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Rounding off the first day of the exhibition, one of the most mal systems connected to 525 residential units.
hotly anticipated evenings in the industry’s calendar is the pre- German company Siemens won for its Isabela hybrid power
sentation of the renowned ees, The smarter E, and Intersolar plant project on Isabela Island, the largest of Ecuador’s Ga-
Awards. lápagos Islands. The judges recognized the project’s use of PV
The presentation ceremony paid tribute to companies pionee- energy and sustainably grown jatropha biofuel to supply the
ring products and solutions that advance storage deployment island with 100% renewable power.
from stationary and mobile solutions to virtual power plants,
and renewable energy from PV facilities to wind farms. The smarter E AWARD – Smart Renewable Energy
Judges were impressed with German firm Axiotherm’s kraft-
The award winners 2019 were: Boxx. The thermal energy storage unit’s modular and scalable
system uses surplus solar power for heating purposes and in-
ees AWARD – Electrical Energy Storage creases the proportion of self-consumption.
French firm Blue Solutions’ solid-state, lithium metal polymer Ukraine's SolarGaps was acknowledged for its energy-ge-
battery LMP® (Lithium Metal Polymer) 250/400 rack – modu- nerating solar blinds. The judges honoured the invention for
lar system impressed judges with its high level of safety and its compatibility with smart building systems and the products
performance offered by the solution. ability to maximize energy generation by adjusting to the po-
Austria’s Enerox — part of the CellCube Energy Storage Sys- sition of the sun.
tems family — caught the eye of judges with its CellCube FB Power-Blox, the mobile power socket by Germany’s Stäub-
500-2000 – high-output storage device for photovoltaic sys- li Electrical Connectors impressed judges for its user-friendly
tems. The vanadium redox flow battery was commended for “portable socket” aspect for off-grid energy demands, as
its ‘electrolyte as a service’, business model that brings capital well as the ease and convenience of supplying electricity to
costs below €300 kW/h. households or small businesses.
Judges noted the holistic approach to maximizing power
quality by Germany firm Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen’s Grid- Intersolar AWARD – Photovoltaics
con® PCS 4W — dubbed the ‘Swiss army knife of inverters”. The high-end features of Huawei Technologies’ smart PV string
The central DC bus enables the connection of different loads inverter SUN2000 15-20KTL-M0 caught the attention of jud-
and feeders such as various kinds of batteries and PV units. ges. The china firm’s inverter can reduce the negative impacts
of shading or differing module layouts.
The smarter E AWARD – Outstanding Projects Israeli firm Raycatch’s DeepSolar™ automated AI diagnostics
German company BayWa r.e. renewable energy was recognized system for solar PV systems impressed judges with its ability to
for its Don Rodrigo solar plant in Spain, which is Europe's use data from existing monitoring systems to optimize system
first unsubsidized utility scale PV power plant. Comprising of performance and replace interval-based maintenance.
500,000 solar modules, the 175MW park amounts produces The trendsetting nature of the Cheetah Bifacial HC Swan mo-
power at less than €25/MWh. dules by China’s Zhejiang Jinko Solar — as well as its 30-year
The judges were excited by the integration of digitalization in power warranty — impressed judges. Swan combines the be-
solar thermal CHP technology by Mondas. The German firm’s nefits and extra yield of bifacial technology with the simplicity
smart heat grid for 1,350 Freiburg inhabitants uses a modular and easy installation of DuPont-manufactured Swan transpa-
design of the solar heat grid with 38 decentralized solar ther- rent glass back sheet modules.

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