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INVERTERS
Power-One
Power-One, Inc. is a well known manufacturer of switching mode electronic
converters with a well-established presence in three continents. With over $500M
of annual revenue, Power-One ranks among the top 10 suppliers in the world for
power solutions for telecommunications, computer and office equipment,
industrial, and renewable energy markets.
A global presence, represented by 5 MPPT inputs, wide-input voltage range,
manufacturing facilities; 6 technology centres, and a unique modular architecture
and 21 sales and service centres, guarantees from Aurora® PVI-Central Inverters.
Power-One’s customers highly responsive service
coverage. When Power-One introduces new
products, reliability and product
Power-One, with an installed photovoltaic (PV) life are a primary focus.
renewable-energy product base of over Under this premise was the design of
360 Megawatts (MW), is one of the leading the PVI-10.0-OUTD and PVI-12.5-OUTD,
manufacturers of inverters for PV applications double MPPT channel, 3-phase
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in the world. Under its Aurora® trademark, inverters. These are the first PV
Power-One offers one of the widest power ranges inverters in the market that feature
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The focal point of Power-One’s Renewable Energy working temperature range.
products is based in Florence, Italy, where its Over 70 MW PVI-10.0-OUTD and
Aurora® Series Inverters are designed and PVI-12.5-OUTD capacity has already been
manufactured. This manufacturing facility of 20.000 shipped in Europe and to Asia since AURORA PVI-
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has an annual production capacity of over 450 introduction in late 2008. CENTRAL-300-TL
Megawatts with the possibility of expansion to
twice this capacity. The new PVI-Central Inverter Series products, PVI-
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110.0, PVI-220.0, and PVI-330.0, provide AC power
Locating the Aurora® production in Europe, which of 110 kW, 220 kW, and 330 kW, respectively; and
represents 80% of the worldwide PV market, is a will be available in Europe in January 2010. This is
significant reason for the growth that Power-One an evolution of the existing PVI-Central Series in
has enjoyed since the introduction of the Aurora® which the input working range has been extended
product line. The challenges represented by the to 1000 VDC, the AC and DC cable entries have
demanding European PV market in terms of been redesigned for improved accessibility, and all
quality, product performance, quick product electrolytic capacitors have been removed.
delivery, and long-term commitment have allowed
Power-One to set the high standards of its Combined with the features and improvements
products and service in any market where its PV encompassed in these PVI-Central products is a
inverters are shipped; whether to Europe, the new design of the electronic converter that has
Middle East, North America, or Asia/Australia. created an increase in overall efficiency to 98%;
0.5% more than the original PVI-Central, and yet,
The main discriminators of the Aurora® product still maintaining the unmatched robustness of its
line are represented by the very high production modular architecture. The new design benefits PV Plant built by Isolux
yield achieved by high efficiency, Multiple Power from the experience gained from Power-One’s Corsan in Arnedo, Spain
Point Tracking (MPPT) accuracy, extended input already-installed PVI-Central base of over 160 MW, with 102 units of
voltage range, and real-time response of the MPP and enhances the suitability of Power-One’s PVI-CENTRAL-300-TL.
trackers. These are complemented by unmatched products for commercial and utility-grade plants in Courtesy of Isolux
flexibility of installation achieved through multiple conjunction with Crystalline and thin-film modules. Corsan’
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