Gehrlicher Solar's new façade system allows for the installation of PV systems in sites that were not suitable for solar installation
Gehrlicher Solar AG is presenting its newly designed façade system gehrtec Front with a power harvesting system from SolarEdge at Intersolar Europe, June 9-11, Munich.
This aesthetic façade system fulfils numerous functional and design demands: It is a quality product that makes use of high-performance modules and lightweight materials and ensures system stability. It exhibits high partial-shading immunity, hence increased energy yield. Mounting time is short thanks to a unique mounting system. These benefits allow for the installation of PV systems in a variety of sites that prior to this were not suitable for a solar installation, without compromising on the building’s look.
The installation is based on the gehrtec Backrail system, which Gehrlicher has used up until now for ground-mounted systems. The advantage is that the modules are ventilated from behind due to the vertical carrier rails: the façade fixation element Sto Verotec is screwed into the supporting wall, onto which the likewise vertically running gehrtec Carrierrails are attached. With Sto Verotec and the gehrtec rail system, façade unevenness can be compensated during installation. The technician then mounts the photovoltaic modules with the Backrails glued onto the backside.
In the current design phase, product developers at Gehrlicher are testing the required anti-fall guards. At the moment, quarter-size modules from Amat-Sunfab can be mounted with the façade system – the use of crystalline modules of similar size is being examined.
The SolarEdge solar power harvesting system, balances shading or mirroring from neighboring buildings by regulating the performance of each individual module. This method maximizes the energy output of each module. Additional benefits of the SolarEdge system are a PV monitoring portal that provides module-level monitoring for accurate remote maintenance, and safety features that eliminate fire and electrocution risks and enable the safe work of technical teams.
The façade system is expected to be available at the earliest by the fourth quarter of this year.
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