Winners & Finalists 2023

The smarter E AWARD – Outstanding Projects

• FENECON GmbH: A Powerful Energy Storage System for Electric Postauto Brugg (CH)
• Fluence Energy, LLC: Luna and LAB Battery Storage Facilities
• HPS Home Power Solutions AG: multi-picea - Independent Commercial Property
• (Winner) Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH: Flexnet Eko
• (Winner) Reenergisa: Vila Restauração Amazon Microgrid: Clean and Reliable Energy for All
• Sungrow FPV SCI & TECH Co., Ltd.: EGAT Sirindhorn Dam Floating Solar Hybrid Project
• (Winner) Wallbox Charger SL: SIRIUS by Wallbox

Intersolar AWARD

• DAH Solar Co., Ltd.: Full-Screen PV Module
• Enphase Energy GmbH: IQ8
• (Winner) Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.: SUN2000-330KTL
• (Winner) Shenzhen Aiko Digital Energy Technology Co., Ltd.: ABC Modules
• SmartHelio Sarl: Predictive Software to Prevent System Downtime
• SolarPaint by Apollo Power Ltd.: Fully Flexible Rollable PV Modules for Multiple Applications
• Sunmaxx PVT GmbH: Sunmaxx PX-1
• TSGC Technologies Inc.: PV Circulator
• voestalpine Automotive Components Schwäbisch Gmünd GmbH & Co. KG: iFIX
• (Winner) WAVELABS Solar Metrology Systems GmbH: SINUS-360 ADVANCED

ees AWARD

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited: EnerC, a Containerized Liquid Cooling BESS
• Dukosi Limited: Dukosi Cell Monitoring Solution
• EcoFlow Europe S.R.O.: Power of Home: EcoFlow PowerStream
• (Winner) Elestor B.V.: LDES Hydrogen Bromine Flow Battery
• (Winner) FENECON GmbH: FENECON Industrial L
• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.: Huawei FusionSolar Residential Smart String ESS LUNA2000-7/14/21-S1
• LG Energy Solution: S-Frame Pack
• (Winner) Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd.: Sungrow PowerStack ST500CP Liquid Cooling Energy Storage System
• TrinaStorage GmbH: TrinaStorage Elementa
• TWAICE Technologies GmbH: TWAICE ESS Battery In-Life Analytics Software

Power2Drive AWARD

• ADS-TEC Energy GmbH: ChargePost
• Bender GmbH & Co. KG: ICC1324 Charge Controller for AC Charging
• (Winner) Hive Power SA: Hive Power FLEXO Smart Charge
• ITK Engineering GmbH: Smart Charging Infrastructure Architect
• (Winner) paXos Consulting & Engineering GmbH & Co. KG: Charging Plug Cool-Load Megawatt (3-12 MW)
• SMA Solar Technology AG: SMA eCharger
• SolarPaint by Apollo Power Ltd.: Seamless Integration of Apollo Solar Cells in Vehicles Exterior Parts
• Solum Photovoltaic Innovation SL.: Helios: Solar Charging Station for Personal Mobility Vehicles
• Technagon GmbH: Technagon Charging Stations W40, P40, P45 & P80
• (Winner) TWAICE Technologies GmbH: TWAICE Mobility In-life Battery Health Analytics

EM-Power AWARD

• EnExpert OHG: EnExpert Energy Management System
• Entrix GmbH: Optimisation and Trading Platform for Grid-scale Batteries
• (Winner) FENECON GmbH: FERESTO Rental Storage
• Olmatic GmbH: Olmatic Power Tracking
• (Winner) The Mobility House GmbH: ChargePilot – The Intelligent Charging Energy Management System
• Wattando GmbH: Wattster Energy Management for Simple Integration into AC Grids
• Xemex NV: LEWIZ (Local Energy WIZard)

Winners & Finalists 2022

The smarter E AWARD – Outstanding Projects

• (Winner) CRESL (Center for Renewable Energy Services Limited): Smart Solar Irrigation System (SirriS)
• (Winner) FENECON GmbH: Container-based Living Battery Spare Part Warehouses – Project Tokai 2
• FENECON GmbH: Reverse-Peak Shaving a New Application for Energy Storage Systems
• (Winner) Fluence Energy, LLC: LITGRID Innovation platform – Grid Scale BESS
• HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.: Tongwei Shandong Binzhou 300MW Solar + Fishery PV Project
• IBC SOLAR AG: Intelligent Charging at Dresen Car Dealership
• Reuniwatt SAS: Fekola Mine

