Exhibition Segments

Here you'll find the exhibition segments in detail.

Photovoltaics

• PV Solar cells and modules
  • Solar cells
  • Crystalline modules
  • Thin-film modules
• Balance of systems
  • Inverters
  • PV monitoring, measuring and control technologies
  • Building integrated solutions (BIPV)
  • Stand-alone systems, off-grid systems
  • Small solar devices
  • ICT, PV software
• PV components (cables, connectors, junction boxes, etc.)
• Mounting systems, installation aids
• Tracking systems
• PV production technologies
  • Manufacturing equipment for ingots, wafers, raw material polysilicon, UMG, etc.
  • Manufacturing equipment for solar cells, modules, thin films
  • Materials and components
  • Automotion technology
  • Monitoring and measuring technology

Solar thermal technologies

• Collectors, absorbers
• Building integrated solutions (facades, etc.)
• Process heat
• Air conditioning and cooling
• Manufacturing machinery and equipment

Solar power plants

• PV systems for residential buildings
• Roof-mounted PV systems for commercial and industrial applications
• Free-standing PV installations
• Operation and maintenance of solar power installations (e.g. drones, cleaning robots, software)
• Solar thermal power plants
• EPC contracting/project development for solar plants

Energy storage technologies

• Batteries
  • Lithium-based batteries
  • Lead-based batteries
  • Redox flow batteries
  • Other battery technologies
  • Battery recycling/second use
• (Ultra)capacitors
• Hydrogen/power-to-gas
  • Fuel cells
  • Electrolyzers
  • Hydrogen storage, infrastructure, components
  • Gas safety, monitoring, testing
  • H2 production equipment/materials
• Other storage technologies

Energy storage systems

• Energy storage systems for stationary applications
  • Stationary energy storage for residential buildings
  • Stationary energy storage for commercial and industrial applications
  • Stationary energy storage for utilities and grid operators
  • Uninterruptible power supply systems (UPS)
  • ICT, software for energy storage systems
  • Power electronics for storage systems
  • EPC contracting/project development for energy storage systems
  • Energy storage for low-capacity mobile applications (smartphones, laptops, tablets, etc.)

Battery system components and accessories

• Battery management systems
• Cooling/temperature management of storage systems
• Battery testing, inspection systems, safety
• Power electronics for storage systems
• Battery housing
• Contacts, wiring, insulation for batteries
• Battery chargers

Battery production technologies / machine and plant construction

• Battery materials
• Manufacturing equipment for battery module production/assembly
• Manufacturing equipment for battery cell production
• Battery module production and system installation/assembly
• Automation technology for battery production

Charging Infrastructure

• Charging stations and wallboxes
  • AC charging systems
  • DC charging systems
  • High power charger, megawatt charging systems
  • Other charging systems (portable, inductive etc.)
• System technology and components
  • Charging cables, connector and routing systems, housings and other hardware
  • Vehicle-to-X, bi-directional charging
  • Payment systems, access protection
  • Power electronics, protection systems
  • User interface, backend, ICT, software and apps
  • Charging/load management and monitoring

E-Mobility

• Electrical vehicles (BEV, PHEV)
  • Electric passenger cars
  • Electric light vehicles (LEV)
  • Commercial & special electric vehicles
  • Other electric vehicles (water-, aircraft)
  • Retrofitting and converted electric vehicles
• EV battery technology
  • Traction battery and infrastructure
  • Battery swap systems
  • Testing and safety
• EV system and production
  • ICT, embedded systems and software
  • EV system technology and components
  • EV equipment. maintenance and retrofitting
  • EV production technologies
• Hydrogen based mobility
  • Hydrogen stations and infrastructure
  • Fuel cell eletric vehicle (FCEV) or hydrogen based fuel vehicles
  • Other hdydrogen based mobility

Mobility Services and System Integration

• Mobility services
  • Fleet management solutions
  • Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
  • Apps, products and sergices
  • EPC contracting/project development for charging infrastructure
• System Integration
  • Mobile charging system with buffer storage (e.g. trailers)
  • Solar parking canopies (e.g. carports, bikeports)
  • Solar mobility and charging solutions as well as vehicle-integrated PV (ViPV)

Smart grids and integration of renewable energies

• Grids and components
  • Grid infrastructure (e.g. transformers, substations, secondary substations)
  • Electrical components for power grids, industries, buildings (e.g. switches, power distribution, protection elements)
  • Smart metering, communications infrastructure
  • Grid management technologies and services, grid system services, grid monitoring
• Smart renewable energy
  • DER management & system integration
  • Products and services for smart grids
  • Products and services for microgrids
  • Virtual power plants/combined power plants
  • Weather and performance/yield forecasts & grid integration of
    renewable energy systems
  • Software for analysing and simulating energy systems
  • Digitalisation, data management & analytics, IoT
  • Cybersecurity

Smart buildings and districts

• Energy management
  • Energy management, monitoring, controlling and load management
  • Home energy management solutions (HEMS)
  • Smart energy management systems for buildings and districts
• Decentralized and renewable energy supply
  • Combined heat, (cooling) and power systems
  • Power-to-heat and conversion (e.g. heat pumps)
  • Other renewable energy systems (biomass, wind, hydro etc.)
  • Heat storage

Commercial and industrial energy services

• Flexibility management (load management/demand response)
• Energy-as-a-service
• Energy procurement and contract management
• Energy contracting
• Carbon footprint calculation, reduction and offsetting
• Auditing and certification
• Other energy services

Overarching product groups

• Engineering services
• Consulting
• Research and development
• Test institutes
• Certification
• State initiatives and public authorities
• Trade media, publishing
• Education and further training, training courses
• Financial services, subsidies, insurances
• Associations/societies