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About Oliver Skadow

A recognised manager of the energy transition.

Solution Architect · Intelligent Asset Management

"See what no monitoring shows."

Photovoltaics is my home turf, my reach is generalist. Over more than two decades I have planned, built, operated and optimised plants — with portfolio responsibility across Germany, Italy and Spain and, at peak, a total volume of around 2.1 GW, on a par with institutional investors. For my practical guide I additionally analysed more than 255 MWp of plant capacity in detail.

2.1 GWat peak
255 MWpanalysed for the guide
20+ yearsenergy transition
Oliver Skadow — portrait
My profile

Not one consultant among many.

I'm not a PV specialist in the narrow sense. Photovoltaics is my technical home, but for years my work has happened at the interfaces: sector coupling of generation and storage, co-location concepts at the grid connection point, operations management of hybrid generation units, bankability questions for institutional investors, and technical due diligence in transactions.

What I offer is a lean, highly specialised unit that combines the operational depth of a plant manager with the strategic breadth of a managing director. You don't get another consultant — but someone who takes full responsibility for a business: build, operate, scale, market.

“A hybrid energy plant that runs is not the same as one that performs. My job is the difference between the two.”
Oliver Skadow
01

Operational depth

Planned, built, operated, optimised — from plant engineering to portfolio responsibility across three countries.

02

Strategic breadth

Sector coupling, co-location, bankability, technical due diligence — the interfaces where value is created.

03

Own technology

I don't just advise — I build the tools myself: digital twins, forecasting and forensic analysis.

Career

From the early days of German PV to today.

2005 – 2011

Learning photovoltaics from the ground up

Entry into PV in 2005 — learned from scratch. Roles at system houses (trading with EPC and general-contractor services) and in power electronics (Mastervolt), incl. as Head of Engineering. Foundation: inverter and system technology.

2011 – 12/2024

Managing Director of a mid-sized PV service provider

Co-shareholder and managing director. Built the company with portfolio responsibility in Germany, Italy and Spain — at peak a total volume of around 2.1 GW. Strategic exit from management at the end of 2024.

since 2012

REvilo Consulting

Planning and consulting office for photovoltaics and storage. Continuously active since founding — first in parallel, the main activity since 2025.

01/2025 – 11/2025

PV and storage projects for SMEs & municipalities

Projects for mid-sized and municipal clients, incl. a battery-storage study for a 1.7-MWp PV plant for a municipal utility.

from 12/2025

Asset-management platform for utility-scale PV

Contributing to building an asset-management platform for utility-scale photovoltaics in Germany, Italy and Spain.

Qualification

State-certified environmental engineer · TÜV-certified environmental management auditor

Languages

German (native) · English (business fluent)

References

A selection from recent years.

Client names are anonymised for confidentiality. Details gladly in a personal conversation.

2 GW

International general contractor

Build-up of a PV portfolio up to 2-GW scale, combined with asset management and software development.

75 MWp

Institutional investor (insurance)

Asset management of a 75 MWp portfolio.

~23 MWp

Portfolio France

Asset management of around 23 MWp.

900 kWp

International logistics group

Project and construction management of a rooftop plant incl. battery storage for truck charging.

350 kWp

Cartonplast Group

Technical project lead of a 350-kWp rooftop plant from tender to commissioning.

UK

United Kingdom

PV project development, mid-2010s.

Speaker & visibility

The calling card to the substance.

I speak where the energy industry and technology meet — on stages, panels and in trade publications. Bookable on “The future of hybrid energy parks” and “AI in operations management”.

Oliver Skadow on the panel, Handelsblatt Forum Stadtwerke 2026
Handelsblatt Forum Stadtwerke 2026, Berlin
Oliver Skadow speaking, Handelsblatt Forum Stadtwerke 2026
Handelsblatt Forum Stadtwerke 2026, Berlin
Speaker

Handelsblatt Forum Stadtwerke 2026

Berlin, April 2026.

Article

“Erneuerbare Energien” (Gentner Verlag)

Issue 08/2025.

Speaker

Forum Solar Plus 2024

Session 4B “Only quality prevails in the end”, Berlin, 27 November 2024 — moderated by QVSD e. V.

My standard
„Only quality prevails in the end."

The substance behind the visibility is operational experience — and the proof that I don't just recommend technology but build it myself: digital twins, forecasting and forensic analysis.