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Sungrow Unveils EMS3000 and iSolarBPS for ESS at Intersolar Europe 2024

MUNICH, June 24, 2024 — Sungrow, the global leading PV inverter and energy storage system provider, unveiled its EMS3000 energy management system and iSolarBPS battery pre-diagnosis system, attracting significant attention from industry professionals and attendees.

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EMS3000: The Intelligent Brain of ESS

Sungrow’s EMS3000 integrates hardware and software, leveraging advanced technologies such as cloud-edge collaboration to achieve plant-level digitization and intelligent energy management. Serving as the “intelligent brain” of the ESS, EMS3000 offers several advanced features, including MS-level rapid dispatch response, active grid support, plant system monitoring, and equipment diagnostics.

The intelligence of EMS3000 is first demonstrated through its MS-level rapid dispatch response capability. To address the market’s demand for improved energy storage economics, EMS3000 optimizes energy consumption and enhances charging and discharging efficiency through intelligent management. By employing smart control algorithms, EMS3000 swiftly generates optimal dispatch strategies based on different scenarios from the generation and user sides. This enables ESS to maximize revenue in various business models, such as peak-valley arbitrage, demand control, virtual power plants, and spot trading, thereby enhancing the overall economic performance of power plants.

Secondly, EMS3000 possesses the ability to actively support grid stability. As the scale of renewable energy installations increases, the role of energy storage in supporting the grid becomes crucial. EMS3000 actively contributes to grid stability through strategies like rapid frequency and voltage regulation, flexible inertial support, and damping control. Furthermore, it supports black starts in various scenarios, including thermal power and renewable energy, ensuring the smooth operation of modern power systems.

In terms of safety, EMS3000 demonstrates its intelligence by providing precise management of GWh-level power plants. It offers real-time feedback on the plant’s status, identifies equipment abnormalities, provides intelligent fault analysis, and issues timely warnings, eliminating the need for manual troubleshooting and reducing human and time costs by 50%.

EMS3000 effortlessly adapts to multiple power plant scenarios, including energy storage and PV-ES integration. It effectively addresses the post-construction demands of power plant owners, such as capacity expansion and the addition of PV modules, without requiring additional management equipment. This seamless compatibility at the system level accelerates project delivery and reduces upgrading costs.

iSolarBPS: Intelligent “CT scan” Safeguarding Battery Cell Safety

With the increasing use of high-capacity battery cells, the safety management of battery cell in ESS becomes critical. Based on ESS smart cell large model, SUNGROW’s self-developed iSolarBPS battery pre-diagnosis system offers real-time health diagnosis of battery cells based on indicators such as voltage consistency, internal resistance, and internal short circuit, generating diagnostic reports for GWh-level power plants within 1 minute. In the case of abnormal battery cells, iSolarBPS precisely identifies the issues and provides repair suggestions, eliminating the need for manual on-site inspections and improving O&M efficiency by 30%. Additionally, iSolarBPS proactively identifies temperature, voltage, and SOC inconsistencies 7 days in advance, internal short circuit risks 100 hours in advance, and thermal runaway risks 1 hour in advance. With iSolarBPS, ESS are equipped with an intelligent “CT scan“.

Based on complete self-development, Sungrow’s EMS3000, iSolarBPS, and the PowerTitan2.0 liquid-cooled ESS are seamlessly integrated in terms of technology architecture and control logic. The combined utilization of these three products enables an efficient synergy characterized by “a unified product suite, integrated data system, streamlined control system, and cohesive operational logic”. This approach maximizes the overall potential of the system, resulting in enhanced efficiency and heightened safety of the ESS.

Sungrow Shares 10 Major Technological Trends in Renewable Energy Industry

SHANGHAI, June 17, 2024 — Sungrow, the global leading PV inverter and energy storage system provider, shared 10 major technological trends at the recent Ph.D Talk event in Shanghai. With an investment of 2.45 billion yuan (approximately 347 million) in R&D throughout 2023, the company stands at the forefront of technological innovation. Embracing their brand-new tagline “Bridge to a Sustainable Future”, Sungrow is dedicated to bridging the gap and making clean energy accessible to everyone.

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Ph.D. Xu Jun, Vice President of Sungrow Research Center, highlighted 10 Major Technological Trends at Ph.D. Talk:

The Application of New Semiconductor Devices

To achieve net-zero carbon emissions, advancements in energy generation, transmission, and conversion efficiency are crucial. According to Diamfab, diamond has the potential to become the ultimate WBG semiconductor material for high-power electronics. Diamond possesses ideal characteristics for high-voltage operation, high-temperature applications, and high-frequency switching, with a critical electric field 30 times higher than Si and 3 times higher than SiC.

The Extended Utilization of Solid-State Transformer (SST) Technology and Medium-Voltage Photovoltaic (PV) Inverters

The medium-voltage PV power generation system based on SST technology offers a higher power density compared to traditional solutions, with an overall improvement in conversion efficiency. In the future, SST technology may find applications in MW-level charging stations, HVDC power supply systems for data centers, energy routers, and more. Notably, Sungrow developed the world’s first 35kV SST-based PV inverter in 2022.

Further Enhancement of Direct Current (DC) Voltage Level in PV Systems

The increase of DC voltage in PV systems not only increases power density and efficiency but also reduces infrastructure and maintenance costs. Notably, Sungrow achieved a groundbreaking milestone by becoming the world’s first company to introduce the 2000V solar-plus-storage high-voltage system and successfully integrating it into the grid in Yulin, Shaanxi.

Improving the Overall Lifecycle Efficiency of PV Power Plants through Digitization and AI

Sungrow has introduced the concept of DEPCO (Development, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Operation), bringing about comprehensive digitization to renewable energy power plants. The company has developed cutting-edge software solutions, namely iSolarTool for optimizing the design of large-scale PV power plants, and iSolarBP for commercial and industrial PV assessment and design. By leveraging AI intelligence, these innovative tools enable end-to-end system optimization, effectively boosting the efficiency and profitability of renewable energy development. Currently, these solutions are in the industry trial phase.

“PE Agent,” a Power Electronic Designer Based on Large Language Model (LLM)

During the energy transition, AI intelligence will play an increasingly significant role. PE Agent can facilitate seamless communication between AI and AI, as well as between AI and humans, enabling intelligent management of the entire process of power electronics design and achieving “self-learning” and “self-evolution.”

High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Technology

HVDC systems provide faster active power flow control compared to the more established CSC-HVDC technology. Additionally, they offer flexible and enhanced reactive power controllability at both converter terminals.

Source-Grid-Load-Storage Integration: Driving the Rapid Development of Energy Bases and Future Urban Construction

The construction strategy for the source-grid-load-storage operation mode in renewable energy integration can leverage multiple energy sources, enhance grid capacity for renewable energy integration and economic efficiency of active distribution grid operations.

Grid-Forming (GFM) Technology

GFM technology provide rapid, accurate, and standardized dynamic responses to grid faults and disturbances. It offers strong support for the stable operation of new power systems in various application scenarios.

Virtual Power Plants (VVPs)

VVPs are networks comprising small-scale energy-producing or storage devices, such as solar panels and batteries, that are aggregated to serve the electricity grid. With the consent of their owners, the energy generated by these devices can be accessed by utilities during periods of high demand or saved for future use.

Green Hydrogen

The off-grid solar-hydrogen solution, IGBT-based hydrogen production rectifier power supply, and the integration of hydrogen for complete energy self-sufficiency in residential buildings with PV and battery storage systems can further enhance energy efficiency.