With Magnetics Sp. z o. o. near Krakow, which SMA has taken over, the company is one of the largest solar manufacturing employers in Poland. This production, supply, service and development site, which is important for SMA, is currently being expanded to include another production facility. Jan Stottko is Sales Partner Manager Central Europe at SMA. He provides insights into the Polish PV market.
Menlo Electric and Sungrow announced a strategic partnership aimed at advancing the deployment of renewable energy technologies across global markets at Intersolar Europe. Over the next two years, Menlo commits to distributing 1GW of Sungrow’s comprehensive portfolio.
The Munich-based start-up Voltstorage presents the VDIUM C50, a storage unit specially designed for commercial and agricultural use. It has a storage capacity of 50 kilowatt hours and a maximum charging capacity of ten kilowatts.
A system now compatible with more inverters, an electric heating mat for new and old buildings, a glass-glass solar module with new features and a hybrid inverter combined with a storage unit. Here are our top products of the week:
The Chinese manufacturer Growatt presents new products. Among them are a hybrid (battery-ready) inverter and a 650-volt high-voltage storage unit.
The Chinese manufacturer Growatt presented new products at the Webuild trade fair in Austria. These include a hybrid (battery-ready) inverter and a 650-volt high-voltage storage unit.
By the end of this year, Fronius aims to increase the output of its inverters installed over the past 30 years to 35 gigawatts. To achieve this, lavish production is necessary. Further developments have already been announced.
Market research company EUPD Research has conferred six ‘Top Brand PV Storage’ seals to Growatt in multiple key solar storage markets, including Italy, Australia, the UK, Scandinavia, Czech Republic and Brazil.
With the new Varta Element Backup, certain appliances can actually be operated during a power failure. If the power fails, the energy storage automatically switches on its emergency power function. The system is also capable of a black start.
The new hybrid inverters from 1.5 kilowatts to 10 kilowatts, single-phase or three-phase, and the new Plenticore BI (10 kilowatts) for the AC battery (up to 66 kilowatt hours). And: The brand new Piko CI for 30, 50 and 60 kilowatts – efficient string inverters for commercial use. So many innovations – in the video of pv Guided Tours 2020.
The Fox storage system consists of an inverter and modular high-voltage batteries that can be scaled as needed. The unit includes a high-voltage charge controller that can deliver up to six kilowatts of continuous charge and discharge.
The new 3-phase hybrid inverter from Sungrow comes with a home storage unit. The battery has a modular design.
SMA Chief Executive Officer Jürgen Reinert was yesterday joined by Hessian Minister of Economics Tarek Al-Wazir to inaugurate the new SMA EMC Test Centre.