Wirsol
| WIRSOL - the brand of WIRCON GmbH (since 2014)
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 2013 |
| Seat | Mannheim , Germany |
| management | Matthias Brückmann |
| Number of employees | 30 (December 2019) |
| sales | approx. 150 million euros (2015) |
| Branch | Photovoltaics , solar technology , wind energy , e-mobility |
| Website | wirsol.com |
Wirsol ( own spelling WIRSOL ) is the brand of the project planner and energy service provider Wircon GmbH. Wircon GmbH was founded in December 2013. The focus of activity is the provision of renewable energy projects, primarily on the German market. The Wircon Group's focus is on large-scale wind and photovoltaic projects, small-scale photovoltaic systems for private customers, large-scale photovoltaic systems for predominantly commercial customers and the sustainable management of renewable energy systems of the above types of generation. According to its own information, the company has around 11,000 customers (as of February 2017).
The former Wirsol Group was an international project company for the planning, construction and financing of systems based on renewable energies , especially solar power plants . The company headquarters was in Germany . Other company locations were in Spain , Italy , Belgium , Great Britain , Switzerland , Canada , the United States , Brazil , Japan , China , Malaysia and the Maldives . Worldwide, the company was responsible for the installation of more than 7,000 solar systems with a total output of more than 450 MWp . Insolvency proceedings were initiated for the Wirsol Group in autumn 2013. In March 2014 Wircon GmbH took over parts of the group.
Fields of activity
Wircon GmbH with its Wirsol brand covers all technical and commercial aspects of solar energy from consulting, planning, trading, installation, maintenance to technical and commercial management, service and financing. This includes both solar systems for private households and solar power plants for companies / institutional investors.
In addition to solar energy, Wirsol also devotes itself to a comparatively small extent to other forms of renewable energies as well as hybrid systems and diesel substitution .
Company history
Wircon GmbH, which was founded in December 2013 with the support of Dietmar Hopp , took over individual parts of the German business of the Wirsol Group, which was in trouble, on March 3, 2014. The Wirsol brand will be continued and repositioned.
Company history before the Wirsol Group went bankrupt
The company was founded on February 1st, 2003 by Markus Wirth, Hans Wirth and Stefan Riel as "Die Hausrenovierer GmbH" in Waghäusel ( Karlsruhe district ), where the company's headquarters are located. After the company began to specialize in the field of photovoltaics , it was renamed "Wirth Solar GmbH" in January 2004. Due to impending disputes with Würth Solar GmbH , those responsible made the decision in 2007 to rename the company "Wirsol Deutschland GmbH". This became a subsidiary of the newly founded holding company "Wirsol Solar AG". In 2010 the company's board of directors was expanded by the company's founders. Bernd Kästner has been CFO since then. Nikolaus Krane, previously on the board of Conergy , is responsible for international financial products, major projects and communication at Wirsol.
In order to promote business relations with Asia, the company and Wirsol Solar Technology Beijing Ltd. created a company location in China. In June 2012 Wirsol opened a location for Southeast Asia in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia.
Preliminary insolvency proceedings were initiated in October 2013 on the initiative of the Wirsol Group. The application was granted on October 24, 2013 by the Karlsruhe District Court and a preliminary insolvency administrator was appointed. The management continues to pursue the goal of advancing the restructuring as part of an insolvency plan procedure. This plan insolvency affects Wirsol Solar AG, Wirsol Deutschland GmbH and Wirsol Solar System GmbH.
Due to financial difficulties, the Wirsol Group intended to liquidate its “Wind Energy” business area, which was founded in November 2012. Eight employees of the company were released with effect from November 4, 2013.
In December 2013, Wirsol E-Mobility GmbH filed for insolvency due to impending insolvency. The Karlsruhe District Court granted the application and appointed a provisional insolvency administrator. Three employees are affected.
In March 2014, parts of the German business were taken over by Wirsol GmbH. Wircon continues to run the Wirsol brand and takes over 80 of 300 employees. Wircon is owned by Dietmar Hopp .
Projects (selection)
Germany
In 2007, the company opened the Bruhrain solar test park in the immediate vicinity of the company premises , which at the time was the largest solar park in Baden-Württemberg with a total area of twelve hectares . With almost 31,000 installed modules, the system achieves an output of up to 2,258 MWp .
In April 2010 the company installed a photovoltaic system with a nominal output of 848.88 kWp on the Hockenheimring . A total of 4,716 solar modules were installed along the race track over a length of 405 meters.
Wirsol completed one of the largest projects in the 2011 financial year in Mixdorf, Brandenburg . The company built a system with a peak output of 24.1 MWp on the 81 hectare site of a former Russian tank farm.
Also on a conversion area in Brandenburg, Wirsol connected the Luckau solar park with a capacity of almost 21 MWp in 2012 . The solar power plant was built on the former Alteno military airfield .
At the end of July 2013, the company completed the construction of Europe's largest crystalline rooftop solar system to date. The photovoltaic system on the eleven hectare distribution center operated by Pfenning Logistics in Heddesheim in northern Baden has a peak output of 8.1 MWp.
In 2015 Wirsol achieved a solar output of over 150 megawatts with its projects.
In 2016, Wirsol started its first tenant electricity projects in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria in partnership with municipal housing associations and energy providers.
Wirsol has been working on the intelligent power grid in Baden-Württemberg since February 2017. The company participates in C / sells, the “Smart Energy Showcase - Digital Agenda for the Energy Transition” (SINTEG), a funding program of the Federal Ministry of Economics.
In August 2017 Wirsol implemented two new large roof systems for the traditional world market leader SEW -EURODRIVE. The total of four plants at two locations now have a total output of more than two megawatts.
