Christoph Ostermann

sonnen Restructures North America Leadership Team With New CEO & Board Of Directors

6 years ago Kyle Field 0 Comments

Hot on the heels of the news of Shell New Energy acquiring sonnen, the company is restructuring its North American leadership team. Blake Richetta has been named CEO of the new sonnen Inc, which will focus on expanding the company’s presence in North American markets. A team of industry-hardened leaders has been formed into a US Board of Directors to support the renewed push into new and existing markets for sonnen’s products.

sonnen’s Global Energy Solar Leadership

7 years ago Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

Germany-based startup sonnen is a solid leader globally in the residential energy storage market. In January, I spent a good amount of time talking with sonnen CEO and co-founder Christoph Ostermann. I had also interviewed him in January 2017, so this was a good opportunity to see what was new and also dive deeper into some interesting topics.

sonnen Works With Local Leadership In Puerto Rico

7 years ago George Harvey 0 Comments

Puerto Rico has been devastated.

Yesterday, I spent about an hour watching a video that was taken from the dashboard of a car driving through the Puerto Rican countryside. My friend Joseph Mangum had driven for miles through the mountains, over roads with piles of wreckage on the sides that seemed endless. Beyond the wreckage was a countryside populated by trees that had been stripped bare.

sonnen — the utility of the future? (CleanTechnica Interview)

7 years ago Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

Highly regarded battery storage firm sonnen was one of the big winners of the 2017 Zayed Future Energy Prize, winning in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) category. I interviewed sonnen CEO and co-founder Christoph Ostermann in January just after the company won the prize. It was a fun interview because of how futuristic sonnen’s vision is and also because of Mr Ostermann’s clear propensity for fun.

Germany’s Sonnenbatterie Launches Energy Trading Platform

9 years ago Glenn Meyers 7 Comments

Sonnenbatterie, Germany’s market leader for residential energy storage, has launched a community energy trading platform, sonnenCommunity, aimed at enabling trading of surplus power from solar PV coupled with its battery systems. In addition, the company has rebranded its business platform. The sonnenCommunity According to company press information, every household in … [continued]