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INFRA-EVENT

However IPV is right up your alley

INVITATION

#solar panel potential in infrastructure

THE WAY TO A BRIGHT FUTURE

IPV (IntegratedPhotoVoltaics) has long since ceased to be a thing of the future.
Since 1989, our people have been working on the technology to integrate solar cells into all kinds of aesthetic materials.
The technology is in place.
The knowledge is available. Although IPV is still very much in the innovation sphere, we are technically ready to work with you to address the climate crisis in a beautiful way.

And we would like to show you that at our infra event on October 20, 2023.

Friday, October 20, 2023
New SOLTECH buildings
Thor Park Genk

Participation is free

#zonnepaneelpotentieel

As a policy maker, study bureau or executor, you will be at the forefront of innovations in the wonderful world of ‘landscape elements’.
Your knowledge and creativity literally pave the way to the future.
And the future … can be very beautiful.

Energy issues are more topical than ever.
If Europe’s ambitions were not already decisive enough, in recent years the need for an energy revolution has become clearer than ever.

Fortunately, we are ready for the future.
Why put fields, seas and mountains full of ugly panels when we can integrate solar cells into existing surfaces?

Any facade is in the sun.
Elke car or truck rides in the sun.
Every sound wall… miles long … stands gleaming in the sun.
Awning intuitively turns every user automatically … to the sun.
Bike lanes, terraces, car-free squares….
Balustrades of apartment buildings.

Tens of thousands of square feet of #solar panel potential.

We can make a solar panel out of EVERYTHING.
And what that means for you as an infraspecialist, we are happy to explain.

Program

2 p.m. | Reception

14:30 | Welcome
Welcome by Bas van de Kreeke

14:40 | Aesthetic solar panels – an economically and technically sound link in the energy transition
Speaker: Bas van de Kreeke

3 p.m. | The theory and practice of Integrated PhotoVoltaics
Speaker: Stefan Dewallef

15:30 | Infra in IIPV – The road to a bright future
Speaker: Michaël Daenen (UHasselt / EnergyVille)

16:00 | Tour of installations on and around our own new building

16h30 | Ceremonial opening of our solar path by Flemish Minister Lydia Peeters

17:00 | Afterglow
Wet and dry

SPEAKERS

Bas van de Kreeke

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Bas van de Kreeke is CEO of Soltech.

Bas is best known as CEO of the eponymous van de Kreeke construction company.
He breathes the construction sector like no other.
As director of Confederatie bouw and VKW Limburg, he constantly keeps his finger on the pulse.

Since May 2021, he and 5 partners have been putting their shoulders to SOLTECH. Soltech SA is a Belgian company with manufacturing facilities located in Tienen.
It was founded in 1989 as a spin-off from IMEC and was a pioneer in the field of solar panels or photovoltaics (PV).
They are experts in the technology of integrated photovoltaics.
Besides building integrated photovoltaics, they can also implement solar cells in products, vehicles and infrastructure.

Presentation
ESTHETIC SOLAR PANELS – AN ECONOMIC AND TECHNICALLY RESPONSIBLE CHANGE IN ENERGY RANSITION

Bas takes us into the wonderful world of IPV (Integrated Photovoltaics) and discusses successively:

IPV’s contribution in a circular economy;
the aesthetic possibilities;
and some projects.

Stefan Dewallef

Stefan is head of R&D at SOLTECH

Stefan is an established name within SOLTECH.
For 28 years he has represented the R&D interests.
His knowledge of Integrated PhotoVoltaics is invaluable to our company.
Together with his team, he does not shy away from any solar issue.

Presentation
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS

Stefan will look at the technical side of IPV and discuss the following topics:

The construction of IPV;
the opportunities and the pitfalls;
infra solutions vetted;
and expected returns and payback models.

Michael Daenen

Michaël is Professor of Engineering Technology at imec – Universiteit Hasselt / EnergyVille

Michaël Daenen received his Master of Science degree in applied physics from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e, Eindhoven, Netherlands) in 2004.
In 2008, he received his Ph.D.
degree in material physics at Hasselt University (Hasselt, Belgium) with the topic of synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline diamonds.

