{"id":18409,"date":"2017-05-16T10:41:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T08:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.sma-sunny.com\/?p=18409"},"modified":"2018-02-12T12:11:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T11:11:26","slug":"availability-is-key-for-successful-pv-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/en\/availability-is-key-for-successful-pv-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Availability is key for successful PV projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Availability is key for successful PV projects\" style=\"width:1280px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_hwZcg35SmIE\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/hwZcg35SmIE\/maxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hwZcg35SmIE\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M8S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2017-04-26T14:19:47Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_hwZcg35SmIE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/hwZcg35SmIE\/maxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Availability is key for successful PV projects<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hwZcg35SmIE\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/hwZcg35SmIE\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Availability is key for successful PV projects\" width=\"1280\" height=\"700\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Interview with Boris Wolff, Executive Vice President Unit Utility, about availability rates, OPEX and 1500V projects with SMA. ----- SMA Solar Technology AG - www.sma-solar.com SMA Corporate Blog - en.SMA-Sunny.com SMA on Facebook - www.facebook.com\/SMAInternational SMA on Twitter - www.twitter.com\/SMAsolar Contact - SocialMedia@SMA.de SMA Solar Technology AG is a global leader in the development, production and sales of PV inverters and, as an energy management group, offers innovative key technologies for future power supply structures.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:1280px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PV power plant projects are long-time investments that operators, owners and investors must be able to rely on. Only if the calculated yields are achieved the investment is a success. Emphasis is not only on energy yield but also on availability. 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