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SolarMax central inverter receives BDEW unit certificate

Most powerful central inverter of Sputnik Engineering meets the criteria of the BDEW Medium-Voltage Directive.

Biel, 18 August 2011 : Newly commissioned grid-coupled inverters equipped with a direct medium-voltage connection in Germany must demonstrate their compliance with the directive “Generator plants on the medium-voltage network” by means of a unit certificate of the BDEW (German Association of Energy and Water Industries). The SolarMax central in

Aug. 18, 2011

Solarcentury installs a 5 megawatts solar park in Great Britain using SolarMax inverters

One of the largest solar parks in Great Britain has sprung up on Mingay Farm in Cambridgeshire. The British company Solarcentury installed the 14 hectare park with an output of five megawatts.

In the County of Cambridgeshire solar radiation is good, comparable with that in the south of Germany . The 19,960 solar modules installed in the Mingay Farm project generate enough energy to supply up to 1,200 homes and the solar power station will save 55,000 tons of carbon

Aug. 17, 2011

Top of the tree: SolarMax MT series awarded two `very good` marks at the Photon test

The trade publication Photon tested the SolarMax 13MT three-phase string inverter and awarded it with the prized "very good" seal of approval for its efficiency. The Sputnik Engineering AG device functions "not only precisely, but also efficiently" with MPP tracking and, according to the editors, also achieved other "very good results". This means that the device is one of the leading test candidates and "is an exemplary demonstration of the current string inverter trend: Three trackers ease

Jul. 25, 2011

The PV industry and market in 2013 - SolarPlaza stages top-level PV vision and strategy conference “The Solar Future II” on June 8 in Munich, Germany

SolarPlaza´s second “Solar Future Conference” is a platform to hear and meet business leaders in the global solar PV market. The conference will focus on vision and strategies related to solar industry supply, market demand, technology, business strategy, cost, and financial trends. It will take place in the same city as the world´s largest trade fair for solar technology - the Intersolar Europe - that starts one day later, on June 9.

At this top-level conferen

May. 26, 2010

Expansion and move to Lyon

The French subsidiary of the Swiss manufacturer of inverters for photovoltaic systems Sputnik Engineering AG is moving today from Paris to Saint Priest near Lyon . `In the south-east of France there are the largest number of solar plants, especially in the Rhône-Alpes region. Lyon has also become a magnet for the solar industry. Roughly half of all French PV installation companies have their headquarters in this region`, says Didier Jeannelle, head of Sputnik`s French subsidiary. The managing d

Apr. 12, 2010

Swiss inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering creates subsidiary for international sales

On 1 April, at its headquarters in Biel , the Swiss inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering AG will launch a new subsidiary, Sputnik Engineering International AG. In future, the new subsidiary will be responsible for sales, service and customer advisory services in all those countries which do not yet have a Sputnik branch location. This does not impact the work of already existing subsidiaries in Germany, Spain, Italy and France.

The markets serviced by Sputnik Engineering International

Mar. 25, 2010

Based in Memmingen, off-grid specialist Phaesun wins bid and builds solar systems for telecommunications plants in Burkina Faso

Along with its partner Ikratos Africa, based in Burkina Faso ’s capitol Ouagadougou , Phaesun GmbH from Memmingen, Germany ,is constructing ten solar power plants in Koudougou Region in Burkina Faso , to be finished at the end of March. The solar modules will produce electricity for telecommunications plants. The contracting party is the telecommunications company Telecel Faso, which has been able to cover 75 % of the network with diesel-powered telecommunications plants so far. This project i

Mar. 4, 2010

Sonel commissions the largest Slovenian photovoltaic plant equipped with SolarMax inverters.

The Slovenian wholesaler Sonel has built the largest PV plant equipped with SolarMax inverter in the northern Slovenian town of Gornji Petrovci. With a total capacity of 81 kilowatts the free-standing system is also the largest in the region Prekmurje. In spring, Sonel and Sputnik Engineering will officially inaugurate the plant. Sonel employee Andreja Knez expects that the system will produce more than 80,000 kilowatt-hours with environmentally-friendly solar power.

Two SolarMax central inv

Feb. 5, 2010

Sputnik Engineering, the Swiss inverter manufacturer, launches the MaxVisio touchscreen unit

MaxVisio displays the daily values of a photovoltaic plant in a single view. Sputnik Engineering launched the new display unit shortly before Christmas. It features a colour touch-screen and can be hung on the wall or placed on a desktop. It can display both the actual output of a photovoltaic plant as well as a record of its monthly, yearly, and total outputs. If the MaxMeteo sensor is also installed, the irradiation data and the solar cell temperatures can also be read. An integrated data logg

Jan. 11, 2010

Sputnik commissions a 8.6-megawatt plant in the German town of Gerwisch near Magdeburg

The Swiss inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering has commissioned its largest PV plant to date in Germany in the town of Gerwisch near Magdeburg. With a total capacity of 8.6 megawatts the system is also the largest in the region. Sputnik`s service technician Andreas Rittner connected the record-holding plant to the medium‑voltage grid on 14 December.

The operator of the PV plant is Pegasus Vertriebs GmbH. The company, based in Mainaschaff in greater Aschaffenburg, is specialised i

Dec. 21, 2009