SYSTAIC innovations at Intersolar 2009: Solutions to enhance personalised options of energy usage

Düsseldorf, Germany (ots) -

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SYSTAIC has always favoured a sensible approach regarding the
design and structural components of its photovoltaic applications.
For this achievement the Düsseldorf-based solar technology company
has been awarded with multiple architecture awards - by no means a
given in the photovoltaic industry. At Intersolar SYSTAIC will now be
showcasing new ways in which using solar power can be optimised even
further - in buildings, in conjunction with solar power plants and in
automobiles.

The approach pursued by SYSTAIC is different to what is currently
being discussed under headings such as "Smart Meters" or "intelligent
networks", strategies seeking to enhance network supply options. For
consumers, it makes little sense to feed their power into the network
first, only to repurchase it for their own usage at increasingly
rising energy prices at a later stage - not even considering system
loss in the network. This is why SYSTAIC counts on solutions that
will present new and better ways to consumers by making optimum use
of their own power.

Featuring in the building division for the first time at
Intersolar is a new system that realises photovoltaic combined heat
and power in conjunction with the SYSTAIC energy roof. Converting
sunlight into electricity generates heat, a resource that in
conventional systems is dissipated into the environment without being
used. In the solution proposed by SYSTAIC, this heat is consequently
put to further use, namely to generate space heat and hot water. A
process that is quite straightforward - it simply feeds the exhaust
air into a heat pump system. Increasing the temperature means that
the heat pump can work more efficiently, i.e. it uses less energy
compared to conventional air-water systems. The annual coefficient of
performance, i.e. the relationship between used power and generated
heat, is more than 70 % higher in the SYSTAIC system than is required
by the funding guidelines for heat pumps.

"This optimised usage system is also the decisive factor when it
comes to solar installations", explains Michael Pack, Chairman of the
Executive Board at systaic AG. "Photovoltaics or additional thermal
collectors instead? Photovoltaics is definitely the better, because
all-inclusive, option - combining electricity and heat. In this
particular case it even includes air-conditioning: During midsummer,
for example, it is not exhaust heat but space heat that is used as
'source heat' to generate hot water. Which will then be cooled down
in the process for the benefit of heating the water."

Systems like these must be controlled in line with requirements;
this is known as power management in specialist circles. The SYSTAIC
system also includes additional aspects such as energy storage,
energy generation, energy exchange with automotive batteries and
tariff comparisons. Named "home@systaic" due to its online connection
to up-to-date weather and tariff developments, this control
instrument allows users to adapt their homes perfectly to their
personal solar power production - a service that exceeds "Smart
Meters" which merely optimise the network by far.

The feature of air-conditioning is realised by SYSTAIC also in
another area of every-day life, namely inside the car: Together with
its subsidiary Webasto Solar, the business division SYSTAIC
Automotive is the only industrial manufacturer in the world to
provide solar solutions for cars. 37,000 vehicles, among them Audi,
VW and Mercedes, were equipped with SYSTAIC photovoltaic generators
last year alone. Ensuring that the car is supplied with fresh air
also when switched off, they thus support the air-conditioning system
- a solution that is not only convenient but also saves fuel.

SYSTAIC is going to show to the public at Intersolar the extent to
which solar roofs for cars by now advanced and the way in which an
automotive battery can support the home power network. By way of
visualisation, one of the most spectacular models in the automotive
premium segment will be placed into the limelight: the BlueZERO
Mercedes-Benz. The innovative concept car was fitted by SYSTAIC
Automotive with a newly developed solar roof which, based on
thin-film technology and transparent, feeds solar power to the
electric motor of the vehicle.

"In contrast to all other solar companies, SYSTAIC does not market
individual components but innovative solutions that are suitable for
everyday application in buildings and cars", illustrates Michael
Pack. "At trade fairs, solar products often seem bland and boring to
customers; claims about their efficiency and effectiveness as well as
the systems' visual appearance hardly become apparent. If you really
want to know how solar building integration can be achieved in its
most perfect and beautiful form, you should come to the systaic AG
stand and see for yourself. What is more, our customers are reaping
the benefits from considerable surplus capacities and a drastic price
drop in solar cells and modules in the current market environment."

SYSTAIC also produces solar power on a grand scale: Together with
its subsidiary Enerparc, systaic AG has specialised in photovoltaic
power plants starting from a minimum capacity of 10 Megawatts -
enough energy to fully supply thousands of households with
electricity. Current project: SYSTAIC integrates photovoltaic modules
in greenhouses - the perfect symbiosis of using old and new surface
areas. The new power plant technology is visualised in 3D at the
SYSTAIC stand.

SYSTAIC at Intersolar 2009: Hall B6, Stand No. 580.

www.systaic.com

About SYSTAIC:

systaic AG has specialised in providing solar power solutions that
are both efficient and aesthetic: The SYSTAIC energy roof - an
prize-winning energy system that generates electricity and heat -
forms the core of the SYSTAIC product range. Together with its
subsidiary Webasto Solar GmbH, SYSTAIC is the only manufacturer in
the world to mass-produce photovoltaic generators for car roofs. The
development and installation of large photovoltaic plants - also
implemented by the subsidiary Enerparc - comprises another key area
of the SYSTAIC product portfolio.

systaic AG includes the following subsidiaries: Enerparc AG,
Düsseldorf, SERP Sistemas Energéticos de Portugal, Lda, systaic
Americas Inc., Carlsbad, systaic France S.A.R.L., Paris, systaic
Hellas MEPE, systaic Ibérica S.L.U., Barcelona, systaic Italia S.r.L.
as well as systaic sourcing AG & Co., Düsseldorf, systaic
Technologies GmbH, Düsseldorf, and Webasto Solar GmbH, Landsberg.

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Press conference at Intersolar: 27.05.2009, 2 p.m. - registration
required via eMail: presse@systaic.com