IBC SOLAR partners with Preising for more safety on roofs

Safety on roofs is a major issue throughout Europe. There are different regulations and guidelines that cause a lot of uncertainty. Preising and IBC SOLAR now collaborate offering their customers a unique safety system for the maintenance of PV systems on the flat roof: a fall protection device, the AeroFix Latch (more…)

The profile that came in from the cold

Right into the freezer and back. Well – with  an area of 30 square meters the freezer in this case is slightly bigger than the usual household devices. We are referring to a special test that we have performed on our mounting systems. We wanted to know the following: Will temperatures of  minus 20 degrees harm the rails and modules and can major icing cause frost damage? (more…)

Video review: Mounting systems at Intersolar Europe 2018

The presentation of new and improved mounting systems was one of the focus points at this year’s Intersolar Europe. On all three days of the trade fair, we were able to welcome visitor groups at our booth as part of the “PV Guided Tours” presented by the online magazine PV Europe. On this occasion we also shot a video with our assembly expert Sebastian Geier. Here he presents our new developments. (video…)

Lodge fun and all about surface pressure at the 1st Regional Partner Summit

What expertise do we offer our Premium Partners? And how can we address the individual characteristics of the different markets? Our experts will answer these questions with a new series of conferences named IBC SOLAR Regional Partner Summits. The first of these was held in the Alpine republic of Switzerland. (more…)

“Mounting systems” blog series part 6: Flat roof heat insulation – How much of a burden can it handle?

Flat roofs are particularly well suited for the installation of a PV system – especially when a large PV system should be placed on the roof. More and more flat roofs are being equipped with PV systems; in the case of commercial business, they are usually for self-consumption. We have already discussed the installation of PV systems on flat roofs in part 4 of this blog series. Today’s article is all about heat insulation on these roofs and what areas require special attention. (more…)