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ESNA innovation award winning DC fast charging project driven by Ideal Power’s 30kW battery converter

Ideal Power Inc., a developer of innovative power conversion technologies, provided the 30kW power conversion systems for EVgo’s Stationary Storage + Electric Charging (SSPEC) project at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), that was recently named Energy Storage North America’s (ESNA) 2016 Innovation Award winner in the mobility project category.

The EVgo system reduces the cost of ownership for electric vehicle charging by leveraging two Ideal Power 30kW battery converters integrated by EVgrid with two 50 kWh second-life batteries from BMW. The project demonstrates a demand management solution for EVgo’s network of DC Fast Chargers. This project explores how incorporating energy storage with Level 3 EV charging infrastructure can reduce the cost of developing, constructing, and operating EV charging stations to make charging accessible and affordable to all EV drivers.

“EVgo, who built the largest public electric vehicle charging network in the country, incorporated our technology into their project at UCSD and we’re thrilled that it won a 2016 ESNA Innovation Award,” said Dan Brdar, CEO at Ideal Power. “Facilitating EV charging directly from energy storage to minimize demand charges is just one of the many applications where our power conversion systems excel and is a targeted growth market for our products.”

The ESNA Innovation Awards annually recognize energy storage projects that demonstrate an exceptional level of design & engineering in practical applications. Ideal Power‘s technology was utilized in four of the six projects named as distributed storage and mobility finalists for 2016.

Ideal Power’s power conversion systems are based on its patented, industry-leading Power Packet Switching Architecture™ (PPSA) which offers customers a proven, compact, high-efficiency solution for energy storage systems. Ideal Power’s systems are software configurable, allowing them to operate in 50Hz or 60Hz environments, maximizing the ease of deployment in different geographical markets and providing the flexibility to optimize performance for many energy applications. The significant reduction in the size and weight of Ideal Power systems results in dramatically lower installation costs.
www.idealpower.com

Sunworks expands its offerings of energy battery storage solutions

Sunworks, Inc., a leading provider of solar power solutions, announced that it has made advancements in "Battery Storage" systems and is now offering multiple product options to new and existing customers. The premise behind the technology is increased customer control over their demand charges when pricing peaks and protection from system outages in poor or unreliable service areas.
Mike Podnebessney, Sunworks’ Chief Technology Officer, stated, "Only two years after announcing our involvement with this cutting edge technology, Sunworks continues to stay at the forefront of this ever-evolving sector, offering our customers the most up to date solutions. Sunworks will continue to seek the best available technologies as we align ourselves with ‘storage ready’ inverter companies to establish a growth advantage over less advanced integrators."
With the recent advancements in battery storage solutions, Sunworks is now able to offer storage services to Residential, Agricultural, Federal, and Commercial Customers. Sunworks’ Installation Division plans to revisit thousands of installations with storage solution upgrades to existing systems and anticipates nearly 30% of all future business will see battery storage as a viable solution.
Jim Nelson, Sunworks’ CEO, concluded, "We strongly believe the solar industry as a whole is headed into ‘battery storage’ services, and as Sunworks remains on the leading edge of technology, it becomes an extremely important financial discussion with our current and future customers. It is the implementation of storage that will take solar from the status of improving, to changing the world."

http://sunworksusa.com/

SUNCNIM has raised EUR 60 million to finance the world’s first fresnel renewable energy thermodynamic power plant with energy-storage capacity

