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SolarMax Unveils
U.S. Plan, Products

SolarMax has entered the U.S. market and hints at possible U.S.-based manufacturing down the road. The company says its MT A string inverter and 75TS A central inverter have successfully passed UL 1741 Standard and IEEE 1547 certification testing and are available for sale in the U.S. The announcement comes on the heels of the company opening its first U.S. office in Atlanta.

Alan Beale, general manager of SolarMax USA Inc., says the two units represent the company’s strategy of addressing the high-end residential and low- to mid-size commercial solar power markets in the U.S. first and that other SolarMax products from the Switzerland-based parent, Sputnik Engineering AG, will be forthcoming.

Intriguingly, Beale says if SolarMax builds a base of loyal customers, then making inverters locally becomes a possibility.

SolarMax: solarmax.com

 

Silevo Develops
355 W Solar Module

Silevo Inc. has produced a 355 watt solar module made with 72 of its Triex 156 mm solar cells. The company says the module achieved its peak output power in both indoor and outdoor testing by the Renewable Energy Test Center. Silevo says it developed a 156 mm cell substrate in collaboration with SunEdison and hopes to open dedicated production lines for the cells next year.

Silevo: silevosolar.com

 

Locus Energy Launches
Solar Forecasting Service

New Jersey-based Locus Energy says it has launched a beta version of its solar forecasting service for grid operators. The company says the service provides a short-term (0-6 hours) forecast tool capable of predicting solar irradiance and power across an entire install base or geographic region. The service projects cloud motion by applying computer vision algorithms to real-time satellite imagery in order to forecast solar irradiance and power. Locus Energy uses its Virtual Irradiance analysis tool that incorporates existing historical and real-time irradiance data.

Locus Energy: locusenergy.com

 

Alion Offers
Robotic Installations

California-based Alion Energy has unveiled a pair of robotic installation and cleaning technologies for utility-scale solar projects dubbed ROVER and SPOT. Alion Energy’s concept is to use extruded concrete rails to replace metal posts, racks and cable trenches. Adhesives take the place of bolts and clips.

The ROVER installation vehicle works with the concrete rail system to carry and mount panels.

Once installed, the SPOT robotic cleaning system performs automated, programmable routines to wash panels.

Alion Energy: alionenergy.com S