Mit dem symbolischen Knopfdruck durch die baden-württembergische Umweltministerin Tanja Gönner (CDU) wurde am 11.12.2009 auf dem BOSCH-Parkhaus am Flughafen Stuttgart eine der größten Photovoltaik-Dachanlagen Baden-Württembergs offiziell eingeweiht.

Vor ca. vier Monaten startete der Bau dieser 970 kWp großen Photovoltaik-Anlage auf dem Dach des Bosch-Parkhauses – dem markantesten Bauwerk der Messe Stuttgart, deren beide Parkhausfinger die A8 überspannen.

Auf jedem der beiden Parkhausfinger wurden von SunStrom im Auftrag der Bosch Solar Energy AG für die Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH in jeweils acht Reihen insgesamt über 4.000 monokristalline Bosch-Solarstrommodule montiert, die nun auf einer rund 7.000 Quadratmeter großen Fläche ca. 870.000 kWh umweltfreundlichen Strom im Jahr erzeugen werden. Damit können jährlich etwa 250 Vier-Personen-Haushalte mit Elektroenergie versorgt werden.

Eine besondere Herausforderung bei der Realisierung der Solarstromanlage waren die architektonischen Voraussetzungen. Die Dächer des sechsgeschossigen Parkhauses sind dreidimensional ausgerichtet und somit nicht gerade. 12,6 % Maximalgefälle in Längsrichtung und 7 % Maximalgefälle in Querrichtung stellten erhöhte Anforderungen an die Planung und Ausführung der Gesamtanlage, deren Fundamente in die Waagerechte gebracht werden mussten. Die darunterliegenden Verkehrswege erforderten zusätzliche Sicherheitsvorkehrungen.

[11-12-2009]

SunStrom Takes Part in "Run for Nepal"

For the third year straight, SunStrom employees gathered at the track and field complex of the Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium in Freiberg, Germany, from the 4th to the 6th of Sept. 2009 for the 5th annual Run for Nepal.  The Run for Nepal is a 48 hour event organized by the Namaste Nepal Schüler-GmbH under the motto: "Many small steps for our friends in Nepal.“  The runners were sponsored and the monies collected from the Run go to the children of Gati to provide better learning and living conditions.

SunStrom supported the Run again this year as a sponsor. Employees of SunStrom alongside their two General Managers ran their laps.  With 17 team members this year, SunStrom was this year’s sponsor with the most participants. 

After running for 48 hours, over 1,000 participants ran together a total of over 9,000 km, raising almost 25,000 Euros for the Nepal project.

[09/07/2009]

Solar powered audio exhibit – as of the 1st of April 2009, visitors to the Building Ensemble of the Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau in Dresden can listen to the history of the building complex at a solar powered audio post.  The audio post presents information not only about the building complex, but also about the Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau, the Festspielhaus Hellerau and the Gartenstadt Hellerau.  This trend-setting idea is powered by a stand-alone PV system installed on the roof of the information stand.  The information is in German as well as English and complements the image of the building complex, seen as diverse, creative and international. 

The power for the audio post is generated by the smallest PV system installed to date by SunStrom.  The generator has a nominal power of just 150 Wp.

Since the founding of the company in 2000, SunStrom GmbH, has been located in the building complex of the former „Deutsche Werkstätten“ in the historic garden town Hellerau – now a quarter within the city of Dresden.  This year, Hellerau is celebrating its 100th anniversary as the first town in Germany, conceptualized and designed to provide a green, healthy living environment for its inhabitants.

SunStrom, founded to promote solar power as a means to help the environment and reduce CO₂ emissions, has specialized from the start in photovoltaics, the conversion of harvested sunlight into electricity.  Therefore, it is only logical that SunStrom chose not only a “green” location for its home office, but also occupies the ensembles Atelier house; an energy efficient building with a 300 square meter roof integrated photovoltaic system.  The systen dominates the building’s envelope on the street side prominently displaying the advantages of solar power.  The solar power system generates more power annually than the tenants of the building ensemble consume and saves the environment ca. 15 tons of CO₂ emissions annually.  SunStrom is committed to reducing the global carbon footprint.

The „4th Symposium of Properties – Facilities – Management“ took place on April 23, 2009 in the Creativ Center Neustadt in Dresden.  The event was organized by the German Association for Small and Medium-sized Businesses and hosted a discussion among the experts, Prof. Dr. Detlev Dähnert (Authorized Officer Vattenfall Europe Mining AG), Dipl.-Ing. Timo Leukefeld (General Manager Soli fer Solardach GmbH) and Dipl.-Phys. Stephan Riedel (General Manager of SunStrom GmbH) as to what the energy mix of the future will and should look like.   

Following the discussion, participants had the opportunity to visit various informative lectures on „Sustainable Building and Technology,“ Energy Efficiency Unified in Production, Distribution and Use“ and „Structural Damage, Property and Building Laws.“  SunStrom’s Stephan Riedel spoke on “Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV)” in the area of “Energy Efficiency.”  BPIV is a viable alternative for buildings subject to historic conservation laws and it also provides an elegant and visually pleasing renewable energy alternative in modern architecture.

From the 26th of February to the 1st of March 2009, SunStrom occupied a booth at the HAUS 2009 Trade Fair.  The HAUS trade fair is the largest regional builder’s show in Germany and is located in the new MESSE Dresden. SunStrom’s info booth offered its visitors a look at various mounting systems for photovoltaic systems. 

The SunStrom booth was of particular interest for the high school seniors attending the workshop “Climate and Energy” sponsored and organized by the Jugendinitiative Demokratie e.V. in honor of “Youth Day 2009.”  General Manager, Dipl.-Phys. Stephan Riedel informed the students from various German high schools about photovoltaic systems and provided them with some insight as to how solar power is generated.  [03-02-2009]

The "DNN-Wirtschaftspreis" was lent to SunStrom on the 27th of June, 2008 on "Schloß Albrechtsberg" - during the DNN summer party with approx. 500 guests from economy, culture and sport. The jury with Thomas Jurk, Saxon Minister for Economic Affairs, Hartmut Paul, president of the chamber of commerce and industry Dresden and Claus Dittrich, president of the chamber of commerce Dresden distinguished three successful enterprises from Saxony. In the name of all employees and female employees of the SunStrom GmbH Dresden both managers Reiner Matthees and Stephan Riedel received the cup of the 1st place of Dirk Biegel, editor in chief of the Dresden news (DNN).

Thomas Jurk appreciated in his eulogy that SunStrom has created more than 80 new jobs in the innovative PV branch and with more than 1,000 already installed PV systems for private customers and trade customers the environment is saved by many tons of carbon dioxide.

"Today the Münchner Technologiezentrum (MTZ) (Munich technology centre) is one of the most successful technology centre in Germany. Encouraged in his idea the Munich alderman works for the continuation and expansion of this project. As a nucleus of the future M-Campus on the former gasworks area in immediate neighborhood to the headquarters of the Stadtwerke München GmbH (SWM) (Munich Public utility company) a new building is built for the MTZ in Munich" (www.muenchen.de).

A very economic and functional execution and architecture have been a must during the construction of the MTZ , but also the highest ecological claims was respected to. Thus the building owner, the SWM, invested in different energetically features. A part of the capital expenditure was used for the PV system with a nominal power of 66.85 kWp (kilowatt peak) mounted by SunStrom. This solar power station can produce yearly approx. 72,700 kWh (kilowatt hours) of ecologically friendly solar current and the environment is saved by approx. 47 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.