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From residential rooftops to vast industrial installations, solar systems are transforming energy costs across Europe. Join our special focus fron 22–25 September to explore the latest trends and projects shaping the market.
From pitched roofs in the residential sector to expansive flat roofs in industry, solar installations can deliver substantial energy cost savings. Explore the latest market insights and project trends in our special weekly focus, 18–21 August.
Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) uses roofs and facades to generate as much solar power as possible for use in the building. The building envelope becomes a power plant. Read more about this in our main topic next week.
With the Topfix 200, the system provider IBC Solar has developed an in-house mounting system for universal installation on pitched roofs with general building inspectorate approval from the DIBt.
The Belgian PV market is developing dynamically, especially in the residential sector around self-consumption solutions. The quality awareness is high. This was demonstrated at the Solar Solutions trade fair, which was held for the first time in Kortrijk (Flanders).
CS Wismar introduces three new formats for its glass-foil and glass-glass modules. By using half cells and wafers of 182 square millimetres, the new modules achieve up to 490 watts.
Memodo is now working together with K2 Systems. This enables the wholesaler to offer more solar mounting systems for tiled, interlocking sheet metal and trapezoidal sheet metal roofs. Memodo will first take on the mounting systems for pitched roofs from K2 Systems.
By the end of 2020, around 1.3 million photovoltaic systems were installed on one- and two-family houses in Germany. An analysis by EUPD Research confirms an overall saturation of eleven percent.
