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Sputnik’s string inverters certified for Portugal
The SolarMax string inverters from Sputnik Engineering AG have been approved for use in Portuguese solar power plants. At the end of February, the four devices of the SolarMax S series, with nominal outputs from 1.8 to 4.6 kilowatts, received the official certificate from the Portuguese government office. “In particular, Portugal promotes small solar power plants with very high rates of ...
By Solar Max
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Sputnik extends guarantee for SolarMax string inverters to twelve years
Sputnik Engineering is convinced of the quality of its solar inverters. At the largest specialist trade fair for solar technology world-wide – Intersolar – the Swiss inverter manufacturer will announce that it is extending the guarantee for its string inverters. The standard guarantee for the four devices of the SolarMax S series with nominal outputs from 1.8 to 4.6 kilowatts is currently five ...
By Solar Max
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30% Growth in Inverter Shipments Catapults PrimeVOLT into 2nd Place HOT!
(Taipei) The results for PV inverter shipments in the first half of 2021 have now been released. Competition is heated up this year with PrimeVOLT, a major inverter marker, snapping at the heels of Delta, another Taiwanese company. Chinese and other imported inverter brands were left in the dust, catapulting PrimeVOLT into 2nd place in a fiercely competitive market. PrimeVOLT is a local PV ...
By PrimeVOLT
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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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NREL simulates shade conditions in repeatable test for solar arrays
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a new repeatable test protocol that simulates real shade conditions and can predict with much greater precision the effects of shade on a solar array. The new test demonstrated that under heavy shading conditions the use of microinverters instead of typical string inverters can help mitigate the ...
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Swiss inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering AG employs new managing director for the company´s branch office in Spain
Fernando Sánchez García is the new general manager of the Sputnik Engineering Ibérica S.r.l. in Madrid. He succeeds the previous general manager Alejandro Lupion who has successfully built up the subsidiary from a start-up to one of the largest suppliers of PV inverters in Spain. Since September 15, Fernando Sánchez García is responsible for all activities of Sputnik in Spain. “Leading ...
By Solar Max
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Sungrow String Inverters Passed VDE-ASIG Reliability Tests
Recently, Sungrow's SG15KTL, SG20KTL and SG30KTL PV inverters successfully passed the extensive reliability tests of the German Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies ("VDE") laboratory ASIG, a complementary long-term operation reliability test based in Augsburg, Germany. So far in the European market, only a few inverters have passed the ASIG test. Focusing on the ...
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Expansion of the inverter portfolio
With immediate effect the product range of the three-phase inverters in the important power segment – less than 10 kW – is being expanded by two new devices. The GermanPV offers three phase string inverters from Power-One in versions 6.0 and 8.0. Both models benefit from the technology, which has proven itself in the transformerless PVI-10.0/12.5 AURORA inverters. The devices are ...
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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 ...
By Solar Max
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Sungrow´s SG30KTL Obtains Double-A Grade from Photon Lab´s Test
Sungrow's SG30KTL has been awarded a double-A grade evaluation ("Sehr Gut") by Photon Lab for both medium and high irradiation, commendably following its siblings, Sungrow's 4kW and 15kW inverters. So far, the SG30KTL has climbed to 5th in the Photon ranking of all tested inverters and 1st of all Asian inverters, as well as the 1st in all string inverters with power above 20kW. The SG30KTL, ...
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Shanghai Dowell Technology prepares to celebrate its tenth anniversary
Dowell is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and has invited customers from all over the world to come and join them in a five-star hotel in Beijing for an enjoyable day with the management and staff. Many entertainments will take place and a good time is assured. A spokesperson said, “The PV industry is volatile and many companies arrived and closed and did not make it to the ...
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Companies preparing for solar market growth in MENA attending MENASOL
With over 3GW of solar forecast to be completed in the Middle East & North Africa by 2020, over 150 senior executives from leading solar companies will be meeting at the 6th Annual Middle East & North Africa Solar Conference & Exhibition taking place on 6-7 May in Dubai. At MENASOL( 6-7 May, Dubai) companies planning or currently making investments in solar such as Mohammed al ...
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Social democratic party visits production facility of Sputnik Engineering AG in Biel, Switzerland
Around 80 politicians of the Swiss Social Democratic Party (SP) toured the new production facility of the Swiss manufacturer and took a look at the production of the SolarMax string inverters from up close. At first the party members went into the preparation area, where Sputnik’s production employees load transport wagons. Nearby in the assembly area, they then saw how the employees put four ...
By Solar Max
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IDC Energy Insights MarketScape Evaluates North American Residential Solar Inverter Market
IDC Energy Insights announced today the availability of a new IDC MarketScape report designed to help installers of residential photovoltaic (PV) systems evaluate inverter technologies and make informed decisions about which vendors to avoid and which to engage. This comprehensive study, IDC MarketScape: North American Residential Solar Inverter Market, ...
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SMA increases its technological edge in the photovoltaic market with the acquisition of OKE`s Module Inverter Technology
SMA Solar Technology AG announces today the acquisition of the module inverters (micro-inverters) technology platform from the Dutch company OKE-Services. In the coming years, SMA will continue to develop this technology and launch its own module inverter product range. In order to expand its product portfolio in the lower range power classes and to meet all customer requirements in the future, ...
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Solar inverter success in Slovenia
The Slovenian distributor Sonel is presenting products of the Swiss PV inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering at the biggest Slovenian trade fair from September 9 to September 16. In addition, the two companies developed the first central inverter installation, the First Solar Village and the highest PV Plant in Slovenia from September 2008 until July 2009. At the biggest annual trade and ...
By Solar Max
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Sungrow puts flagship PV inverter solutions on show at Intersolar South America 2019
Sungrow, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables, showcased its latest PV inverter solutions tailored for utility-scale and distributed generation installations at Intersolar South America 2019, demonstrating its mission of clean power for all through consistent efforts in providing world class products and post-sales service for the Latin American renewable energy sector. ...
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Sputnik launches megawatt station
The Swiss manufacturer of solar inverters, Sputnik Engineering AG, is launching a new central inverter in October. The device with the name SolarMax 330C-SV (SV stands for special voltage) has a rated capacity of 330 kilowatts and works in the MPP range between 450 and 800 volts. As many as three SolarMax 330C-SVs can be combined in one megawatt station which can then be directly fed into the ...
By Solar Max
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Sungrow Presents New PV Inverters Again at Intersolar 2013
Sungrow, a leading provider of renewable energy and the largest Asian producer of PV inverters, will participate in and present new PV inverters at the Intersolar 2013 exhibition in Munich, Germany on June 19, 2013, booth no.: B5-130. This past May, Sungrow introduced four new products and turnkey solutions for MW-inverters, the new SG500MX, SG250K3, SG100K3 and SG1000TS-MV at SNEC in Shanghai. ...
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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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