Practising for emergencies

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Solar parks are often surrounded by forests. In view of rising temperatures and prolonged drought, the risk of forest fires also increases here in the warm months. Accordingly, one must be well prepared for an emergency. Together with our O&M customer CEE Group, we wanted to know how quickly the fire brigade would get to the solar park in such an emergency, how they could enter the plant, which safety criteria were observed and how the fire brigade generally deals with solar parks in an emergency. The scene: the Staats solar park in the district of Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. (more…)

Its that time of the year again: Intersolar 2022

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In just a week and after a two-year break, the time has finally come again: the industry will gather at Intersolar 2022. We are in the midst of preparing for the trade fair and are already looking forward to being able to present our new products and services to visitors again this year. For us, 2022 is a very special year and you can see that on our booth. (more…)

All good things come in threes

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Two are already here, three are to come. What do we mean by that? The Smarter E Award (aka Intersolar Award), of course. We are nominated again this year with an exciting project and want to bring one of this year’s awards to Bad Staffelstein. (more…)

IBC SOLAR modules convince in Fraunhofer LeTID test

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We frequently report on the in-depth quality tests that our products have to undergo on a regular basis. In addition to internal tests, external institutes also put our products through their paces. In this context, the Fraunhofer Centre for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP conducted a LeTID test on our current IBC SOLAR module types at the end of last year. And this much in advance: all modules of the IBC SOLAR own brand completed the test procedure with excellent results. (more…)

New module formats and packaging challenges in distribution

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The global photovoltaic market has grown considerably in recent years. In concrete terms, this can already be seen in the preliminary product, the silicon wafer. Here, the expansion of production capacities in 2021 increased by an impressive 64 %. It is also evident that the supply is more diversified. Good profit margins have brought new market participants and driven both small and large companies to expand. Our module partners LONGI SOLAR at No. 1 and JINKO SOLAR at No. 3 among the world’s largest wafer manufacturers, together with Zhonghuan (No. 2) dominate global wafer capacity with more than 80%. Vertically integrated module manufacturers have also significantly increased their internal supply capacities. Thus, another 134 gigawatts of capacity could likely be added in 2022. (more…)