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As you know, Power Electronics is a family-owned multinational which has decades of experience in manufacturing and distributing high quality and reliable industrial equipment. Over the last few decades it has become one of the references in the international market for its outstanding design and great performance, but especially for its completely different focus on service; which is not a means to earn more money but a responsibility towards the client and a true philosophy of the corporation.

Based on those principles, it was only a matter of time until we activated our expansion into the US market. Power Electronics USA was created four years ago and a great deal of planning and investigation has come after that, to make sure that the products that we offer this exceptional country will be just as exceptional and will fill in a gap which is presently very visible both in the solar and in the industrial sectors. When we decided to include 28 different inverters with UL certification we knew we were going to introduce not just another option in solar business for our clients, but a true answer to many of the concerns that we have been analyzing and listening to in the past years and months.

One of the first concerns that came up again and again is that of service. Clients who are not happy with the service they are getting from their supplier, who complain that the manufacturer is more worried about getting the paperwork sorted out or even getting an invoice accepted for service before even knowing what is the problem. We all know that usually working with sales representatives is much easier than having to work with the technicians, who seem to belong to another company. In Power Electronics we solved this problem decades ago when our technical division integrated into our sales division. This department has only one goal, keeping the client happy. Our PowerONSuppport concept is not an empty logo, it’s a true belief that through a 24h real service for free, more sales can be achieved. This is one of main reasons to come to the US with a very competitive product, our way of understanding service as it used to be done, treating the client like he’s the boss, because he is.

When I meet with many of our customers or potential customers they all appreciate the possibility to talk about any problem they may have in the future with the same technician, and even with his boss or with the sales representative, who are all going to be available 24/7 to make sure his problem is going to be solved. But they usually say… you know you can’t sell only with service. You need more: you are going to need a product which has real competitive advantages, stuff you can prove... higher productivity, better guarantees, and a competitive price. If you can put all that together you are looking at a market full of possibilities which will welcome you warmly, very competitive but welcoming. And that’s what we did.

If you asked me why would you buy a Power Electronics inverter in the US instead of any other brand, from a technical perspective, probably the first thing that I would tell you is that we were the last ones to get here. And you might think… Why is that good? Well, it’s good because we’ve had time to see what has gone wrong, what are the greatest problems other brands are facing and how they are challenging them, and to really analyze which features our inverter must have to make itself clearly competitive against the others. So we could start off by talking about how our Outdoor inverter is completely modular, but not modular in the traditional sense, as some others are - but also automatic & redundant. Meaning that in a central inverter you have the benefits of having completely independent modules (from under 80kw right up to 150kw) which have a control board, a power board, IGBT, filters, independent ventilation system, etc all set into independent modules, connected by optic fibre cable and working on a master slave system.

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06FAIRSINTERSOLAR MUNICH 2013

08 PRODUCTNEW FRESUN HEC-UL

10 MOTOGPNEW MOTOGP SEASON

12 PRODUCT HYBRID SOLUTIONS PPC

14 EXPERIENCESKAXU SOLAR ONE CSP PLANT

16 PRODUCTAUTOMATION AND CONTROL - EFFICIENCY

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In case there is any fault in any of the modules the system will continue working automatically. Not only that, another advantage of this system is that it is highly efficient and low power production situations (early morning and afternoon) because it is based on the efficiency of one module, not the whole monoblock (more details about this in the american version of our HEC UL catalogue). However, it basically means more bang for your buck.

Another thing that makes our US HEC UL inverter different is that we have learned a lot from our Industrial expertise in the past decades, selling to mining companies, water treatment authorities, desalination plants, offshore and onshore oil & gas, chemical industry, etc… Often you don’t really know where your drive is going to be and what the environmental conditions will be, maybe you will have salty mist because of the proximity of the sea, or you will have sulphur dioxides, or even suspended particles of any nature. This taught us to be safe rather than sorry. We decided that all our units would carry conformally coated electronics as standard and that we would enclose them without forced ventilation to completely avoid them getting dirty and humid, guaranteeing years and years of protection and care to the, lets not forget it, most delicate and important part of the inverter.

