PIKO CI 30 – the inverter for small businesses

Photovoltaics are the energy source of choice for businesses that want to cut their expenses as electricity costs continue to rise. The PIKO CI 30 from KOSTAL meets power requirements efficiently and cost-effectively, allowing companies to rely on self-generated renewable energy for their own needs.

In this way, companies bring optimal balance to their own cost-benefit structure – producing the electricity they need themselves with a solar system and thinking and acting sustainably at the same time.

With an inverter for small businesses, the results speak for themselves: energy costs go down, the purchase of a solar system increases the property value and an established photovoltaic system also brings tax advantages.

In its product line, KOSTAL has the appropriate solution with the right performance capacity for companies' demanding requirements: the PIKO CI 30 commercial inverter.

The inverter for small businesses is specially designed for the needs of small businesses. With 33 kVA, it delivers exactly the performance required. The only specified feature is the power requirement. In all other respects, the PIKO CI 30 fits into every business.

This solar inverter for small commercial PV systems can be used in a wide range of spaces, indoors and – thanks to the IP-certified housing – outdoors, so you can choose where to install it on your business premises.

The PIKO CI 30 is the perfect solution for small businesses looking to install a PV system. The inverter for small businesses acts as a switch board and control centre for the solar system and makes the solar power available to use. 

The PIKO CI 30 is characterised by a high efficiency of up to 98 percent, transforming the direct current supplied into the alternating current required for consumption with almost no losses.

In everyday use, the PIKO CI 30 proves itself with its outstanding convenience: it is easy to use and is operationally robust at low and high temperatures.

The PIKO CI 30 can be installed easily and conveniently via smartphone or tablet using the free KOSTAL PIKO CI app.

Data communication is entirely smooth thanks to state-of-the-art software and hardware with all the associated interfaces.

This ensures efficient operation with complete transparency and flexible monitoring. KOSTAL also offers two free monitoring tools for smartphones and PCs: the KOSTAL Solar App and the KOSTAL Solar Portal.

The inverter for small businesses from KOSTAL ensures that the generator is optimally designed by supporting 1000 volts of DC system voltage.

This allows the rated output of the solar system to be reached quickly, while the output power can be optimally utilised. Great performance is of course included: 14 amps of input current per string and 40.5 amps per MPP tracker are standard. 

Special features implemented in the inverter ensure that this happens reliably. Optimal continuous monitoring of all strings and type 2 AC/DC overvoltage protection increase the continuous activity time with a stabilised grid, as excessive voltage levels are immediately compensated for.

The inverter for small businesses enables an over-allocation of up to 50 percent input to output power for the PV system during operation.

In this way, the full PV power is intelligently configured to the AC rated output and as a result offers the highest possible energy yields at reduced costs.

As an additional component for reducing costs, the PIKO CI 30 has an integrated AC switch, meaning that an external circuit breaker up to 135 kWp is not required.

The solar system's active power limitation is an attractive feature, as it means that the public grid is not overloaded with current that is fed in by PV systems.

The PIKO CI 30 has featured dynamic active power control since the very first generation of devices.

Depending on the energy yield and business objectives, the PIKO CI enables active power to be limited, e.g. to 70 percent, to be regulated externally using a ripple control receiver or for the regulation to be completely cancelled up to zero feed-in.

The last option enables the company to be completely self-sufficient with the entire available solar power capacity. No additional set-up components are required for zero feed-in, meaning no extra costs.

The data logging function is based on high-quality material sources. Four-core copper conductors meet this requirement and mean that no neutral conductor is required for installation.

The end result is optimum measurement results and cost reduction at detailed level. The integrated data logger records, saves and reports the operating history of the PV system very precisely at all times.

This makes it easy to set new parameters and makes it simple for companies to optimise or expand their systems while saving time.

The use of additional systems, such as plant controllers and external data loggers, is also supported by the PIKO CI 30, creating great system flexibility with this device.

To provide system monitoring, KOSTAL has created free tools for mapping the MMP tracking of solar systems.

The PIKO CI generates energy output that is adapted almost entirely to the intensity of the sun using dual MPP tracking. The energy output can be continually monitored, adjusted and optimised using the KOSTAL Solar Portal.

This means that the greatest possible benefit can be obtained from the PV system with the greatest level of flexibility, which in turn translates into the greatest possible consumption capacities.

Commissioning the PIKO CI 30 can also save time and reduce costs: with help from the specially developed KOSTAL PIKO CI App, the inverter is quick and easy to set up and start.

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