SOLARWATT and Fronius partner to promote international sales

SOLARWATT, a provider of photovoltaic systems, and Fronius Solar Energy, a provider of renewable energy solutions, are set to enter into a partnership. This will include a global distribution agreement, the inclusion of partner products in each company’s portfolio, and joint research and development activities.

Fronius is working to realise its goal of a future in which renewable energy meets 100% of the global energy demand. Consequently, the company focuses on solutions to generate solar energy efficiently and intelligently, to store it, and to distribute and consume it.

SOLARWATT meanwhile offers complete photovoltaic packages, providing decentralised energy supplies with clean solar power. These packages include solar modules with glass-glass technology, an intelligent energy manager and accessories.

Fronius inverters are now available from SOLARWATT and are said to complement SOLARWATT’s MyReserve MR500 and MR800 complete packages as well as the MyReserve Matrix storage solutions, which will allow applications up to multi-megawatt. In turn, Fronius will build on SOLARWATT’s storage expertise. In the future, the partners plan to develop common innovative energy solutions.

“Fronius and SOLARWATT have many interesting points of contact and a product portfolio that complements each other well,” said SOLARWATT CEO Detlef Neuhaus. “Thus far, we have mainly targeted private households. With Fronius inverters and our MyReserve Matrix, we can now also offer customised and economically efficient solutions to business enterprises requiring PV systems in higher power classes. Installers and municipal utilities may thereby extrapolate new customer groups.”

“For Fronius, the cooperation with SOLARWATT is the ideal complement to the existing portfolio surrounding the hybrid inverter Fronius Symo Hybrid,” said Martin Hackl, head of the business unit at Fronius Solar Energy. “[It] enables customers to enter the home storage market — both single-phased and three-phased — using a Fronius standard inverter like the Fronius Primo or Fronius Symo.”

The cooperation currently concerns Germany, Austria, Switzerland, UK, Italy and Australia. More countries will join as the cooperation continues.