Solar & Storage Live UK 2024 Roundup

27 Sep 24

A look back at the UK's largest solar energy exhibition

Solar & Storage Live UK 2024 was busy and full of exciting new products. Over 25,000 solar and storage professionals visited the NEC in Birmingham over the three days.

Thank you to all those who visited our stand, it was great to see you! We hope you found something useful and look forward to speaking again soon. If you weren't able to see us, here are some of our key takeaways from the show, we hope to see you at another event soon:

New commercial battery from BYD - Max Lite

  • Coming Q4 2024
  • Commercial battery storage solution
  • 30-90kWh per cabinet

Fronius's new products and backup solutions

New products

  • Wattpilot Flex EV Charger (coming Q1 2025)
  • Verto 25, 27, 30 and 33.3kW 4 MPPT commercial inverters

Backup solutions

  • PV Point Comfort
  • Manual switch
  • Fully automatic (coming Q4 2024)

SMA's new products

  • Sunny Boy Smart Energy
  • Home Storage Battery
  • Sunny Tripower 125kW

Exciting new product from my-PV - SOL•THOR

  • Direct solar PV water heating
  • 0 - 3.6 kW
  • Connect 1 - 10 PV panels
  • No AC or grid connection required
  • Optional AC backup connection

Latest panels from REC - Alpha Pure-RX

  • 450Wp and 460Wp
  • HJT cells for high yield and extremely low degradation
  • All black for ultimate aesthetics

Products available now

Fronius PV Point Comfort

Fronius PV Point Comfort

£341.58

The PV Point Comfort is a simple, low cost accessory which enables automatic backup via the PV Point in Fronius' GEN24 range of inverters.

Manual Backup Switch for Fronius GEN24

Manual Backup Switch for Fronius GEN24

2 models available
From £298.80

Changeover switch to enable Fronius GEN24 full backup functionality.

Fronius GEN24 Automatic Backup Switchbox

Fronius GEN24 Automatic Backup Switchbox

POA

Coming soon - The automatic switchbox for the Fronius GEN24 will enable automatic backup of essential loads in the event of a power cut.

SMA Sunny Boy Smart Energy

SMA Sunny Boy Smart Energy

4 models available
From £1,536.42

These are the ideal gateway to an all-round energy transition in the home. As a PV and battery inverter in one, it ensures a reliable and sustainable supply of energy. Thanks to the integrated secure power supply function and an optional battery backup function*, it will continue to run even if the utility grid fails.

SMA Home Storage Battery

SMA Home Storage Battery

£1,741.76

The SMA Home Storage Solution allows homeowners to unlock the full potential of sustainable energy. Integrating the SMA Home Storage battery makes the modular solution complete: everything from a single source. It perfectly complements SMA‘s hybrid inverters enabling energy solutions of today and tomorrow.

MY-PV SOL•THOR

MY-PV SOL•THOR

£602.29

SOL•THOR is a 0 to 3.6 kW linearly regulated DC Power Manager for photovoltaic heat. It takes power directly from a solar array and transfers it to a heating element, such as an immersion heater or space heater, without the need for a grid connection or external inverters.

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