Press Releases from Sputnik Engineering AG (13 total)
MaxMonitoring - The SolarMax app for displaying system performance
Using the cost-free app MaxMonitoring, plant operators can have the performance data of their photovoltaic systems displayed at any time in their home. The app is available as of now in the Apple app store.
Biel, 02.11.2011: MaxMonitoring, available for iPhone and iPad, as well as for Android smart phones as of the end of the year, is able to manage the data of a total of 15 facilities with up…
SolarMax 330TS-SV receives BDEW unit certificate
Most powerful central inverter of Sputnik Engineering meets the criteria of the BDEW Medium-Voltage Directive.
Biel, 18 August 2011: Newly commissioned grid-coupled inverters equipped with a direct medium-voltage connection in Germany must demonstrate their compliance with the directive “Generator plants on the medium-voltage network” by means of a unit certificate of the BDEW (German Association of Energy and Water Industries). The SolarMax central inverter 330TS-SV has now received this certificate. Evaluation…
Top of the tree: SolarMax MT series awarded two "very good" marks at the Photon …
Biel, 25.07.2011. The trade publication Photon tested the SolarMax 13MT three-phase string inverter and awarded it with the prized "very good" seal of approval for its efficiency. The Sputnik Engineering AG device functions "not only precisely, but also efficiently" with MPP tracking and, according to the editors, also achieved other "very good results". This means that the device is one of the leading test candidates and "is an exemplary demonstration…
New General Manager for Sputnik Italy - Raffaele Salutari new head of Sputnik En …
Biel, 31 May 2011. Raffaele Salutari is the new general manager of Sputnik‘s Italian subsidiary Sputnik Engineering Italia S.r.l. Since 30 May the 47-year old electrical engineer has been managing the twelve-man team in Giussano near Milano. The Italian disposes of long-term experience from managerial positions with different photovoltaics companies.
With regard to his new employer Sputnik Engineering he considered the focus on inverters for grid-tied solar power plants, the…
Sharp PV kits with Swiss quality -
Biel, 12th May 2011. The solar branch of the electronics corporation Sharp Electronics (Europe) GmbH increasingly draws on inverters from Sputnik Engineering. Since May Sharp uses SolarMax inverters of the Swiss manufacturer in its new “Sharp PV kits”. Up to this point in time, Sharp distributed its complete systems for rooftop installations internationally under the brand name “Hamburger Dach”. The “Sharp PV kits” now continue the “Hamburger Dach” and are…
Sputnik Engineering will be present on the Genera
Spanish subsidiary celebrates fifth anniversary
Biel, 3rd May 2011. 20 years ago Sputnik Engineering AG was founded in Biel, Switzerland. Five years ago the company, which develops and manufactures grid-connected solar inverters, formed the subsidiary Sputnik Engineering Ibérica in order to enter the Spanish photovoltaics market. The Spanish team will celebrate both anniversaries at the Energy and Environment International Trade Fair Genera from 11 to 13 May 2011 in Madrid, Spain.…
Italian agricultural company invests into photovoltaics
SolarMax inverters feed the current from four systems into the public network
Biel, 26th April 2011. Experts from South Tyrolean electrical engineers Elpo have installed 4 photovoltaic systems for the agricultural company Cereals Docks at two of their sites near Venice. Since last summer, more than 15,000 polychrystaline solar modules have generated a peak output of three megawatts of solar power. In order to realise this power Elpo have used approved…
Sputnik Engineering presents MaxTalk 2 and enhances the flexibility of its Solar …
Biel, 24-02-2011. At the 26th Symposium on Photovoltaic Solar Energy in Bad Staffelstein from 2 to 4 March Sputnik Engineering is presenting its new communications software MaxTalk 2. This tool monitors and manages the measured values of any number of solar power plants fitted with SolarMax inverters. Users can query the present status of their solar power plant, the operating data, statistics, measured values and device parameters. In comparison to…
New standard demands protection class 2 for DC system components in France
Swiss inverter manufacturer, Sputnik Engineering presents its MaxConnect plus p generator connection box at Salon des Energies Renouvelables
Biel, 11.02.2011. Sputnik Engineering is unveiling its MaxConnect plus p generator connection box for the first time at the French trade fair in Lyon. The new product, which groups together central inverter module strings, complies with the standard UTE C15-712 for grid-connected solar power systems, which has been effective in France since 1st…
Sputnik Engineering launches UK branch
Biel, 21st December 2010. The Swiss manufacturer of solar inverters will open its new branch office in London on 1st January 2011. Sputnik Engineering continues to grow and its new sales location will place them closer to their customers and enables the company to respond more flexibly to the growing photovoltaic market in the UK. The contact person in London is the Key Account Manager Neil Martin, who already has…
Frost & Sullivan awards first prize to Sputnik Engineering
Global research platform distinguishes the Swiss inverter manufacturer with the "Price Performance Value Leadership of the Year Award 2010"
Biel, 16 November 2010. Today, Sputnik Engineering has received the prestigious Frost & Sullivan Award. The analysts with the global research platform examined the price/performance ratio, the features, the user friendliness, service and customer orientation of the Swiss manufacturer and compared them with the achievements of its most important competitors in the…
French natural cosmetics company generates solar power at new headquarters
Biel, 09.11.2010. Since October the new headquarters of Bleu Vert near Avignon, France, has been enhanced by two solar power plants. On 2 October, the French natural cosmetics wholesaler inaugurated two plants with outputs of 101 and 2.69 kilowatts respectively. Among the 600 guests were politicians and journalists, customers and suppliers, as well as project partners and neighbours. A ride on a crane allowed guests an overhead view of both…
The largest private solar power plant in the UK starts operation with Sputnik in …
Biel, 02.11.2010. Today, Solarsense UK Ltd. starts operating Britain's largest private solar power plant. Solarsense has installed the 200 kilowatt plant on the cowhouse of the Worthy Farm in the town of Glastonbury in southern England. The grounds are used as a venue for Europe's largest open-air music festival, attended by roughly 200,000 guests from all over the world.
"Our portfolio perfectly matches the individual segments of the important British…
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