Despite temperatures of as low as minus 40 degree Celsius coupled with only a few hours of sun in the Arctic winter, German PV manufacturer SolarWorld has supplied more than half a megawatt of solar modules to ice-covered Greenland over the last couple of years.

The world’s largest island´s only solar installer, Jesper Christensen from LED Solar Greenland, uses the SolarWorld modules in small, decentral solar power systems designed for electricity self-consumption.

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