COMPANYNEWS
Boost for invertors at new solar plant in Germany
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY has renewable energy. Electrical power is
announced the opening of its 193,000 derived from a building-integrated 1.1
square foot solar inverter factory in megawatt PV system and an onsite
Kassel, Germany. With the new facility, biogas plant. The biogas plant satisfies a
SMA has increased its production portion of the factory’s basic heating
capacity to four gigawatts and is requirement with additional heat provided
continuing to expand its successful by a local waste incineration facility.
strategy of scalability to meet demand for
its popular line of solar inverters. Excess heat from an electric compressor
with a small environmental footprint.” that provides compressed air for various
Solar inverters are key component in a “The new manufacturing plant, with a tools and equipment is also recycled into
solar power system that converts direct capacity of up to four gigawatts, will allow the ventilation system. All heat sources
current power generated by solar panels SMA and its subsidiaries to match are connected to a hot water tank, which
into usable household power. industry growth and global demand for its helps regulate the system and enables
In addition to being the world’s largest solar inverters,” said Jurgen Krehnke, continuous usage. Cooling is furnished
solar inverter manufacturing site, the plant president and general manager of SMA through two systems, including an
is also pioneering the concept of C0
2
America. “It also demonstrates that world- absorption refrigerator driven by the
neutral industrial production by utilizing a class, C0
2
neutral industrial production is excess heat generated by the biogas
low-energy building concept, high both possible and economical using plant and an electric back-up system.
efficiency and renewable energy. today’s existing technologies.” In order to completely satisfy the site’s
energy requirements, renewable energy is
“The inverter significantly contributes to C0
2
neutral production is achieved purchased from nearby sources.
an emissions-free energy supply,” said through minimizing energy consumption
Günther Cramer, CEO of SMA Solar and maximizing operating efficiencies After the final construction phase, the C0
2
Technology AG. “With our C0
2
neutral through a low-energy building concept, balance will be equalized through
inverter manufacturing, we are showing the optimal use of daylight, innovative additional PV installations, eliminating the
that industrial production can be done heating and cooling systems, and need for additional utility purchases.
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WITH SIX installations now established in CRS provides engineered reprocessing
Europe, U.S. based CRS Reprocessing solutions for used oil and waste fluid
Services, LLC (CRS) has announced the streams that yield significant cost and
opening of a European Headquarters to time savings for industrial customers. In
initiate further expansion in Leipzig, the solar industry, CRS reprocesses the
Germany The new headquarters will be expensive silicon carbide slurry used in
Issue III 2009
headed by the company’s General the crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV)
Manager, Wolfram Schimke. wafer manufacturing process. The CRS
business model differs significantly from
“Despite the current depressed market for its competitors because it offers on-site
solar manufacturing in the region, CRS operations with customized, modular
has experienced unprecedented growth reprocessing units— from as little as 100
and we anticipate that Wolfram’s metric tons (MT) to its largest customer
background, drive and vision will support facility with capacity of more than 1,800 With more than 25 years of international
that trajectory,” said William (Bill) MT of silicon slurry per month. management experience, Schimke brings
Lawrence, President of the Company. “At to CRS’ European headquarters a proven
a time when most of the solar industry is One of the largest providers of silicon record for developing new markets for
feeling the effects of the global economic slurry reprocessing in the world, CRS emerging technologies and building
crisis, our company has been able to sign currently reprocesses more than 80,000 strategic relationships within the Greater
long-term contracts with key customers MT of slurry annually. Clients include European market. Wolfram has held
and we are firmly committed to providing three of the top 10 solar manufacturers in senior positions in some of Europe’s most
them with exceptional service. Opening the world. However, the benefits of the innovative solar and semiconductor
our European headquarters is an outward CRS slurry reprocessing model are companies, including Q-Cells, Applied
sign of our commitment to sustain and substantial savings for customers of all Materials, Siemens and Infineon. He has
support our exceptional customer base, sizes, tens of millions of dollars every responsibility for all European operations,
while enhancing our growth potential year for a typical mid-sized producer, all financial planning and business
throughout Europe.” while protecting the environment. development.
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