What legislation does the inverter need to comply with? Development engineers at SMA face this question with every launch into a new market.
Shaken, not Stirred: Environmental and EMC Testing
From Matthias Gaßmann (guest post) on 04.05.2012 in Category Company with 0 Comments
Sparking the Social Web
From Leonie Blume on 27.04.2012 in Category Company with 3 Comments
Jannis Rudzki-Weise wrote his bachelor’s thesis on the potential of the social web for corporate communication in the renewable energy industry. He conducted interviews at four international companies in this sector for his thesis. Jannis shares his insights on the value of entering the social web, factors businesses should consider, and concrete recommendations for action.
How to get a Sunny Central to the 11th floor
From Virag Satra (guest post) on 25.04.2012 in Category Company with 3 Comments
SMA India recently placed a Sunny Central 630 CP in the Solar Academy. Now, that -per se- does not seem like a really big news. But consider this – the office is located on the 11th floor, the elevators are for persons only and the weight of the Sunny Central is 1800 kg. Crazy idea – one might say. Not quite. When I joined SMA last October, talks were already going on about bringing the CP in India. The German service team was co-ordinating with the Indian counterparts. The SMA Office was also designed after due considerations to get the Sunny Central in the office smoothly.
BRE – the UK’s best kept sustainable secret
From Sian Younis (guest post) on 11.04.2012 in Category Energy Transition with 0 Comments
After a recent inspirational visit to the BRE Innovation Park in Watford, UK, I thought that the PV industry would welcome a little explanation about who the BRE are and what they do.
PV Farms Instead of Power Outages
From Anja Jasper on 04.04.2012 in Category Energy Transition with 0 Comments
In January, Norbert Röttgen (Federal Minister for the Environment) remarked that “the more solar energy there is, the greater the load to the power distribution grid is.” This notion is cropping up more and more often in the media, despite the fact that it is a straight-out misconception. This is the general line of argumentation that is resorted to when the debate on costs runs up against a wall. And now is no exception. The truth of the matter is that the load on the power distribution grid becomes less, and not more with solar energy. For this reason, we need to continue to expand photovoltaics, and not halt it.
