INVERTING SOLAR POWER

ENERGY: The market for solar cells is growing rapidly. In Germany alone, the market is growing by 40% pa. But when solar cells produce electricity, it is direct current. In order to be used on the national grid, it must be changed into alternating current. For that an inverter is needed.

Director Henrik Raunkjær, Powerlynx – converts solar cell energy into useable power

PowerLynx in Sønderborg in Denmark produces inverters, and is the world’s only company specialising in supplying customized OEM products for manufacturers of solar cell plants.

“We focus on creating added value for our customers,” says director Henrik Raunkjær of PowerLynx. “Our technology enables us to offer an outstanding mix of standard products sold as own labels or customized solutions. We will never get into a situation where we become competitors to OEM customers. Instead we are perceived as a division of their company in our specialist field, the inverter.”

Growing market
PowerLynx originates from Dan-foss, Denmark’s largest industrial company.

Based on Danfoss know-how and power electronics products from the frequency converter industry, the company now concentrates its efforts on the growing market for inverters.

“We focus particularly on German manufactures of solar cell plants,” says Raunkjær. “Germany is today the largest market in Europe for solar cell technology. This is especially because of the payment policy where a surcharge is paid for electricity produced by solar cells. It means for example that a solar cell plant in Germany has a repayment period of only eight years. Previously it was Japan which installed most solar cell plants, but now it is Germany.”

Breakdown
The inverter has been one of the main teething troubles of solar cell plants. The electronics simply broke down due to the strain caused by the plants constantly switching on and off circuits with large power differences.

“Because of our close partnership with Danfoss, and our experience regarding their thoroughly tested and industrialised products, we supply some of the world’s most durable and most advanced inverters. The combination of quality and our OEM business model makes our collaboration with solar cell manufacturers unique.”

http://www.powerlynx.dk