Leading storage integrator and power electronics manufacturer team up to provide a uniquely flexible, highly integrated DC-coupled Solar + Storage solution
Hatboro, PA and Madrid, Spain – Energy Storage Solutions (E22), a leading global battery storage integrator and manufacturer, and Alencon Systems, the leading U.S. manufacturer of galvanically isolated DC-DC converters and optimizers, have partnered to offer a unique, turnkey DC-coupled Solar + Storage solution. The integrated solution, offered by E22, is called the DC POWER OPTIMISER™. Both E22 and Alencon will officially launch the solution at SPI 2019.
The DC POWER OPTIMISER™ consists of a DC to DC bidirectional converter, Alencon’s Bi-Directional Optimizer for Storage Systems – the BOSS™, connected to a battery, packaged in a single 2m (W) x 1m (D) x 2.3m (H) IP65 (NEMA 3/4X) containerized package. This container includes control and communication equipment, a battery management system, and cooling and safety systems as well as Alencon’s BOSS. The unit is compliant with UL1741 and designed to UL9540A. These distributed systems can connect with string inverters sized up to 150kW and 1,500 volts DC. The system is controlled via E22’s ETER software, a proprietary energy management and system control software platform developed by E22.
Alencon’s BOSS bi-directional DC-DC optimizer along with E22’s solutions will be on display in Alencon Booth #2629 at SPI.