Following this line of reasoning we realized that some manufacturers were offering stainless steel as an extra along with their quotes, and quite an expensive upgrade actually. But we thought that if you want to be sure that an inverter will last at least 20 years without rust of structural problems in any environment you must go with stainless steel, of courseit is more expensive, not a good move according to some in these cost cutting times that we are facing, but really if you are a company like us, giving 24h service for free and giving extended warranties to up to 20 years, you have to make sure your equipment is designed to comply with these demanding conditions.

Obviously operating temperatures is sometimes that not many manufacturers want to talk about. There are extreme temperatures in the US, it’s like a continent that when you want to develop a product that will adapt correctly to so many different conditions, and work up to 50º without any derating, you really have to make sure you have done your homework. A quick technical check of our system will show you how we oversize our critical components and heatsinks, how we are giving more space between our enclosed and ventilated area, how we use more copper and aluminum… Our units are bigger and heavier than most of our competitors, but it’s not because we didn’t know how to make a smaller central inverter, of course we did - it would have been easier, but we would have lost our differentiating values. It would have been “one more on the market”, instead… It’s THE inverter. You know temperature is a very big issue in many areas all over the States, specially when some manufacturers aren’t taking into consideration the radiation of the sun when they make their temperature calculations. And when they aren’t even including thermal panels like rockwool or similars to keep the heat out, which we ARE doing.

So, when we got together to create the inverter we wanted for the US market we decided we weren’t going to make any money on monitoring either, it’s not our business - most companies have their own systems and if they don’t we will provide them with ours free of cost, and of course with no maintenance fee.

So let’s talk about availability, this word is almost as ubiquitous as bankability, which we will come to later. But what we realized was that (not only in the US but also in Europe) one of the most important fears of our clients was… What happens when something goes wrong? You have a central inverter, which means that you have a lot of power connected to one unit and the idea of something going wrong and then having to wait for weeks to get it repaired is definitely scary. So what we did was work on this idea from three different angles:

1. Our system is completely modular, redundant and automatic so you will only be losing one module, never all the inverter.

2. Our 24h service will always be available in the same 24 hours after any fault is communicated

3. We will be responsible to stock enough spare parts in a reasonable distance to the plant so solve any problem

That is why Power Electronics offers 99% availability on their inverters for FREE

We would never do that if our system wasn’t completely redundant and automatic, because when you come to think of it, if you have a 10MW park and you have 100 modules of 100kw each you would need to have all those 100 modules stopped for three days and al half, and I can tell you, we have almost 1GW installed worldwide and that has NEVER happened. That’s our 99% availability guarantee.

Plus we never charge you for commissioning, we believe that a good commissioning is the perfect way to start a project together so, no matter how many days it takes or how long, we will be with you to make sure everything is working correctly, that’s how we do business.

From a Corporate point of view, Power Electronics already has an office in San Francisco and another one in Miami and as an important and promising pipeline which will make the US one of its top solar markets along with UK, Southafrica and Southamerica (not forgetting Japan).

Something that we usually talk about in the solar business is bankability. Sadly until some time ago, bankability was often considered as synonymous to size, and look at where that took us. So now, bankability is based on two ideas, one is diversification and the other is economic health. The latter because in the end we know solar is highly political and volatile, it can go really well for some years and then go really wrong for a few more… and what happens to those manufacturers who are only in the solar business. Do you really think they are going to keep their 30 technicians when they have sold all the units they are going to sell and are focusing on other markets? Probably not.

That’s why it’s so important for us to remind our clients that we are an industrial company, we were, are and will always be an industrial company, who greatly enjoys being in solar but if solar goes cold we will have mining, oil & gas, chemicals, water, cement, plastics, etc - which is something that many of our competitors can’t say. The second point is health… well we are a family owned company, now a multinational corporation with delegations in more than 30 countries and we are proud to say that we owe no money to the banks and that there is no public investment or equity in our company. Just hard work and many years of steady growth, and that is something that nowadays

generates two things: trust and confidence. But we all knew we really had to bring something different to the US market if we wanted to be successful… If we want clients to even consider a new supplier in these times we had to bring three things to the table; one is a better product from a technical point of view (I always challenge the technical teams of our potential customers to put a comparative analysis together with their favorite brands and get back to me, which usually leads to very interesting discussions and is very useful to us from a commercial point of view, if I didn’t know my product was one of the best, I would never try that line of reasoning).

