Renewable Energy Corporation

Throughout its history, REC has introduced several solar panels to the global market for the utilities, commercial and industrial, and residential markets.

Total numbers at end-2016[6]

• 26 million panels manufactured
• 6.3 GW produced

REC Group (REC) is a leading manufacturer and brand of solar panels. REC panels are distributed and installed all over the world. REC’s sales operation is divided into four regions: EMEA (headquartered in Munich, Germany), APAC (headquartered in Singapore), the Americas (headquartered in San Mateo, California, USA), and Japan (headquartered in Tokyo). In some regions, REC is referred to as "REC Solar".

In the USA, a company named REC Solar, Inc. operates as an installer of solar energy systems for commercial, industrial, and utility-scale applications.[7] REC Group and REC Solar, Inc. are two separate companies with similar names in the same industry but have no direct relation to one another beyond REC Group being a supplier to REC Solar, Inc.

REC Solar, Inc. has used REC Group panels for many of its installations. In the USA, REC (the panel manufacturer) is known as "REC Americas".

The former Renewable Energy Corporation ASA had two divisions: REC Silicon and REC Solar. In October 2013, these were split into two entirely separate entities, each focusing on its own core business.[8]

For REC Silicon, this was polysilicon and silane gas for the solar and electronics industries with manufacturing facilities in Moses Lake, Washington and Butte, Montana, USA.[9][10]

REC Solar continues to manufacture wafers, solar cells, and solar panels at its fully automated integrated manufacturing facility in Singapore, plus EPC services and solutions in select markets.[11]

Both companies continued to be headquartered in Norway (with different management, separate organization setup, operations, etc.), and both were listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange; REC Silicon kept the ticker symbol "REC" and REC Solar was spun off and newly listed with the ticker symbol "RECSOL" in 2013. REC Solar was de-listed from the Oslo Stock Exchange shortly after being acquired in 2015 by the Elkem Group in Norway.[12]

As part of the split, REC Solar maintained the "REC Group" name, logo, and all other brand elements.

Today, REC Group and REC Silicon have no direct relation other than REC Silicon being a supplier to REC Group.

2016

• #1 most-installed brand of panels in Germany[13]
• #1 most-installed brand of panels for California homes (at end-Q3)[14][15]
• #1 most-installed brand of panels for Colorado homes[16]

2015

• #1 most-installed brand of panels for California homes (largest residential market in the USA)[17]
• #2 most-installed brand of panels for homes nationwide in the USA[18]
• Intersolar Award (Photovoltaics)[19][20]

USA

257 MW – Tranquility (Fresno County, CA)

14.53 MW – Anahola Solar Array (Kaua’i, HI)

4.5 MW – Veteran’s Hospital (Tucson, AZ)

3.2 MW – Rockville Solar II (Indianapolis, IN)

2.02 MW – MLS team Real Salt Lake’s Rio Tinto Stadium (Sandy, UT)

EMEA

37.3 MW – Parley Solar Park (Bournemouth, UK)

28 MW – Giebelstadt Power Plant (Giebelstadt, Germany)

24 MW – Phenix Power Plant (Canino, Italy)

2.3 MW – Audi A1 Production Plant (Brussels, Belgium)

10 MW – Izvoru Photovoltaic Park (Giurgiu Country Romania)

921 kW - Heineken Wieckse Witte brewery (Den Bosch, Netherlands)

635 kW – Dubai International Airport (Dubai, UAE)

APAC

72 MW – Solarco (Suphanburi, Thailand)

5.8 MW – BMD Solar PV Power Plant (Gajner, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India)

2.2 MW – Tiger beer brewery (Singapore)

1.7 MW – Tomakomai Rinku Kashiwabara Power Plant (Tomakomai city, Hokkaido, Japan)

707 kW – National Stadium at Singapore Sports Hub (Singapore)

479 kW – IKEA Sendai (Sendai city, Miyagi prefecture, Japan)

402 kW – NextDC M1 Data Center (Port Melbourne, Australia)