Inverters

Samsung Renewable Energy, through its partnership with Connor, Clark and Lunn Infrastructure (CC&L Infrastructure), has closed on US$195 million of debt financing for a 50MW solar project in Windsor, Ontario.

ABB has released a low maintenance, high power outdoor central inverter. Overall system costs are driven down by the increased DC input voltage up to 1500 VDC and a high power rating of up to 2000 kVA to provide an even more attractive solution for investors and plant owners alike.

The prospect of a 30MW solar inverter may seem a long way off, but it is very much in the sights of power electronics giant GE.

PV energy provider United Photovoltaics Group, part of China Merchants Group (CMG), has secured a deal to build a 100MW CPV power plant in Shanxi Province, China.

PV inverter manufacturer SolarEdge Technologies has reported record high fiscal first quarter revenue of US$115.1 million, up 16.9% from the previous quarter and 71.8% year-over-year.

The Thai government has opened its doors to prospective solar project developers, who have registered their interest in building the first and largest portion of 800MW of PV projects in the country through an auction process.

PV power plant system suppliers Shoals Technologies Group and Huawei Technologies are to develop and promote 'plug and play' solar PV power plant solutions globally.

SolarMax branded string and central inverters are being once again in production, though not in Switzerland its former home.

Israel-headquartered SolarEdge has said that its new technology, HD Wave, which the company claims dramatically reduces the magnetic and cooling elements of a PV inverter, might have won the prize endowed by Google to find a compact solution for inverters.

L&T Construction, the power transmission and distribution arm of Indian multinational Larsen & Toubro, has won contracts for the EPC of 115MW of solar power projects in southern India.