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What Does an Off-grid System Actually Do?

From on 03.04.2012 in Category Technology with 0 Comments
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Dry red earth. The sun is shining. PV modules are gleaming in the light. The PV plant is operating at full capacity. We’re in Mali. An off-grid system was just recently commissioned here in this western African country. And now it’s supplying electric current to private homes, a school, several workshops, a hotel, and a number of businesses. Building an off-grid energy system like this one requires a reliable inverter that can create and manage a power distribution grid. And ours is called the Sunny Island. It provides a means to supply electricity to under-developed areas or even closer to home in a remote cottage in the German Alps using renewable energy.

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Mr. Urbon Gives Forecast for 2012

From on 29.03.2012 in Category Investor Relations with 0 Comments

 

In the light of the annual report publication for the year 2011, we asked Pierre-Pascal Urbon, Speaker of the SMA Managing Board and Chief Financial Officer, what he expects for the year 2012. Here you will find his answers on the prospects for the photovoltaic markets, SMA’s strategy and further business development.

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Mr. Urbon Comments on Annual Report 2011

From Stephanie Kniep (guest post) on 29.03.2012 in Category Investor Relations with 0 Comments

 

In the light of the annual report publication, Pierre-Pascal Urbon, Speaker of the Managing Board and Chief Financial Officer, presents the backgrounds of the business development for the year 2011.

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Photovoltaics in the Crosshairs – The Real Reasons behind the Planned Cuts in Germany

From on 26.03.2012 in Category Energy Transition with 2 Comments
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The air is getting thinner for the major players of the conventional energy industry in Germany – their once stable business model has eroded over the years and, along with it, their influence over the highest echelons of political power. If they could have predicted eleven years ago that photovoltaics and wind energy would become as widespread and technologically advanced as they are today in Germany, then the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) as an effective policy for subsidizing renewable energy would never have passed.

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Service Tip #1: Setting the System Time

From Hans-Josef Hüttges (guest post) on 15.03.2012 in Category Company with 2 Comments
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We would like to support your daily work. Therefore, we start a new series: Service Tips. Amongst others, we give you answers on frequently asked questions.

Today’s tip deals with commissioning: Remember to connect the inverter* to an SMA communication product on the same day as you commission your PV plant.

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