The smarter E AWARD – Smart Renewable Energy

• C.R. Technology Systems S.p.A.: PR.E.SE. (Predictive Electrical Sensors)
• deeeper.technology GmbH: Automated B2B Lead Generation for Solar Panels
• (Winner) Fluence Energy, LLC: Fluence IQ
• (Winner) Fronius International GmbH: Fronius Wattpilot
• Next.e.GO Mobile SE: e.wave X
• Smappee NV: Smappee EV Base Ultra
• (Winner) TransnetBW GmbH: DA/RE - The Network Security Initiative
• Xemex N.V.: LEWIZ

Intersolar AWARD

• FREECOLD SARL: 100% Solar Autonomous Refrigerated Liquids Mini-Tank MTR50
• (Winner) Gamesa Electric S.A.U: Gamesa Electric PROTEUS PV4700
• HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.: Smart PV Controller SUN2000 215 KTL
• Solarstone OÜ: Click-on Framing Kit for BIPV
• (Winner) M10 SOLAR EQUIPMENT GmbH: SURFACE: the Shingle-Matrix-Cell-Connecting Machine with ECA
• PVpallet, Inc.: PVpallet
• (Winner) REC Solar EMEA GmbH: REC Alpha Pure Series
• SMA Solar Technology AG: Sunny Tripower X
• solarnative gmbh: JT-350 Micro Inverter for PV Modules

ees AWARD

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited: CATL’s High Power LFP Battery Solution for UPS Application
• (Winner) Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited: EnerOne, An Innovative, Modular, Outdoor Liquid Cooling LFP BESS
• E-Stream GmbH & Co KGaA: IESS-101/90/996/20A
• Honeywell Xtralis: Li-ion Tamer Gen 2
• HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.: FusionSolar Smart String Energy Storage System Solution
• Inaccess Ltd: S-PPC (Storage Power Plant Controller)
• Shenzhen Cubenergy Co., Ltd.: Flexcombo-M100
• (Winner) STABL Energy GmbH: STABL SI 100 – Modular Multilevel Converter for BESS
• SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY Co., Ltd.: Sungrow Power Titan ST2752UX Liquid Cooled Energy Storage System
• (Winner) Voltfang GmbH: Voltfang Industrial

Winners 2021

The smarter E AWARD – Outstanding Projects

• BayWa r.e. Solar Projects GmbH (Germany): Agrivoltaic System Protects Berry Production
• Boreal Light GmbH (Germany): WaterKiosk Supplies Clean Water to Covid-19 Wards in Hospitals
• Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy GmbH & Co. KG (Germany): Full-Scale Electrothermal Energy Storage System Filled with Volcanic Rocks

The smarter E AWARD – Smart Renewable Energy

• HPS Home Power Solutions GmbH (Germany): Storage of Solar Energy as Green Hydrogen

Intersolar AWARD

• DuPont Teijin Films (Luxembourg): PV Backsheets with Recycled Content
• GOLDBECK SOLAR GmbH (Germany): MarcS PV Construction System for Agriculture and More
• LONGi Solar Technology Co., Ltd. (China): Impressive Nominal Power and Efficiency with Hi-MO5

ees AWARD

• SAX Power GmbH (Germany): Digital AC Battery for Energy Storage and E-Mobility
• Commeo GmbH (Germany): Energy Storage Solutions for 48-Volt and High-Voltage Applications
• Enphase Energy (Netherlands): Encharge Robust Modular Storage Solution

Winners 2020

The smarter E AWARD – Outstanding Projects

• Phaesun GmbH (Germany): “REvivED Water” – Solar Powered Desalination, Somaliland
• Solar Chernobyl LLC (Ukraine): Solar Chernobyl 1 MW
• SunPower Corporation (United States): Powerhouse Brattørkaia

The smarter E AWARD – Smart Renewable Energy

• Fronius International GmbH (Austria): Fronius Solhub
• Next Kraftwerke GmbH (Germany): NEMOCS
• Stadtwerke München GmbH (Germany): M-Solar Sonnenbausteine

Intersolar AWARD

• Ferroamp Elektronik AB (Sweden): Generic Solar String Optimizer (SSO)
• Fronius International GmbH (Austria): Symo GEN24 Plus
• REC Solar EMEA GmbH (Germany): REC Alpha Series

ees AWARD

• FENECON GmbH (Germany): FENECON Industrial
• Webasto SE (Germany): CV Standard Battery System
• ZnR Batteries SAS (France): The Zinium Zinc-Air Rechargeable Battery

