Featured in Not gone with the wind – 02-2010

Thumbing your nose at the wind

Flatroofs: Hall roofs with low load reserves can also be tapped for solar power production by using aerodynamic mounting systems. A strong market is developing for mounting systems that secure modules to flat roofs with minimal ballast and without penetrating the roof skin. Some manufacturers merely offer variations on conventional designs. But some product developers are thinking outside the box. A market overview.

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pv magazine

15 Sep 2010

While the city’s new maintenance yard was still in the planning stage, Heribert Spitzhorn, from the municipal utility in the city of Erlangen, Germany, secured 10,352 square meters for a photovoltaic installation on the roof of a building. But Spitzhorn had a dilemma: the roof could only bear 20 additional kilograms per square meter. To …

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