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First Solar Creates Utility Systems Business
Jens Meyerhoff Named Business Leader TEMPE, Ariz. - First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it has formed a utility systems business group to address the large-scale photovoltaic (PV) system solutions market. Jens Meyerhoff, 45, has been named president of the group. Mr. Meyerhoff has served as First Solar’s chief financial officer since 2006. “With the pending completion ...
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World`s Largest Solar Power Plant Produces Power with Canadian Solar Modules
Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar companies, today announced that it has supplied 636,000 solar modules for the world's largest solar complex in southern Brandenburg, Germany. Canadian Solar provided 148 MW of the system's total 166 MW to its two partners, saferay and GP JOULE. A portion of the system's core output, approximately 78 MW, was implemented by ...
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SMA Enhances Safety, Serviceability with New Disconnect Unit
SMA has announced the availability of its Disconnect Unit, which provides additional safety and increased serviceability to any large-scale photovoltaic (PV) system. SMA’s UL-Certified Disconnect Unit fully complies with NEC 2011 safety standards and is compatible with Sunny Central inverters in 600V to 1000V arrays. The Disconnect Unit provides maximum safety by disconnecting the direct ...
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Ampt Receives Follow-on Order for String Optimizers Totaling 390 MW of Solar+Storage in Chile
Ampt, a DC optimizer company for large-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems, this week announced that it has received an order for Ampt String Optimizers for 210 MW as a follow-on to the company’s successful delivery of 180 MW earlier this year. The combined 390 MW of Ampt optimizers will power Chile’s largest solar plus energy storage power plant initiative. Ampt’s patented optimizer technology plays ...
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U.S.A. become strong Solar Installation Market
U.S.A. become strong Solar Installation Market The Solar PV installation in the U.S.A. reach high record about 1.4 GW 2013, and the total solar installation reach about 4.2 GW in 2013, grow 15% compare with 2012,make it the important PV market in the world. Large scale PV projects still dominated the U.S. solar installation, which account for about 80% of solar installation capacity. The large ...
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SMA America to unveil new products at Solar Power International Conference
ROCKLIN, Calif., Sept. 17, 2008—SMA America, Inc., the United States subsidiary of global solar technology giant SMA Solar Technology AG, will unveil its newest, most innovative products at the Solar Power International conference, scheduled Oct. 13-16 at the San Diego Convention Center. In addition to exhibiting its next generation Sunny Central 250U commercial inverter and Sunny Island 5048U ...
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NREL data set shows clouds` effects on solar power
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)has produced and made available a rich data set showing what happens, second-by-second, when clouds pass over a solar power installation. Seventeen measurement stations near Hawaii’s Honolulu International Airport on the island of Oahu collected data at 1-second intervals over the course of a year. The ...
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SMA Blazes Trail for Residential Solar with New UL Listing for Sunny Boy Inverters
Today SMA America announced the Sunny Boy-US series as the first residential inverter to achieve UL 1741 SA (Supplement A) listing, which represents a significant step in creating a more stable grid and providing the best technology for the residential market. SMA has completed functional and safety testing with the Sunny Boy-US series of inverters according to the published UL 1741 SA Standard, ...
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SMA Launches the World’s First Medium Voltage Station for String Inverters
SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) has launched the world’s first medium-voltage station in a 10-foot container for Sunny Tripower inverters, the MVS-STP, thereby expanding its portfolio serving decentralized photovoltaic power plants. The turnkey MVS-STP solution, specifically designed for string inverters, considerably simplifies setup of photovoltaic power plants with a decentralized system ...
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SMA Solar Technology AG Establishes New PV Subsidiary in Brazil
SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) is furthering its support of the Latin American solar market with a new PV subsidiary in Brazil. SMA Brazil conducts all sales, project planning, service and technical training for the entire country, with the support of regional subsidiary SMA South America, located in Chile. It offers SMA’s entire product portfolio of residential, commercial and utility-scale ...
