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Major product portfolio expansion in the area of energy distribution: new re-sidual current transformers as well as intelligent AC/DC current transformers
In the field of heavy cur-rent measurement, current transformers are essential. Among the important parameters are reliability and accuracy, to guarantee very lengthy service life. A measurement device like this one from Camille Bauer Metrawatt AG, developed and manu-factured in Switzerland, normally always needs one current transformer for each conductor, which is why these products are so ...
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SMA Upgrades Efficiency, Power Output of Sunny Island Inverters
SMA has released its new Sunny Island 4548-US and 6048-US off-grid solar inverters for the North American market. Expanding upon the proven technology of the Sunny Island 5048-US, these devices reach a new maximum efficiency of 96 percent and CEC-weighted efficiencies up to 94.5 percent, as well as up to a 20 percent increase in power output for the Sunny Island 6048-US. The Sunny Island 4548-US ...
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SMA Announces Availability of Extended Temperature Range Sunny Boy Inverters for Canadian Solar Market
SMA Canada has released a temperature-hardened version of its Sunny Boy, the world’s most popular solar inverter. Designed specifically for the Canadian PV market, the new Sunny Boy 5000-US, 6000-US, 7000-US and 8000-US are ideal for residential and commercial applications and feature an extended operating temperature range to -40 Celsius. “These new inverters include all of the ...
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World’s Largest Web-Based PV Monitoring Solution Reaches 50,000 Registered Solar Systems
With 50,000 registered solar arrays in more than 100 countries, including the United States and Canada, SMA’s Sunny Portal is the world’s largest Web platform for monitoring, managing and presenting photovoltaic systems. That equates to 3.5 gigawatts of power monitored via the Sunny Portal Web site and iPhone application, both free services. “SMA’s Sunny Portal is ...
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Fronius USA Solar Electronics Division Launches New Fronius Service Program
PORTAGE, Ind., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The new Fronius Service Program helps photovoltaic (PV) system installers maximize customer energy yields by certifying them to complete board-level replacements in the field, reducing system downtime to minutes instead of days. Launched by the Fronius USA Solar Electronics Division in March 2013, the Fronius Service Program will offer training ...
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SMA Provides Solar Installers Increased Flexibility with New 30-48 kW Sunny Tower Configurations
SMA has expanded the capacity of its Sunny Tower inverter system, which is ideal for commercial-scale PV arrays, to include 30 through 48 kW configurations. With the Sunny Tower, solar professionals can now install any combination of SMA Sunny Boy 5000-US, 6000-US, 7000-US and 8000-US inverters to create a custom power output based on the overall PV system design. These Sunny Boy models are ...
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ASTM E2848 - 11 standard test method for reporting photovoltaic non-concentrator system performance
Because there are a number of choices in this test method that depend on different applications and system configurations, it is the responsibility of the user of this test method to specify the details and protocol of an individual system power measurement prior to the beginning of a measurement. Unlike device-level measurements that report ...
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SMA Releases Most Efficient High-Frequency, Slim-Line Inverter on the Market
SMA America is now shipping the Sunny Boy HF-US line of high-frequency, residential solar inverters. SMA’s most installer-friendly models to date, the UL-Certified Sunny Boy 2000HF-US, 2500HF-US and 3000HF-US grid-tied inverters feature a slim enclosure, reduced weight, modern graphic display and industry-leading CEC efficiencies. Sunny Boy HF models are ideal for 2-3kW solar arrays and ...
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SMA Sunny PRO Club Expands Regional Forum Program, Adds New Dates Through 2012
As popular demand for SMA Regional Forum events continues, additional dates have been announced through 2012. SMA’s Sunny PRO Club—a membership-based professional partnership program for solar installers—will host six Regional Forums during the latter half of 2012. The remaining events—free with pre-registration—are planned for select U.S. cities, with the next ...
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SMA Sunny Portal iPhone Application Provides Systems Data Anytime, Anywhere
ROCKLIN, Calif., Oct. 27, 2010—Critical performance data from any photovoltaic (PV) system is now available on the iPhone with the SMA Sunny Portal application. Available for free download from the Apple App Store, it allows solar power system owners and operators to manage, monitor and display PV system performance instantly, anytime and anywhere. SMA’s first iPhone application, the ...
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SMA Expands Sunny Portal Accessibility with New Android Application
Smartphone users with the Android operating system can now access critical performance data from any photovoltaic (PV) system on the SMA Sunny Portal, the world’s largest Web-based PV monitoring solution. Available for free download from the Android Market, the SMA Sunny Portal Android application allows solar power system owners and operators to manage, monitor and display PV system ...
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SMA America unveils new sunny beam PV system monitor
Solar power system owners looking for a compact, simple-to-use and attractive way to monitor and display their system’s performance can now do so utilizing the SMA Sunny Beam. SMA America, LLC has announced the immediate availability of the new desktop solar power system monitor, which also now features Bluetooth® wireless technology. The Sunny Beam is compact and lightweight, making it small ...
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Eaton to Demonstrate Solutions for Maximising Solar Power Harvest at Intersolar Europe 2013
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton today announced it will be presenting its portfolio of electrical solutions for the safe, efficient harvest and grid connection of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy at Intersolar Europe 2013, one of the world’s leading exhibitions for the solar industry, from 19 - 21 June in Munich, Germany. Eaton and recently acquired Cooper Industries will ...
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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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Bloomberg New Energy Finance Selects 2013 New Energy Pioneers
Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the leading provider of independent insight, data and news on the transformation of the energy sector, today announced its selection of the 2013 New Energy Pioneers. The winners were recognized on stage at the sixth annual Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit in New York City. This year’s winners (listed in full below) represent a broad range of sectors ...
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Locus Energy Launches the LGate 310 - the First Smart Meter Designed for Light Commercial Solar Monitoring
Locus Energy has launched the LGate 310 -- a digital smart meter optimized for monitoring light commercial solar photovoltaic installations. The combined power meter and datalogger makes it easier than ever to remotely monitor and maintain PV systems. Together with the web-based Locus Platform that provides an overview dashboard as well as patented analytics, the LGate 310 enables solar fleet ...
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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 ...
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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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SMA Introduces webconnect monitoring for residential and small commercial PV systems
SMA has unveiled a new solution that simplifies online monitoring of residential and small commercial photovoltaic systems. Webconnect enables direct data transmission from the inverter to SMA’s Sunny Portal, the world’s largest Web-based PV monitoring platform, through the system owner’s existing Internet connection, without the need for additional communications or ...
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