PV manufacturers with leading companies in this field in Germany

Photovoltaics—Made in Germany
October 2016
The Industry and Market
Leading PV Manufacturers in Germany*
Germany is home to more than 30 manufacturers of silicon,
wafers, cells, and modules. In addition, there are over 200 PV
material and equipment suppliers, around 100 balance-ofsystem (BOS) component manufacturers, more than 50 PV
research institutes and hundreds of project development,
system integration and installation companies. The German
PV industry currently employs a workforce of approximately
50,000 people.
Germany is one of the most developed PV markets in the
world with around 40 GWp of cumulated installations in
2015. This is equivalent to about one sixth of the global market. In 2015, new capacity of 1,4 GWp was installed in Germany. Grid parity was achieved in Germany in 2011, with levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of newly installed now well below retail electricity prices.
With the own-consumption model growing successfully in
Germany, the German PV sector is is developing a customer
base independent of feed-in tariff-based subsidy schemes.
New PV sales strategies, system configurations, and integration processes required in the future grid-parity environment
are intrinsic components of the specialist expertise currently
being developed in Germany.
Market Access and Infrastructure
As the pioneering market in this grid-parity environment,
Germany now provides the opportunity for companies to
test, define and introduce leading industry standards for this
new PV market. Innovative PV sales strategies, system configurations, and integration processes, such as storage or demand management, are intrinsic components of the specialist
expertise currently being developed in Germany. The country
is actively welcoming foreign enterprises to participate in this
development and shape the global PV market of the future.
Please find a table with the companies on the back side of this document.
The German federal and regional ministries and the EU support research and development projects in renewable energies sectors through a number of institutional funding programs.
Germany Trade & Invest
The complementary SME landscape in all PV technologies
offers broad partnership opportunities with established German PV manufacturers. Ongoing optimization of production
technologies and processes is made possible through close
cooperation with world-class R&D institutions, universities, as
well as leading material and equipment suppliers.
Germany Trade & Invest is the economic development agency of the Federal Republic of Germany. The company helps
create and secure extra employment opportunities, strengthening Germany as a business location. With more than 50
offices in Germany and abroad and its network of partners
throughout the world, Germany Trade & Invest supports German companies setting up in foreign markets, promotes Germany as a business location and assists foreign companies
setting up in Germany.
Note: * This list is not intended to be exhaustive.
© Germany Trade & Invest, 2016.
Source: Germany Trade & Invest, October 2016: Information provided by the respective
company or company website.
All market data provided is based on the most current market information available at
the time of publication. Germany Trade & Invest accepts no liability for the actuality,
accuracy, or completeness of the information provided.
Photovoltaics—Made in Germany
Leading PV Manufacturers in Germany
Value Chain
Company*
Locations
Production Capacity [MWp]
Empl.**
Sc
Ae
Schmid Polysilicon Production GmbH
Spreetal
180t
S
Si
Silicon Products Group
Bitterfeld-Wolfen
1,800t
M
Wa
Wa
Wacker Chemie AG
Burghausen, Nünchritz
n/a
L***
Ae
aleo sunrise GmbH
Prenzlau
100
n/a
Ae
aleo solar GmbH
Prenzlau
320
n/a
AL
ALGATEC Solarwerke Brandenburg GmbH
Prösen, Großräschen
25
S
Ao
asola Technologies GmbH (TUSAI Holding) Erfurt
40
S
As
Astrongery Solar Module GmbH
Frankfurt (Oder)
300***
n/a
At
Axitec Energy GmbH & Co.KG
Böblingen
300
S
Ax
AxSun Solar GmbH & Co.KG
Laupheim-Baustetten
70***
n/a
CS
CS Wismar GmbH (Sonnenstromfabrik)
Wismar
n/a
n/a
GS
GSS Gebäude-Solarsysteme GmbH
Korbußen
20
S
He
Heckert Solar GmbH
Chemnitz
300
M
Hö
Hörmann Novo Solar GmbH
Laubusch
10
S
ML
ML&S GmbH
Greifswald
Up to 200
n/a
Si
SI Module GmbH
Freiburg
25
S
Sk
Solarfabrik CL GmbH
Freiburg
n/a
S
Sl
Solarnova GmbH
Wedel
35
S
So
Solarwatt GmbH
Dresden
250
M
St
Soluxtec GmbH
Bitburg
n/a
S
Su
Sunset Solar GmbH & Co.KG
Löbichau
40
S
Sw
Sunware Solartechnik GmbH & Co.KG
Duisburg
n/a
S
Sd
Solarworld AG
Arnstadt
700 (cells); 200 (modules)
L
Sd
Solarworld AG
Freiberg
330 (cells); 660 (modules);
750 (wafer)
L
Av
Avancis GmbH (CNBM International)
Torgau
100
L
Ma
Manz CIGS Technology GmbH
Schwäbisch Hall
6
M
Sb
So
Solibro GmbH (Hanergy)
Bitterfeld-Wolfen
120***
n/a
CdTe
Ca
Calyxo GmbH (Solar Fields LLC)
Bitterfeld-Wolfen
85
M
GaAs
Az
Azur Space Solar Power GmbH
Heilbronn
n/a
M***
OPV
He
Heliatek GmbH
Dresden
Silicon
Cells
Modules
Fully
integrated
CIGS
No.
October 2016
Notes:
Click on the company name to reach the respective homepage.
Please find a map with the locations of the companies on the back side of this document.
Currently R&D; full production to start 2018
* This list is not intended to be exhaustive.
** Number of employees in Germany:
S (small): ≤50 employees
M (medium): 51—250 employees
L (large): >250 employees
*** Information from company website

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