SMA Solar Technology AG (Niestetal, Germany) announced that it has expanded its global presence with new sales and service companies in South Africa and Chile.

In these new markets, the company plans to initially concentrate on installations in the solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant category, while at the same time also offering PV inverters and system technology for all other plant sizes.

In addition, the new offices provide professional consulting for PV project planning, customer training and an extensive range of services.

SMA inverter technology for utility-scale PV plants in Chile, South Africa

South Africa and Chile are among the regions with the world's highest solar irradiation. The largest PV plant to date in the northwest of Chile was equipped with inverter technology from SMA.

The installed SMA inverters of the Sunny Tripower product family have the required grid management functions and were connected to the Chilean Central Interconnected System SIC (Sistema Interconectado Central).

In South Africa, SMA has already been awarded five projects in the first round of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program. SMA will supply central inverters and Transformer Compact Stations to the Northern Cape region. 

"The main growth impulses will come from markets outside Europe. Particularly in countries with high solar irradiation and rapidly increasing energy demand, PV already represents the most efficient alternative compared to other forms of power generation. Therefore, Chile and South Africa are of strategic importance for SMA," stated Pierre-Pascal Urbon, speaker of the SMA managing board.

2012-12-07 | Courtesy: SMA | solarserver.com © Heindl Server GmbH

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