Season 2 | Episode 3 | Two Insolvencies. One Vision. How Bernd Kipping Built Chint Solar Europe

How do you go from navigating two insolvencies to building one of Europe’s most resilient solar developers? This week I sat down with Bernd Kipping, VP Finance, Procurement, Innovations & Technologies at Chint Solar Europe. His career is basically a timeline of everything this industry has been through. We get into:The Solar Valley Era: What it was really like at Q-Cells when Chinese competition started changing everything.The Startup Grind: Building Chint Solar Europe from 5 people to 130 across 8 markets.The Multi-Utility Shift: Why Bernd thinks pure-play solar is no longer enough and what BESS, wind and hydrogen change about the model.Navigating the TSO: The early Dutch grid connection story that says everything about what it means to build from scratch.Market Predictions: Why the UK and Southern Europe are the ones to watch, and his long view on green hydrogen.Connect with Bernd: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernd-kipping-7131093a/Powered by Kigyo