New Industry Products

Eltek Valere Debuts Solar Inverter Product Family for Commercial and Residential Applications

June 10, 2010 by Jeff Shepard

Eltek Valere announced the Theia HE-T product line, which the company says offers the industry’s highest power conversion efficiency for isolated inverters – maximizing the usable energy from solar power plants in commercial and residential applications.

Eltek Valere has a long history in telecom power systems, and has had success with using solar power for wireless and wired telecom networks. This launch marks Eltek Valere’s entry into the rapidly growing market for components for solar power industry.

"Eltek Valere is well positioned to take market share in the very interesting and rapidly growing solar market," said Rune Finne, Eltek Valere President and CEO. "Our expertise in power electronics, our established logistics chain – from component to customer delivery – and our global network of sales and service experts provides great advantages."

The company says the new product line sets a high power conversion efficiency standard for isolated string inverters. The Theia family consists of string inverters that can be used in small applications such as residential, commercial buildings or smaller stand-alone installations.

"The Theia HE-T family is unique in the solar inverter market with its high efficiency power conversion technology, global regulatory approvals and price competitiveness. High efficiency is crucial to maximizing the return from the solar plants," said Ingvar Apeland, VP Renewable Energy at Eltek Valere. "Theia HE-T can also be used with all available solar panel technologies in the world,"