What you should know about us

Syntegra is a specialised consulting and advisory in solar project development. We are recognised for our expertise and experience in renewable energies, namely in photovoltaic (PV) technologies.

Mission & Objectives

What we'd like to accomplish

We believe in sustainability as a macro trend of our times.

We see that over the last decades Renewable Energies have grown out of the incubation phase and have emerged as an economically viable, ecologically superior, secure and safe source of energy.

We recognise that namely Solar Power emerges as a mainstay power supply technology and will contribute significantly to the future energy mix all over the world, especially in Sunbelt regions.

We connect technology, business and financial aspects along the entire value chain, from raw materials to individual users of renewable energies.

Following this vision, we are fully committed to contribute to innovation and growth in renewable energies.

Our objectives

We al­ways put the added value to our cus­tomers first.
We are strongly com­mit­ted to ex­cel­lence in all our ac­tiv­i­ties.
We stand for firm, clear as­sess­ments and tan­gi­ble re­sults.
We communicate in an open, straightforward, fair-minded way.
We operate as a trusting team of experienced partners.

Our Company

Syntegra Solar Group

The Syntegra Group, headquartered in Germany and Switzerland, has established Subsidiaries, Joint Ventures, or Representative Offices in key RE/PV markets in South-East Asia, as well as in the Gulf Region (Dubai, Abu Dhabi).

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Syntegra Partner Companies

Syntegra and its regional RE/PV Expert Partner Firms enjoy trusting, long-term relationships, complementing each other’s competences, skills, and strength, plus allowing for synergies to share critical important resources, namely RE/PV Expert Engineers and Technicians.

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Team Thailand

Solar partners are industry executives, investors and entrepreneurs with a long-standing and direct experience in the clean technology industry. Our professionals enjoy a unique track record with corporations, with start-ups as well as strategic investors and financial institutions. We connect technology, business and financial aspects along the entire value chain, from raw materials to individual users of renewable energies.

Mathias G. Kothe

Chairman SST, Founder, Syntegra Solar Intl. AG

Core Competences
Mathias is an entrepreneur and expert in Renewable Energies with a focus on Solar PV technologies since 1990. He is the founder of Syntegra Solar, which he started in 2001. Prior to his engagement with Syntegra he developed his expertise in various senior management positions as well as working as a top management consultant; his skills cover strategy development and execution, new business development and PV/RE project development, management of technology innovation, marketing and corporate communications.

Experience
30 years of senior management positions in Automotive (BMW), RE/Solar (Siemens Solar), Aviation (Lufthansa, DFS), as well as senior consultancy with Lufthansa Consulting and Syntegra Strategy & Corporate Development. Mathias was responsible for international cross-cultural coordination of strategic business entities in multinational corporations.

Mathias is founder and chairman of TONA Syntegra Solar, HCMC/Vietnam, a leading EPC firms for C&I PV Rooftop Power Projects. Syntegra Solar focuses on C&I PV Rooftop Power Systems and PV-Biogas Hybrid Systems. Syntegra Solar also centres on OES and LTAS for very large PV power plant projects. as is Syntegra Solar Arabia (Abu Dhabi and Dubai).

Education and Certifications
• MSc/MBA, MIT Sloan School of Management (Sloan Fellow)
• Dipl. Ing. Luft- & Raumfahrttechnik, TU München

Hans-Dieter Westphal

Managing Director (Interim)

Hans-Dieter Westphale migrated 45 year ago from Germany to South-East Asia and lived most of his life in Thailand, where he enjoys the reputation as a much sought-after advisor and a highly respected business leader.

Hans, since his early years, developed an interest in sustainable practices, specifically renewable energies; in 2005 he founded ReTech Energy Co. Ltd, in Bangkok.

ReTech has emerged as the Biogas Power Systems industry leader, with a spotless reputation as a most reliable and trustworthy business partner, known for its deep technology expertise and rich experience as well as an unparalleled commitment to top quality in products and services delivered to the Thai market.

ReTech and Syntegra Solar collaborated for years in Renewable Energy Projects, namely in Solar-Biogas Hybrid Power Systems as well as Commercial & Industrial Rooftop Power Systems, having developed close ties, they are much engaged for instance in the acclaimed Thai “Energy for All” program.

Hans currently serves as the acting Interim Managing Director of Syntegra Solar Thailand.

Sasiwimon Klienklom

Business Development

Sasiwimon is an accomplished Business Development Manager, with a background in R&D and Technology Innovation in Automotive, Chemical, and Energy Industries.

Sasiwimon recently joined the Syntegra Solar Thailand Team, as Head of the Thailand office, responsible for Marketing Communications, Customer Relationship Management, and New Business Development.

Edgar A. Gunther

Partner

Core Competences
Edgar is best known as the first Photovoltaic Blogger and founder of the GUNTHER Portfolio Blog in 2006. Since joining Syntegra Solar, he has applied and extended his technology and business expertise to the development, engineering, installation, and maintenance of solar PV projects ranging from commercial rooftops to utility-scale ground mount systems. Edgar is based in Southeast Asia and the Commercial & Industrial (C&I) EPC Joint Venture, Tona Syntegra Solar JSC, in Vietnam.

Experience
Over 25 years in high technology product and project management, technical sales, and marketing. His career focused on system solutions with Spansion (now Cypress/Infineon), Liquid Audio, S3 Incorporated, and AMD, as well as engineering and quality assurance roles at Commodore.

Education
MBA Marketing, Villanova University, Villanova School of Business
B.S. Computer Engineering, Lehigh University

Rainer Schott

Partner

Core Competences
Rainer Schott is an expert in the evaluation, engineering, and installation of PV Power Plants and PV Rooftop Systems. Rainer focuses on project and quality management for both the new construction and redevelopment of PV Power Plants of any size. With his multifaceted experience across all PV Project phases, Schott is also sought after for crisis management expert in solar power environments.

PV/RE
Since 2009, Rainer has experience in all aspects of photovoltaic projects including technical and commercial due diligence, project development, project leadership, owners engineering, and operational functions, for rooftop and ground mounted PV Systems. Rainer has multicultural experience working with teams in Germany, Spain, Italy, the Philippines, Iran and Vietnam.

Education
Computer Scientist
Certified Project Manager (IPMA)
Functional Safety Engineer (CE-Con)

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