Hanwha Q CELLS has started selling its 100-kW solar kit to French PV installers in October 2014.
“Having already sold the first 100 kWp kits to installers in France, Hanwha Q CELLS has proven its ability to successfully introduce this kind of PV product to the French market,” said Philippe Pflieger, Hanwha Q CELLS’ Head of Sales France.
The kit uses Hanwha’s Q.ANTUM technology, a cell concept based on sophisticated balancing of the whole cell architecture to maximize the energy yield. Q.ANTUM holds efficiency records for polycrystalline solar cells (19.5%) and 60 cell modules (18.5%).The 100 kWp kit for commercial and small industrial roofs includes more than 360 Q CELLS modules with power classes of up to 280 watt-peak (Wp), inverters and a mounting system allowing modules’ installation in portrait or landscape. Multiple orientation options are also available. Monitoring, main AC switch and equipment like ground cable and connectors are also part of the offer. Over one average day in France, the system will produce around 325 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity; over a full year a total of 118.000 kWh will be generated and fed into the grid. The German-headquartered company announced already last June that it should be able to provide a “full system” C&I kit to France’s installers in Q4 2014.