World market leader in solar tracking systems with more than 45,000 installed systems: DEGERenergie.
Horb am Neckar, Germany, 6th October 2011. DEGERenergie has been manufacturing in Canada for more than a year and is now looking back on very successful activities on the Canadian market. In the meantime, the company has sold more than 4,300 of its tracking systems there.
Particularly fast growing is the solar market in Ontario. Due to the microFIT program that particularly subsidizes installations with up to 10 kW output, the focus there is on small and medium-sized systems. These systems are mostly installed by farmers, medium-sized companies and municipalities. In particular, DEGERtraker 5000HD and 9000NT are used.
DEGERenergie“s advantage: The company has been in close contact to distribution and installation partners in Canada for years. And: Thanks to its local production facilities, DEGERenergie complies with the requirements defined in the „Domestic Content Compliance“ of the Ontario Power Authority (OPA). It demands that at least 60 percent of the production costs be generated from in-country products and services. „Therefore, the yields of the solar installations equipped with our solar tracking systems are entirely refunded according to the microFIT program. Provided, of course, that the other components also meet the requirements,“ explains DEGERenergie Sales Director Rainer Ott.
„Our trade mark – and as such it is regarded by our Canadian partners and customers – is „German Engineering Quality – made in Ontario/Canada“. In addition, we have numerous experienced local service and support partners. Thanks to all these aspects, we are the best choice for solar tracking systems within the scope of microFIT and FIT projects. Currently, microFIT solar projects with a total output of more than 58 megawatts are installed. And more than 50 percent of the microFIT installations featuring solar tracking systems are equipped with DEGERenergie technology.“
Logistics and Support Center in Ontario
DEGERenergie considers itself to be part of the industry of Ontario and has meanwhile also established a logistics and support center for the Canadian market there. Rainer Ott: „Our customers understand this as a valuable commitment to the Canadian market. We receive queries from potential customers and installation partners who are interested in our systems on a daily basis. Demand and order situation are more than satisfactory.“
According to DEGERenergie and many other players in the market, the Canadian solar market will grow considerably in the next years. „Photovoltaic systems are becoming one of the most important energy sources.“ Particularly in the context of the incident in Fukushima and the ever rising energy prices in Canada. „The development in other Canadian provinces and in the USA, Canada’s southern neighbor, is similar, even though not as dynamical yet. Ontario“s Green Act could become a blueprint for other Canadian provinces.
DEGERenergie is the global market leader for solar tracking systems. Worldwide, approximately 45,000 DEGERenergie systems have been installed in over 45 countries. The company is represented in Spain, Greece and North America with its own subsidiaries and cooperates with local distribution and service partners in many countries across the world. The patented DEGERenergie Maximum Light Detection (MLD) technology makes it possible to improve the energy yield of solar power plants by up to 45 percent compared to fixed systems.
For more information: www.DEGERenergie.com.
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Über DEGERenergie (www.DEGERenergie.com):
DEGERenergie ist der führende Hersteller mit dem weltweit größten Produktportfolio für ein- und zweiachsige solare Nachführsysteme. Seine Marktstellung basiert auf der einzigartigen, von Artur Deger entwickelten, patentierten ?Maximum Light Detection?- oder MLD-Technologie. Sie ermöglicht es, die Erträge von solaren Kraftwerken durch ?intelligente? Steuerung zu maximieren. Dabei werden die Solarmodule unter Einsatz des DEGERconecter immer am energiereichsten Punkt am Himmel ausgerichtet. So erzielen MLD-geführte Solaranlagen bis zu 45 Prozent mehr Ertrag als starr installierte Systeme ? in Spitzen liegt dieser Wert sogar noch deutlich höher. Mit rund 45.000 installierten Systemen in mehr als 45 Ländern ist DEGERenergie Weltmarkt- und Technologieführer. Das Unternehmen bietet alle produktrelevanten Lösungen ? von Entwicklung und Planung über Produktion und Vertrieb bis hin zu Wartung und Instandhaltung.
DEGERenergie beschäftigt derzeit am Hauptsitz in Horb, in seinen Niederlassungen und bei Zulieferern fast 400 Mitarbeiter. Das Unternehmen wurde 1999 gegründet und erhielt im Jahr 2001 den Erfinderpreis des Landes Baden-Württemberg für das MLD-Steuermodul DEGERconecter. 2005 eröffnete DEGERenergie in Spanien seine erste Niederlassung, 2009 folgten Niederlassungen in den USA und Griechenland, weitere sind für 2011 geplant. Produziert wird in Deutschland, Kanada und den USA. Die Geschäfte führt Artur Deger.
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