Two is pricing, there is no way a new brand can introduce itself in a market like the US where everyone is being very competitive, without very competitive prices. However, what we must do here is look at the full picture, look at the bottom line of the proposal. It’s not only the inverter, it’s the 50º without derating, it’s the modular system, the 99% availability, free commissioning, free monitoring, free spare parts availability, free 24h service all over the country. If you add all that up with other manufacturers, there you have the price you should be comparing.

And three is a better service, the real service… This area which has been so badly treated in the past years, specially in the solar business. Why should a client have to buy spare parts for his own equipment, even during the warranty, why should he have to pay extra money if he needs a technician to come to the site in the same day? Would we accept this if a car dealer was asking us to buy separate wheels, another gear box, even an extra steering wheel… and monthly payments after we buy the car, just so that if we have a problem we can bring it to him and get it fixed? Wouldn´t that be consider that an outrage? So… why put up with it in the solar business?

A friend of mine told me once that he would walk out of any meeting where the inverter manufacturer would give him the wrong answer to a question he always made. “Will you allow me to fix the inverter after two weeks stopped, and then bill you the expenses?”. The answer of the manufacturer was almost always NO. And he would get up and say, you are twice wrong, and we will not likely be doing business together. First you are wrong because I should be able to service something without losing the warranty if you are late, and second you should have said: “You will never have one of our inverters stopped for two weeks, don’t be ridiculous!” But we all know it’s not so ridiculous don’t we?

So, in 2013 we have begun a wonderful adventure with a great team, if you are reading this now it means you actually got to the end of the article, which I appreciate, and that hopefully we may have the chance to walk part of the path of the American market together. As you already know, myself and all my team are at your disposal for anything you may need. Let the game begin!

Kind regards.

Anthony CarrollCEO

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IRS Power Electronics ended its

successful participation, for the third consecutive year, in the twenty-second edition of Intersolar Munich 2013. Power electronics introduced their latest SD700SP solar pumping product, hybrid solutions by installing the Power Plant Controller (PPC), concrete solar stations HES-R and containerized solar station HET. A commercial deployment of technical team has been evident in the results, increasing the number of visits and the interest of the EPCs, promoters and developers worldwide.

According to our customer care commitment, our space at the exhibition was not just a simple technical displaying of our broad catalogue of products, but also a meeting point for training and exchanging of views with our clients, which allowed us to retain and reinforce the existing relationships. World leading companies have chosen us and have been present in our facilities to enjoy

INTERSOLAR 2013

our well-known hospitality.

We have become a leading reference in the sector and our brand awareness has made visitors seek us out. We know that competitors

consider Power Electronics a reference bidder on large scale solar PV plants around the world, thanks to the great work done in arising

markets like the UK.

The main market for large-scale use of solar power in Europe remains with the United Kingdom, but projects in Eastern European countries are

beginning to grow strongly such as Poland, Bulgaria and Turkey. In the case of the U.S. market, large projects are planned to start at the end of this year, these projects as well as the ongoing ones in Latin America will be discussed during Intersolar San Francisco convention. The main actors of the sector are still Europeans, and a product quality along with our performance in the UK, is our best introduction card to be considered in their future projects worldwide.

It has been yet another year where our CRT bikes sponsorship has also been an interesting attraction

in our stand by exhibiting of one the official bikes and offering the opportunity to win two VIP passes to the Germany Grand Prix.

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NEW CORPORATE BROCHURE

Power Electronics announces the release of new Corporate Brochure 2013 -2014. We work day by day to bring our customer quality service and integrated solutions that make a different in Industrial and Solar divisions. Download our latest edition to get firsthand knowledge about our customer oriented strategy Power ON Support.

Download it in www.power-electronics.com

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DISCOVER EVERYTHING ABOUT THE UNIQUE OUTDOOR MODULAR AND REDUNDANT INVERTER IN THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET

MULTIPLY YOUR ENERGY

Power Electronics group is pleased to announce that Freesun HEC-UL inverters have been certified and listed in the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), to UL1741 second edition and CSA C22.2 No.107.1-01 standards, being the unique outdoor modular inverter available for sale and installation across North America.

