Ecoppia Appoints Amir Fishelov, Co-Founder, SolarEdge Technologies to Board of Directors

Amir Fishelov appointed to Board of Directors of Ecoppia

Israel-based Ecoppia, which delves into robotic cleaning for photovoltaic solar panels, has announced the appointment of Amir Fishelov as a member of its Board of Directors.

Amir Fishelov is the Co-Founder of SolarEdge Technologies– an Israel-based developer and seller of solar inverters. The firm recently joined the S&P 500. During his time at SolarEdge, Fishelov served as the Chief Software Architect for 14 years. In the last few years, he served as VP Strategy and Corporate Development.

Fishelov’s professional experience spans over 20 years in the fields of solar energy and technology. During his military service, Amir spent six years leading research and development teams and directing large-scale, multidisciplinary R&D projects in software, analog design, communications, and signal processing at the Intelligence Corps Technology Unit – Unit 81.

A decorated mind in the technology sector, Fishelov won the prestigious National Technological Innovation Award in both 2001 and 2003.

“We are pleased to welcome Amir to Ecoppia’s board,” says Ecoppia Co-Founder and Chairman, Eran Meller. “We believe Amir’s invaluable insights and vast expertise in the solar technology sector will steer initiatives that will drive growth and innovation at Ecoppia.”

Ecoppia has to its credit more than 16 GW of signed agreements, having undertaken 3,900 MW capacity of projects . The firm, which offers a cloud-based platform and a suite of solutions, claims that its fully autonomous robots cost-effectively maximize the performance of utility-scale PV sites all over the world. Remotely managed and controlled, the Ecoppia platform says it allows solar sites to maintain peak performance with minimal costs and human intervention. The firm has 35 large scale projects in its kitty and has clean over 8 billion solar panels.

Ecoppia recently announced a collaboration with ENGIE, a French multinational utility company.