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Behind this unassuming black square lies advanced technology

PV Europe’s top products of the week – modules, planning and more

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Solyco has introduced a new back-contact module, while Kostal Solar offers more precise planning through 2D roof visualisation. Sunoyster is delivering flexible modules for petrol station roofs and Bauder Solar has launched a new bifacial lightweight glass-glass module. These are our top products this week.

A full overview of your PV future with Solar Plan

Kostal Solar offers more precise planning with 2D roof visualisation

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Kostal has added a visual 2D roof planning feature to its Solar Plan planning tool. The new function is designed to make installers’ work easier and enables more precise planning of solar power systems.

The use of bifacial modules necessitataes inverters that can withstand high input currents.

Italy: Kostal and EPC turn industrial roof into 1 MW solar asset

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Kostal and EPC have installed a 1 MW photovoltaic system on the roof of a former tobacco processing plant in Italy. Bifacial modules maximise yield, while inverters ensure efficient conversion.

Kaco New Energy presents new inverters for European installers.

Smarter storage and agile inverters reshape the C&I landscape

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The commercial segment is taking centre stage this year. As in the residential sector, the boundaries between inverters and battery storage are increasingly blurring in commercial applications.

SegenSolar and Kostal formed a partnership.

SegenSolar to distribute Kostal residential products

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The new partnership will include products for the residential sector, including Plenticore inverters, the Energy Meter and EV Charger.

Ioannis Chatzichristofis

Ioannis Chatzichristofis: “a key prerequisite is the modernization of the Polish electricity grid”

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Ioannis Chatzichristofis is Regional Sales Manager at KOSTAL Solar Electric and is responsible for the Polish, Czech, Baltic and Finnish markets. In the interview, he explains why he currently sees challenges in the Polish photovoltaic market, but why the market offers excellent potential in the long term.

Kostal Solar Electric

A package with the Vartawall and Plenticore

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Inverter manufacturer Kostal Solar Electric and battery manufacturer Varta are offering a new package for greater self-sufficiency. Thanks to the close co-operation between the two development departments, the compatibility of the Plenticore G3 and the Vartawall is now assured.

Interview

Frank Henn of Kostal: „A universal genius for many applications“

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An inverter that grows with the tasks of the installers: Kostal Solar Electric took three new devices of the Plenticore G3 to the market. They cover 27 different solar applications. How does this work, CEO Frank Henn explains.

ZYC/Kostal

Compatibility of high-voltage battery with Kostal inverter

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ZYC Energy have announced the compatibility of their Simpo HV battery system with Kostal Solar Electric’s Plenticore G3 inverter.

Kostal

Hybrid inverter delivers up to 20 kilowatts

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The third-generation Plenticore from manufacturer Kostal can be used as a solar, hybrid or battery inverter. It is also prepared for greater energy demand from households, as the inverter's output can be expanded (even at a later date).

Kostal

Wallbox with booster and blocking function

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The new wallbox from Kostal is called Enector. It is compatible with a wide range of electric and hybrid vehicles. It charges with up to 3.7 kilowatts with a single-phase connection and eleven kilowatts with a three-phase connection - each with a current of 16 amps per phase.

Kostal

String inverter with arc detection

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The Piko CI 100 is Kostal's answer to the growing demand for ever more powerful commercial inverters. The Piko CI 100 has an output of 100 kilowatts and features arc detection with automated event signalling for increased safety.

 SPI (5 kW) results for BYD
 

High efficiency ranking for BYDBattery Box and inverter partners

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BYD BatteryBox by BYD, has been ranked among the most efficient energy storage systems in the evaluation by HTW (Berliner Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft) for the seventh consecutive time. Together with inverter partners such as Fronius, Kostal and Goodwe the BatteryBox system could secure top positions.

Top products of the week

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A solar module for rooftop systems completely in black, networking for inverters and heat pumps and a redox flow energy storage unit for businesses and industry. These are our top products of the week:

Top products of the week

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Networking inverters and heat pumps, a half-cell module for construction, commercial storage with 250 kilowatts of output and an invisible cascade heat exchanger. These are our top products of the week:

Heat pumps

Networking inverters and heat pumps

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Kostal and Swedish manufacturer Nibe are launching a partnership to better network inverters and heat pumps. The Plenticore hybrid inverter from Kostal and the S-series heat pump from Nibe can be easily connected via Wi-Fi for smooth communication.

Peter Hamela, CFO of Compleo, Gregor M. Schmeken of Kostal's Executive Board and Compleo CEO Jörg Lohr (from left to right) have completed the takeover.
Takeover

Kostal acquires charging technology provider Compleo

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After creditors and authorities gave the green light, Kostal Group has taken over Compleo's operating business.

Top products of the week

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Selecting charging mode integrated in app, a commercial and industrial outdoor storage, a flexible hybrid inverter for up to four solar strings and power and heat from one module. These are our top products of the week:

EV charging

Selecting charging mode in the app

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Kostal has optimised the integration of its Enector wallbox in the Solar App. This gives homeowners the option of setting the mode in which they want to charge the electric car even more easily.

Processing solar cells at Solarwatt in Dresden.
European solar industry

More solar factories and more production in Europe and Germany

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The European solar industry is making a comeback. Soon more modules, storage units and inverters will come from new factories. An initial overview of planned investments.

Home storage

A system now compatible with more inverters

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The Hyperion high-voltage storage system from BMZ with its latest hardware and software is now also compatible with the three-phase hybrid inverters from SMA and Goodwe.

This is how Compleo presented itself at last year’s Power2Drive in Munich.
Company acquisition

Kostal Group takes over Compleo Charging Solutions

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The acquisition strengthens the e-mobility business segment at the Kostal Group, which is active in the solar industry with charging solutions and power electronics. Compleo had been in self-administered insolvency since December.

Top products of the week

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A lightweight PV module under nine kilograms, a string inverter compatible with Tigo optimisers, complete solar systems for the balcony and a new redox flow home storage. Here are our top products of the week:

Inverters

String inverter now compatible with Tigo TS4 optimisers

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The Piko CI string inverter from Kostal can now be combined with the optimisers of the Tigo TS4 model series in one system. This ensures more solar yield and higher safety at module level.

Top products of the week

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The hybrid Plenticore inverter with new features, more efficient free-standing tracker systems, the new Blueplanet series with nine inverters and a solar heating rod that increases self-consumption. Here are our top products of the week: