Company Milestones

Our company milestones characterise our journey: from our roots as a collaborative research product to becoming an independent company with global investors and international reach.

April 2015

Innovation Management Ltd, an IOM registered venture capital company investing in green technologies, has acquired 53% of BIPV Ltd from Swansea University and undertakes to complete the incubation and launch of ‘first to world’ products into the market during 2016

June 2016

BIPVco are featured in Network Magazine published by BPVA

August 2016

BIPVco has been shortlisted for Wales Start Up of the year

September 2016

BBC News covers the Active Classroom pilot build in Swansea

September 2016

BIPVco take part in a pilot project for Floating Homes, which was also featured in the Guardian

October 2016

AB Miller invests in ‘pioneering’ solar integrated roofing at Nigeria Brewery

October 2016

Ken Skates, Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure for Welsh Government, visited BIPVco facilities at Shotton Steel works

December 2016

BIPVco have won Solar Technology of the Year and Clean Tech Start Up of the year in the Business Green Technology Awards

May 2017

BIPVco’s latest generation of Flextron building integrated and mobile photovoltaic solutions achieve IEC 61646:2008 and IEC 61730-2:2007 requirements for PV module design according to IEC 61730-1:2007 with all testing being carried out by TUV Rheinland

December 2017

March 2018: Relocated manufacturing facility from the PV Accelerator Building at Shotton Works, North Wales to the state-of-the-art modern facility at G Cell Building, South Lake Drive, Imperial Park, Newport, NP10 8AS

July 2022

Jonathan Wilson appointed as CEO

March 2024

BIPVco launches Metektron, a lightweight, universal, retrofit solar PV system designed for industrial and commercial buildings that cannot support the weight of a conventional Solar PV array.