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Thank you for a belectrifying year! 😍✨

The end of the year is the perfect time to say “thank you” for an incredible 2024! 👥 Thanks to our more than 550 employees worldwide who make #teambelectric what it is.🔝 Thank you to everyone who worked on an average of 37 BELECTRIC projects with a total output of over one gigawatt in 2024…

Belectrifact 💡

Did you know? Since our foundation in 2001, we at BELECTRIC have constructed 518 solar farms and battery storage systems worldwide. In total, they have an output of more than 5.1 gigawatts peak. In 2024, work was carried out on an average of 37 new systems. #belectrifact #belectric #solarenergie #solarenergy #greenenergy #energiewende #energytransition #renewables #photovoltaik

BELECTRIC wishes you a merry Christmas! 🎄

We wish you all a peaceful, happy Christmas and a calm, contemplative holiday season. We would like to thank all our followers and business partners for the successful year 2024! #christmas #merrychristmas #belectric #solarenergie #solarenergy #greenenergy #energiewende #energytransition #renewables #photovoltaik

How to boost revenue with solar farms as a municipality ☀️💰💪

How to boost revenue with solar farms as a municipality ☀️💰💪 Many German municipalities are looking for new sources of income but are hesitant to use their agricultural land for solar farms. That’s why we at BELECTRIC offer three different ways to boost municipal revenues while using low-value, unused land. What are they and how…

Taking big steps forward: We signed another cooperation agreement in Poland 🤝☀️

Towards the end of the year, our Polish team signed a cooperation agreement with the Polish project developer Sunlight Project Sp. z o.o.. Sunlight Project is currently developing several solar farms in Poland, from 2025 also in cooperation with BELECTRIC. We are therefore taking another important step in Poland. 😍 We are already looking forward…

We celebrate our jubilarians 🙌🎉

This year, we got to celebrate the anniversaries of 29 BELECTRIC employees and honour some of them at our Christmas party. We are delighted that these longtime colleagues have been part of #teambelectric for five, ten, 15, and 20 years respectively. It’s great to have you. Thank you for your commitment as well as your…

Our 114-megawatt solar farm in Borrentin has been connected to the grid! ☀️⚡

We have successfully commissioned the #Borrentin solar farm in the German Mecklenburgische Seenplatte region! Nearly 200,000 modules were installed for our customer Encavis over an area equivalent to 135 football fields. The photovoltaic system will generate approximately 121 gigawatt hours (GWh) of solar power annually, which will be used to supply energy to a network…

Our solar ABC: I for…? ☀️⠀

Who takes command of a PV system and ensures that the solar energy generated can be fed into our electricity grid? In today’s solar ABC, it’s time to take a look at the heart of every solar system. 🔴 I for inverter The inverter converts the direct current generated by the solar modules into grid-compliant…

This is how #teambelectric brought the year to a close 🎇🎄

At our annual company Christmas party, we looked back on a successful year together with #teambelectric and celebrated the dedication of our colleagues. The event’s programme included a mulled wine reception ☕, honouring our jubilarians 🥇, a musical theatre play performed by our trainees 🔔, delicious food 🥙 and, as always, plenty of time for…

Belectrifact 💡

Did you know? Our British subsidiary BELECTRIC UK can chalk up an impressive 191 MWp of installed capacity (including 30 MWp of battery storage system). But that’s not all. With 353 MWp under operations and maintenance, we are one of the O&M heavyweights on the British market. #belectrifact #belectric #solarenergie #solarenergy #greenenergy #energiewende #energytransition #renewables #photovoltaik…

Making the industry’s challenges heard: Visit by the Academy for Territorial Development 📣☀️🤝

Last week, we had the honour of welcoming the Academy for Territorial Development (ARL) in the Leibniz Association to our company as part of their nationwide symposium. Franz-Josef Sauer, Mayor of Arnstein, was also in attendance. Combining science and practice, the academy researches topics relating to state and regional planning, from which planning and location…

We invest in our region’s young talent: BELECTRIC supports volleyball at Egbert-Gymnasium Münsterschwarzach 🏐👨‍🎓

Volleyball plays a central role in everyday school life at Egbert-Gymnasium Münsterschwarzach, not far from our headquarters in Kolitzheim. However, the on-site beach volleyball facility is very outdated, and the 25-year-old balls have also seen better days. We are delighted that the school has now been able to purchase new volleyballs and nets with our…

Are PV systems efficient in winter? 🌥️🌨️

Sunshine is the key factor in generating solar energy efficiently. With short periods of daylight and less solar radiation, winter is considered the dark season in many countries. 🔋 But there’s no need to worry: Despite lower yields, solar modules also reliably generate electricity in the winter months and therefore provide power all year round….

