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PV Guided Tours: Gert-Jürgen Schmidts of Chint Power Systems: Utility inverter with higher effiency and less noise

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Video: Chint Power Systems presented its new large-scale inverter and also brought along a new inverter plus battery storage for the residential sector. Find out what innovations the devices feature!

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SMA: Olaf Heyden joins Managing Board as Chief Transformation Officer

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Olaf Heyden was appointed as Chief Transformation Officer (CTrO), effective from February 14, 2025. The 61-year-old has been leading the group-wide restructuring and transformation program since September 2024.

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Kaco New Energy

New hybrid battery inverters

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Kaco New Energy presents the new Blueplanet Hybrid NH3 system. The hybrid inverter series offers outputs between six and twelve kilowatts for home storage systems and small businesses.

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Momoh Kargbo of Kaco New Energy: String inverters for complex solar roofs

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Video: Two new string inverters from domestic manufacturing improve the harvest of complex solar roofs. 200 percent oversizing and 99.1 percent efficiency pay off, Senior Technical Sales Engineer Momoh Kargbo explains.

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Leonhard Peboeck and Robert Muellehner from Fronius International: The best emergency power

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Video: Fronius presents smart emergency power solutions and new hybrid inverters. Whether for the home or commercial use – the manufacturer has high standards for product quality, data protection and European value added. Our experts from Fronius explain how this is achieved.

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Christian Carraro from SolarEdge: „If you only go cheaper, it’s too much of a risk“

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SolarEdge has managed the ups and downs of the solar market in 2024. Newly appointed General Manager Europe Christian Carraro reflects on 2024 and ahead to the coming year. He says: The demand will rise – not sharply but steadily.

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Sweden: New guide for emergency operation with residential PV systems launched

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The Swedish Solar Energy Association (Svensk Solenergi) has launched a guideline to emergency operation in the event of a power outage for household with solar panels. It was presented during the National Conference on Public Health and Defense.

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Kenneth Frey new Head of Europe of SOFAR

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Kenneth Frey switched from Huawei Deutschland to SOFAR. He was appointed to head the European business of the Chinese PV and energy storage manufacturer.

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Sweden: Sungrow supplies 14 MW PV-rooftop installation

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Sungrow supplied inverters for the largest PV rooftop installation in Scandinavia. On the roof of the logistics service provider DSV's site, 24,000 solar modules will generate 14 MW of direct current and supply the 175,000-square-metre logistics centre and a cold store with clean energy.

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Italy: Kostal and EPC utilise former industrial roof for PV

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Kostal and EPC have built a solar system with an output of 1 MW on the roof of an old tobacco processing plant. The bifacial modules ensure a high yield, which the inverters can convert.

Solar panel layout on a rooftop design interface showing shading data and solar production chart in a software application. - © Enphase
Planning software

A planning software that assembles plans in the cloud

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The US company Enphase Energy is now making its cloud-based design and quotation software Solargraf available. The software provides installers with system proposals and planning documents for residential and commercial customers.

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Business models: Clever combination of roof systems

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The solar energy revolution needs every available roof. Systems that use the electricity generated directly on site are particularly efficient. But what can be done when large roofs are available but the building's electricity needs are low? An example from Germany.

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CEO Talk: Frank Henn of Kostal Solar Electric: Solar inverters become universal genies

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Video: Inverters that grow with their tasks: Kostal is launching the new universal genius Plenticore G3, which is also made in Germany. A real innovation! Frank Henn, CEO of Kostal Solar Electric, tells us more about the idea.

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Ramon Li of Growatt: “Good prospects in a sustainably booming market”

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After ten years in the market the Chinese supplier of inverters is still holding the ground. The business is volatile, but that is no news in PV. The sales director for Eastern Europe talks about chances and pitfalls in turbulent times in the polish market.

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SolarPower Europe calls for action plan to save the European PV inverter industry

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In the face of global price and competitive pressure in the PV sector, which is now also affecting large European inverter manufacturers such as SMA and Fronius, the industry association SolarPower Europe is calling for political countermeasures.

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Acquisition of Italian inverter manufacturer Fimer completed

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Following the assignment, in late November 2024, of inverter manufacturer Fimers business complex to MA Solar Italy Limited affiliated to the McLaren Applied Group, the acquisition procedure has been formally completed as planned. Fimer has been officially integrated into the Greybull Capital and McLaren Applied family.

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PV Guided Tours: Lars Brinkmeyer of Kostal Solar Electric: Many solutions with a slim portfolio

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Video: With just three Kostal devices, craftsmen have 27 different performance classes in their toolbox. This is because the latest generation of Kostal's Plenticore grows with its tasks. Lars Brinkmeyer, Head of International Sales at Kostal Solar Electric, explains how this works and what Kostal has developed for the commercial sector.

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Ademotec

A safer way of installing inverters

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Ademotec presents the i-Shelter. This is a mounting system specially designed for the secure and protected installation of inverters on flat roofs, which is also produced in Germany.

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Guluma Megersa of Huawei: Innovative system solutions for C&I use

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Video: Safety and efficiency are at the forefront of Huawei's new products for commercial and industrial application. For example, the new Huawei SUN5000 inverter series links RSD to AFCI to secure not only property safety, but also personnel safety. Power electronics for each battery module and integrated fire protection are further features of the battery storage systems for C&I that ensure maximum safety and cost-effectiveness. Find out in the video now!

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Hamza al-Bazaz of Kaco New Energy: New hybrid inverter for residential applications

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Video: Kaco is introducing a new inverter for storage systems: the Blueplanet hybrid. Find out which storage systems this inverter can be combined with and what other innovations the device has to offer.

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Solar storage

New home storage system with more capacity

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SAX Power's storage system with integrated inverter function is now introducing a new version of the home storage system with more capacity: The new model stores 7.7 kilowatt hours and can be expanded to up to 23 kilowatt hours.

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CEO Talk: Allen Cao of SOFAR: Future-proof solutions for pv and storage

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Video: As the market constantly evolves, SOFAR focuses on innovation to meet the latest demands. The company’s solutions are futureproof and tailored to different markets' needs. What are the upcoming trends in the energy storage market and what to expect from SOFAR? Find out now with Allen Cao, Head of SOFAR Europe!

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Envertech: Gateway for live monitoring and control

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The new version of the optionally available Enverbridge EVB300 communication module from Envertech has a black design. It acts as an intelligent communication interface between the micro inverter and the user.

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Fronius awarded Gold EcoVadis rating – for the second time

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The latest sustainability assessment by the globally recognized rating agency EcoVadis once again gives Fronius a good report card: For the second time running, the Austrian family-owned company was awarded gold.

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Struggling Italian inverter manufacturer Fimer taken over by McLaren Applied Group

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The Extraordinary Commissioners of Italian inverter manufacturer Fimer in Extraordinary Administration have announced that the Company’s business complex has been assigned to MA Solar Italy Limited, part of the McLaren Applied Group, with the support of Greybull Capital. The takeover price was not disclosed.