“Mounting systems” blog series part 2: Popular among farmers and commercial businesses – Pitched roof with trapezoidal sheet and corrugated eternit

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Mounting plate with two hanger bolts on corrugated eternit

It is important for the solar energy system to be securely fixed to the roof of all installations – and every roof has its own specific requirements. I would like to take the opportunity with this and other blog entries on the subject of “mounting systems” to present the typical mounting options to PV plant operators and installers for the most frequent roof types and give them recommendations.

Buildings with roof cladding can often be found in agriculture and industry. They are particularly suitable for cost-efficient direct mounting. (mehr…)

“Mounting systems” blog series part 1: Private houses with tiled pitched roof

montage_1It is important for all installations that the solar energy system is securely fixed to the roof – and every roof has its own specific requirements. I would like to take the opportunity with this and other blog entries on the subject of “mounting systems” to present the typical mounting options to PV plant operators and installers for the most frequent roof types and give them recommendations. (mehr…)

Step by step: installing mounting systems quickly onto the rooftop with video tutorials by IBC SOLAR

Screenshot_MontagevideosThanks to their high level of prefabrication and a modular construction structure, our mounting systems IBC TopFix 200 for pitched roofs and IBC AeroFix for flat roofs are able to be installed on the rooftop with surprising speed. To make the assembly even easier now, we have expanded our services for our Premium Partners and have met a request previously expressed by many of them: installation tutorials in video format. (more…)

Cooling with solar power: IBC SOLAR supplies PV system for the largest freezer in Norway

WP_20160418_11_33_02_ProCold stores require a great deal of energy – mainly when the sun is shining and it is warm outside. The leading Norwegian food logistics provider ASKO has Installed a PV system on the roof of a cold store in Vestby. The system was implemented by Solenergi FUSen AS, the Norwegian Premium Partner of IBC SOLAR. It enhances a current system which was put into operation on the roof of an ASKO dry fuel storage facility in 2014.  The entire system has a capacity of 1 megawatt peak (MWp), producing around 550 MWh of solar power each year which the company will use entirely for its own consumption.(more…)

IKEA and IBC SOLAR focus on simple mounting for PV systems

PV-Anlage auf IKEA-Dach“Do you still reside or do you already live?” This IKEA advertising slogan used in Germany must now be supplemented with “Yet producing or still consuming?”. The largest PV system of the Swedish furniture company to date was recently put into operation at a Swiss store. Modules with an output of 1.5 megawatt peak are IKEA’s contribution to greater sustainability. (more…)