Power Electronics has introduced an upgraded version of its well-known Freesun HEC utility-scale solar inverters. Freesun HEC-UL offers full flexibility being available in 24 models ranging from 160kVA to 1200kVA that paired together can deliver over 2MW. Power Electronics’ 1000Vdc class upgraded inverters offer extended MPPt voltage range and maximum efficiency in four different AC voltages

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208Vac, 330Vac, 360Vac and 390Vac, covering all commercial and utility-scale PV facilities.

Freesun HEC-UL is based on a modular & redundant design with the advantages of string and central inverters but none of the inconvenients. Each module includes its own control board, power stage and cooling system, sharing common DC and AC buses, that work together commanded by the master. An issue only affects one of the units and never the entire system, sending at the same time the energy of the PV string connected to an adjoining operative module. These outstanding features lead to the highest yield and availability rates, maximum efficiency at low loads, lowest start feed-in power, minimum maintenance and

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www.power-electronics.usMultiply your Energy brochure (HEC-UL)

spare parts stock. The HEC-UL is equipped with a robust outdoor enclosure made of stainless steel and protected against solar heat gains by rockwool panel sandwich. A top class enclosure together with Power Electronics’ innovative iCOOL system offer full power 50ºC operation under the most demanding environments.

Freesun HEC-UL has a pro-active attitude focused on utility-interactive features that secure your investment. Customized to utility requirements, Freesun HEC-UL is compatible with all LVRT profiles, voltage ride through limits (VRT), frequency regulation procedures (FRS), frequency ride-through limits (FRS, FRT), anti-islanding protection, accurate and fast active and reactive

power curtailment, turn-on ramp rate control, configurable reconnection attempts and delay,… Distribution challenges were overcome and Hybrid systems are a reality whereby multiplying your energy.

In Power Electronics we believe in the importance of maximizing your investment. And we know that the inverter is the heart of any solar installation. That’s why we do our best to offer you the highest quality and best value. Our modular, redundant & automatic inverter, our 24h free service, our complete vertical integration, our specialized project department… are all focused on one objective: multiplying your energy.

Power Electronics´ Aspar Team started the 2013 MOTOGP season at the Losail Circuit in Qatar with promises of exciting new races. After passing through Austin (USA), Jerez, Le Mans, Mugello, Montmelo, Assen and Sachsenring, our pilot, Espargaró, leaves behind a trail of defeated rivals, maintaining his spot as the top CRT and well deserved tenth place in the World Cup standings.

There have been many new changes this season, including the new classification format, which is sure to offer more excitement for spectators. From now on, there will be two qualifying sessions: QP1 (15 min) and QP2 (15 min). What´s more, the times recorded during training laps will be taken into consideration for qualifying rounds. The ten best pilots recorded during training sessions will pass directly to the QP2 to fight for a chance at one of the top three spots.

Our pilots most certainly haven´t wasted any time taking advantage of these new changes, ranking number 7 in the QP2 out of 8 in the Grand Prix. Also, it is definitely worth mentioning Aleix´s number 5 position during the Grand Prix in Sachsenring (Germany) where he rubbed elbows during the first 3 laps with the lead group, obtaining his fourth consecutive 8th place.

The first half of the season will come to a close July 19th-21st during RED BULL´s Grand Prix in Laguna Seca (U.S), where the pilots of Power Electronics Aspar Team will prove once again that with a little effort and teamwork they are sure to be able to compete with the best of the best.

NEW EXCITING 2013 MOTOGP SEASON STARTS

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For decades, high power facilities have been located in isolated areas that have made investment in grid connection unfeasible, so many have been powered by gas, diesel or fuel generators. Despite a rising trend in oil prices and government taxes imposed on high CO2 producers, any other feasible technologies have not been available until now. It’s a reality, we have already reached photovoltaic – diesel parity!

The integration of an alternative power source creates an unprecedented opportunity to reduce operational costs to off-grid industrial and commercial facilities. Freesun’s design and topology bring together the engineering expertise in industrial power electronics development, and the solar plants economic and technical capability. We are aware of continuous operation applications and understand that a process shutdown could result in a large reduction of income for your company. Therefore a unique modular and redundant system, ensures the availability of string inverters and the competiveness of central inverters. We offer a set of solutions that can be customised to your facilities to ensure maximum yield and optimal energy management.

