International
Ecovision has through Georg Hille reputation of more than 20 years in creating new markets for solar and windpower.
This includes:
the assistance in the legislative and standards, such as Net-Metering, feed-in tariffs and auction models
support the tender procedures for real projects and the bidding evaluation
training the private sector in business development, technology assessment, in economic evaluations and financial design and appraisal of projects
Africas largest PV rooftop plant (2019)
Our service:
Owner’s engineering (planning, realizing the bidding process, quality control during construction till operation) and assistance to the international financing negotiations
Location: Ghana
14 MWp rooftop PV plant on a single roof (warehouse), inauguration planned in 2020
Client: Ghanaian Holding
Special feature: Project extraordinary in size and structure in West-Africa. Role model project for many industries
Brazil: first PV plant on stadium and first project with Net-Metering
Our service:
Concept, planning design, realizing the bidding process, evaluation of bidders, quality control during construction till commissioning
Location: Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
400 kWp on different roofs of the stadium Pituacu
Client: German international cooperation GIZ, Brazilian universities and local utilities
Special feature: Build before COPA 2014 as a best practice. First project for feeding electricity back into the Brazilian interconnected grid (Net-Metering) and pilot project for the new feed-in law
Africa divers – Training for solar entrepreneurs
Our Service:
Training for setting-up a business, market development on solar PV, identification of clients, successful marketing, project realization
Location: Ghana
Client: German international cooperation GIZ
Special feature: Training model was copied and used in different African countries (Uganda, Kenia, Ghana)
Worldwide – Ex-post evaluation of existing plants and consultancy for large projects in the future
Example windpower
Location: Kap Verde
Our service:
Integration of the wind power park into the islands interconnected grid
Client: German international cooperation GIZ & ECREE (institute of 15 ECOWAS member states in West Africa)
Special feature: Risk mitigation for equity: international private investor and national governments.
Development of a score card for future planning
Worldwide – Ex-post evaluation of existing plants and consultancy for large projects in the future
Example solar PV
Location: Bolivia in 4.000 m altitute
Our service:
Evaluation of the first MW-size PV plants
Client: German international cooperation GIZ
Special feature: Recommendations for design and construction of plants under extreme meteorological conditions
Development of a score card for future planning
Planning – close collaboration with iidevelopment, Frankfurt
Example Planning PV
Location: Ghana
Our service:
Expansion planning of the interconnected grid with integration of wind power and solar PV
Evaluation of costs and benefits of renewables
Client: German GIZ & KfW
Special feature: Cooperation for decades with iidevelopment in international consultancy
Training – boundary transcending
Example Training
Location: Pakistan
Our service:
Practical experiences with PV for banks willing to finance solar
Client: Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Special feature: Long-term experiences with banks, therefore appropriate wording for both bankers and technicians