In March 2018, the Wirsol wind farm Straubenhardt with 11 wind turbines and a total output of around 33 megawatts went online. It can supply around 22,000 households with green electricity.
International
In 2012, Wirsol founded the “Wirsol RE Maldives” joint venture with Renewable Energy Maldives (REM) , which installed solar power plants in the Maldives . There were other international projects in Spain (Bovera, Barcelona , Cáceres ), England ( Cornwall ), Italy ( Mola di Bari ), Belgium (Wilrijk) and the US state of Colorado (Fort Collins).
In 2013, the company announced the start of construction of a 22 MWp solar park on the Japanese island of Honschu and the starting signal for the Monte Plata solar park on the Dominican Republic. The park has since been sold to Soventix. The construction of the park in Japan should start in 2014. [outdated]
In 2015, the company built the Lerchenborg solar park (61 MWp), which was then Scandinavia's largest solar park.
In 2015, Wirsol installed the sixth large rooftop system on shopping markets in Switzerland. Overall, the systems have an output of around 1.94 MWp
In January 2017, the company announced the commissioning of the largest solar park in the Netherlands, which is considered a showcase project, with a total output of 30 MWp.
In February 2017 Wirsol Energy Ltd refinanced ten solar parks with a total of 61 MWp and with financing amounting to 46 million pounds.
In March 2017, Wirsol started its entry into the Australian market with investments of $ 380 million and the establishment of a subsidiary with an office in Sydney. The start of the commitment was made by the three solar farms Whitsunday and Hamilton in Queensland and Gannawarra in Victoria with an output of 198 MWp.
In April 2017, the company was able to report the connection of 19 solar parks. The 19 solar sites in England and Northern Ireland each generate between 20.5 MWp and 2.5 MWp and deliver a total of 105.5 MWp of energy. They are financed with loans totaling approximately GBP 88 million.
In May 2017 Wirsol sold part of the portfolio of its solar parks in the United Kingdom to the investor Rockfire Capital. The portfolio consists of 19 solar parks, two of which are in Northern Ireland. The 19 solar locations, each with between 2.5 MWp and 20.5 MWp, have a total capacity of around 105 MWp. Cumulatively, the sold portfolio produces enough energy to generate almost 100 gigawatt hours of electricity annually.
In November 2017, Wirsol is the largest solar park project developer in Australia with a market share of almost twelve percent. Wirsol had a share of 19.5 percent in the projects that were being implemented nationwide in Australia at that time.
In December 2017, Wirsol Energy Ltd acquired two subsidy-free solar power plants in the UK, Outwood Solar Park, Essex with 7 MWp and Trowse-Newton Solar Park, Norfolk with 9 MWp.
In March 2018, Wirsol Energy and Edify Energy were awarded a state tender for large storage systems in Australia. A 25 MW / 50 MWh Tesla lithium-ion battery storage system - the Gannawarra energy storage system - will be integrated into the 50 MW Gannawarra solar park.
Sponsorship
Wirsol Solar AG has been the official sponsor of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim since the 2011/2012 Bundesliga season and namesake of the Rhein-Neckar-Arena ( WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena ) in Sinsheim , where TSG plays its home games. Wircon GmbH with its Wirsol brand continued its commitment as the official sponsor of the Rhein-Neckar-Arena in Sinsheim until January 2019. Since January 2019 the arena has been called Prezero-Arena . WIRCON is continuing its commitment to TSG in a different way.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ WIRCON. Retrieved May 27, 2020 .
- ↑ a b After the bankruptcy: "Wirsol has left the valley of tears behind". In: rnz.de. Retrieved May 31, 2017 .
- ↑ Wircon takes over parts of Wirsol. In: photovoltaik.eu , March 4, 2014, accessed on May 31, 2017
- ^ Successful as a solar service provider , Financial Times Deutschland, September 26, 2012 ( Memento of September 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Accessed on October 2, 2012
- ↑ Use of solar power makes the Hockenheimring the world's first green F1 race track. In: Hockenheimring.net , October 15, 2010, accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Solar park will pay taxes in Mixdorf. In: Märkische Oderzeitung , March 19, 2011, accessed on October 1, 2012
- ↑ Solar park in Luckau put into operation. ( Memento of March 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) In: Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg Online , January 11, 2012, accessed on October 1, 2012
- ↑ Solar power is generated in warehouses. In: Mannheimer Morgen , August 16, 2013, accessed on August 19, 2013
- ↑ Largest solar power plant in the Maldives goes online. In: Sonne, Wind & Wärme , July 18, 2012, accessed on October 1, 2012
- ↑ German solar systems for paradise. In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung , September 25, 2012, accessed on May 31, 2017
- ^ 2nd Fort Collins brewer adds solar panels. In: Denver Post , January 17, 2010, accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ Now the solar party really starts. In: Wirtschaftswoche , September 13, 2013, accessed on January 5, 2014
- ↑ German Soventix buys 64-MW solar plant in Dominican Republic. Accessed December 31, 2019 .
- ↑ Wirsol opens Scandinavia's largest solar park. In: Sonne Wind & Wärme , December 21, 2015. Accessed August 17, 2016.
- ↑ Wirsol puts 30 megawatt solar park into operation in Holland. In: chun.yang. January 19, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Rockfire doubles purchase pipeline to 400MW after 105MW portfolio purchase. Accessed February 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Wirsol moves towards 150MW subsidy-free target with two new projects. Accessed February 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Author: Wirsol puts 170 MW solar parks in Australia into operation. Retrieved February 11, 2019 .