Consulting

We advise authorities, firms and power supply companies on the development and realization of photovoltaic power systems and on improving energy efficiency.

• Photovoltaic potential estimation
• Feasibility study
• Financier opportunities (possibilities with Zürichsee Solarstrom AG)
• Possible subsidies
• Analysis of own-consumption
• Coordination of electricity production and consumers (TNCALL)

Planning

We plan medium-sized and large photovoltaic systems on existing used areas such as roofs, noise barriers alongside highways and railroads, or wherever spaces are conducive for solar power and it makes sense ecologically and economically.

• Project designing
• Detailed planning
• Announcement
• Offer analysis
• Submission
• Contracts

Realize

We realize your photovoltaic system and are also available to you competently in operation:

• Site management
• Execution supervision
• Quality assurance
• Acceptance and control measurements
• Monitoring with remote monitoring
• Control bills electricity production

We offer technical and commercial management for larger PV plants and PV investment organizations.

Plant monitoring and yield control

• Establishment of monitoring
• Control of yields
• Control of the yield guarantees according to the contract of employment
• Comparison of the settlements to the compensation
• Accompaniment authorized maintenance company

Debt collection and refinancing

• Control compensation and monitoring of tariffs
• Quarterly compilation and preparation of billing for the ecological added value and further financing
• Control of correspondence with electricity customers
• Control billing process PV self-consumption
• Possible optimization on demand

Operating fault

• Professional initial evaluation
• Commissioning of the repairing
• If necessary, solicitation of offers and application
• Enforcement and control of work
• Settlement with the insurance

Noise barriers along roads and rails provide ideal surfaces for photovoltaic systems without consuming additional land. Thanks to the bifacial technology, almost all road suitable for PV.

In many sound barriers photovoltaic can be retrofitted. Economically, it makes sense to include photovoltaics directly in the planning of new sound barrier systems or renovations

The photovoltaic modules can be integrated directly into the noise barrier and at the same time can also take over the sound insulation function. Partially transparent PV sound barriers are also possible today.

With the world’s first PV noise barrier on the A13 near Chur in 1989, TNC has a wealth of experience and has since designed and implemented several PV noise barriers.

Our services

• Accompanying measurement campaign to monitor success
• Display boards/visualization
• Monitoring
• Evaluation/analysis
• Reports

We will be happy to make you an offer.

Projects

2014-2016 Comparison of different inverter concepts under real conditions during repowering of a 15-year-old PV plant with partial shading.

2004 Bifacial noise protection along the railroad line Münsingen, measurement campaign and report

2003 Low-energy house measurement campaign 2000 – 2003 and report

1999 BIPV Stadelhofen display panel, measurement campaign and report

1997 PV Swissmill Zurich, display panel

1993/1995 Measurements at two solar houses Sevelen, thermal and photovoltaic

1992 Bundeshaus Bern display panel, measurement campaign and report

1989 PV noise protection system A13 Domat/Ems display panel, measurement campaign and report

HydroSun promotes the fast development of renewable electricity production and combines hydropower and floating photovoltaic systems to actual hybrid power plants. We focus an clean and sustainable energy production. The synergy potential of the energy sources sun and water will be fully exploited. HydroSun will significantly increase or even double the capacity of hydropower plants. The idea of combining floating photovoltaic and hydropower for electricity production was patented by TNC in 2009.

Concept

By combining PV with hydropower, HydroSun can deliver balanced power throughout the year. On fine days, the capacity of the hydroelectric power plant can be more than doubled. the solar-generated electricity yield reduces the water consumption of the hydroelectric power plant, so that dammed water volumes are available for low-sun days and nights.

Feasibility

Hydroelectric power plants have already been developed for transport purposes and have electrical and technical infrastructures to feed solar power in the grid. The power production of the depreciated hydropower can be sustainably increased, without increasing the dam walls. Due to the underwater arrangement of the floats and the open over-construction, a large-area cover of the lake surface will be let.

Potential

HydroSun is not about floating PV systems on public lakes but on already artificial reservoirs. But even here the potential is huge. A first potential estimate for Switzerland shows a technical potential of 2.5 GW of power and an annual yield of 2.6 TWh, without additional land use, through innovation!