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Heliatek Deploys with Kandil Steel on First Large BIOPV Project on African Continent

Kandil Steel is the leading steel provider in Egypt.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World, Coatings World and Ink World Magazine

Heliatek has implemented, with its partner Kandil Steel, its first building integrated organic photovoltaic (BIOPV) pilot project in Africa. HeliaFilm, Heliatek’s organic solar film, is at the core of this installation in Egypt, which represents a first test project for further steel applications by Kandil Steel.
 
“I am happy that we are progressing on our global roll out,” states Thibaud Le Séguillon, CEO of Heliatek. “It is a key step forward in our strategy of providing de-centralized energy generation solutions used directly on buildings all over the world.”
 
The project was funded and managed by Kandil Steel, the leading steel provider in Egypt. The company is working on new solutions for distributed energy generation because of rising energy prices and declining government subsidies. The company plans to establish the combination of its steel panels with HeliaFilm as a new product for the BiPV market.
 
Egypt’s hot and sunny weather conditions are ideal for HeliaFilm due to its excellent high temperature performance, leading to outstanding energy harvesting results.
 
In this installation, the HeliaFilms have a custom length of 2.5m and are combined with steel as an integrated building material. Kandil Steel has chosen opaque and blue HeliaFilm. The development of HeliaFilm is carried out by Heliatek in Dresden, Germany and the target is to establish a high volume manufacturing line by 2018.

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