Hessel van den Berg

Hessel van den Berg (1970) is technical manager at Zonnefabriek.

He regularly reports on current developments in the world of sustainable energy. Hessel has a talent for translating complex information into crystal-clear blogs.

He obtained his master's degree in physics at the University of Groningen, where he specialized in global energy and environmental issues. Hessel has been working as a technical expert, editor and trainer at Zonnefabriek since 2014. He also works at our partner SMA, where he is responsible for technical calculations of solar power projects, solving technical issues and training solar power professionals in the Benelux. Fun fact: he speaks fluent Chinese.

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Articles of Hessel

05 augustus 2024

Everything you need to know about self-consumption with solar panels

Self-consumption in solar power systems ✓ Increase self-consumption in different ways and save money ✓ Zonnefabriek explains how that works

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09 juli 2024

Home battery storage systems: what's the best way to use them?

Make a profit with home batteries by trading on the EPEX power market and the imbalance market: Zonnefabriek helps you get the most out of your system

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08 juli 2024

Warranties on home battery systems explained

Energy throughput, numbers of cycles and battery warranties, what does it all mean? Zonnefabriek explains.

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22 mei 2024

SMA moves systems from Sunny Portal to ennexOS

SMA PV systems monitoring moves from the Sunny Portal to 'Sunny Portal powered by ennexOS'. Zonnefabriek explains how this will work

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