5 exciting new solar farms you should know about ✨🌞

Whether it’s Borrentin in northern Germany or Project W in England, we’re always reporting on our latest construction sites and commissioned projects on here. But with so many projects, it’s impossible to keep you up to date on all the exciting solar plants we work on every day. That’s why today we’ve put together the…

Our solar ABC: S for…? ☀️⠀

How is it that PV systems cover huge areas without sealing the soil? In today’s Solar ABC, we clarify this and other questions by taking a closer look at the substructure of our solar farms. 💡⠀⠀🔴 S for substructure⠀⠀The substructure of a solar farm forms the basis for PV modules. The modules are elevated and…

Scary Belectrifact 💡🎃🌕

Did you know? The illuminance of the sun is around 100,000 lux, whereas that of a full moon is only 0.2 lux. This means that the light flux which the sun sends to earth is several hundred thousand times stronger than that of the moon. Therefore, even with very efficient technology, it is unfortunately not…

The best of both worlds: Solar & battery storage 🔝🔋

Storage systems are indispensable for the success of the energy transition. That is why we support our customers not only in the field of photovoltaics, but also as a general contractor in the engineering and procurement of battery storage solutions. Depending on the business case, we offer the following to our customers: ☀️ Solar farms:…

Our solar ABC: P for…? ☀️

PPAs, kurz für Power Purchase Agreements, gewinnen für Freiflächen-Photovoltaikanlagen immer mehr an Bedeutung. Deshalb klären wir heute die Frage, was ein PPA eigentlich ist. 💡 PPAs, short for Power Purchase Agreements, are becoming increasingly important for ground-mounted photovoltaic systems. That is why today, we are answering the question of what a PPA actually is. 💡…

Belectrifact 💡

Did you know? According to the German Environment Agency, around 95,000 hectares of land are needed across Germany to achieve the expansion targets set for photovoltaics by 2030. This corresponds to just 0.3 % of the total area of Germany, which is 35.8 million hectares. #belectrifact #belectric #solarenergie #solarenergy #greenenergy #energiewende #energytransition #renewables #photovoltaik

Important step in Poland: Cooperation agreement with Polish project developer 🤝☀️

Last week in Warsaw, our Polish team signed a cooperation agreement with the Polish project developer Rawicom Consulting Services Sp. z o.o., which is part of Rawicom Group. Rawicom is currently developing systems with a total capacity of more than 3.5 GW. The contract was signed by Karol Chylinski (CEO of Rawicom Consulting Services) and…

It’s a wrap! This was Solar & Storage Live UK 2024! 🎉

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…

5 good reasons to partner with BELECTRIC 🌞

We have several reasons to celebrate: 5 GW of installed solar capacity worldwide, including 1 GW in Germany. That’s amazing! But what makes us such a strong partner for our customers? Our long-standing employees say this:

5 GW of installed solar capacity worldwide, including 1 GW in Germany – we are celebrating two gigantic milestones! 😍🎉

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…

For a social, ecological globalisation: We join the UN Global Compact 🌎💚

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…

128 megawatts commissioned in the Netherlands 💪☀️

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…

We invest in the regions of our solar farms: Donation of a slide for the #Deubach playground 🎡🤸🏻‍♂️👧👦

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….

New members for our trainee team! 💪

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…

Belectrifact 💡

Did you know? 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….

AMPYR and BELECTRIC execute framework agreement to install 200 MWp of solar projects in Germany

Kolitzheim (Germany) / London (United Kingdom) – AMPYR Solar Europe (ASE) and BELECTRIC agree to install a pipeline of more than 200 megawatts (MW) of solar capacity in Germany. The first power plants to be constructed are located in Brandenburg, Germany. AMPYR and BELECTRIC signed a framework agreement to construct a pipeline of several large-scale…

BELECTRIC returns to the United Kingdom as EPC service provider

After a break of several years, BELECTRIC is getting back into photovoltaic system construction in the United Kingdom. In recent years, the company’s activities in the country were focused on the operation and maintenance of solar power plants. BELECTRIC has already installed hundreds of megawatts of solar and energy storage capacity in the United Kingdom….

