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Solarlite stands out for being highly dynamic, strong on innovation and for its constant growth. As a result, Solarlite has won distinctions and awards in various competitions. Since it was founded in 2007, the company has implemented several pilot and demonstration sites in Germany and Thailand, as well as establishing its first commercial project in Thailand.

• 22.02.2012
  The TRESERT project, which is intended to show how a parabolic trough power plant can generate electricity, heat and refrigeration, is going in operation at the energy park of the School of Renewable Energy Technology (SERT) of Naresuan University in Phitsanulok, Thailand.
• 25.01.2012
  TSE 1 supplied 5 MW of electrical power to Thailand's public power network for the first time.
• 10.11.2011
  Solarlite is the winner of the Cleantech Connect Award category "Fastest Growing Cleantech Company in Europe".
• 14.09.2011
  Awards ceremony "Selected Landmark 2011" with 40 invited guests in Duckwitz.
• 20.05.2011
  Solarlite signs a contract for the construction of a 9 MWe power plant in Thailand.
• 12.05.2011
  Finalist in the category "Corporate Development" at the competition "Company of the Year" in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
• 13.04.2011
  Solarlite is distinguished in the competition "Selected Landmarks 2011"as one of the "365 Landmarks in the Land of Ideas".
• 10.12.2010
  Solarlite concludes its third fundraising round. Alongside private and institutional investors: the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania participates in the growing market of solar thermal energy by investing through its Technologiefonds Mecklenburg-Vorpommern GmbH.
• 17.11.2010
  Solarlite is among the top 50 fastest growing Cleantech companies in Europe. GP Bullhound places the company on the list of "Top 15 Ones to Watch".
• 16.11.2010
  Solarlite is nominated as a finalist in the category "Newcomer of the Year" in the CSP Today industry competition.
• 09.2010
  The German Aerospace Centre presents the Kanchanaburi project, the first commercial solar thermal power plant based on direct steam generation, at Solarpaces, the most important conference in the industry.
• 08.2010
  Prototype SL 4600 and the test facility at the German Aerospace Centre are completed.
• 30.04.2010
  Solarlite is finalist in the "Startup" category of the "Deutscher Innovationspreis 2010" competition (German Innovation Award 2010).
• 07.01.2010
  Solarlite establishes two subsidiary companies in Thailand, Solarlite Energy Services Co. Ltd. and Solarlite Technologies Co. Ltd..
• Ende 2009
  The construction of the power plant begins in the province of Kanchanaburi, a sunny region in central Thailand.
• Juli 2009
  A contract is signed for the development and construction of the first commercial Solarlite parabolic trough power plant based on direct steam generation and an output of 5 MWe.
• 2008
  The demonstration project "TRESERT" begins. As part of this project, sponsored by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, the company builds a solar thermal parabolic trough power plant linked to a biomass boiler in the Energy Park of Naresuan University in Phitsanulok, Thailand. The plant produces electricity, heat and cooling.
• 2007
  Solarlite GmbH is founded.
• 2007
  In Woltow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the first commercial solar thermal power plant, with a thermal output of 220 kWh, is put into operation. The power plant is coupled with a biomass power plant and serves to produce heat for a fish farm.
• 2005
  Joachim Krüger develops a small solar thermal power plant at the company headquarters in Duckwitz.
• 2005
  Joachim Krüger establishes Solarlite.
• 2004
  The concept of parabolic troughs manufactured from glass fibre reinforced composites (FRP material) is developed.
• 2001
  Joachim Krüger, Founder of Solarlite GmbH, develops the idea of manufacturing parabolic trough collectors from light composite material and implements it with the development of the SL 2300.