Sponsors
Gold Sponsor: LDK Solar
Established only in 2005 in China, LDK Solar is the world’s largest producer of solar wafers in terms of capacity and a leading solar module manufacturer. The company has expanded its business to meet the solar industry’s requirements for high-quality and low-cost solar materials and solutions. As a vertically integrated manufacturer and supplier of photovoltaic (PV) products, LDK Solar has more than 13.000 employees worldwide. The Company’s headquarters and manufacturing facilities are located in Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Xin Yu City, Jiang Xi Province in the People’s Republic of China. LDK Solar maintains sales, marketing, and customer services offices throughout Asia, Europe and North America.
Silver Sponsor: Satcon
Satcon Technology Corporation® is a leading clean energy technology provider of large-scale, utility-grade power solutions for the renewable and distributed energy markets. For over 25 years, Satcon has designed and delivered power-control solutions that enable utility businesses and energy companies to convert clean energy into efficient and reliable power. Satcon’s photovoltaic solutions have delivered millions of grid connected kilowatt (kW) hours of energy across some of the world’s largest installations, and have enabled the utility-grade market to leverage renewables as a primary energy source.
Silver Sponsor: Solarmax
Sputnik Engineering AG, a Swiss company, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of grid-connected solar inverters. Under the name SolarMax the company develops, produces and sells inverters for every facility – from photovoltaic systems on single-family homes whose kilowatt output is modest, to the solar power plants whose output is measured in megawatts. The inverter is a key component of the solar plant, transforming the generated direct current into grid-compliant alternating current. Superior efficiency and long service life are the hallmarks of SolarMax products, whose technology is always state of the art, because of their reliable Swiss quality.
Silver Sponsor: Conergy
Conergy is the only solar company worldwide that delivers synchronised solar systems. The system manufacturer produces all components needed for solar installation under one roof. Furthermore, all necessary services related to the solar plants come from one single source. With the modules, inverters and mounting systems, the company creates the Conergy System Technology – and through that an efficient and synchronised solar system for private or commercial solar rooftop systems, as well as for Megawatt-Parks
Silver Sponsor: Jinko Solar
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. is one of the few PV manufacturers that has 1.5 GW capacity in 2011 with a vertically integrated model, producing high quality crystalline ingots, wafers, cells, and mono- and multi- crystalline PV panels. Their full control over the production chain allows them to guarantee the highest quality for our products and a much more efficient cost structure. With these competitive advantages, Jinko Solar is able to pass benefits on to its customers around the world.
The company employs more than 8,000 professionals with factories in Shangrao (Jiangxi) and Haining (Zhejiang) covering more than 165 acres. Jinko Solar's Global Marketing Center is located in the modern business area of Pudong, Shanghai. The company started expanding our international presence by establishing European representative offices in Munich and Bologna, a US office in San Francisco and a logistics warehouse in Rotterdam (in operation since January 2010).
Silver Sponsor: Trina Solar
Trina Solar Limited (TSL) is an internationally recognized manufacturer of mono and multicrystalline photovoltaic (PV) modules and has a long history as a solar PV pioneer since it was founded in 1997 as a system installation company in China. Our high-quality PV modules provide clean and reliable solar electric power to on-grid and off-grid residential, commercial, industrial and utility scale applications around the world. With local sales and marketing offices as well as installation partners throughout Asia, Europe and North-America, Trina Solar is committed to improving the competitiveness and efficiency of solar energy and developing a sustainable PV industry.
Silver Sponsor: Solairedirect
Founded in 2006 and based in Paris (France), Cape Town (South Africa), Pune (India), Santiago (Chile), Casablanca (Morocco) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Solairedirect is one among the leader of Solar Power worldwide, the French Integrated Solar Power Operator. They are also a pioneer of the solar IPP (Independent Power Producer) model, with the ambition of making solar power competitive with other sources of energy.
The company is active in areas from module production to decentralized power networks operation. It is involved in solar systems of all sizes (rooftops and ground-mounted solar parks) with turnkey offers (design engineering, installation and construction, financing, operation), which are part of sustainable community projects.
The company has 300 employees in 4 continents, more than 2500 rooftop installations and 120 MW installed capacity at the end of 2011, including a solar park in southern France with a breaking record LCOE (levelised cost of energy) of €0.154 /kWh. Solairedirect’s turnover was €160 million in 2010 with a high level of profitability, and has raised over €500 million in equity and project finance in the three last years.
Sponsorships
In 2011 Solarplaza is aiming higher than ever. “The Solar Future: France II” will provide a unique platform for the gurus, experts, analysts, and CEOs from the world’s leading companies. The event will create a great deal of national and international exposure and opportunities to meet experts, entrepreneurs and business executives from the world's leading solar companies. The perfect opportunity to meet, connect and build relations.
To benefit from this exposure and networking opportunities Solarplaza is offering a range of sponsorship packages. You are invited to participate and take your company brand to the next level.
Are you interested in one of the sponsorship packages, or do you have any questions? Then please contact us and we can discuss the various ways we can help each other.
Tom van Dorp
Solarplaza
Stationsplein 45, Rotterdam
Tel: +31 10 2809 198
Email: t.vandorp@solarplaza.com