Winners 2019

The smarter E AWARD – Outstanding Projects

• BayWa r.e. renewable energy GmbH (Germany): Don Rodrigo – Europe’s first subsidy-free photovoltaic power plant on a supply scale
• mondas GmbH (Germany): Smart heat grid for 1,350 Freiburg inhabitants
• Siemens AG (Germany): Isabela hybrid power plant – Galápagos island home to sustainable energy system

The smarter E AWARD – Smart Renewable Energy

• Axiotherm GmbH (Germany): kraftBoxx – large-scale thermal energy storage for sector coupling
• SolarGaps (Ukraine): Smart, energy-generating solar blinds
• Stäubli Electrical Connectors GmbH (Germany): Power-Blox – the mobile power socket

Intersolar AWARD

• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (China): Smart PV string inverter SUN2000 15-20KTL-M0 for simple installation
• Raycatch Ltd. (Israel): DeepSolar™ – automated AI diagnostics system for solar PV systems
• Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. (China): Cheetah Bifacial HC Swan modules equipped with transparent back sheet

ees AWARD

• Blue Solutions SA (France): LMP® (Lithium Metal Polymer) 250/400 rack – modular, heat-resistant storage system
• Enerox GmbH (Austria): CellCube FB 500-2000 – high-output storage device for photovoltaic systems
• Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH (Germany): GRIDCON® PCS 4W – variable storage inverter for maximum energy quality

Winners 2018

The smarter E AWARD – Outstanding Projects

• Bach Khoa Investment Development of Solar Energy Corporation (SolarBK): Solar Experience Space – the combination of leisure, learning and research
• First Solar GmbH: Important role of PV plants in stabilizing the grid
• Unlimited Energy Australia/TESVOLT GmbH: Off-grid Avocado farm in Australia

The smarter E AWARD – Smart Renewable Energy

• Ferroamp Elektronik AB: PowerShare Technology with “bottom-up” approach
• indielux UG: ready2plugin – the safe plug-in
• SMA Solar Technology AG: ennexOS – the cross sector IoT platform

Intersolar AWARD

• ABB: PVS-175-TL impresses with numerous innovations
• Hanwha Q CELLS GmbH: Q.PEAK DUO-G5 – Highly efficient solar modules with Q.ANTUM technology
• Krinner Solar GmbH: CAS²– Computer Aided Solar Structure

ees AWARD

• SMA Solar Technology AG: Sunny Central Storage with grid-forming capabilities
• SOCOMEC: Microgrid Energy Storage Solution – High-efficiency at low load levels
• Dynapower Company, LLC.: Dynapower DC – reduced costs, increased output

Winners 2017

Intersolar AWARD – Photovoltaics

• Ciel & Terre International (France): HYDRELIO®
• Hanwha Q Cells GmbH (Germany): Q.PEAK RSF L-G4.2 375
• SMA Solar Technology AG (Germany): Sunny Tripower CORE1

Intersolar AWARD – Outstanding Solar Projects

• GOLDBECK Solar GmbH (Germany): Landfill Hellsiek
• Next Kraftwerke GmbH (Germany): Bridging the gap - A virtual power plant for constant power supply
• Phaesun GmbH – Hohenheim University (joint submission, Germany): Solar powered cooling for enhancing milk value chains
• RAM Pharma (Jordan): Solar process steam generation at RAM Pharma
• SUNfarming GmbH (Germany): SUNfarming Food & energy training project

Intersolar AWARD – Champion of Change

• Richard L. Kauffman

ees AWARD

• LG Chem (Korea): Stand-alone Battery Module (SBM)
• Energy Depot Deutschland GmbH (Germany): CENTURIO
• SOLARWATT GmbH (Germany): SOLARWATT Matrix

Winners 2016

Intersolar AWARD – Photovoltaics

• LG Electronics Deutschland GmbH: LG NeON 2 BiFacial
• M10 Industries AG: Kubus
• SolarEdge Technologies AG: HD-Wave Technology

Intersolar AWARD – Outstanding Solar Projects

• Jakson Engineers LTD: Solar Powered Village (Baripatha) Electrification
• ME SOLshare Ltd.: Peer-to-Peer Smart Village Grid
• S.O.L.I.D.: Desert Mountain High School Solar Thermal
• Schneider Electric SE: Electrifying Schools and Health Centers with Solar and Storage
• SMA Sunbelt Energy GmbH: St. Eustatius Island Electrification

Intersolar AWARD – Champion of Change

• Kevin de León

ees AWARD

• LG Chem, Ltd.: RESU Series with new Li-Ion Battery Cell JH3
• SMA Solar Technology AG: Sunny Boy Storage 2.5
• Ferroamp Elektronik AB: EnergyHub System