Feature: SMA Solar Technology

In this blog post, we’re featuring SMA. SMA is our supplier for solar inverters. This being the case, we guarantee superior quality items, materials and output.

What makes SMA the best –

SMA Solar Technology is a German solar energy equipment supplier and is the market leader globally for solar inverters.

It was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Niestetal, Germany. It has offices in 20 countries including the US, Canada, Spain, Italy, France, Greece, China, South Korea, Thailand, Australia, Japan, the UK among others.

“SMA has an extensive range of products, which offers the right inverters for all module types and plant sizes; for small residential systems as well as large-scale plants, grid-connected photovoltaic systems as well as off-grid and hybrid systems. Moreover, SMA offers system technology for various battery technologies and system sizes and collaborates with renowned battery manufacturers and companies from the automotive industry. The SMA technology is protected by about 700 patents and utility models worldwide. 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 is currently the only company in the solar industry that is listed in the TecDAX index.”

SMA Solar Factory 1 because of its CO 2 neutral-production was awarded the Energy Efficiency Award of 2010 from the German Energy Agency and chosen for the 2011 Germany – Land of Ideas award.

Selected awards are listed below:

2016

• Top Employer for Engineers
• ees Award 2016 for the Sunny Boy Storage
• INTERSOLAR Award 2016 for photovoltaic diesel hybrid system on the Caribbean island of St. Eustatius in the category “Outstanding Solar Projects”

2014

• Top Employer for Engineers

2013

• Intersolar Award for the Sunny Boy Smart Energy inverter with integrated storage
• Smart Energy Award 2013, “Energy Information Communications Technology” category, for the SMA Smart Home comprehensive energy management solution
• Great Place to Work®: TOP 5 Best Workplaces in Germany, “Companies with more than 5,000 employees” category

2012

• Great Place to Work®: 1st Place Best Workplaces in Germany, “Companies with more than 5,000 Employees” category

2011

• Best Innovator Award in the Renewables category, Award from A.T. Kearney and WirtschaftsWoche
• Great Place to Work®: TOP 10 Best Workplaces in Europe, “Companies with more than 500 Employees” category
• Great Place to Work®: 1st Place, Best Workplaces in Germany, “Companies with more than 5,000 employees” category

2010

• German Job Creation Award
• Intersolar Award for the Sunny Central 800CP central inverter
• Great Place to Work®: TOP 5 Best Workplaces in Europe, “Companies with more than 500 Employees” category
• 1st Place Energy Efficiency Award 2010 for the world’s largest inverter factory, which is also CO2-neutral Bad Staffelstein Innovation Award for the Sunny Tripower three-phase string inverter
• Great Place to Work®: TOP 5 Best Workplaces in Germany, “Companies with 501 to 5,000 Employees” category and special award for “Lifelong Learning”

2009

• Great Place to Work®: TOP 10 Best Workplaces in Europe, “Companies with more than 500 Employees” category and special award for “Fair Remuneration”
• Great Place to Work®: TOP 10 Best Workplaces in Germany, “Companies with 501 to 5,000 Employees” category and special award for “Life-Long Learning”
• Top Employer for Engineers

2008

• German Fairness Award 2008
• Great Place to Work® Europe: TOP 10 Best Workplaces in Europe “Companies with more than 500 Employees” category
• Great Place to Work®: TOP 5 Best Workplaces in Germany, “Companies with 501 to 5,000 Employees” category

2007

• European Solar Prize in the “Industrial Enterprises” category
• Bad Staffelstein Innovation Award for the Sunny Backup System

2006

• “Winner of “Entrepreneur” Industry category, nomination for “World Entrepreneur of the Year 2007”
• Great Place to Work®: TOP 5 Best Workplaces in Europe, “Companies with more than 1,000 Employees” category and special prize for “Best Practices for Involvement of Employees in Corporate Social Responsibility Activities”
• Great Place to Work®: TOP 5 Best Workplaces in Germany, “Companies with 501 to 5,000 Employees” category and special prize for “Lifelong Learning”

Information copied from: www.sma.de