May 20 2008
SatCon Technology Corporation®, a developer of power management and system architecture solutions for the alternative energy and distributed power markets today announced that it has received a purchase order for a 10MW electrical package from a Confidential Project Developer for a roof mount PV installation in Spain. The order is for twenty five hundred kilowatt (20 x 500kW) PowerGate® inverters, photovoltaic array combiner boxes, PV ViewTM Plus inverter monitoring, and systems engineering. The PowerGate inverters to be supplied were certified to CE standards with the assistance of TUV, a leading European certification body, on March 31st. Internacional Master Technology SL, SatCon's partner in Spain, has been instrumental in supporting the company's efforts on this project, and will continue to do so in a project management role. Fulfillment of the order is scheduled over the next 3 months.
“We are pleased to support this Confidential Project in Spain with the supply of SatCon PowerGate inverters, selected for their reliability of operation which is critical to successful operation of photovoltaic power systems of this size,” stated Clemens van Zeyl, President of SatCon's Power Systems Division. “Backing up our commitment to the Project Developer, we will be expanding our operations in Spain and monitoring the inverters from our facilities to ensure optimal performance.”