Three eventful days at the largest trade fair for renewable energies in the UK lie behind #teambelectric.
🤝🏻 It was a pleasure to make new contacts and have interesting conversations about #solarpower.
🛠 One of the highlights were the speaking involvements by our colleagues Brett and Louis on the topics of ‘Ehancing O&M’ and ‘Solar and (Co-Located) Storage: The Business Case Deep Dive’.
🌳 As a symbol of our strong partnership, we presented some business partners with certificates for tree sponsorships.
Special thanks to everyone who visited us at the stand. We hope we were able to sweeten your day with our cookies & fresh fruit. 🍪
With the commissioning of a solar farm in Germany and a battery storage system in the UK, we have cracked two gigawatt marks! The almost 520 plants we have constructed worldwide add up to a total installed capacity of over five gigawatts. In our home market of Germany, we are also one of the first companies to install photovoltaic systems ☀️ with a total output of more than one gigawatt. This corresponds to a total area of around 1,400 football pitches with today's technology, or roughly the output of the largest conventional large-scale power plants.
Dr Thorsten Blanke, Managing Director of BELECTRIC, comments: “The outlook for the current and upcoming year also confirms BELECTRIC as a reliable and experienced partner: we are currently constructing solar farms with a total capacity of around one gigawatt and have a large project pipeline ahead of us. We look forward to making them a reality together with our employees, who now number almost 600.” 👥👏
BELECTRIC is one of the first companies to reach the milestone of one gigawatt of installed solar capacity in Germany
Worldwide, the photovoltaic company has installed more than five gigawatts of cumulative capacity
Kolitzheim (Germany) –BELECTRIC, member of Elevion Group, is celebrating two milestones with the recent commissioning of a solar farm and a battery storage system. The solar energy specialist is one of the first companies to break the mark of one gigawatt (GW) of installed photovoltaic capacity in Germany. Since its foundation in 2001, BELECTRIC has already installed systems with a total output of more than five gigawatts worldwide.
With the recent commissioning of a solar farm in Germany and a battery storage system in the United Kingdom, BELECTRIC reaches two important milestones. With almost 520 systems constructed worldwide, the photovoltaic company breaks the mark of a total of five gigawatts of installed capacity. In its home market of Germany, BELECTRIC is one of the first companies to install solar plants with a total output of more than one gigawatt. This corresponds to a total area of around 1,400 football pitches with today's technology, or roughly the output of the largest conventional large-scale power plants. Since its foundation 23 years ago, BELECTRIC has been making a clear contribution to the energy transition – including one of the largest independent solar farms in Germany. The Tramm-Göthen solar plant measures 172 megawatts peak and has been converting sunlight into electricity since the end of 2021.
“We are proud to have reached these significant milestones. The outlook for the current and upcoming year also confirms BELECTRIC as a reliable and experienced partner: we are currently constructing solar farms with a total capacity of around one gigawatt and have a large project pipeline ahead of us. We look forward to making them a reality together with our employees, who now number almost 600”, explains Dr Thorsten Blanke, Managing Director of BELECTRIC.
We become part of the United Nations Global Compact and reaffirm our commitment to #ESG. The UN Global Compact is a pact that companies make with the UN to make #globalisation more social and ecological. It is therefore one of many components of our ESG strategy.
By joining, we commit to incorporating the 10 Principles and the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN Global Compact into our strategy, our corporate culture, and our day-to-day operations. You can find out more about the #UNGlobalCompact here: https://unglobalcompact.org/
We commissioned eight solar power plants with a total capacity of 128 MWp for our customer Low Carbon. Even though 2023 was the wettest year on record in the Netherlands and the massive rainfall in autumn affected the construction works, the smooth cooperation of all parties involved led to success. Our Operations & Maintenance team is now taking over, as BELECTRIC is also responsible for the operation and maintenance of the eight projects. We also succeeded in securing a contract for another solar farm with an output of 17 MWp in the Netherlands. To date, we have installed more than 300 MWp of photovoltaic capacity in the country.
“The fact that Low Carbon selected us to construct these exciting projects speaks volumes about us and our project experience. We have been working successfully with our customer since the beginning of 2022 and look forward to expanding the partnership”, explains Dr. Thorsten Blanke, Managing Director at BELECTRIC.
Would you like to know how we managed to conserve the soils during the construction of the solar farms? Then take a look at our press release.
Eight solar farms with a total output of 128 megawatts peak (MWp) commissioned
Contract signed with Low Carbon for a further 17 MWp
Kolitzheim (Germany) – BELECTRIC, Member of Elevion Group, commissions eight solar farms with a total capacity of 128 MWp in the Netherlands. This strengthens the company's position as one of the leading EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) service providers on the Dutch market.