Power Electronics is already a supplier to the world leading companies in Mining, Water and the Oil & Gas sector around the globe (Australia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Mexico, Mongolia, New Zealand, Korea, South Africa, Spain…) due to highly reliable product which has brought us to where we are now; outstanding technical service POWER ON SUPPORT, together with our vertically integrated production which allows us to offer unique delivery times.

HYBRId SOLUTIONS (POWER PLANT CONTROLLER)

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PLUG AND PLAYFacilities with a high load profile that are considering a progressive PV penetration in their o-grid power supply are able to install the Freesun HE solar inverters without any additional control, measurement or communication hardware. The GenSet acts as the main governor of the system running under normal operation mode by balancing the power through the variation of the grid frequency (ISO8528-5:2005). The HE Inverter, coupled by the AC bus, monitors the frequency and adjusts its power injection in order to both maximize the fuel saving, and to ensure minimum GenSet load and spinning reserve. Additionally, dynamic grid support features can be programmed to enhance your plant power quality.• Compatible with new and retrofit projects• Scalable system• No additional hardware• PV penetration depends on the load profile

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The Freesun Power Plant Controller (PPC) will be the main controlling unit of the most complex hybrid systems by monitoring the point of interconnection (POI) and at the same time controlling the power generation and storage equipment.The PPC is equipped with the latest PLC based microprocessor that interacts through the programmable digital/analogue signals and communication ports (Modbus RTU –RS485/fiber optics or Modbus TCP/IP- Ethernet TCP/IP). The Freesun PPC together with the Freesun HE family inverter series can be customised for those regions (Puerto Rico, Hawaii….) that require full compliance to stringent dynamic grid support response at POI.

• PPC main governor and interface of the system• Multiple GenSets control• No storage- PV penetration depends on load profile• Centralized dynamic grid support at POI

• PPC main governor and interface of the system• Multiple GenSets and storage equipment control• Centralised dynamic grid support at POI• Power shaping - Enhanced broad implementation of decentralised PV• Power smoothing – Enable ramp rate control

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PLUG AND PLAYFacilities with a high load profile that are considering a progressive PV penetration in their o-grid power supply are able to install the Freesun HE solar inverters without any additional control, measurement or communication hardware. The GenSet acts as the main governor of the system running under normal operation mode by balancing the power through the variation of the grid frequency (ISO8528-5:2005). The HE Inverter, coupled by the AC bus, monitors the frequency and adjusts its power injection in order to both maximize the fuel saving, and to ensure minimum GenSet load and spinning reserve. Additionally, dynamic grid support features can be programmed to enhance your plant power quality.• Compatible with new and retrofit projects• Scalable system• No additional hardware• PV penetration depends on the load profile

PV contribution Extra PV Power available GenSet contribution

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The Freesun Power Plant Controller (PPC) will be the main controlling unit of the most complex hybrid systems by monitoring the point of interconnection (POI) and at the same time controlling the power generation and storage equipment.The PPC is equipped with the latest PLC based microprocessor that interacts through the programmable digital/analogue signals and communication ports (Modbus RTU –RS485/fiber optics or Modbus TCP/IP- Ethernet TCP/IP). The Freesun PPC together with the Freesun HE family inverter series can be customised for those regions (Puerto Rico, Hawaii….) that require full compliance to stringent dynamic grid support response at POI.

• PPC main governor and interface of the system• Multiple GenSets control• No storage- PV penetration depends on load profile• Centralized dynamic grid support at POI

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KAXU SOLAR ONE Power Electronics supply 15mw of its upgraded new generation of variable speed drives XmV660 and 5.7mw of its well-known SD700 low voltage drive, for the 100mw cSP plant Kaxu Solar One in South Africa.

