5 September 2017

An additional 1.39 MW are now coupled to the electric network in China and generating income

SolTech’s subsidiary ASRE has coupled an additional solar energy installation to the electric network in China, bringing the cumulative sum total of coupled installations to twenty, equivalent to a cumulative capacity of ca. 24 MW. Reckoned on a cumulative, rolling 12-month basis, said installations will generate a solid 33.8 MSEK (3.6 MEUR) in income with a handsome profit margin. ASRE is consolidated into the SolTech concern in accord with the Proportional Method. Therefore, SolTech’s share of this sum will be 51 percent.

For more information, please contact: Frederic Telander, CEO SolTech Energy Tel: 08-441 88 46, email: frederic.telander@soltechenergy.com

The information contained in this press release conforms to that which SolTech Energy Sweden AB (publ.) is required to make public according to the EU’s regulation.596/2014 concerning securities market abuse. Said information is furnished, via the above-cited contact person’s authorization, for publication on 5 September 2017, 07:00 CET.

SolTech Energy AB (publ) in brief
SolTech Energy is a Swedish solar energy company that specializes in developing and implementing esthetically attractive solutions that enable every building to produce more energy than it consumes. SolTech Energy develops its own products, which are based on research carried out at Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH- Royal Institute of Technology) and are a part of a building’s outer shell that produce hot water or electricity. Included in the product assortment are unique, customer-tailored semi-transparent thin-film solar cells that, among other retail venues, are now sold via the Company’s exclusive contract with Sapa Building Systems throughout the Nordic and Baltic region. SolTech Energy Sweden AB (publ.) is traded on First North at Nasdaq Stockholm, under the symbol “SOLT”. Also included in the concern are its jointly owned (51%) subsidiaries Advanced SolTech Sweden AB (publ.) ASAB, and Advanced SolTech Renewable Energy, Hangzhou Inc. (ASRE), as well as its wholly owned subsidiary Wasa Rör T Mickelsson AB. The company’s Certified Advisor, with respect to its listing on Nasdaq First North, is G&W Fondkommission (securities broker). For more information see: www.soltechenergy.com                                                                                                                                       

Investment in China
SolTech’s Solar Power Hangzhou Inc. (ASP) owns 49 percent. The business model consists of having ASRE finance, install, own, and periodically service solar energy installations mounted on the roofs of customer-owned facilities. The customer does not pay for the installed solar energy unit, but instead undersigns a long-term, 20-25 year contract to buy all the electricity and/or thermal heat the relevant unit produces. ASRE’s current income comes from the sale of electricity to customers, along with various forms of subsidies per produced kWh. Focus is now concentrated on building a backlog of orders for 2017 and beyond, with the goal of obtaining an installed capacity of 605 MW (megawatts) by the close of 2021, which in 2022 will be set into full operation, generating investment in China is carried out by a jointly owned company, Advanced SolTech Renewable Energy (Hangzhou) Co. Ltd (ASRE), where SolTech owns 51 percent and Advanced current annual sales amounting to approximately 1 billion SEK (103 MEUR).           

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