With the commissioning of a solar farm in the county of Echt-Susteren in the Netherlands, BELECTRIC completes an eight-part success story. The German solar company has commissioned eight solar power plants with a total capacity of 128 MWp for its customer Low Carbon, a global renewable energy company. The plants are located in the Dutch provinces of Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Overijssel, and Utrecht. Even though 2023 was the wettest year on record in the Netherlands and the massive rainfall in autumn affected the construction works, the smooth cooperation of all parties involved led to success. BELECTRIC's Operations & Maintenance team is now taking over, as BELECTRIC is also responsible for the operation and maintenance of the eight projects. In addition, the German company has succeeded in securing a contract for another solar farm with an output of 17 MWp in the Netherlands. This reinforces BELECTRIC's position as one of the leading EPC service providers on the Dutch market. To date, the company has installed more than 300 MWp of photovoltaic capacity in the country and will soon add almost another 100 MWp.
Steven Hughes, Managing Director of Portfolio Management at Low Carbon, comments: “We are pleased to have commissioned this large portfolio of solar projects, which will support the Dutch government’s efforts to decarbonise the grid. Our long-term partnership with BELECTRIC has been core to this success, and we look forward to working together on the delivery of further projects in the coming months as we continue the fight against climate change.”
The construction works for the commissioned solar farms were focused on the conservation of soils. As the challenging soil conditions on many of the project sites did not offer sufficient stability, the usual driving of the piles for the substructure was not sufficient. Following numerous pull-out tests and analyses, BELECTRIC opted for a special substructure variant with screws that can be removed easily and without leftover material after removal. Thanks to this approach, BELECTRIC helps preserve the health of the soils.
“The fact that Low Carbon selected us to construct these exciting projects speaks volumes about us and our project experience. We have been working successfully with our customer since the beginning of 2022 and look forward to expanding the partnership and helping Low Carbon deliver 20 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030”, explains Dr. Thorsten Blanke, Managing Director at BELECTRIC.
At the end of 2023, we commissioned a 48-megawatt solar farm near Deubach in the Main-Tauber district of Baden-Württemberg (Germany). Not far from the solar plant is a children's playground that lacked play equipment. Until recently, the children in and around Deubach who regularly visit the play area, had neither a slide nor a seesaw.
We wanted to change that. That's why we supported the plans of residents to revitalise the playground and the area and enabled the purchase of a slide. On September 3rd, the new play equipment was officially inaugurated together with Dr. Lukas Braun (mayor of Lauda-Königshofen) and lots of children.
We hope that many children and families will enjoy the new slide from now on! Perhaps it will also remind some of them of our large-scale photovoltaic project, with which we have also invested in the region around Deubach. ☀️💪
On September 2nd, we welcomed five new trainees to #teambelectric. Their apprenticeship started with full energy and anticipation at an outdoor #teamtraining. During the event, the #trainees got to know each other better and already felt the first successes of their emerging #teamspirit. Now they are starting their careers in their respective departments. 🚀
Whether commercial or technical training: We wish you every success and lots of fun helping to shape the energy transition. 🌱
With 81.7 GW (status 2023), Germany is one of the countries with the highest installed photovoltaic capacity according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Only three other countries are ahead of us. China is the clear leader with 622,5 GW of output, which corresponds to almost 44% of global installed capacity. The Asian giant is followed by the USA (139,2 GW) and Japan (87 GW).
BELECTRIC secures a major contract to consolidate its presence on the Danish market
Construction of a 135-Megawatt Peak (MWp) solar power plant for NRGi Renewables
Kolitzheim (Germany) –BELECTRIC, Member of Elevion Group, secures a contract for a large-scale solar farm near Aarhus in Denmark. By constructing a 135-megawatt solar power plant for NRGi Renewables, the Germany-based company reinforces its presence on the Danish solar power market.
Building on its recent market entry, BELECTRIC has now secured a contract for the company’s biggest photovoltaic project in Denmark to date. On an area equivalent to 175 football fields, BELECTRIC is constructing a 135-MWp solar power plant for its new partner NRGi Renewables, a Danish renewable energy project developer. The solar plant will be located southeast of the town of Kolind near Aarhus (Denmark) and will become a cornerstone in BELECTRIC’s presence on the Danish market. Starting April 2025, more than 220.000 modules on site are expected to cover the annual electricity needs of over 30,000 households with solar energy.
Jakob Bundgaard, CEO at NRGi Renewables, comments: “We’re thrilled to team up with BELECTRIC for our first solar power project. With BELECTRIC’s extensive experience in solar power plant development and construction, along with NRGi Renewables’ local expertise and community engagement, we’ve laid a solid foundation for this ambitious project.”
Special attention in the design of the solar farm was paid to preserving the embankments and water protection areas present on the site. Furthermore, the concerns of residents also played a central role in the solar farm’s design. Additional noise studies have been carried out to ensure minimal affection to neighbouring population due to the presence of inverters on site. As BELECTRIC is committed to reducing the impact of solar farm construction on all relevant stakeholders, the results of this study have been incorporated into the engineering of the plant.
“We are excited to be partnering with NRGi Renewables on an exciting project of this scale. Being chosen for the construction of the Kolind solar farm is a testament to our experience with mega-projects. We might be a medium-sized company, but we can certainly go big!”, explains Dr Thorsten Blanke, Managing Director of BELECTRIC.
