Solarday and Solaria: agreement for revamping in 2022

Solarday, the historical Italian module manufacturer, has announced it will replace old, failed PV modules with new panels that have the same technical features as the original. Modules will be manufactured and delivered to Solaria, the multinational Spanish PV Company with a large number of solar parks, that after more than 10 years in service, need to be repowered.

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A revolution that looks to the past to create a future market: we are talking about revamping, the second life of photovoltaic systems that have just passed 10 years of life. In recent years, this has become an interesting new sales point in developed markets for PV component manufacturers. For this reason, during the last quarter of 2021 Solaria and Solarday reached an agreement to replace old, failed PV modules, according to the needs of the O&M division, operating Solaria’s assets around the world.

Thanks to the cooperation with Solaria within this 2022 modules will be replaced in Italian projects, engineered and developed in the previous decade where the boom of the Italian solar business rose under the “Conto Energia” (Italian for “Energy account”). These projects are found in mainland Italy, and also in the islands. The best technical solution in this scenario is to manufacture the exact type of module, which is PX60, a poly module with an output power of 280W, whose technical features are the same as the previous poly installed, with some interesting improvements: PID prevention (prevention to Potential Induced Degradation) and a high range of input voltage. Thus, allowing Plug&Play replacement without any architectural or string wiring changes, at the same time achieving higher production yield.

“There is no better way to enter the Spanish market, such as signing a contract with Solaria. A company that has a clear manufacturing background, and trusts Solarday, for its EU capacity, local production and full range of certifications,” Says the responsible of Solarday Spain, Aleix Montraveta.

Thanks to the cooperation and expertise with Solaria, Solarday it’s exporting this business model to other main players, being in current discussions with companies such as BayWa r.e., Sonnedix or Perpetum as they are companies with PV assets across EU markets. “This delivery for the Italian PV market is mature and gives Solarday the chance to understand how to maintain competitive prices for full EU products. On top of this, the Italian regulatory process is advanced and maintaining products compliance with the Italian grid requirement is a challenge for Solarday’s technical team “, declares Montraveta.