Milestones

On the way to a sustainable future

We install more than 1 MWp every working day with own employees and customized equipment. Together with our customers, we have achieved a top performance for a sustainable future with solar energy.

  • 1st grid-connected CIS thin-film system of Europe (2001)
  • 1st thin-film solar power plant of Europe (2002)
  • 1st thin-film solar power plants of Germany, Spain, France
  • 1st thin-film PV roof systems of Belgium, U.A.E. and Spain
  • 1st grid-connected PV system of the U.A.E.
  • 1st solar power plant of the Maldive Islands
  • 1st 900V UL certified solar power plant of the U.S.A.
  • 1st floating-ground solar power plant of the U.S.A.
  • 1st solar power plant with reactive power compensation of the U.S.A.
  • 1st solar power plant operating with 1,500 volts connected to the grid

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2001

Invention: Online monitoring system at the PV demonstration site IPDAD

2002

Invention of durable and resistant cable connection system

2002

Laser optimization: solar power plant with linear substructure

2004

The world’s most powerful thin-film solar power plant (1.5 MW, Germany)

2005

Optimization of the substructures to achieve the lowest soil sealing, less than 1 sqm/MWp

2006

PV in warm climate: first grid-connected plant in U.A.E. and first solar power plant in Spain

2008

Breakthrough: Central inverter station with 1600 kVA

2008

Enhancement: real-time monitoring and management system

2009

Invention: PID Killer to reduce power loss of modules

2010

Invention: Power Conditioning Unit (PCU) stabilizes the network day and night

2010

Product presentation: standardized and uniform PV output with the MegaWattBlock

2011

Global market leader 2010/2011 (IMS Research/iSuppli)

2012

Invention: 1500V DC technology for free-field solar power plants

2012

BELECTRIC: first company worldwide with over 1 GWp installed PV capacity

2013

Intersolar Award

2014

Product presentation “PV becomes hybrid”: The MegaWattBlock Hybrid
Energy storage system BELECTRIC EBU: Commissioning at the solar power plant Alt Daber

2015

First PV roof system with 1500V DV technology

2016

Top #3 O&M market leader (Bloomberg 2016)

2018

BELECTRIC is certified in accordance with the new ISO 45001 standard.

2020

Effective as of the 1. July 2020, BELECTRIC will be part of RWE Renewables