Power Electronics supplies 15MW of its upgraded new generation of variable speed drives XMV660 and 5.7MW of its well-known SD700 low voltage drive, for the 100MW CSP plant Kaxu solar one in South Africa.KaXu Solar One, 100 MW parabolic trough plant is 40km north-east near the town of Pofadder in the Northern Cape Province. The plant has a collector’s surface over 800.000sqm, and can deliver up to 100MW with a full-load molten salt storage capacity of 2.5hours. It is foreseen a production of 320GWh per year that will reduce annually 315kTons of CO2 greenhouse gas emissions.

Power Electronics will deliver 7 units of its upgraded new generation of variable speed drives XMV660 at 6600V. 15MW distributed in 3 units of 1250kW

that power the feeder water pumps, and 4 units of 2800kW that power the HTF pumps. Additionally, 5.7MW of SD700 low voltage variable speed drives distributed in 14 units of 690V that will enable an accurate control of condensate pumps, antifreeze recirculation pumps, hot and cold pumps, and storage pumps, which in some cases are selectively customized to drive ATEX motors and to activate exhaustive safety systems.

The VSDs are integrated in a centralized control system that will adjust pump’s flow and pressure, by means of a precise motor speed variation, in order to get the maximum performance of the plant depending on the available solar power and load during the daylight.

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The XMV660 MV variable speed drive offers a top quality and reliability within the medium voltage power electronics sector. XMV660 achieves a high performance by implementing proven low voltage technology within a modular and reliable configuration. An input phase shift transformer powers low voltage cells that are combined in series producing a quasi –sinusoidal current and voltage output wave with a reduced dV/dt and THDi level. It is designed under the strictest safety regulations and complies with the most demanding industrial requirements. XMV660 is available in a wide voltage and power range, offering across the whole range the best power quality, maximum motor care, uncompromising safety and reliability with reduced maintenance.

The SD700 LV variable speed drives are a top class family that integrates unique features built-in as standard: 50ºC operation, independent cooling, dV/dt filters, easy front access, harmonic filters, totally sealed and conformally coated electronics. It is ready to work under the most demanding and harsh conditions.

A neatly and competitive technical solution that has been designed to work over 20 years, together with 24/7 technical service commitment allow Power Electronics to consolidate in CSP industry all around the world.

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AUTOMATION ANd CONTROLApplying its expertise in Automation and Control, Power Electronics releases efficiency, its Integrated Management System for Energy Saving and Efficiency.

efficiency is our control system that allows for remote control and automatic management in real time of the consuming loads of each property of your chain.

AN INTEGRAL SOLUTION

Our System of Monitoring, Control and Management is actively supported by self-developed technologies for eco-efficient facilities, controlling:

• Lighting for all areas: meeting rooms, internal areas, signs and parking.• Air conditioning units: in each zone based on a temperature set point and comfort.• Production equipment: ovens, fryers, cabinets, refrigerators, ice machines, cold tables, etc..

efficiency, installed in each established business chain transmits thousands of signals simultaneously and in real time, from each HVAC unit, lighting area, production or cold storage device to our management center (24x7), which creates efficient and durable facilities, without affecting comfort standards.

This does not mean that our system requires structural changes, nor the incorporation of devices in existing HVAC units, nor the change of the lightning system. By just installing our electronic system fitted in a small control box, it acts automatically on each of the devices in accordance with a set programming.

TECHNOLOGy, SERVICE AND MANAGEMENT 24 HOURS A DAy

The ultimate goal is to obtain considerable savings (between 23% and 30% approx.), short payback (10/12 months), and continuous centralized control (365 days per year), of each of the energy consuming loads of the chain.

Defining all values allows you to make reasonable use of your equipment with an efficient tool that provides information in real time about its use, state of the machines, its maintenance and predicting all on a centralized basis.

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POWER NEWS

6.8 MW OF Sd700FR IN THE FIRST dESALINATION PLANT IN GHANA

The Nunguan desalination plant, (60,000 m3/day capacity) will supply drinking water to more than 500,000 people. The plant requires an investment of US$125 million and Abengoa will be responsible of the design, construction, and subsequent maintenance and operation for a 25 year period. Power Electronics will supply 6,886kW of SD700FR. This technology goes one step further by replacing the traditional thyristor-diode rectifier bridge for an IGBT rectifier bride. Based on the latest active front end technology regenerates the braking energy, minimizes the THDi, compensates the power factor and maintains the motor voltage constant during input voltage sags.

