AE Solar

This article has multiple issues. Please help or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines for companies and organizations. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions. (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) This article relies too much on references to primary sources. Please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources. (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Some of this article's listed sources may not be reliable. Please help this article by looking for better, more reliable sources. Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted. (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Please discuss further on the talk page. (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

AE Solar

Industry	Photovoltaics Renewable energy
Founded	2003
Headquarters	Königsbrunn, Bavaria, Germany
Key people	Alexander Maier (CEO)
Products	Solar panel Photovoltaic module
Number of employees	1,200 (2020)
Website	ae-solar.com

AE Solar is a German TIER1 solar panels manufacturer, which was founded by Alexander Maier and his brothers in Königsbrunn, Germany, in 2003.^[1] Headquartered in Königsbrunn, the company has a presence in more than 95 countries, covering Africa, Asia-Pacific, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America and South America. AE Solar has an annual capacity of 2,5GW by the manufacturing factories in Europe and Asia, as well, with branches in Mexico (since 2017), Brazil (since 2018) and Saudi Arabia (since 2018).^[2]

By 2019, AE Solar has three production facilities in Turkey (2021),^[3] Georgia (2019)^[4] and China (2009). Also global sales teams in Georgia, Germany, Turkey, China, Mexico, Brazil, Saudi Arabia.

AE Solar is the member of the UN Global Compact.^[5]

History[]

AE Solar Factory in China.

AE Solar established as an installation company in 2003 by Alexander Maier and his brothers, Victor and Waldemar in Königsbrunn, Germany. The company launched 50 MW/year PV modules manual assembly manufacturing in 2009, China's Hongzhe with further expansion at the same location to 150 MW/year semi-automated manufacturing line installed in 2013, to 250 MW/year expansion in 2016, 525 MW/year fully automated robotic manufacturing line installed in 2017. By 2021 AE Solar operates in more than 95 countries worldwide.

Products[]

AE Solar produces both polycrystalline and monocrystalline photovoltaic modules (solar panels), also the world's first Smart Shading Resistant Hot-spot Free PV module,^[6] which use bypass diodes between each cell to avoid shading consequences. AE Solar integrates NFC-Chips in its PV modules against counterfeit to protect the product authenticity.

Awards[]

• SNEC (2017)^[7]
• Top Innovation/PV Magazine (2018)^[8]
• Intersolar Finalist (2019)^[9]
• Construma Award (2020), Winner for Smart Shading Resistant Hot-Spot Free Modules Technology^[10]

See also[]

• Renewable energy in Germany

References[]