Ritter Solar GmbH

The company Ritter Solar, located at Dettenhausen, Germany, near Tübingen, is a manufacturer of highly efficient evacuated tube collectors with or without CPC reflectors.
Alfred T. Ritter, the principal shareholder, is likewise well-known for his chocolate factory
and by his many and various environmentally relevant commitments.

With its high-quality solar products combined with high efficiency and easy assembly,
Ritter Solar has rapidly established itself as the largest German manufacturer of
evacuated tube collectors. Meanwhile, the most noteworthy providers of solar technology
in Europe rank among our customers.

Research and development

Today, Ritter Solar is a forge of ideas for innovative high-tech evacuated
tube collectors. Product optimization and technical innovation are the focus
of our firm’s philosophy.

Production facilities

In fully automated production facilities with a manufacturing area of more than 9000 m2 and modern machinery, Ritter Solar possesses sufficient capacities to be able to provide distinguished system providers and bulk purchasers with high-tech collectors.

Awards

Ritter Solar collectors have received the very best evaluations by »Stiftung Warentest« as well as from various consumer and environmental magazines.
The evacuated tube collector CPC azzurro, manufactured for Paradigma, was distinguished by Industrie Forum with the Design Award 2000.
In 1997, Alfred T. Ritter, the principal shareholder, was honoured by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the business magazine Capital as »Eco manager of the year«. He was awarded the Prognos Award for 1998 by Prognos Institute.
In 2003 followed the honouring with the »German Solar Award« by EUROSOLAR
(European Association for Renewable Energy) for a special personal commitment in the area of renewable energies.