Photovoltaic Energy

Elsingor, turning sunlight into savings

Today, Elsingor is without doubt one of the most committed Belgian companies in terms of developing and marketing energy saving systems.
It all began in 2004 when, driven by its two visionary entrepreneurs, Elsingor launched its photovoltaic solutions on the market.

A simple concept

It was Becquerel who made the discovery in 1839. The process is remarkably simple. Semiconductor materials, such as silicium, can convert light into electricity.

So, why not use these widely available materials with natural sunlight, with its many beneficial properties and which is in constant supply everywhere in our world? Today we are talking in terms of solar energy, and solar irradiance is markedly different depending on where systems are located geographically.

In 20 years photovoltaics has made substantial advances across the world and today in Belgium there is an installed power capacity of close on 292 MWp*. Given that the annual consumption of an average family is 3500 kWh per year, this is equivalent to supplying electricity to 83 000 homes.
It is a fact, contrary to popular belief, that daylight is enough to create energy. But clearly plenty of sunshine is a bonus.

Sources of saving through photovoltaics are numerous:

• the provision of autonomous systems, of all sizes, anywhere on the planet

• connection to all existing electricity grids;  the electricity does not have to be stored so no storage installation cost

• minimal maintenance

• a life span of around 30 years

To familiarise yourself with renewable energies, we invite you to browse our website – Elsingor, helping you save energy and money. You will discover you can in effect be your own green energy producer. With this in mind we currently offer different solutions: photovoltaic systems and wind turbines. Now that the output  performance of photovoltaic cells is proving to be increasingly high, we can readily assume that with solar energy we will very quickly be able to produce our own electricity at a lower cost than the existing “grey” energies.

* From EPIA (European Photovoltaic Industry Association - Global market outlook for photovoltaics until 2014)