PV energy management News
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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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SMA Plant-Wide O&M and Central Inverters Selected for the Largest Solar Plant in Canada
Kingston Solar LP has selected SMA operations and maintenance (O&M) services and central inverters for its 140 MW DC photovoltaic system in Kingston, Ontario, which will be the largest solar project in Canada when complete next year. SMA Service will assume operational management of the Kingston Solar project upon commercial operation, and for the next decade. Later this year, SMA will ...
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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 Expands Power Class of Sunny Boy TL-US Series with Secure Power Supply
SMA has added two new models to its popular Sunny Boy TL-US line of transformerless inverters with Secure Power Supply. Ideal for smaller, service-constrained systems and larger residential PV projects, respectively, the Sunny Boy 3800TL-US and 6000TL-US include the capability to provide daytime power in the event of a grid outage. The Sunny Boy 3800TL-US is specially configured for homes with ...
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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 to Power the Volunteer State’s Two Largest Solar Installations
SMA has been selected by Strata Solar, a leading turnkey solar power plant developer, to provide inverters for the two largest solar installations in Tennessee. Each totaling 20 MW DC, the Selmer and Mulberry utility solar farms in Selmer will include a combined 36 Sunny Central 800CP-US inverters. The systems are expected to be complete in December. The Selmer and Mulberry installations will ...
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SMA Expands Distribution Program with Five Industry Leaders
SMA America has expanded its recently launched distribution program with five leading distributors representing the residential, commercial and battery-based market segments. These partnerships will provide enhanced benefits to solar professionals while offering greater product availability. Additional distributors include: · Focused Energy · ...
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Solar Leader Gives Industry Professionals the Inside Advantage with New Program, SMA Advance
SMA has launched a new, free program that will help solar professionals stay informed and competitive in a constantly evolving industry. SMA Advance is a membership-based program that offers advanced product information, technical training, exclusive events, and more. Solar professionals can join by visiting www.SMA-Advance.com. “As the world leader in solar inverter technology and ...
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SMA Expands Service Portfolio with Plant-Wide Operations and Maintenance Plans
SMA--already the world’s largest servicer of solar inverters—now offers plant-wide operations and maintenance (O&M) as part of its top-ranked service portfolio in North America. Available in three plans—Preventative, Proactive and Performance—SMA provides world-class O&M services that increase performance ratios, optimize power production and simplify long-term ...
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SMA Compact MV Power Platform a Turnkey Solution for Utility-Scale PV Plants
SMA has introduced an improved, re-engineered version of its Medium-Voltage Power Platform. The new Compact MV Power Platform is an integrated, comprehensive power conversion solution for utility-scale PV plants in the North American market. It maximizes energy production while minimizing risk to EPCs, utilities and investors. Available in 1.0 to 1.8 megawatt models, the Compact MV Power ...
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SMA Solar Technology AG Surpasses 1 GW of O&M Contracts
In just over one year, SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) has earned more than 1 GW of operations and maintenance (O&M) contracts worldwide. Since launching its plant-wide O&M services in late 2013, SMA has assumed operational management of 840 MW of PV in North America and 180 MW in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The company plans to further expand its O&M services in North ...
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SMA America Production Welcomes General Manager of U.S. Technology
Michael Mendik has been tapped as the general manager of U.S. technology for SMA America Production, LLC, the Denver-based manufacturing division of global solar technology leader SMA Solar Technology AG. In this role, Mendik oversees product technology for SMA’s Power Plant Solutions group in North America. This includes the popular Sunny Central inverter line and Medium Voltage ...
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New SMA Distribution Program to Maximize Customer Benefits, Increase Service and Support
SMA America has launched a new distribution program through which it will partner with leading distributors across the U.S., providing enhanced benefits to solar professionals and offering greater product availability. SMA will partner with full-service distributors in the residential, commercial and off-grid segments. “This is an important step forward for SMA and its new partners,” ...
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SMA America Joins GRID Alternatives to Bring Solar to Low-income Homes
To support the mission of access to solar for everyone, SMA America will participate in a project with nonprofit GRID Alternatives this weekend to change the lives of one low-income family in Yuba City, Calif. A group of nine volunteers from SMA will join the GRID Alternatives team to install a brand new 2.3 kW system Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20. “It means a great deal to SMA ...
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SMA Now Shipping Highly Anticipated Sunny Boy 240-US Micro Inverter
SMA’s 240-watt micro inverter is now available to the North American residential solar market. The Sunny Boy 240-US offers leading efficiency, design flexibility, simplicity and module-level optimization, all backed by SMA’s unrivaled bankability and service support. It also features exclusive SMA Sunny Multigate technology, which maximizes system reliability. With class-leading, ...
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SMA Affirms Status as Number One Utility-Scale PV Solutions Provider in Canada with 100 MW Order
SMA Canada has been chosen to supply solar inverters and operations and maintenance (O&M) services for the Grand Renewable Solar project, a utility-scale, ground-mounted PV system located in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. Upon commercial operation, and for the next decade, SMA Service will assume operational management of the 100-megawatt PV system from Grand Renewable Solar LP. Early ...
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SMA Increases Performance of Decentralized Commercial PV Plants with New Three-Phase, Transformerless Inverter
SMA has released its best-selling inverter to the North American solar market. The Sunny Tripower TL-US is a three-phase, transformerless inverter featuring unmatched design flexibility, high efficiency and enhanced safety, making it the ideal solution for decentralized commercial photovoltaic plants. It is available in 12, 15, 20 and 24 kilowatt models. “With the Sunny Tripower TL-US, SMA ...
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SMA Concludes Acquisition of Majority Stake in Zeversolar
SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA/FWB: S92) has concluded the acquisition of a majority stake of 72.5% in Jiangsu Zeversolar New Energy Co., Ltd., a leading inverter manufacturer in China. The acquisition of a majority share in Zeversolar was approved by the Chinese government authorities. Zeversolar's products are specially tailored to the requirements of the Chinese photovoltaic market. This ...
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SMA Redefines Residential Solar Market with New Transformerless Inverter
After much anticipation, SMA is now taking orders for its new transformerless inverters designed specifically for the North American market. SMA’s Sunny Boy 3000TL-US/4000TL-US/5000TL-US inverters are an innovative residential solution featuring maximum energy production, flexible design, simple installation, and advanced communication and monitoring control. The inverter’s Secure ...
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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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