The number of SMEs in the solar sector that can claim three decades of experience is relatively small. Valentin Software, the provider of the PVSol platform, is one such company. And in its 30th year, Steffen Lindemann, Managing Director of Valentin says that the role of software in combining PV into an integrated energy system is continuing to grow. It is the 30 year anniversary of Valentin Software. How would you describe the role PVSol has played in the industry over that time? First, I have to clarify that while Valentin Software was founded 30 years ago by Gerhard Valentin, PVSol has been around for 20 years. The first five or so years of Valentin Software was involved in assisting with energy auditing - and in Berlin there were some subsidies at this time for solar thermal. At this time [West] Berlin was an 'island' and there was a lot of demand on energy.
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