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SMA Launches Cost-effective and Flexible Inverter for High-voltage Batteries
SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) is launching a new high-voltage battery compatible inverter for private households. With the new SMA Sunny Boy Storage SMA is the only provider that can currently offer an AC-coupled system for high-voltage batteries. The Sunny Boy Storage ensures the cost-effective, easy and flexible integration of storage solutions into new or existing photovoltaic systems. SMA is ...
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SMA to Unveil Never-Before-Seen Residential and Commercial PV Solutions at Solar Power International
SMA will showcase next-generation residential and commercial solutions designed to make integration easier, more flexible and more profitable at indoor and outdoor exhibits at Solar Power International 2016, September 12–15 in Las Vegas. Visitors to booth #959 will see the North American debut of the SMA Smart Home, featuring Sunny Boy PV, module-level and Sunny Boy Storage technologies. ...
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Intersolar Europe 2016: Great Interest from Visitors and Awards for SMA System Solutions for Cost-Efficient Use of Photovoltaics
System solutions that pay off: SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) presented innovative system solutions for all areas of photovoltaics at Intersolar Europe 2016 in Munich. The main focus was on intelligent energy management and storage solutions to optimize self-consumption of self-generated solar power. Particularly strong visitor interest was generated by the storage solution featuring the Sunny Boy ...
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SMA is First Manufacturer to Achieve UL 1741 SA Certification for Smart Solar Inverters
SMA is the first inverter manufacturer to complete functional and safety testing with UL according to the UL 1741 SA (Supplement A) draft standard, which identifies inverter functions required for optimal grid stability. To achieve that, SMA enhanced the smart-inverter capabilities of its popular Sunny Boy TL-US series of inverters with Secure Power Supply to help maintain voltage, frequency and ...
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SMA Sunny Central String-Monitor Provides Insurance for Energy Yields
ROCKLIN, Calif., Dec. 15, 2010—Large-scale PV system owners can now protect their investments with SMA America’s Sunny Central String-Monitor-US, which instantly and accurately detects power deviations by measuring and comparing individual string currents. These interruptions can then be corrected by system owners immediately, reducing the duration of suboptimal system performance ...
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Trina Solar: New Milestone for the Swiss Market
ZURICH, Aug. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, today announced the completion of the first large-scale rooftop PV system in Switzerland to use the Company's high-performance Honey ...
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SMA to Power 110 MW AC Catalina Solar Energy Project in California
In continued collaboration with renewable energy developer EDF Renewable Energy, formerly enXco, SMA will supply Medium-Voltage Power Platforms for a 110 MW AC solar plant in Kern County, Calif. The project, which will be EDF Renewable Energy’s largest utility-scale solar project in the U.S. to date, is scheduled for Phase I commissioning in December 2012. SMA was selected for the project ...
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SMA America releases the industry`s most efficient central inverter
SMA America, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of global solar technology giant SMA Solar Technology AG, has unveiled the next generation Sunny Central 250U central inverter for commercial photovoltaic (PV) systems. The updated unit delivers industry-leading efficiency—97 percent, by CEC-weighting standards—along with an integrated isolation transformer and an updated user interface with an intuitive ...
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SMA America selected for largest commercial solar installation in Georgia
United Renewable Energy, LLC (URE) has commissioned the largest commercial solar installation in the state of Georgia at the USFloors building in Dalton. Based on its quality and efficiency, an SMA Sunny Central 250U inverter was chosen to convert the solar energy collected by almost 700 solar modules into grid-compatible electricity.The 144.48 kilowatt solar array was designed by URE, the ...
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Eaton presents class-leading solutions at Solar Energy UK
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton will be presenting, at this year’s Solar Energy UK exhibition, a comprehensive portfolio of products and solutions that have been specifically developed to facilitate the grid connection of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy sources. Eaton will be on stand F34 at the exhibition, which is the UK’s largest dedicated solar energy event, where the ...
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