The Dutch Startup said that it is developing markets in France, Sweden and Belgium after completing more than 50 solar projects on the roof in his home market based on the East-West-oriented, self-disturbed mounting system.
Dutch-based Rable, a developer of lightweight mounting solutions for flat roofs, said that it focuses on low-load roof structure projects in France, Sweden and Belgium, after completing more than 50 installations in the home market.
Rable sees the French, Swedish and Belgian markets as “adult markets where demand is clear”, although it offers its solutions in other parts of Europe, according to Nikki Hoexum, commercial manager of the Rable.
“As the question shifts from strong roofs to more challenging, low capacity structures, the cases rable are designed, Belgium and Sweden are natural next steps,” Hoexum said PV -MagazineAdding that France has the greatest potential, with the combination of weak roofs, strong business demand and clear sustainability mandates of the government.
The ballast-free, prefabricated, east-west-oriented, mounting system of the six-year-old company is based on a truss design with a substructure that only weighs 3 kg/m². The total load with standard panels is between 10 and 13 kg/m² and with lightweight panels it is between 5 and 8 kg/m², according to the company.
The system is compatible with roofs made from bitumen, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and ethylene propylene -those monomer rubber (EPDM), as well as steel and concrete roof panels.
Rable has grown by strategic partnerships. “We work directly together with Engineering, Purchasing, Construction (EPC) companies and installers to support projects with technical expertise and training,” said Hoexum, adding that distribution partners are set up to make the products more accessible and scale the company.
It recently raised € 2.5 million ($ 2.9 million) in the financing of a group of investors based in the Netherlands to support expansion.
The products include rable4ro roofs for spans up to 10 m and rable8ro roofs for spans up to 25 m. Each has an East -West orientation and supports slopes up to 10 degrees. A third product-rable10carpark-der conceived for carports with customizable column layouts.
All solutions have a complete metal construction that depends on a truss principle with longitudinal and transversal support to offer stiffness, stability and even strain on the field, according to the company.
The largest project of the company so far is a factory on the roof of 5,000 panels that is sold to Reginox, a Dutch kitchen cabinet company. The installation was preceded by a pilot with 240 panels.
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