Haarlem/Weesp, February 10, 2023 – Solarix receives an investment boost of € 900,000. Investors are ROM InWest and three investors in the construction sector. This allows the North Holland company, a specialist in high-quality, colored solar panels for facades, to fully focus on increased production in response to the rapidly growing demand for aesthetic solar panels.
ROM InWest is leading the investment that further strengthens the North Holland energy transition. The agreement between Solarix and ROM InWest was signed on February 8, 2023. This investment stems from the so-called Transition Fund of the Dutch government, intended to support companies that accelerate the major, necessary transitions of our time with their service or product.
Solarix's business model is focused on designing, developing, supplying and assembling solar panels for sustainable and attractive energy-generating facades. The colored solar panels are produced in Europe. The company was founded in 2018 by architect Marloes van Heteren and product designer and artist Reinier Bosch with the aim of changing the solar world and the construction world. In 2015 they won the Solar Design Award with their prototype of an aesthetic solar panel for facade applications. In 2018 the first Solar Design facade was completed, and in 2022 Solarix was the first party in Europe to realize a Solar Design facade with colored,
lightweight and circular solar panels.
Next step in energy transition
Janet Nieboer, CEO of ROM InWest, is pleased with the agreement with Solarix because it means the next step in the energy transition: “ROM InWest is working on a robust North Holland economy that offers equal opportunities to everyone and does not come at the expense of our planet and the climate. By investing in 'green', promising companies, we accelerate sustainable innovations that are decisive for the energy transition. Solarix fits that profile perfectly.”
Facade panels as a European solution
“New climate regulations and rapidly rising energy prices make it increasingly important for buildings to generate their own energy, at least in part,” explains founder Reinier Bosch of Solarix. “Solar panels usually make the biggest contribution, but especially in high-rise buildings, the roof surface is often too small to install sufficient solar panels. Facade panels are the answer to that. Demand for them is growing rapidly, so we are pleased that our production and the number of jobs can be significantly expanded thanks to this investment. It means that Solarix can continue to develop from a Dutch leader to a prominent European player.”
