4th Premium Partner Summit: Hot wheels in Valencia

The Spanish solar sector is said to be on rebirth as Spain’s solar demand grew by 145% in 2017. Most of the newly installed capacity of 135 MW was built in self-consumption and off-grid projects. The Iberian Peninsula is also an important market for us again. Therefore our 4th Regional Partner Summit was held in Valencia. (more…)

Commercial PV in Lebanon is on the rise

Our Lebanese Premium Partner Smart Age has equipped two industrial companies with individual solar power solutions. The plants for the Al-Kazzi factory and the Woody factory show how to gain economic advantage from solar power by reducing energy costs. Both solutions use high-quality components with our long-time guarantees such as the IBC TopFix 200 mounting system and modules of our brand IBC SOLAR Line. (more…)

MENA goes solar: 3rd Regional Partner Summit

The MENA region (the Middle East and North Africa) is becoming an increasingly important sales market for the German solar industry. The high level of sunlight as well as government support and funding programmes and ambitious climate protection goals are helping the solar market in Arabic-speaking countries to gain momentum. (more…)

Solar system with battery storage makes Béthel education centre in Chad less dependent on diesel

Having access to electricity around the clock was certainly not taken for granted at Centre Béthel, a Catholic education centre in Chad. Its supply of energy, and therefore also of water, was dependent on diesel generators, which could only operate a few hours a day because of the high costs involved. A fundraising campaign has made it possible to install a new photovoltaic system with battery storage. The equipment now supplies solar-generated electricity around the clock and has also enormously increased the education centre’s financial flexibility. (more…)