The test facility is being built on the northern runway. Various substructures will be tested for three years in order to gain insights into the effects on the vegetation. The system will save 43 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.
Corab might be best known as a PV-component wholesaler based in Poland. The roots of the company lie in the production of mounting systems. Currently, the company is capable of an output of over four Gigawatt per year. One of the newest developments in mounting system techniques from Corab are agri-pv-systems. We talked about the role of this new development with Barbara Michalowska, Agri-PV Manager at CORAB S.A.
Manufacturer Ernst Schweizer is introducing the newly developed MSP-PR-RA sloping roof mounting system. The innovative design considerably reduces the number of roof hooks required compared to conventional solutions. This reduces the assembly time of the substructure by up to 50 per cent.
Just a few months after opening its new site in Valencia, K2 Systems is thus emphasizing its commitment to the Spanish photovoltaic sector by joining two important Spanish associations: UNEF (Unión Española Fotovoltaica) and APPA (Asociación de Empresas de Energías Renovables).
Clenergy’s mounting system has been chosen for a 1.4-megawatt solar project in the UK. This installation will help Moulton Bulb, a major agricultural company, reduce its CO2 emissions by 309 tonnes annually while supplying over 20% of the site’s energy needs.
The demand for roof mounting started slow in this year. How do the provider of mounting systems react to this? What innovation can we inspect? This is what we learn now from Ludwig Schletter, founder and CEO of SL Rack.
The company Fath has launched an aluminium screw for mounting systems under the name Ribe-Aluform. This is suitable for the installation of roof hooks, solar clamps and other aluminium components. Thanks to its corrosion resistance, it can also be installed near the sea.
Flax, carbon, wood fibres and other renewable raw materials are the materials that make up the new mounting system for agrivoltaic systems. Identify what other advantages it has.
Trinasolar reports revenues of $6 billion and profits of $74 million in half-yearly financial result in 2024 – with strong PV module sales and new manufacturing facilities outside of China.
Clenergy has unveiled the ground mounting solution ST Ikon, designed for commercial and utility-scale solar projects. The system's features ensure efficiency, reduced labour costs and long-term reliability.
At The smarter E Europe that is coming to a close as we speak, K2 Systems celebrated its 20th anniversary by showcasing more than a dozen optimised products and digital tools. Here are the five key innovations, but watch this space, we will go into greater detail soon!
Schletter Group will be exhibiting at Intersolar Europe 2024 in Munich. In addition to presenting its roof- and ground-based PV mounting systems, the company will be focusing on sustainability this year with a special exhibition stand.
Mounting systems manufacturer Schletter Group has published its first CSR report. The report, which covers the full calendar year of 2023, contains the company’s strategies and measures pertaining to ecological responsibility, sustainable economics, and social commitment.
The Proline pitched roof system from the Schletter Group is based on a new profile geometry and new connecting elements. This makes the system lighter, more resilient and easier to install than its predecessor.
Schletter Group will be supplying the mounting systems for a major 130 MW ground-mounted project in the Dominican Republic. This brings the total peak megawattage of clean power being produced on Schletter systems across the Caribbean to over 700.
Renusol, the Cologne-based manufacturer of mounting systems, has introduced a completely new roof hook. The new RH1 comes to customers with a 25 per cent increase in load capacity.
Mounting systems manufacturer Schletter Group continues to grow in the Italian market. In cooperation with the general contractor EnValue, Schletter has successfully installed two ground-mounted systems with a total output of 48 MW near the Italian city of Udine.
Outlook 2024: K2 Systems opened a new branch in Valencia at the beginning of the year. Miguel Giménez is the new Country Manager at K2 Systems. In this interview, he talks about his expectations for the Spanish solar market. The mounting manufacturer will also be presenting new solutions at the Genera trade fair, which begins today.
The company has now established its eleventh international branch in Valencia. The aim is to support local installers and planners and to establish itself more firmly on the Spanish market.
A large PV roof project has gone into operation on the 85,000-square-meter site roofs of Steyr Automotive in Austria. The 7.5 MW system was installed using the Schletter FixGrid and ClampFit systems. Schletter Group were once again working with the energy supplier Burgenland Energie on this project.
In 2020, Ukrainian company SSK entered the European market with its range of PV module mounting systems, which have already proven successful in the markets of Ukraine and neighbouring countries.
Mounting system manufacturer Schletter Group has achieved the highest quarterly turnover in its company history in the second quarter of 2023. At 127 million euros, turnover was 15 per cent higher than the first quarter of 2023, which had the highest turnover to date, and 72 per cent higher than the first quarter of 2022.
The Schletter Group will once again be exhibiting at RE+ in Las Vegas from 12th to 14th September. There the company will showcase its latest innovations for ground- and roof-mounted PV installations.
At Intersolar 2023, IBC Solar will be demonstrating how its PV modules and mounting systems are subjected to endurance tests. On a load table, solar modules in combination with brackets will be subjected to structural and mechanical stress tests.
Photovoltaics modules, string inverters for free-standing installations, improved mounting and monitoring: The solar industry has made efficiency its mission, and it is coming along in leaps and bounds. Here are the companies and their products shortlisted for the Intersolar Award 2023:
