After the first oil crisis in 1973, our founders Jörg Schlaich (*1934-2021) and Rudolf Bergermann (*1941) were already working on concepts and ideas for solar power generation. Early on, they recognized that a sustainable, clean energy supply was crucial for a dignified existence. Therefore, a central focus of the engineering firm has always been the development of innovative structures for renewable energy systems. In 2009, this focus finally resulted in an independent company – sbp sonne.
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much desert does a car need
1980
„Deutscher Stahlbaupreis“: Solar Updraft Tower – Pilot Plant Manzanares
Jörg Schlaich and Rudolf Bergermann establish Schlaich + Partner
1982
Start of operation of the Manzanares Solar Updraft Tower
1986
Design and operation of the first Dish-Stirling systems
1992
Hans Schober becomes partner of schlaich bergermann und partner
1994
Andreas Keil becomes partner of schlaich bergermann und partner
1995
Wolfgang Schiel becomes partner of schlaich bergermann und partner and later takes over the solar devision
1998
Knut Göppert becomes partner of schlaich bergermann und partner
1999
Mike Schlaich becomes partner of schlaich bergermann und partner
2000
Sven Plieninger becomes partner of schlaich bergermann und partner
Development of the EuroTrough collector
2002
Handover of office to Knut Göppert, Andreas Keil, Sven Plieninger and Mike Schlaich
2003
leicht_weit exhibition at the German Architecture Museum (DAM) in Frankfurt
2009
Markus Balz becomes Associate
Establishment of schlaich bergermann und partner, sbp sonne gmbh Consulting Engineers for renewable energy, with Wolfgang Schiel as Managing Director
First PV tracker development project
2010
Development of the UltimateTrough collector
Markus Balz becomes Managing Director of sbp sonne gmbh
2011
Relocation of our headquarters to Schwabstr. 43
2012
The first commercial CPV technology is developed
SonneSun our first book is published
2014
Development of Stellio Heliostat
2015
Knut Stockhusen becomes partner of schlaich bergermann partner
2017
sbpRAY Raytracing-Software wins the CSP Today CSP engineering performance award
Stellio-Heliostat is implemented in Hami/Kumul, China
The first floating PV concept is developed
2019
The new edition of our SunSonne book is published
Our consultation tasks exceed 10 GWe worth of commercial PV projects
2020
sbp sonne-licensed technology is implemented in 13% of the global CSP market and 45% of the CSP market in China
2021
Jörg Schlaich passes away on September 4 in Berlin at the age of 86. His life and legacy will continue to shape the work and identity of schlaich bergermann partner.
The first bifacial floating PV prototype in Hungary is built
2022
Alf Oschatz becomes Managing Director of sbp sonne gmbh
