BIPV

What is a Building Integrated Photovoltaic or a BIPV?

Building Integrated Photovoltaics serves more than one purpose. BIPVs produce electricity by the piezoelectric effect and serve as protection for any structure. 

BIPVs are installed to provide shed, block sunlight, and give a modern look to any building, all this while producing electricity from sunlight.

Where is a BIPV used?

A BIPV is integrated into a structure like conventional buildings. BIPVs replace glass windows with Solar windows, parking shed rooftops with solar roofs and solar shades in place of translucent covers. All these changes make the look of any structure modern while being extremely useful.

Types of Building Integrated Photovoltaics

Solar panels are silicon-based photovoltaic cells that produce electricity from sunlight. With micro adjustments according to the application, these cells transform into BIPVs. Based on various applications, there are broadly four types of BIPVs.

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• Solar-Facades: Solar Facades’ integration in building structures keeps the noise and air pollution out and gives any building a visual identity. This all while producing green energy.

• Solar-Window: Solar windows find their application both in residential and commercial properties. These windows look like any other windows but with solar modules.

• Solar-Roofs: Solar roofs like that of Tesla Energy in the USA are becoming popular. In conventional rooftops, these solar tiles replace asphalt tiles. Every tile acts as an individual cell and connects in series to generate electricity.

• PV-Sunshades: Parking lot sheds are the best example of PV-Sunshades. Additionally, these shades protect buildings from direct sunlight.

How does a BIPV work?

BIPVs use opaque or transparent solar cells connected in series to each other to give a substantial amount of current output. These photovoltaics are located in the portion of the building exposed to the sun the most.

What are big manufacturing brands of BIPVs?

Tesla Energy is one major brand in the USA backed by Elon Musk. They manufacture solar cell tiles for residential rooftops. Customers get a variety of tiles according to the required strength and size.

Some other contributors in this niche are:

• D2solar
• Mysolar USA  
• Omnis Power USA Inc  
• Redwood Renewables
• Skyco Skylights
• Solaria
• Sonali Solar USA

Distributors

Solar Products Distributors

Distributors are those companies working as big warehouses that served as the middlemen between the consumer/customer and the manufacturer. Typically, in distribution, a company is handling the sourcing, stocking and logistics but nowadays they are also helping manufacturers in product designing and solving other business conflicts. 

Aside from other industries, distributors also play a vital role in the solar industry. Solar distributors become long-term partners of solar manufacturing companies and even solar contractors. They are not only serving as warehouse facilities but partners that also provide strategic solutions to help solar companies achieve their desired outcomes. Solar distributors assist solar manufacturing companies by storing. handling and shipping their solar products to their buyers. On the other hand, they help solar contractor companies in outsourcing high-quality solar products. 

These solar distributors are the ones who deal with homeowners who want to go solar, businesses that work with the solar industry and solar installers who offer solar system services to both residential and commercial customers. But on top of that, the solar distributor’s main role is to maintain its commitment to outsourcing and handling high-quality products and delivering them to customers at a good value. 

Up to these days, many solar distributors have been operating and helping many solar companies in distributing their products. So, if you are looking for the most trusted and reliable solar distributor, you can easily find one by checking out solar outsourcing companies that provide easy access to reliable information, news, data and a list of solar suppliers and distributors near you.

Croatia

Solar Market Outlook in Croatia

Croatia holds immense potential when it comes to its renewable energy generation and reliance. This has prompted the government to set an ambitious target of 30% renewable energy consumption by 2030. 

In 2008, the renewable energy capacity in Croatia was only at 1%. By 2018, it was at 17%, which signals a 15% yearly growth rate for the country’s solar and renewable energy capacity. This projection was detailed in the government’s program to boost solar capacity – the National Renewable Energy Action Plan.  To boost this growth potential, the Croatian government has looked at improving feed-in-tariffs and premium tariff support schemes.

As of 2021, the projected solar energy capacity in Croatia is at 6.8 GW. Of this capacity, 5.3 GW is attributed to utility-scale PV plants and the rest (1.5 GW) is attributed to rooftop solar systems.

The government is serious about its renewable energy efforts such that they are drafting a law to identify potential obstacles to its renewable energy campaign, as well as ideas on how to remove those obstacles.

Solar Energy Equipment Supply Capacity in Croatia

There are two major solar power equipment suppliers and manufacturers in Croatia. For those looking for more options, there are plenty of suppliers online that are available, giving you more options to suit your solar needs. 

Top 8 Major Seaports & Logistics in Croatia

The seaport industry is a crucial part of Croatia’s economy and trade. Therefore, you have plenty of options when it comes to the logistics and transport of solar power equipment. These seaports include

• Split,
• Sibenik, 
• Dubrovnik,
• Rijeka,
• Ploce,
• Zadar.