Manufacturing

Bonfiglioli will showcase two new products at the Intersolar Europe 2013.

At this year’s Intersolar Europe, Danfoss Solar Inverters will reveal a range of key products.

The prototype of the Fronius hybrid inverter will be making its debut at the Intersolar Europe.

Mastervolt will present its new Soladin Web generation of inverters at the Intersolar 2013.

Sputnik Engineering introduces the new SolarMax P series string inverters.

Solutronic will present its two-phase SOLPLUS inverters for PV systems with 6-8 kW AC-rated power.

Sungrow brings to the market the SG500MX which is suited for the 50Hz/60Hz grid.

The Steca Coolcept family grows. Steca will present at the Intersolar Europe its 6 models with AC ratings from 1,800 to 4,200 Watts.

Boston based analysts Lux Research has announced that the solar sector is on the recovery path, set to reach a worth of US$155 billion in 2018. The industry is expected to ramp up rapidly to 61.7 GW market size in 2018 after modest growth to 35 GW in 2013. This is according to the “most-likely scenario” put forth by the analysts. China is set to leapfrog to become the largest market.

Centrosolar Group AG’s creditors have overwhelmingly agreed to swap outstanding debt from a €50 million bond for 5.5 million newly issued shares in the German PV company.