13.05.2025

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German access rental company Gerken has extended its photovoltaic installations across all of its German locations, with power generation soon expected to reach gigawatt capacity.
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Gerken headquarters in Düsseldorf with solar panels on its roof

The company began installing solar systems 15 years ago and has said it will continue to add capacity across its facilities.

Gerken managing director Markus Liffers said: "Converting freely available sunlight into electricity is a great opportunity for all of us. We save several hundred tonnes of CO2 every year with our solar systems with further capacities are already planned."
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A Gerken platform outside the Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann

The Gerken rental business was established in 1989, but the company can trace its roots back to 1963 when Manfred Gerken opened a painting business in Düsseldorf. Having become a significant user of aerial lifts on larger painting contracts, he found himself gradually moving into rental and set up the rental company Gerken Arbeitsbühnenvermietung in 1989.

The company currently operates 9,000 aerial work platforms from 40 locations in Germany, with 70 percent of the fleet electric.