UAE firm installs coloured solar panels on Swiss building

Dubai-based Emirates Insolaire LLC, a pioneer in unique solar technologies, has created history with the successful installation of the world's first KromatixTM coloured solar panels on a building façade in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Emirates Insolaire is a joint venture of Dubai Investments PJSC [DI] and Swiss INSO Holding Inc.

The entire installation is capable of generating sufficient electric power annually for two families of four people each. Each coloured solar panel can generate above 150 watts electric power per square metre on the roof, or above 110 watts per square metre on façades.

The building, boasting a unique blue façade with the Emirates Insolaire glass panels, has the unique recognition of having the first coloured, photovoltaic solar panel façade in the world worth Dhs850,000.

Two other similar projects in Basel, Switzerland, and Austria have also been completed.

Emirates Insolaire continues to receive enquiries for its coloured solar panels from the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, Bahrain, Lebanon, as well as from Europe, Asia, the US, and Brazil, among others.

Going by the projects on hand, demand and enquiries across the globe, Emirates Insolaire expects sales over 50,000 square metres for coloured solar panels in 2015 alone.

Globally, the photovoltaic market has grown 40 per cent year-on-year and the number of installations foreseen for 2015 is 160 GW – approximately 800 million square metres of glass.

Rafic Hanbali, managing partner of Emirates Insolaire, said: "The completion of Emirates Insolaire's first project in Lausanne is a major milestone for the company. With the KromatixTM technology, the company has ushered in a paradigm shift in solar applications because of its aesthetic appeal to any building façade and efficiency due to its power generating attributes. The company sees significant growth opportunities going forward not only in the Europe but across the globe.”

KromatixTM solar panels can supply between 20 to 60 per cent of the needed energy for a building. One of the important advantages of the Emirates Insolaire technology is that the coloured KromatixTM solar panels, photovoltaic or thermal, offer high efficiency.
Source: The Gulf Today