New premium solar panel brand hits Australian rooftop market

Mechanical engineering giant Meyer Burger is this week debuting its premium solar panels in Australia at the Smart Energy Conference and Exhibition in Sydney.

Three solar panel offerings will be available from the Switzerland based Meyer Burger, including the Meyer Burger White, Meyer Burger Black, and Meyer Burger Glass, all of which contain highly efficient heterojunction solar cells.

Solar panels will be produced at Meyer Burger’s own production facilities in Germany’s “Solar Valley” and, compared to conventional technologies, are said to feature higher energy yields over the 30+ year lifespan of the solar panels.

“The Australian solar market, with its high demand for sustainable products manufactured to high social and ethical standards, offers an excellent opportunity for Meyer Burger,” said Brendan Kay, head of sales of Meyer Burger in Australia.

“With our solar panels, the customer can harvest more solar energy from the rooftop – even at very high temperatures.

“This advantage is even larger with the glass-glass product, which, when installed appropriately, converts sun into electricity even on the back side with a bifacial efficiency of over 90%.”

Meyer Burger’s first distributor in Australia will be BayWa r.e., which already boasts a recognised name in the Australian renewable energy market.

“BayWa is well known in the Australian market as a supplier of German-made solar panels, and we believe Meyer Burger will fill an important gap in the Australian market,” said Durmus Yildiz, managing director of BayWa r.e. Solar Systems in Australia.

“For us it is particularly important that Meyer Burger is adhering to sustainable manufacturing and sourcing practices, aiming to continuously reduce the carbon footprint of its high-performance modules.”