Satcon Launches Next Generation Utility Ready Inverter Solution with 98.5% Efficiency in North America
October 12 2010 - 6:45AM
Business Wire
Satcon Technology Corporation®(NASDAQ CM: SATC), a leading
provider of utility-grade power conversion solutions for the
renewable energy market, today announced the North American launch
of its next generation power conversion solution, Satcon Equinox™.
The Equinox 500 kilowatt solution is now available in both North
America and Europe and will be presented along with the recently
launched Satcon Solstice 500 kilowatt system solution October 12-14
during Solar Power International at booth 909 in the West Hall.
Built on the foundation of Satcon’s industry leading PowerGate®
Plus inverter, which is the world’s most widely deployed
utility-ready solution, Equinox improves system wide energy harvest
and solar plant yield, enabling the large-scale solar industry’s
lowest Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE). Satcon’s Equinox solution
delivers a best in class efficiency of 98.5% and offers the highest
levels of system wide performance, uptime and reliability.
The Equinox solution comes complete with a NEMA 3R/IP54
enclosure and is available in three separate climate packages,
enabling the large-scale commercial and utility-scale solar
industry’s broadest thermal operating range with fully rated
performance at temperatures as high as 55 Celsius / 131 degrees
Fahrenheit, and as low as -20 Celsius / -4 degrees Fahrenheit.
Equinox’s advanced utility ready features enable simplified grid
interconnection and can be easily integrated into SCADA systems
through standardized communication interfaces.
Satcon Solstice is the industry’s first complete
power-harvesting and array management solution for large-scale
commercial and utility-scale solar power plants. The complete
system solution revolutionizes large commercial and utility-scale
solar power plants by enabling the central inverter to monitor,
manage and control the array at less than three kilowatt
increments, as well as optimize each string with its own individual
Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT).
The combination of fine grained power harvesting of each panel
string along with a highly efficient central inverter design helps
to ensure the Solstice platform will deliver more power over the
lifetime of the PV system by increasing total system harvest
optimization and system uptime and safety. This innovative system
boosts total system power production by 5-12 percent and lowers
other balance of system material costs by 20-25 percent compared to
a centralized inverter system.
The Equinox and Solstice 500 kilowatt system solutions expand
upon Satcon’s portfolio of industry leading solar power conversion
solutions designed to address the needs of large multi –megawatt,
utility scale systems, including the PowerGate Plus 500 kW, the
Prism 1 MW medium voltage package solution, and the 1 MW PowerGate
Plus inverter solution.
“As the leading solution provider for large scale systems in
North America, Satcon continues to deliver the technical innovation
that radically improves the value equation for large scale solar
power plants,” said Steve Rhoades, Satcon’s President and Chief
Executive Officer. “The challenges of multi-megawatt installations
demand a specialized set of technological and system design
expertise. With Solstice and Equinox, it’s more than just building
better inverter engines for large scale solar plants; it’s about
delivering the multi-megawatt building blocks that enable stepped
improvements in system performance, uptime, and grid
stability.”
About Satcon
Satcon Technology Corporation is the leading provider of utility
scale power solutions for the renewable energy market, enabling the
industry’s most advanced reliable and proven clean energy
alternatives. For over 25 years, Satcon has designed and delivered
the next generation of efficient energy systems for solar
photovoltaic, stationary fuel cells, and energy storage systems. To
learn more about Satcon, please visit www.Satcon.com
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