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2.80MW OF TURNKEY SOLAR POWER STATION FREESUN HET IN CHILE

Power Electronics has been chosen to supply two Freesun HET 1.4MW solar power stations to a 3.3MWp PV plant in the Chilean region of Tarapacá. Freesun HET is a 40-foot shipping container which houses a FREESUN HE photovoltaic inverter, a power transformer, the low voltage and the medium voltage equipment, simplifying logistics, installation and commissioning. PE has become a leading company in the Chilean PV sector, which currently has 92 operating renewable energy projects in the country that comprises a total installed capacity of 1,047 MW, of which 3.5 MW are PV solar farms. Nowadays, 4169MW of PV solar projects have been approved in the Environmental Assessment System.

POWER ELECTRONICS’ FIRST 3MW PV PLANT IN MAURITANIA

The PV plant is placed in Zouerate (Mauritania) and is property of one of the reference companies, The Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière de Mauritanie (SNIM), that produces over 11 million tons of steel per year. The 3MW PV plant will be comprised of 3 units of our well proven Freesun HE inverter equipped with a DC disconnection and protection module.

Power Electronics expects a high growth of the PV plants in the African continent and consequently the commissioning of the first units enable us to be considered a reference manufacturer in that area.

POWER ELECTRONICS MEXICO TO SUPPLY ITS FIRST 4.16KV XMV660 SERIES MEdIUM VOLTAGE VARIABLE SPEEd dRIVE FOR PEMEX’S PLANT

After an exhaustive homologation process, Power Electronics has been chosen to supply its most advance medium voltage variable speed drive XMV660. Empresa Petróleos Mexicanos is the largest company of Mexico and Latin America and it is one of the few oil companies of the world that develops all the productive chain of the industry, from the exploration, to the distribution and commercialization of all the products. Power Electronics will supply its most efficient, robust and reliable MV VSD XMV660 to gas compressor 450HP at 4.16kV.

POWER ELECTRONICS TO SUPPLY 13.2MW OF Sd700FR VARIABLE SPEEd dRIVES FOR dESALINATION PLANT IN TÉNÈS (ARGELIA)

Tenés’ desalination plant with a capacity of 200.000 cubic meters of water per day will supply fresh water to over 800.000 people.

Power Electronics will supply 13.2MW of its most advanced low voltage drive SD700FR, 28 units that will power booster pumps, caption pumps, intermediate pumps SIP, high pressure pumps HPP and chemical cleaning deodorization system. Power Electronics offers flexibility, outstanding features and technical service for the most demanding applications leading to the maximum client satisfaction.

MEdIUM VOLTAGE VARIABLE SPEEd dRIVES IN MINING EXPLOTATION MINISTRO HALES, CHILE

Codelco, the National Copper Corporation of Chile is working in the new project, Ministro Hales mine. Power Electronics, through its delegation in Santiago de Chile has already provided and commissioned 23 medium voltage variable speed drives XMV660 for a range of applications in mining. This includes cold and hot water pumps, concentrated copper and mud pumps, and what is considered the most important milestone, the Overland Conveyor with 3 km length and curved sections that transports the whole mineral production at the ground level. This project will be completed later this year with the opening of the mine by the current President of Chile Sebastián Piñera.

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POWER ELECTRONICS LEAdS UK’S GROUNd PV PROJECTS

After an outstanding Q3 & Q4 of 2012 and Q1 of 2013, Spanish Solar Inverter Manufacturer Power Electronics is still pushing hard in the UK market. Up to date figures place the firm as the leading reference amongst solar inverter manufacturers for ground projects in the British Market.

With more than 200MW of Solar PV inverter capacity installed in the UK, Power Electronics has established key relationships and agreements with the main solar investors, developers and EPC´s. This will allow the Spanish Multinational to keep a steady pace in the development of Solar Energy, aligning its efforts along with the British Government´s idea of obtaining a 35% of Renewable Energy in the energy mix of 2020.

The firm foresees a very bright future for the last quarters of the running year and 2014.Power Electronics has recently signed Supply Contracts for over 50MW of PV Inverters for the UK, including a 17.50MW Solar Farm for AGRenewables Great Glemham project, a 7.50MW Solar Farm for Lark Energys Burton project and a 7.50MW Solar Farm for Sustain Solar´s Limited Bay Farm project, all to be commissioned in the next 5 weeks.

