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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 ...
By Solar Max
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Hans-Georg Schweikardt is the new Head of product management of the Sputnik Engineering AG
With effect from today, Hans-Georg Schweikardt is the new manager in charge of Sputnik’s product management department at the company’s headquarters in Biel. Schweikardt has been employed at the German branch of the Swiss solar inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering GmbH since 2004, first as a sales engineer, then as head of sales. “Through moving to the company’s headquarters, I can now have ...
By Solar Max
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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 ...
By Solar Max
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Sputnik engineering, a Swiss manufacturer of solar system inverters, has a new managing director for its French subsidiary
Didier Jeannelle is the new managing director of Sputnik's French subsidiary Sputnik Engineering France S.A.R.L. Today, at the Energaia Trade Fair in Montpellier, he will take over from Daniel Freudiger, who has headed the French subsidiary since its founding last year. Freudiger will now move to Sputnik's Swiss headquarters to become head of sales and marketing with a focus on the continued ...
By Solar Max
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SMA Wins 2014 Leadership in Solar Power Award
Readers of Solar Power World magazine have named SMA the winner of the 2014 Leadership in Solar Power award. SMA was recognized as the inverter manufacturer that best exemplifies innovation, ingenuity and hard work for the success of the entire solar industry. The award was based on votes by solar professionals. SMA was recognized for its 30 years of experience, 30 gigawatts of installed ...
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Solar Demand Outlook: Asia Pacific
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Solar Demand Outlook: Asia Pacific http://www.reportlinker.com/p01083457/Solar-Demand-Outlook-Asia-Pacific.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=NoCategory The Asia Pacific region has significant potential for deployment of solar technologies. In the past, with the exception of ...
By ReportLinker
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First Reserve private equity group buys European solar energy firms
First Reserve Corporation, the leading private equity firm specialising in the energy industry, has completed the acquisition of Gamesa Solar, the leading solar energy company in Spain, for a total consideration of €261 million. Together with the acquisition in Italy of Ener3,which has an established track record of designing and building photovoltaic power plants, First Reserve has created a ...
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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 ...
By Solar Max
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SMA Aligns North American Sales under New Leadership
SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) has tapped Marko Wittich, the company’s current executive vice president of sales for the Americas region, to also helm SMA America. In addition to his role as EVP, Wittich has assumed the president and general manager functions for SMA’s U.S.-based subsidiary, leading all product sales and marketing activities in North America. His focus is on ...
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Winds of change for Spanish PV inverters
Since the middle of 2009, fitters have increasingly installed PV plants on industrial roofs in Spain , a set up which demands smaller inverters. The new Royal Decree, RD 1578/2008 caps the additional construction of photovoltaic plants and, in particular, reduces the number of large free-standing systems. “We have a large spectrum of inverters with outputs from 1.8 kilowatts up to 1 megawatt and ...
By Solar Max
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SMA Reinvents Iconic Residential Inverter Line with Sunny Boy 5.0-US/6.0-US
SMA has continued the evolution of its iconic Sunny Boy inverter line with a complete redesign of its popular models with Secure Power Supply. Developed to best suit the needs of the North American residential PV market, the UL-listed Sunny Boy 5.0-US/6.0-US offers simplified processes and a robust feature set that allows for reduced costs across all residential PV business operations. Its ...
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my-PV launches AC-THOR 9s power controller for hot water and space heating from photovoltaics on the market
The new power controller AC-THOR 9s can control both electrical room heating and water heaters up to 9 kilowatts of power linearly. It controls three-phase heating elements or up to three electrical heat sources and can even supply several heating circuits and regulate them independently of each other. Because it communicates with inverters, battery systems and smart home controls, the ...
By Siemens AG
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SMA’s New Grid Emulation Service Brings Hundreds of Megawatts Online within Days
On the heels of its successful operations and maintenance (O&M) launch, SMA has unveiled another exclusive utility-scale service: Grid Emulation™. An industry first, it accelerates power plant start-up and significantly pulls forward commercial operation dates before grid connection is accessible, enabling hundreds of megawatts of PV power to be brought online in a matter of days. ...
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SMA Wins Inaugural Greentech Media Grid Edge 20 Award
SMA has received the inaugural Grid Edge 20 Award by Greentech Media, which recognized it as one of the most innovative companies leading the charge into grid edge modernization. Grid Edge 20 is a selection of technology vendors serving the electric power market that have the potential to shape the market going forward with innovative products, sound market strategies and forward-looking ...
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40 megawatts for the Czech Republic
By the end of 2010 the company Nobility Solar Projects plans to more than double the amount of PC output it has already installed. “Since 2008 we have constructed solar power plants with a total output of 18 megawatts”, says Roman Kocí,commercial director at Nobility Solar Projects and then adds, “in 2010 this number will rise to 40 megawatts. We think the market will develop quickly next year if ...
By Solar Max
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SMA Announces Rebate Program for Sunny Boy 240-US Micro Inverter
SMA has rolled out a rebate program for its Sunny Boy 240-US micro inverter. Installers can now receive $10 cash back for each Sunny Boy 240-US purchased in the United States through December 31, 2015, with no quantity limitations. Redeeming the rebate is simple and can be completed in two easy steps. First, installers must purchase the Sunny Boy 240-US from a participating SMA Authorized ...
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SMA’s Sunny Portal Reaches 100 Terawatt Hours of Clean Solar Energy Monitoring on Earth Day
SMA’s Sunny Portal has reached a milestone achievement of 100 terawatt hours (TWh) of solar energy monitoring on Earth Day. This achievement, which affirms Sunny Portal’s status as a leading Web-based PV monitoring platform, is the equivalent of avoiding more than 70 million tons of carbon dioxide from entering Earth’s atmosphere. “Reaching 100 TWh of energy in ...
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The 2nd Annual Solar Projects Egypt successfully launched
Under the patronage of the New and Renewable Energy Authority, Advanced Conferences & Meetings has successfully launched Solar Projects Egypt in its 2nd consecutive edition. Held at the Fairmont Heliopolis & Towers, Cairo, this event addresses the progress updates on the successful financing, designing and construction of solar plants under Egypt’s Solar round one FIT scheme. ...
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Grid Integration of Large Scale Renewables in the MENA Region
Renewables Academy starts a new capacity building project for Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia on grid integration of renewable energies In order to empower professionals in the MENA region to be able to cope with high volumes of renewable energy power in their electricity systems, the Renewables Academy AG (RENAC) was commissioned by the Federal Ministry for the ...
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SMA Adds Versatile 60kW Model to Popular Sunny Tripower Inverter Line
SMA is now taking orders for its newest solution for medium to large-scale PV plants: the Sunny Tripower 60-US. This 60 kW inverter combines the advantages of a decentralized system layout with the benefits of a centralized inverter design, bringing together the best of both worlds. It offers high efficiency, industry-leading power density, easy installation, simple commissioning and low ...
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