SUNCNIM, a subsidiary of CNIM, is a joint-venture set up by CNIM and the state organization Bpifrance’s “Société de Projets Industriels”. It has achieved ‘Financial close’ of the project company eLlo, created for the purpose of building and operating the concentrated solar energy power plant at Llo in the Pyrenees (France). This will be the world’s first Fresnel solar thermodynamic power plant with the capacity to store several hours of energy.
The Llo power plant, which will be built and operated by SUNCNIM, is the culmination of the bidding process initiated by the Energy Regulation Board for a contract awarded to CNIM in 2012.
“The plant will be the world’s first in terms of technology. Designed to be eco-friendly and 100% recyclable, it will employ SUNCNIM technology using “Fresnel mirrors”. The thermal energy produced will be stored and converted into electricity via a steam generation process”, explains Roger Pujol, SUNCNIM’s Chairman.
Capable of generating over 9 MWe, with a 4-hour thermal energy storage capacity and 153,000 m2 of mirror area, it will produce renewable electricity to be exported via the EDF grid.
According to Stanislas Ancel, a member of the CNIM Management board, “the Llo power plant marks the success of CNIM’s solar thermodynamic research and investment strategy, the key stages of which were the design and manufacturing of a prototype at its Seyne-sur-Mer site in 2010, the validation of its design by the Agency for the Environment and Optimization of Energy Resources (ADEME) in 2012 and the creation of the subsidiary SUNCNIM using the SPI “Industrial Projects Company” fund, financed by Bpifrance’s Investing for the Future Program. This preliminary initiative demonstrates our capability as a constructor and operator of large-scale technological projects.”
“SUNCNIM was the first investment of SPI funds” explains Magali Joessel, Director of the SPI fund at Bpifrance, created with the aim of “accelerating the industrialization of a technology with the potential to be a world leader in the still-emerging market for the production of solar thermal energy.”
SUNCNIM’s technology also provides a cost-effective solution for THERMAL EOR for the heavy oil industry. With a simple and robust technical solution adapted to a demanding desert environment, it ensures the lowest CAPEX and OPEX and the highest percentage of locally built content.

http://www.suncnim.com/

Wynnertech secures order for 40 MW ALBA PV inverters from Talesun

The power electronics manufacturer Wynnertech has signed a contract with the cell and module company Talesun to supply 40MW of ALBA 4x type photovoltaic inverters. The 20 units of gas cooled ALBA 4x, with a unit capacity of 2MW, will be installed in the new PV plant of Talesun in Kaifeng, Henan province (China), presently under construction, and will be connected to the grid before new year.
ALBA 4x is the new design of Wynnertech in very high capacity inverters, a compact plug-and-play outdoors solution with no air filters and other construction and control innovations that minimize O&M costs. Wynnertech has been supplying since 2014 high yield cost-efficient inverters for large production units of up to 3.2 MW per block, allowing for a reduction of up to 10% in the total plant’s cost of utility scale projects due to economies of scale. ALBA completes Wynnertech’s PV inverters range, together with the water cooled ZENIT, that has shown seamless operation even in the harsh conditions of the Gobi desert, in the Chinese northeastern provinces of Xinjiang and Gansu.
After the initial technology development and successful penetration of the Chinese market, Wynnertech is currently launching its next phase of international growth, and expects to make more positive announcements in the near future.

http://www.wynnertech.com/en/

Zeversolar Inverter: Solar-Log allows comprehensive PV system monitoring

Solar-Log, one of the leading providers of solar monitoring solutions, has added Zeversolar’s inverter range to its database of compatible devices. When setting up Solar-Log, installers can select Zeversolar’s devices from a drop-down list to establish a connection with the monitoring system quickly and easily. The compatibility enables PV plant operators and service providers to access inverter level statistics, which allows them to gain a comprehensive view of their PV plant’s performance via a local LCD display and the “Solar-Log WEB” online monitoring portal.

Solare Datensysteme GmbH (SDS) opens Branch Office (Solar-Log New Energy Technologies Co. Ltd.) in China

Solare Datensysteme GmbH (SDS) is pleased to announce the opening of its new branch office in Shanghai, China. This new office will enhance the presence of SDS within the Chinese market and will offer innovative products and solutions for customers in one of the world’s most influential and expanding photovoltaic countries.

Town of Sterling, MA Breaks Ground on a Resilient Energy Storage Project

The 2MW/ 3.9MWh storage project will power critical facilities during outages and provide economic benefits to the town of Sterling, Massachusetts

Powerstorm Energy Storage Solutions provides update on company progress and the development of their zeroXess technology

The company continues to build their complete, next-generation, renewable, solar-powered energy storage and communication system for rural, off-grid homes in emerging markets.

KRAFTWERK secures EPC contracts in Germany for additional 3 MW

German EPC provider KRAFTWERK announced this month that it secured an additional 3+ MW in its pipeline of commercial rooftop PV plants in Germany.

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