We are increasing our involvement in Asia with the new location in Kuala
Lumpur in order to be closer to our clients, explains WIRSOL co-founder
and member of the executive board Stefan Riel, who has moved with his
family to China in 2011. In the past ten years, we were able to gain
valuable experiences on an international level. Not least because of that
is our engineering very sought after on the Southeast Asian market.
With an above-average solar radiation and a feed-in tariff for solar power,
which has been passed similar to the German model in 2011, Malaysia offers
attractive conditions for projects within the field of photovoltaics.
For the next four years, WIRSOL has planned several large-scale solar
projects in Malaysia. The newly founded WIRSOL SouthEastAsia Sdn. Bhd. is
already in negotiations in further countries of the region.
Energy supply and environmental protection present new challenges for the
dynamic Southeast Asian economies with their rapidly growing metropolises.
Kuala Lumpur marks the ideal starting point for our business in Southeast
Asia, says Dr. Gabriel Peter Salgo, President of WIRSOL SEA. Also in
Malaysia itself, there is an awareness of the necessity of setting the
course for ecologically sound power generation from a very early point on.
In the fast-paced mega cities, foremost solid buildings such as universities and factories with large rooftop areas offer suitable space for solar plants. We already work on the practical implementation with a Malaysian university, explains Dr. Thomas Walter, Managing Director of WIRSOL Asia Pacific (APAC). At present, the Universiti Malaysia Perlis tries to raise awareness among its students for the issue of renewable energies with its Green Campus Initiative. A photovoltaic installation is another important part of the campaign.
