Claim: Before Gehrlicher Solar, there was Enersys Energiesysteme Gehrlicher (founded by Klaus Gehrlicher in 1994) which focused on photovoltaics (the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials), solar thermal energy, and energy consulting.
Evidence: Klaus Gehrlicher (founder and majority shareholder)
Steffen Licht
Richard von Hehn 1994 (1994) Enersys Energiesysteme Gehrlicher was founded in 1994 by Gehrlicher's CEO, Klaus Gerhlicher. Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry. At the time, the company's fields of activities focused on photovoltaics, solar thermal energy and energy consulting. The company's name was changed from Gehrlicher Umweltschonende Energiesysteme GmbH into Gehrlicher Solar AG in 2007.