most important part of your business. Investing significant efforts in recruiting A-players at an early stage is an absolute requirement.
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“The demand for solar has never been stronger,” said Andy Klump, chief executive officer of Clean Energy Associates, in an interview with BloombergNEF in Houston in late February.
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Author Michael Copley offers a positive spin on the pandemic situation and the impact on solar in this article and gets input from Clean Energy Associates CEO Andy Klump: Amid pandemic, Chinese companies offer upbeat solar outlook.
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Clean Energy Associates CEO Andy Klump weighs in on the article "US renewables industry braces for virus disruptions as incentive deadlines loom", along with other industry experts - published by S&P Global Platts.
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Balkan Green News recently featured CEA’s CEO, Andy Klump, regarding the manufacturing slowdowns impacting the solar industry due to COVID-19.
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In this Freeing Energy Podcast, Andy shares his unique insights on how the COVID-19 outbreak is affecting Chinese manufacturing, the impact it’s having on renewable energy projects around the world, and the steps needed to get the global system back on an even keel.
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Listen along with Freeing Energy hosts Bill Nussey and Sam Easterby as six renewable energy experts share practical tips on what you can do to help get to a clean energy future faster.
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The battery energy storage landscape is continuing to evolve. While battery manufacturing was once dominated by Japan and more recently South Korea, China is quickly becoming a major player. Nowhere is this more apparent than with lithium-ion batteries (LIB).
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The solar industry is experiencing rapid changes from new technologies like PERC, half-cut cells, and new materials, to a large migration of manufacturing to SE Asia. Examine how these trends are impacting solar quality.
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In this Freeing Energy podcast, Andy provides a recap of his two-decade journey through the evolution of this industry: the role of China; why quality, supply networks, and innovation matter; and where this journey is leading the world.
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Clean Energy Associates Founder and CEO, Andy Klump, discusses his unique perspective as an American in China working in the solar and energy storage business and his experience in helping the industry mature.
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With huge leaps made in automation of PV module production facilities over the past decade, module quality and output have seen dramatic increases. Discover the pros and cons for automation of key process steps.
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