The company, which relies on a particularly environmentally friendly process to manufacture solar modules with an exceptionally low carbon footprint, was presented with the seal by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Association for German Science).
“Less than one percent of the 3.5 million companies in Germany are engaged in research. These select few belong to an extremely important group, as only research can pave the way for innovation and growth,” said Dr. Andreas Kladroba, managing director of Wissenschaftsstatistik GmbH (scientific statistics) of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft.
“Innotech Solar has its own teams of researchers who have an excellent track record of developing new, innovative processes and products and are committed to continuing to do this. It’s for this very reason that we have honored the company with our award,” Kladroba said.
Eckehard Hofmüller, Vice President Technology at Innotech Solar, said he believes the company's name has come to stand for "innovative technology and represents our company’s objective of developing and further enhancing the performance of our production procedure through increasing the energy generated and reducing the cost of that energy.”
“One significant achievement that we are very proud of is that the solar modules we’ve developed have a carbon footprint that is around 50 percent lower than that of conventional modules,” Hofmüller said.
In a written release, the company said as CO2 levels account for one third of the weighting in French calls for tender, its modules enjoy a clear competitive advantage in the bidding process thanks to their highly-touted carbon footprint.
The company went on to say about 20 percent of the 177 photovoltaics projects approved by the French environment ministry in its first round of tender invitations this year were realized using modules from Innotech Solar.
For additional information:
Summary of the carbon footprint study conducted on ITS modules
