Stuttgart, Germany and New Delhi, India June 28, 2014-Solutronic Energy GmbH and Bergen Group today announced that they entered into a sales, service and manufacturing partnership that will enable both companies better serve the high-growth Indian Solar energy market.
“We are thrilled to be working with Solutronic and we look forward to bringing the company’s high efficiency and reliable String inverters to the fast expanding Indian Solar energy market as well as becoming a strong manufacturing partner in India in the future,” said Rajinder Kumar, managing director and chairman, Bergen Group. “We see great opportunity in the Indian PV market and we selected Solutronic as a partner because of their technology leadership in the String inverter market. Bergen with its seven sales and support locations in India committed to take up the responsibility to provide marketing, sales and service for installation, commissioning, warranty, and maintenance contracts.”
The Indian Solar energy market has significant potential in Residential, Commercial and Utility scale installations due to its growing demand for energy, driven by its rapidly expanding economy, and supported by the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission and its goal of 20GW of installed Solar power by 2020. Together with Solutronic, Bergen will deliver string inverter and solar energy solutions for grid connected Residential and Commercial size installations as well as off-grid installations at highest productivity.
“We are excited to expand our business into India and to work with Bergen Group. Solutronic underwent a thorough selection process to find the right partner for the move into this important market, and we are sure that we have chosen wisely,” said Reinhard Lenz, CEO of Solutronic. “Bergen Group combines domain expertise with an India-wide sales & service network as well as state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities allowing us to move the products close to the customer.”
The Bergen Group, together with Solutronic, will exhibit at the Intersolar India, Mumbai, November 18 through 20. Both, single-phase and 3-phase string inverter as well as inverters with an integrated energy management (EnergyManager), Battery Storage and Hybrid Systems will be exhibited.
About Solutronic
Founded in 2004 by renewable industry veterans, Solutronic is headquartered in Stuttgart/ Koengen, Germany. Solutronic is one of the technologically leading European manufacturers of grid-connected String inverters, smart-grid and off-grid solutions for photovoltaic installations. The SOLPLUS inverters are in the power range of 1.5kW to 14 kW with efficiency of up to 98%, highest uptime at lower LCOE (Levelized Cost of Ownership). In addition, Solutronic is offering the SOL EnergyManager producing, storing and distributing solar energy for residential, commercial and off-grid installations.
Solutronic has European wide Sales and Service network and, in the meantime a great number of Residential, Commercial and Utility Scale installations all over Europe, Asia and Africa.
About Bergen Group
In 1979, while watching the simultaneous sunset and sunrise in the town of Bergen in Norway, the idea of providing bundled services and solutions required in electronic manufacturing came to the mind of Rajinder Kumar Kaura, a young visionary from India. This vision was given professional reality when Bergen Associates Pvt. Ltd. was founded in 1983 in New Delhi. Initially set up as a conduit for the supply of European machinery to the Indian electronic industry, the company introduced international quality and excellence in the field of manufacturing, assembly and testing of electronic components and equipment.
A growing need in the industry led to a rapid expansion of the initial vision and the transformation of the company into the progressive and competent Bergen Group of Companies. 30 years experience in hardware electronics gave Bergen Group the competitive edge to establish the company within the Indian Renewable Energy and Solar industry. By providing marketing, sales, support and service for annual 500MW capacity of PV cells and modules manufacturing as well as installing Solar power in more than 30 villages, multiple Commercial and Utility scale sites, Bergen is a leading name in the Indian Solar industry. Bergen Group’s competence and capability is acknowledged internationally by their partners and customers. Rajinder Kumar Kaura holds also the position of Vice President of Solar Energy Society of India.
