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COMMUNICATION
• Prove the 100% recyclability 3. The last area is the process The Belgian
of the PV-GUM membrane and equipment development enterprise Derbigum
to increase production costs specializes in
• Be compliant to the building while reducing material costs energy-saving and sustainable roof covering
and electricity standards, and keeping the amount of materials. The company, which started in 1932
tests of sustainability and labor to an acceptable level. as a family SME specializing in waterproofing
robustness of the product. The main achievement there for roofs and flat surfaces, is now making
is the increase of production very substantial investments in innovating
The main RTD developments in capacity at HyET Solar that is products in sustainable construction and energy
the PV-GUM project are focused compatible with the materials management. The Group has four production
around 3 areas: selected for the PV-GUM units – two in Belgium (Lot & Perwez), one in
product. Germany (Haßfurt) and one in the United States
1. Selection of materials for (Kansas City) and employs 400 throughout the
waterproofing, lamination and PV GUM FIRST TEST ROOFS world. More than two thirds of the production is
encapsulation. This in order intended for export. The consolidated turnover
to comply with all production 2 test-roofs were installed in of the Derbigum Group is now 120.4 million
demands such as throughput October 2014 and January 2015 Euros. The logo and the baseline ‘Making
and production costs, and on Buildings Smart’ clearly illustrate the Derbigum
the other hand the lifetime and These test-roof are a major step mission: pioneering and sustainable solutions
safety aspects of the modules. in the project, demonstrating that tailored to the needs of the client so as to
the technology of production obtain energy-savings, to generate renewable
2. Increasing product of PV modules and roll-to-roll energy, to increase durability and, thus, to
performance by improving process is working. soften the ecological impact of the building.
the module efficiency to
11%. This is achieved by This process of production needs
optimizing the individual optimization to lower the cost but
layers in the solar cell stack it’s already able to produce some
and taking into account all functional modules.
the different interactions.
The main achievement is the These test-roof have a full power
development of individual of 7 kWp and were installed
layers and processes that are in Belgium on the roof of
now being combined to reach DERBIGUM’s production plant. ●
the efficiency target.
HyET Solar is a high-tech SME and has Contact details: Tel: +32 81 654 317
a proprietary roll-to-roll production Chaussé de Wavre 67 Fax: +32 81 654 309
technology developed for thin film silicon Parc Industriel Email:
based flexible PV modules, making use of abundantly available raw 1360 Perwez rve@derbigum.com
materials. The flexible PV modules are integrated into for example Belgium Website:
building integrated PV (BIPV) products. HyET Solar has a state-of- www.derbigum.com
the-art fully functional manufacturing plant which is operated on
foil widths of 35 cm wide. Roll-to-roll production scale machines of
the key processes for foils in excess of 1.2 meter width have been
designed and are in the stage of ramping up. Highly flexible and
light weight PV products with efficiencies ranging from 7 up to 11%
are produced. The highly flexible and light weight product has been
successfully tested at TüV and thus passes the lifetime and safety
tests that are required for the high quality PV modules in the market.
www.europeanenergyinnovation.eu
COMMUNICATION
• Prove the 100% recyclability 3. The last area is the process The Belgian
of the PV-GUM membrane and equipment development enterprise Derbigum
to increase production costs specializes in
• Be compliant to the building while reducing material costs energy-saving and sustainable roof covering
and electricity standards, and keeping the amount of materials. The company, which started in 1932
tests of sustainability and labor to an acceptable level. as a family SME specializing in waterproofing
robustness of the product. The main achievement there for roofs and flat surfaces, is now making
is the increase of production very substantial investments in innovating
The main RTD developments in capacity at HyET Solar that is products in sustainable construction and energy
the PV-GUM project are focused compatible with the materials management. The Group has four production
around 3 areas: selected for the PV-GUM units – two in Belgium (Lot & Perwez), one in
product. Germany (Haßfurt) and one in the United States
1. Selection of materials for (Kansas City) and employs 400 throughout the
waterproofing, lamination and PV GUM FIRST TEST ROOFS world. More than two thirds of the production is
encapsulation. This in order intended for export. The consolidated turnover
to comply with all production 2 test-roofs were installed in of the Derbigum Group is now 120.4 million
demands such as throughput October 2014 and January 2015 Euros. The logo and the baseline ‘Making
and production costs, and on Buildings Smart’ clearly illustrate the Derbigum
the other hand the lifetime and These test-roof are a major step mission: pioneering and sustainable solutions
safety aspects of the modules. in the project, demonstrating that tailored to the needs of the client so as to
the technology of production obtain energy-savings, to generate renewable
2. Increasing product of PV modules and roll-to-roll energy, to increase durability and, thus, to
performance by improving process is working. soften the ecological impact of the building.
the module efficiency to
11%. This is achieved by This process of production needs
optimizing the individual optimization to lower the cost but
layers in the solar cell stack it’s already able to produce some
and taking into account all functional modules.
the different interactions.
The main achievement is the These test-roof have a full power
development of individual of 7 kWp and were installed
layers and processes that are in Belgium on the roof of
now being combined to reach DERBIGUM’s production plant. ●
the efficiency target.
HyET Solar is a high-tech SME and has Contact details: Tel: +32 81 654 317
a proprietary roll-to-roll production Chaussé de Wavre 67 Fax: +32 81 654 309
technology developed for thin film silicon Parc Industriel Email:
based flexible PV modules, making use of abundantly available raw 1360 Perwez rve@derbigum.com
materials. The flexible PV modules are integrated into for example Belgium Website:
building integrated PV (BIPV) products. HyET Solar has a state-of- www.derbigum.com
the-art fully functional manufacturing plant which is operated on
foil widths of 35 cm wide. Roll-to-roll production scale machines of
the key processes for foils in excess of 1.2 meter width have been
designed and are in the stage of ramping up. Highly flexible and
light weight PV products with efficiencies ranging from 7 up to 11%
are produced. The highly flexible and light weight product has been
successfully tested at TüV and thus passes the lifetime and safety
tests that are required for the high quality PV modules in the market.
www.europeanenergyinnovation.eu