Since 2014, he has been Professor of Engineering at Hasselt University.
Michaël’s research is spread across the wafer PV and module team and the Energy System team at IMO-IMOMEC.
He focuses on the reliability of PV modules and PV systems and integrated PV such as BIPV, IIPV and Agri PV.

Michael is the author of three U.S. patents and has published more than 80 articles.
He is also a reviewer for high-quality international journals.

Presentation
INFRA IN IIPV – THE WAY TO A GREAT FUTURE

Michaël will elaborate on recent developments within the world of IPV and make the link to Agri PV where, as with infrastructure, water management is very important.

Recent developments and the future
Tile skipping, solar skipping?

PRODUCT PRESENTATIONS

EBEMA | Concrete tile with solar
Concept presentation of circular modular outdoor tiles for squares, driveways, terraces…

RAILINGCOMPANY | Partition
Wind screen, (garden) partition, alternative to fencing, railings…. a product with profiles from Railingcompany

HEGGE | canopy/roof
Semitransparent solar panels incorporated into a canopy that also serves as a sunshade

KAMELEON/LIMEPARTS | Artwork mining history in solargevel
Façade-sized image of mine site and miner at our plant

CEPU | Aluminum balustrade
Beautiful black solar balustrade to our terrace on the second floor of our building

RAF VAN HULLE | Reisconcepts using the sun as an energy source
Raf will be stopping by with three innovative solar solutions for “on the road.
He will be present with his Solar Sail, an e-kayak, Solar Wind2, a solar trailer for E-bikes and the prototype of the KISS, an e-tandem with a solar windshield.

INSCHRIJVEN

Infra-event 20 oktober 2023 l SOLTECH l Thor Park

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PRACTICAL

Address

SOLTECH GENK
Thorpark 8080 / 0001
Parking 7
3600 GENK
Belgium

Accessibility

By bus
The nearest bus stops to Thor Park are Waterschei Circle, Waterschei Mine, Waterschei Geenhornstraat
By train
The nearest station is Genk Station

Receipt

We welcome you from 2 p.m. with a coffee and some sweets

Contact

Questions?
Call Els: 0472 55 23 80

references

They built a more beautiful world with us

Our clients have one thing in common.
Piece by piece, the clients, together with their architects and engineers, go a step further than “the standard.
They developed projects that have since become progressive references in their sector.
We are pleased and proud that we were able to contribute to this and add a touch of SOLTECH.

Customized projects

Solar Innovation for BRUSK Museum in Bruges

Sustainable energy and historical heritage go hand in hand at the BRUSK Museum in Bruges. Thanks to SOLTECH’s innovative, invisible solar panels, the cityscape remains unchanged while the museum contributes to a greener future.

PV wall – Plug&Play installed by in-house professionals

Construction company Van de Kreeke renovates blind facade with panels from SOLTECH.
A south-facing blind facade of Van de Kreeke’s office buildings received a facelift.
And not just one.

Solar panels in the way: Lydia Peeters opens solar pad at solar panel manufacturer SOLTECH

Precast concrete tiles with integrated solar cells?
It’s not future music.
Or how the paths of concrete and solar cells intersect perfectly.

SOLTECH and KAMELEON SOLAR win BIPV Award

SURPRISE!
All of a sudden we got an email.
We won an award with our solargevel!

BOLD sets the tone for the future through the visual-aesthetic use of solar panels.

On the skyline of Amsterdam directly behind Central Station, BOLD is rising.
Almost 80 meters high, distinctive, made with guts, for people who dare.
A building with character.
Marked by its powerful high-tech appearance.

Raf Van Hulle’s solar bike

In 2018, Raf won with his solar bike Sun Trip, an international race for solar bikes from Lyon to China.
In 2021, the eco-adventurer will come out with a new, improved model.
A wind barrel with solar cells provides less resistance and additional solar energy.
A clever piece of R&D with unseen potential.