New CEO at BELECTRIC GmbH

Kolitzheim (Germany) – BELECTRIC’s parent company, Elevion Group B.V., has appointed Dr. Thorsten Blanke new Chief Executive Officer of BELECTRIC GmbH. He currently serves as Chief Commercial Officer of BELECTRIC and will succeed the current CEO Ingo Alphéus on May 1st, 2022. Ingo Alphéus will join Elevion as new Country Manager of Elevion Group in…

BELECTRIC completes three more large-scale PV plants in the Netherlands

Kolitzheim (Germany) – BELECTRIC commissions three more large-scale solar parks for Kronos Solar in the Netherlands. With the timely completion of the PV systems “Losser” (26.9 MWp), “Lochem I” (20.7 MWp) and “Lochem II” (9.9 MWp), BELECTRIC underlines its role as a leading builder and operator of solar systems in the Dutch market. BELECTRIC has…

BELECTRIC builds another large-scale floating PV plant in Israel

Kolitzheim (Germany) / Be’er Scheva (Israel) – BELECTRIC is further increasing its footprint in the floating PV industry. The solar energy specialist is building a floating PV project with an installed capacity of 16,8 Megawatt Peak (MWp) for S’energy and the large scale water utility “Carmel shore waters” in Israel. Together with S’energy, BELECTRIC’s Israeli…

BELECTRIC enters the Danish solar power market

Kolitzheim (Germany) – BELECTRIC has entered the Danish market with cutting edge technology as it continues to expand its presence in Central Europe. The solar energy specialist is constructing its first solar park in Denmark on behalf of Encavis AG. Developed by GreenGo Energy Group, the 12,6 MWp project near Ringkøbing in North Jutland will…

BELECTRIC breaks the 4-GW-mark right on time for its 20th anniversary

Kolitzheim (Germany) – Just in time for its 20th anniversary, BELECTRIC crosses the mark of four gigawatts of installed solar capacity worldwide. The company was founded in 2001 and is one of the leading EPC service providers in the development and construction of open-space solar power plants. At the turn of the millennium, solar energy…

BELECTRIC becomes part of Elevion Group and heads for further growth

Kolitzheim (Germany) – BELECTRIC wins Elevion Group as new owner as it continues on its growth path. The Elevion Group is one of Germany’s largest companies in the field of modern energy solutions that focus on sustainability and climate neutrality. The subject of the acquisition is a 100% stake in the German-based BELECTRIC GmbH and…

BELECTRIC commissions another large-scale solar farm in India

Kolitzheim (Germany) / Mumbai (India) – BELECTRIC has commissioned a large-scale solar farm in Rajasthan, India. With an installed capacity of 250 MWac the solar power plant is one of India’s largest installations. BELECTRIC provides operations and maintenance services (O&M) to the plant on behalf of the owner Fortum Solar Plus Private Limited (Fortum). “Because…

BELECTRIC commissions another large-scale solar farm in Israel for EDF

Kolitzheim (Germany) / Be`er Sheva (Israel) – BELECTRIC has completed and commissioned a solar project in Israel on behalf of its customer EDF. With an installed capacity of 60 MWp the solar plant produces more than 145 gigawatt hours of green electricity per year. BELECTRIC provided a turnkey system for the large-scale PV plant, which…

BELECTRIC completes solar farms for Stadtwerke Tübingen

Tübingen/Kolitzheim (Germany) – BELECTRIC has completed two solar farms in Bavaria on time for Stadtwerke Tübingen. BELECTRIC developed and installed the solar farms in Herlheim and Neusitz, and will continue to operate them on behalf of the owner as the service provider. The green power produced by the two new solar assets will be sufficient…

BELECTRIC builds one of the largest floating PV plants in Israel for EDF

Kolitzheim (Germany) / Be`er Sheva (Israel) – BELECTRIC, a German based company, is further increasing its footprint in Israel’s growing solar industry by building a floating PV project on behalf of EDF. BELECTRIC’s Israeli subsidiary will carry out the engineering, construction and commissioning work for the 19.3 MW plant, which is one of the largest…

BELECTRIC completes solar farm at Vattenfall’s first green hybrid power plant in the Netherlands

Kolitzheim (Germany) – BELECTRIC has completed a solar power system for Vattenfall’s first full hybrid power plant. The Haringvliet Zuid energy park consists of a wind farm (22 MW) and a battery storage system (12 MW), as well as a large-scale photovoltaic plant which was constructed and commissioned on schedule by the German solar specialist BELECTRIC. The…

