SolarWorld Supplying More Projects Abroad with Complete Kits

SolarWorld AG is increasingly making its mark abroad as a provider of complete solar power plants. It supplies its customers not only with solar power modules, but with the matching frame technology and system monitoring as well. This makes SolarWorld one of the very few manufacturers in the world that offer system technology for installation on residential roofs, industrial roofs, and the ground in addition to solar wafers, cells and modules.

South Africa’s largest solar roof system is currently being installed in Cape Town. In addition to the modules made in Germany, SolarWorld is supplying the frames used to attach the modules to the roof and orient them towards the sun. The 3,600 square meter roof consists of horizontal and pitched areas. It tops the headquarters of Africa’s largest communications provider, Vodacom, and includes 2,000 solar modules. The system, with a power of 500 kilowatts peak, is scheduled to be completed in August.

“Our customers appreciate the experience we have gained in over 10 years of using our Sunkits,” said Dr.-Ing. E. h. Frank Asbeck, CEO of SolarWorld AG. “Not only must the heart of the system, the solar module, meet the highest quality and standards, the entire system must be perfect to be able to generate the highest yields over the long term.”

The vehicle manufacturer EMPL in Kaltenbach, Austria, opted for a complete system but on a much larger scale. SolarWorld modules with a total power of 420 kilowatts are currently installed on its production halls in the town. They are attached to the roof with the low-ballast Sunfix Aero framing system. This especially lightweight framing system now makes it possible for many hall roofs that were previously not considered sturdy enough to generate solar power.