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Siemens AG and Bayernwerk AG strengthen their ongoing solar energy partnership:

A solar facade for a 10th birthday

To mark ten years of cooperation in solar energy between Siemens AG and Bayernwerk AG, the joint venture Siemens Solar GmbH has now erected a unique solar facade on its company building in Munich-Freimann. It consists of 86 state-of-the-art solar modules and feeds the power generated by the plant – more than seven kilowatts electrical power at peak times - directly into the grid. With around 1,700 hours of sunshine in the Munich area annually the plant is on a site which is favorably positioned for solar energy use.

"The plant is being commissioned at just the right time to give new impetus to the city of Munich on the road to becoming a solar power city"  said Joachim Lorenz, health and environment officer for the city of Munich, in his welcoming speech.

The two partner companies Siemens and Bayernwerk have already been able to make great progress in the area of solar energy. They have jointly implemented more than 900 innovative projects to demonstrate what is possible with this technology. Bayernwerk took a 49% share in Siemens Solar in 1989. Arco Solar was then acquired, making Siemens Solar the world market leader. Since then, Siemens Solar has supplied solar cells with a total output of more than 150 megawatts,  more than any other manufacturer. This period has also seen great technical advances, an excellent example of which is the one-megawatt solar roof on the halls of the New Munich Trade Fair Center which far exceeds performance of comparable installations.

Bayernwerk is today not only the largest hydroelectric power operator in Germany but is also a leader in solar technology. "We knew right at the start of our partnership with Siemens that this would not be a fast track to making money, said Bayernwerk board member Dr. Manfred Klis. The successful further development of solar technology and also the new general conditions of the renewable energies law in Germany makes him more certain that ten years of "drought" can now be followed by ten years of "plenty". The subsidies to solar power generation amounting to 99 Pfennigs per kilowatt hour as well as additional stimuli by the "100,000 rooftops program`` would lead to a surge in demand for solar plants in Germany, expects Klis.

Although photovoltaics currently only makes a modest contribution to global power generation, it is the most cost effective and reliable power source in areas remote from the grid. "This applies particularly to developing countries where one third of the world's population still lives without electricity, said Klaus Ziegler, President and CEO of EPCOS AG and Chair of the advisory board of Siemens Solar GmbH. The major project that Siemens Solar has been implementing since the start of the 90s in the Sahel zone shows the way forward. Use of solar energy allows two million people in this region to be supplied with drinking water, light and cooled medicines.

The contribution of photovoltaics to power supply in industrial countries depends on how quickly manufacturers can succeed in reducing their costs. Siemens Solar is therefore increasingly opting to switch from the classical crystalline silicon technology to lower-cost thin-film technology based on a semiconductor connection made of copper, indium and selenium (CIS). Siemens and Bayernwerk also see this as an important springboard for sustained positive business development over the next few years "Our aim is to be right out in front with CIS-based products on the world market – both in industrial and developing countries", said Ziegler when referring to the business policies of Siemens Solar.

 

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