BYD's B-BOX will successfully cooperate with SMA Sunny Island Inverter
BYD Company Limited, one of the world’s largest supplier of rechargeable batteries, headquartered in China, and SMA Solar Technology AG, headquartered in Niestetal, Germany, are pleased to announce their cooperation in qualifying BYD’s newly developed energy storage product B-Box battery for usage with the SMA Sunny Island battery inverters. BYD’s B-Box will be launched and accept reservation synchronously at the Intersolar Europe, June 10 – 12, 2015 in Munich, Germany.
“The qualifying processes are going on well, and we are confident that in the very near future the B-Box will be fully recognized and supported by SMA for use with the Sunny Island inverters”, says Martin Rothert, SMA Director of Product Management. says Martin Rothert, SMA Director of Product Management.
Regarding the core technology, the iron phosphate battery, B-Box utilizes materials of high thermal stability and careful process design. Through a variety of strict destructive testing and safety testing, safety and reliability of iron phosphate batteries have been greatly improved. With regard to its performance, iron phosphate batteries have a wide range of output power to meet heavy load applications, high discharge currency, extensible capacity, free and flexible utilization, off-grid and on-grid usage, as well as worldwide applicability, and a long battery life. As the world's first to achieve the commercialization of an iron phosphate battery, BYD has applied the battery to all types of energy storage power stations and in some other areas.
As a Warren Buffett backed Chinese company, BYD has developed a reputation as a Global New-Energy powerhouse over the past few years. The company has made it clear that they committed to make the leading solution to the worlds growing environmental problems. Facing the increasing competition in new energy market globally, It is the key strategic step for BYD B-BOX to cooperate with SMA Sunny Island Inverter.
About SMA
The SMA Group with sales of more than €800 million in 2014 is the global market leader for solar inverters, a key component of all PV plants and offers innovative key technologies for future power supply structures. It is headquartered in Niestetal, near Kassel, Germany, and is represented in 21 countries. The Group employs more than 5,000 people worldwide. SMA’s broad product portfolio includes a compatible inverter for every type of module on the market and for all PV system sizes. The repeatedly awarded product range includes system technologies for grid-connected photovoltaic systems as well as off-grid and hybrid systems. The technology is protected by more than 550 patents. The range of services is supplemented by comprehensive services and operational management of large-scale PV power plants. Since 2008, the Group’s parent company, SMA Solar Technology AG, has been listed on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (S92) and also in the TecDAX index.
About BYD
BYD Company Ltd. is one of China’s largest companies to have successfully expanded globally. Specializing in battery technologies, their green mission to “solve the whole problem” has made them industry pioneers and leaders in several High-tech sectors including High-efficiency Automobiles, Electrified Public Transportation, Environmentally-Friendly Energy Storage, Affordable Solar Power and Information Technology and Original Design Manufacturing (ODM) services.
As the world’s largest manufacturer of rechargeable batteries, their mission to create safer and more environmentally friendly battery technologies has led to the development of the BYD Iron Phosphate (or "Fe") Battery. This fire-safe, completely recyclable and incredibly long-cycle technology has become the core of their clean energy platform that has expanded into automobiles, buses, trucks, utility vehicles and energy storage facilities. BYD and all of their shareholders, including the great American Investor Warren Buffett, see these environmentally and economically forward products as the way of the future.
BYD has made a strong entrance to the North, Central and South American markets with their battery electric buses, and lineup of automobiles. Their mission lies not just in sales growth, but also in sociological integration and local job creation as they have poured incredible investments into developing offices, dealerships and manufacturing facilities in the local communities they now call home, truly a first for Chinese companies. For more information, please visit www.byd.com/pv/ or www.facebook.com/bydcompany.