Featured in A new dawn – 12-2018

The time is right

Kaco is launching a mass-produced string inverter with silicon carbide switches onto the market following 10 years of discussion about the technology within the industry. In the 100 kilowatt plus segment, the technology produces small, lightweight devices with few components.
Michael Fuhs
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Michael Fuhs
The progress made over the past 10 years is also reflected in size. Year of construction, height, weight, and output of the inverters (from left to right): 2008, 100 kW, 1,129 kg, 2.12 m; 2011, 50 kW, 151 kg 1.36 m; 2016, 50 kW, 70 kg, 0.76 m; 2018, 125 kW, 77 kg, 0.72 m. The inverter on the right is the new silicon carbide device. | Kaco New Energy

  Matthias Haag is driven, but he keeps his cool. “We are forced to keep developing new innovations,” he says. The CTO of Kaco New Energy estimates that what he and his team have put forward gives him three quarters of a year to a full year’s head start. Kaco decided three years ago to …

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