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November 4, 2016, was a very special day for St\u00e9phane Onillon. The 42-year-old manages the hypermarket Leclerc in Pineuilh near Bordeaux, and on November 4 Michel-Edouard Leclerc, CEO of France\u2019s largest retail chain, came personally to Pineuilh to officially inaugurate the brand-new PV system on the shopping mall\u2019s parking lot roof. <\/strong>\u201cIt was such an exciting moment,\u201d recalled Onillon. \u201cThe PV system is a special project. It will not only help us make our electricity supply more sustainable but will also enable us to become more independent from the electric utility company and save money year after year.\u201d<\/strong>
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Onillon will save \u20ac75,000 a year on the mall\u2019s electricity bill thanks to the system, which has an output of 500 kW. The clean solar power will be used almost completely in the shopping mall itself and will cover around 15% of its overall annual electricity demand. As a special service for customers, Onillon has installed charging stations for electric cars in the parking lot, which are also fed by the PV system.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore and more business managers like Onillon are using self-generated solar power directly or in conjunction with storage systems to reduce their operating costs,\u201d said Maik Br\u00fcschke, Head of Product Group Solutions Commercial at SMA. \u201cBut this is just the beginning. In the future, they will have even more opportunities to benefit from having PV systems installed on their buildings, parking lot rooftops and ground surfaces, and will see their energy costs reduced even further. The key lies in intelligent energy management.\u201d<\/p>\n

The idea is to manage various energy sources and loads, including photovoltaics, heat pumps, CHP plants or electric vehicles in combination with storage systems and electricity purchased from the grid, in a way that optimizes the costs of supply. And as photovoltaics are set to be the world\u2019s most cost-effective energy source in the foreseeable future, this primarily means using as much self-produced solar power as possible.<\/p>\n

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Digitization is giving Rise to new Business Models<\/h2>\n
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Customer-friendly. Hypermarch\u00e9 Leclerc visitors can charge their e-cars with clean solar energy while shopping.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cFor private households, SMA has already been offering a comprehensive energy management solution for many years,\u201d said Br\u00fcschke. \u201cThese experiences have also been incorporated into our energy management solution for commercial business, which we will be bringing to market over the course of this year.\u201d When it comes to commercial energy management, far more components need to be integrated into the system and managed with pinpoint accuracy than in private households. To allow companies to reduce electricity costs effectively, the SMA system analyzes energy flows in operation, identifies efficiency potential and can manage generators, consumers and storage systems accordingly. Ensuring optimum interaction between all components is dependent upon them being able to communicate with each other seamlessly. To enable this, SMA has already been working for some time with leading companies in neighboring sectors such as heat and cooling technology as well as the automotive sector.<\/p>\n

A key element for SMA\u2019s new, integrated solutions is the Sunny Tripower CORE1, the world\u2019s first free-standing inverter specially designed for commercial applications. \u201cThis means that it can be installed without a frame directly on the rooftop or on the ground in the shortest time, allowing us to reduce installation time by as much as 60% depending on the design of the roof,\u201d explained Br\u00fcschke. To reduce project costs even further, SMA has also equipped the Sunny Tripower CORE1 with other functions that enable it to be integrated quickly and easily into the overall system. The new inverter features state-of-the-art interfaces for rapid and straightforward communication and grid integration \u2013 which will be especially important for the decentralized and digital energy supply of the future.<\/p>\n

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Operators don’t have to take care of anything<\/h3>\n

\u201cThe next step where we would like to provide our customers with greater support in the future is integration into the energy market,\u201d continued Br\u00fcschke. \u201cAfter all, decentralization and digitization of the energy supply are bringing about a whole new set of opportunities for companies.\u201d For example, they could sell surplus self-generated solar power to other companies or become part of a virtual power plant made up of multiple decentralized generation systems. Another opportunity in the future will come from utilizing the batteries of company-owned electric vehicles. Targeted charging with cost-efficient (PV) electricity as well as discharging while vehicles are not being used will present additional opportunities for energy optimization of the overall system.<\/p>\n

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Efficient. With the Sunny Tripower CORE1, commercial PV system operators like St\u00e9phan Onillon will be able to save up to 60% on installation time and further reduce their operating costs.<\/p><\/div>\n

But doesn\u2019t that all sound rather complicated and like too much hard work? Br\u00fcschke laughs: \u201cWe wouldn\u2019t be SMA if we left our customers to handle all this alone. With our expertise and our partners, we are there for our customers to make the actually complicated world of decentralized energy supply systems as simple as possible. This is why we offer end-to-end solutions from a single source. This includes tools for system design and system simulation as well as system components and also integrated energy services for analyzing and optimizing energy flows or integration into the energy market. We also take care of operational management and system maintenance on request. And, where needed, we adapt the system flexibly to suit changes in operators\u2019 needs at any time, thus allowing our customers to concentrate fully on what they do best: their core business.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This article was first published in Annual Report 2016.<\/em><\/p>\n

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