BELECTRIC appointed as EPC contractor for large-scale solar project in India

Kolitzheim (Germany) / Mumbai (India) – BELECTRIC, a Germany-based company, is further increasing its footprint in India’s ever-growing solar industry: the company has been appointed as the EPC (engineering-procurement-construction) service provider for a large-scale solar project by Cleantech Solar, a leading developer, owner, and operator of Commercial and Industrial solar energy systems in Southeast Asia…

BELECTRIC wins contract to construct three solar farms in the Netherlands

Kolitzheim (Germany) – The German solar power specialist BELECTRIC continues to expand its presence in the Dutch solar market: After the “Hof van Twente” (more than 9 MW) and “Hoogeveen” solar farms (approx. 24 MW) were commissioned on schedule last year, BELECTRIC has now secured the next large contract in the Netherlands. As EPC (engineering-procurement-construction)…

BELECTRIC at Energy Storage Summit 2020

For the third year in a row, BELECTRIC participated in the Energy Storage Summit in London which is the primary energy storage event in the UK. Over 350 participants from the UK and Europe attended to hear from industry leaders and share experiences.Amit Oza (MD and Head of Battery Sales at BELECTRIC UK) participated in…

BELECTRIC leadership meeting – team sets course for 2020 and coming years

In mid-February, the executives of the entire BELECTRIC Group met in Volkach (Germany) to review the past year and, above all, to set the strategic course for 2020 and coming years.“Our order books are full thanks to our efforts over the past year. We have the opportunity to build close to 1 GW of photovoltaic…

BELECTRIC expands 20 MW U.S. O&M with sPower and Madison Energy Partnership

Kolitzheim (Germany), San Mateo (California, USA) – BELECTRIC expands its Operations & Maintenance (O&M) business in the US: The company has been awarded as the long-term service provider for a combination of preventive and corrective maintenance of solar plants with a total capacity of more than 20 MWp. As of October 2019, BELECTRIC has entered…

BELECTRIC and Solel Boneh complete Israel’s largest solar plant

Kolitzheim, Germany / Be`er Sheva (Israel) – BELECTRIC together with the EPC Division of Solel Boneh have completed Israel’s largest solar project. With an installed capacity of 120 MWp the solar plant will produce more than 220 gigawatt hours of green electricity per year. BELECTRIC, in cooperation with Solel Boneh Ltd. through an integrated EPC…

BELECTRIC expands PV business in the Netherlands

Kolitzheim, Germany – Since the company successfully entered the market in 2018, BELECTRIC has constructed the “Zonnepark Lange Runde” (14.2 MWp) and “Zeeland Refinery” (12.4 MWp) projects, two turn-key photovoltaic power stations in the Netherlands. In addition, BELECTRIC has been selected as the operations and maintenance service provider for the solar parks. The service agreements…

BELECTRIC builds battery storage facility for Audi

Kolitzheim / Berlin, Germany – Today, a new battery storage facility was officially inaugurated at the EUREF Campus, a green innovation cluster in Berlin. BELECTRIC was contracted to build the storage system for Audi, with its 20 batteries sourced from test vehicles belonging to the car manufacturer. The system is part of the Mobility2Grid research…

India: BELECTRIC commissions two of Asia’s largest PV rooftop projects for Cleantech Solar

Kolitzheim, Germany / Mumbai (India) – BELECTRIC, a German based company, is further increasing its footprint in India’s ever-growing solar industry by completing two large-scale PV rooftop projects. With a combined capacity of 26 Megawatt peak (MWp), these solar power plants are amongst Asia’s largest rooftop installations. The projects were developed by Cleantech Solar, the…

International Women’s day celebration at Pavagada site

On the day of International Women’s Day [8th March], Belectric Photovoltaic India Pvt. Ltd. organized a get together for the office staff and a program for the Women Workers at Pavagada Solar Park (Thirumani Village). Jitendra Singh, CEO & Managing Director of BELECTRIC Photovoltaic India Pvt. Ltd paid tributes to all women out there by…

BELECTRIC will build up to 1 GW this year

Kolitzheim (Germany) – BELECTRIC is active worldwide in the development and construction of utility scale solar power plants, PV roof systems and energy storage systems. In 2019 the company will build 1 GW of solar power. “This year, we want to reap the fruits we sowed last year,” explains Ingo Alphéus, CEO of BELECTRIC Solar…