Enecsys appoints Bernd Kohlstruck as Vice President of Sales and Marketing – Europe and Managing Director of new Enecsys Europe GmbH
Cambridge, UK, March 2010: Enecsys Limited, a solar micro-inverter company, has appointed Bernd Kohlstruck as Vice President of Sales and Marketing - Europe and Managing Director of the new Enecsys Europe GmbH, located near Frankfurt in Bad Homburg, Germany. Kohlstruck joins Enecsys after nine years with Xantrex Technology Inc., where he was Vice President of Wind and European Solar Business and Managing Director in Berlin, Germany. Under his leadership, Xantrex developed into a strong European player in the commercial and industrial solar markets. He brings to Enecsys extensive experience in sales and marketing, and he is a well-known business leader in the solar and wind power electronics market.
Prior to Xantrex, Mr. Kohlstruck was Managing Director at Alstom/Ballard, a joint venture between fuel cell company Ballard Power Systems and Alstom. Prior to that he was the leader of both Power Supply Systems and Decentralized Power Supply businesses at AEG, and he held sales management and project engineering positions at Piller KG in the UPS and Secure Power Systems markets. A qualified power electronics engineer and owner of several patents in this field, Kohlstruck participates in a number of sustainable energy councils.
Commenting on the appointment, Enecsys CEO, Paul Engle, said: “Bernd brings a wealth of commercial and technical expertise to Enecsys. He has an extensive track record and business development experience in clean power technologies in Europe and in North America. He will be instrumental in ensuring that our customers benefit from Enecsys’ unique solar micro-inverter technology and that they receive world class sales and service support.”
Enecsys is planning to launch its patented solar micro-inverter product in mid-2010.
About Enecsys
Enecsys Limited, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Cambridge UK, develops, manufactures and markets innovative solar photovoltaic (PV) micro-inverters for residential and commercial markets. The technology was originally developed at Cambridge University. More information is available at www.enecsys.com.
Micro-inverter architectures, with an inverter located behind each solar PV module, are now being widely deployed to overcome the disadvantages of conventional string systems with central inverters. Enecsys solar micro-inverters reduce the cost per harvested watt of energy by 15% - 25% over the life of the system. When using Enecsys solar micro-inverters, shading caused by clouds or obstructions have minimal impact on overall system performance because power is harvested from each module individually, rather than from groups of modules strung together through a string or central inverter. With the use of Enecsys solar micro-inverters the PV array design and installation is greatly simplified and cheaper to install. Additionally, installers can mix and match different modules, the system is scalable, and the modules can be located on multiple roof planes, enabling maximum energy harvest. Enecsys solar micro-inverters are designed to provide the high reliability and long lifetime necessary for placement with each solar module and safety is significantly improved with the elimination of DC wiring.
Source: TechnoPR Limited