This is only the beginning of a busy pipeline the company has in hands until the next drop in ROCs marked for March 2014. Following its 2013 Strategic Plan, Power Electronics is fully focused on its Number 1 market, offering its products to obtain a clean sustainable environment through technology, innovation and personalized technical service.

COBRA INdUSTRIAL PLANTS THROUGH XYLEM CORPORATION, AWARdEd POWER ELECTRONICS TO SUPPLY THE VARIABLE SPEEd dRIVES FOR THE NEW 445MW CCGT COMBINEd CYCLE GAS PLANT

GKB (Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Bremen) develops a new 445MW high efficiency CCGT - Combined Cycle Gas integrating a natural gas turbine and a steam turbine in Bremen (Germany). The investment budget is 450 million euros and it is planned to be operational in 2013.

The VSD selected are customised solutions of our SD700FL Low Harmonics series. SD700FL is featured with high advanced motor control and with 50ºC operation without derating, together with a significant improvement of the harmonic distortion THDi and power factor correction. Additionally, an adjoining sinusoidal output filter will create a perfect sinusoidal current and voltage waveform with a current harmonic distortion below 1,5%.

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FPOWER ELECTRONICS CONTINUES ITS EXPANSION: JAPAN

On the Dual year of Spain in Japan, Power Electronics has made its mark in Japan, releasing the new Freesun HE-JP, a solar inverter adapted to Japanese market.

Power Electronics is working into new geographical areas as major provider of inverters for photovoltaic equipment. This step is due to its added value top, safety and 24-hour service.

According to a recent report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Japan is expected to become the second country, after China, with more growth in the solar market, and Power electronics will be present there through its recently opened new office. From there Power Electronic will attend all customers in the Japanese solar industry following its philosophy Power On Support.

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POWER ON SUPPORTcustomer oriented strategy implemented by Power Electronics

Since its origins more than 25 years ago, we do not simply consider ourselves an advanced power electronics manufacturer, but a service company, which is in the market to take care of all of our customers’ needs and adapt to their requirements.

Therefore, flexibility and specialization play a key role. We are flexible to be able to supply advanced products committing to deliver in very short lead times, service our product ranges in any market where we have a branch within 24 hours, commission our devices worldwide, offer a worldwide hotline 24/7…

WARRANTY3 years warranty for our industrial products (variable speed drives and soft starters) and 5 years warranty for our solar inverters against any production defect. Warranties are usually executed on site in order to minimize non desired stops.

24/7 HOTLINEWe guarantee telephone assistance to our clients at any time and under any eventuality, not only to cover warranties or technical problems but also to offer technical advice if needed.

24/7 ONSITE ASSISTANCEWe are committed to our clients to assist with our variable speed drives, softstarters and solar inverters onsite at any time no matter if our products are under warranty or not.

STOCK OF PRODUCTPower Electronics manufactures either on demand or delivers from stock. This way we keep a minimum product inventory, used to attend any urgent requirements and guarantee deliveries in less than 24h.

STOCK OF SPARE PARTSWe also keep a very high spare parts stock for our production needs and grant an immediate technical assistance. It also helps to minimize the lead time in big projects.

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We are specialists offering advice to our clients not only about our products but also about their applications, to grant specialized trainings about power electronics, guarantee our drives, softstarters and solar inverters for a longer period of time than anybody else….

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FREE COMISSIONINGSCommissionings at Power Electronics are always free. Our Technical engineers configure all our drives, softstarters and inverters depending on the application to maximize their performance. Furthermore, the feedback obtained in these commissionings contributes to improve our products and adds a great added value.

CONSULTINGOur applications department is ready to give technical advice and support about our products and any application, in which they are installed. Our clients also have at their disposal our software and projects departments, which are made of a wide number of highly skilled and experienced engineers in the development of tailor-made software solutions

TRAININGOur clients have at their disposal our training rooms, where we offer tailor-made trainings solutions with a fine balance between theoretical and practical issues. We can also offer training sessions at our clients’ facilities.

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