Satcon Launches Next Generation Utility Ready 500 Kilowatt Inverter Solution with 98.5% Efficiency

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Satcon Technology Corporation® (NASDAQ CM: SATC), a leading provider of utility scale power solutions for the renewable energy market, today introduced its next generation utility ready solar PV inverter solution, Satcon™ Equinox™. With its unparalleled system wide intelligence, Edge MPPT performance optimization and industrial-grade engineering, Satcon’s Equinox solutions deliver a best in class efficiency of 98.5% and offer the highest levels of system wide performance, uptime and reliability.   

The Equinox solution comes complete with a NEMA 3R/IP54 enclosure and is available in three separate climate packages, enabling the industry’s widest thermal operating range with fully rated performance at temperatures as high as 55 Celsius / 131 degrees Fahrenheit, and as low as -20 Celsius / -4 degrees Fahrenheit.

Building upon Satcon’s industry leading PowerGate® inverter family, the world’s most widely deployed large scale solutions, Equinox improves system wide energy harvest and solar plant yield, enabling the large scale solar industry’s lowest Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE). Equinox’s advanced utility ready features enable remote control of real and reactive power, ride through and power factor control. The solution provides for simplified grid interconnection and can be easily integrated into SCADA systems through standardized communication interfaces.

“The next generation of utility scale solar power production demands a new set of solutions that continue to deliver higher levels of system wide performance, intelligence, and reliability,” said Steve Rhoades, Satcon’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “For the past 25 years, Satcon has established a leadership position as the solution of choice for the world’s most advanced solar installations, including the largest rooftop solar plants in North America, Europe, and China as well as the largest ground mounted projects in Canada and China. Equinox continues this tradition of solution innovation and will enable large scale solar owners and operators with a stepped improvement in the performance of their plant assets.”

The Equinox 500 kilowatt solution will be presented June 9-11 at Intersolar Europe in Munich in Satcon’s booth B4.270.