Solar Fabrik has secured close to 200 MW of new solar module orders in the past 4 weeks
The German manufacturer is confident of reaching 500 MW in total orders for H1 2026
Demand is mainly coming from project developers and wholesalers seeking reliable and fast module supply to meet project deadlines in a volatile and price-pressured market
Its new 300 MW glass-glass module factory in Germany is expected to start operations in mid-2026
Solar Fabrik GmbH, the German solar PV module manufacturer, says it has secured close to 200 MW of new orders over the last 4 weeks, thanks to ‘exceptionally strong’ order intake. It is now confident of achieving the targeted 500 MW of orders for H1 2026.
The manufacturer is seeing particular demand from project developers and wholesalers to secure module supply to meet their project deadlines for ongoing and planned projects.
Solar Fabrik says that in the current volatile market environment, for companies to be able to quickly get high-performance solar modules gives them a strong advantage over competitors.
“The strong demand confirms our strategic direction and the confidence our partners have in our delivery capabilities and process stability,” said Christian Laibacher, CEO of Solar Fabrik. “Especially in a market that continues to be characterized by consolidation and price pressure, we focus on reliability, quality, and rapid project implementation.”
Solar Fabrik supplies high-performance bifacial glass-glass TOPCon and back contact modules to the European market. It displayed these at Intersolar Europe 2025 (see Solar Fabrik’s European PV Module Lineup At Intersolar).
It is building a 300 MW glass-glass module factory in Germany. Italian equipment manufacturer Ecoprogetti is supplying the module line to the company in Hösbach near Aschaffenburg. Solar Fabrik sees its upcoming Factory One, scheduled for commissioning in mid-2026, helping it reduce dependence on international price fluctuations. It plans an annual capacity of 250 MW in 3-shift operations, which will be scalable. Around 100 MW will be realized within the 1st year of production. It will complement the manufacturer’s current production in China, says Solar Fabrik.
At the Hösbach fab, Solar Fabrik will produce a ‘premium’ n-type TOPCon module with an output of around 450 W and a flexible module size.
Its eventual plan is to expand its Hösbach production capacity to 1 GW in the future, when ‘over 50% of components’ will come from European sources for a ‘crisis-proof’ supply chain.
Solar Fabrik is one of the German solar PV manufacturers that’s still standing. Most other solar manufacturers have discontinued production activities due to weak demand for European panels, which face tough competition from much cheaper Chinese counterparts, including Meyer Burger and Solarwatt (see Another German Solar PV Module Production Fab Closing Down).
Solar Fabrik says, “While others are giving up on Germany as a business location, we believe in it. And we invest – in technology, in people, in the future. Made in Germany becomes reality.”
Germany’s onshoring industrial solar PV manufacturing capabilities should get a boost from the €3 billion state aid scheme to support net-zero technology manufacturing that was recently approved by the European Commission (see EU Approves €3 Billion German Cleantech Manufacturing Aid Scheme).
