Schott Solar

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The Schott Solar AG (until August 2008 SCHOTT Solar GmbH ) with its headquarters in Mainz (Germany) is a former international solar company, which has largely been resolved. Until June 2012 crystalline photovoltaic solar modules, until December 2013 a-Si thin-film modules and until 2016 solar receivers, one of the key components for solar power plants with parabolic trough technology , were developed, manufactured and marketed.

history

In 1958, AEG Telefunken began developing solar cells for space travel, especially for powering satellites. The company, which later became part of Deutsche Aerospace AG (DASA), then started producing silicon-based solar cells for use on earth. In 1979, the RWE subsidiary Nukem began developing solar cells and modules made of crystalline silicon. At the same time, Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) and Total Energy developed the basis for a thin-film technology based on amorphous silicon as part of the Phototronics joint venture in Munich. Angewandte Solarenergie GmbH (ASE), a subsidiary of RWE based in Alzenau, emerged from the photovoltaic activities of DASA, Nukem and Phototronics in 1994. In 2002, RWE and Schott finally founded the RWE Schott Solar joint venture . Schott Solar GmbH came into being in 2005 after Schott AG took over all shares in RWE Schott Solar GmbH .

A joint venture was founded in August 2007 with Munich- based Wacker Chemie , from which Wacker withdrew in September 2009.

In 2008 Schott Solar AG employed 2,300 people, around 100 of whom worked in research and development. In that year, locations were in Germany ( Alzenau , Jena and Mitterteich ) as well as in the Czech Republic ( Valašské Meziříčí ), Spain ( Aznalcóllar ) and the USA ( Albuquerque ).

Schott Solar AG should go public in October 2008. The initial listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in the Prime Standard segment was planned for October 9, 2008 . Due to the global economic situation and the turbulence on the stock exchange, going public was postponed indefinitely.

In August 2010 the company headquarters was relocated from Alzenau in Bavaria to Mainz. A new main building had been built for the solar offshoot on the grounds of the Schott main plant.

Company building in Valašské Meziříčí

The decline in the German solar industry , which began for economic reasons, also affected Schott Solar AG. In June 2012 the withdrawal from the production of crystalline solar modules was announced. Shortly afterwards, in August 2012, the closure of the plant in the Czech Republic was announced, as well as cuts in development at the Jena technology center in September 2012. In December 2013, the withdrawal from thin-film production was announced. In April 2016, our commitment to Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology was largely ended. Until then, Schott supplied the key component for generating electricity from solar energy in large power plants with the manufacture of absorber tubes. The plant in Aznalcóllar, Spain, and a large part of the CSP systems in Mitterteich were sold to the Spanish company Rioglass Solar. After-sales topics remained, such as the service for the solar receivers marketed so far.

Company profile

Schott Solar AG has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the international technology group Schott AG since 2005 . After the closure or sale of significant parts of the business, however, according to the 2018/19 Annual Report of Schott AG, the “Photovoltaics” business area essentially meets the requirements for discontinued business areas and is therefore reported in accordance with the accounting rules of IFRS 5 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sandra Enkhardt: Schott Solar confirms withdrawal. Alfons W. Gentner Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, June 29, 2012, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Schott also exits thin film business. (No longer available online.) Pv magazine Germany, December 11, 2013, archived from the original on February 7, 2016 ; accessed on February 6, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b SCHOTT completes sale of CSP business. SCHOTT AG has completed the sale of the CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) business to the Spanish company Rioglass Solar. In: press release. SCHOTT AG ,, April 14, 2016, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Wacker Chemie withdraws from wafer business. pv magazine Germany, September 30, 2009, accessed February 23, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Postponement for an indefinite period - Schott Solar cancels IPO. Gabor Steingart, October 8, 2008, accessed February 6, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Wind Journal: Schott Solar with new headquarters in Mainz. Konstantin Wiegandt, August 23, 2010, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Martin Jendrischik: Schott Solar with new headquarters in Mainz. Cleanthinking.de, August 23, 2010, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Schott Solar confirms withdrawal. (No longer available online.) Pv magazine Germany, June 29, 2012, archived from the original on February 7, 2016 ; accessed on February 6, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Schott Solar closes plant in the Czech Republic. (No longer available online.) Pv magazine Germany, July 4, 2012, archived from the original on February 7, 2016 ; accessed on February 6, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Schott Solar cuts further. (No longer available online.) Pv magazine Germany, September 28, 2012, archived from the original on February 7, 2016 ; accessed on February 6, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Schott AG: Annual Report 2018/19 Schott AG. P. 115, Group holdings. Schott AG, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Schott AG: Annual Report 2018/19 Schott AG. P. 74 and 75, Chapter 12 "Discontinued Operations". Schott AG, accessed on February 23, 2020 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 0 ′ 50.7 ″  N , 8 ° 14 ′ 47.3 ″  E