Schneider Electric Solar & Storage Solutions Introduction

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Schneider Electric

Solar & Storage Solutions

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AGENDA

Page 2 Confidential Property of Schneider Electric |

1 SE Solar Intro

2 Solar String Inverters

3 Hybrid Based Systems

4 Monitoring Platform

Questions?

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Introduction to Schneider Electric and its Solar Portfolio

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€27.2 billion

2019 revenues

41%

of revenues in new economies

135,000+

Employees in over 100 countries

5%

Key figures for 2019

North America

29%

Western Europe

26%

Asia Pacific

29%

Rest of World

16%

Industrial Automation Energy Management

Two Businesses:

A well-balanced global presence

2019 Revenues breakdown

of revenues devoted to R&D

Schneider Electric provides energy and automation digital solutions for efficiency and sustainability

€6 billion €21 billion

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Schneider Electric Solar

Efficient Solutions across the Energy chain

We enable people to experience the energy revolution together at home and work, across the grid or off-grid,

cities and rural areas

• Technology to reduce energy consumption and costs

• Access to smart real-time data

• Providing capacity to optimize energy usage and carbon footprint

20+ years of experience

We provide mature residential solar and storage solutions with unmatched reliability and 20+ years of experience

Long-Term Reliability

We provide you with robust, long-term and highly reliable solutions throughout

the product’s lifecycle

Commitment to The Future

With out strong heritage in solar power conversion and energy management, Future-Ready Digital Transformation

• Powerful solar monitoring platform

• Simple User Interface

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Where We’re Going

Innovation

Expanded Ecosystem

• Personalized user experience

• Extended connectivity

• Simplified installations

• Battery compatibility

Fully integrated home energy management

• Integrated load monitoring & control

• Schneider Electric Wiser™ integration

• Electricity rate optimization

• Smart utility & VPP integration

New Products

• New string and battery inverters

• Insight product range

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SE Solar Customer Profiles

Grid-Tied

Islandable

Off-Grid

• Power Generation Facilities

• Commercial & Industrial Buildings

• Governement and Corporative Buildings

• Residential

• Fuel Stations, EV Charging Points

• Remote Communities

• Remote Access Facilities (Telecom tower, clinics)

• Off-grid Commercial & Industrial

• Off-Grid Residential

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A full range to cover Residential & Commercial Solutions(IEC)

MPPT 60 (150V)

MPPT 80 / 100 (600 V)

Mobile Cloud Local

User Interfaces : Insight, an energy management

platform

Residential &

Small

Commercial

Disconnect RS

Commercial

& Industrial

Conext™XW+ & XW Pro 8.5 kW for IEC standards

Conext™SW

4kW (24 or 48V) IEC standards

Accessories

• Conext SCP

• Conext AGS

• Conext Batt Monit

• Conext PDP

• …

Conext™ Gateway

3FConext™XW+

Hasta 9 unidades, 75.6kW Conext™CL - 60

66kW for IEC standard

Conext™CL - 36 36kW for IEC

standard Conext™CL - 50

50kW for IEC standard

Conext™CL –33 30kW for IEC standard

InsightFacility InsightHome

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Solar String Inverters

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• Ease of installation and service

• Higher energy harvest with distributed MPPT’s

• Industry leading peak efficiency

• Robust design to meet highest reliability standards

• Temperature strength

SE Solar String Inverters Conext™ CL Series

Conext™ CL Series

offer string inverter solutions (CL36 & CL60) for various PV applications from commercial building rooftop to large scale power plants.

Along with Schneider Electric’s rigorous reliability testing, Conext CL string inverters are durable and designed for long-term reliability.

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Range of Grid-tied Solutions

From a simple small commercial to a full grid interactive Power plant

Commercial buildings and carports

• Self-consumption

• Grid Sell

• Hybrid AC Coupling

Small 3-phase transformer less grid-tie inverters InsightCloud

Balance Of System

Conext CL60 Conext CL36

Conext CL50 Conext CL33

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Conext™ CL-36

Scalable and flexible

• 36 kVA

• 3-Ph Grid-tie, transformerless

• Multi-MPPT

• Outdoor enclosure

• Serial communications - Modbus

• Maximum efficiency 98.5 %

• Reactive power capability (cosφ= 0.8 leading to 0.8 lagging)

• Wiring box for easy installation

• String monitoring included

• Operating altitude up to 4000 m

• HMI and data logger

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Conext™ CL-60

Robust harvester

• 60 kVA (+10% IEC)

• Outdoor enclosure

• Ethernet and serial communications - Modbus

• Maximum efficiency 98.7 %

• Wiring box for easy installation

• HMI and data logger

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Conext™ CL-33 / 50

Renewed series in order to asses Flexibility and Scalability

• 33 / 50 kVA

• Multi-MPPT (3 / 5)

• Outdoor enclosure (IP66 & C5)

• Serial communications RS485 - Modbus

• Maximum efficiency 98.6% / 98.7 %

• MPPT harvest efficiency > 99%

• UI through Bluetooth and InsightMobile SE app with datalogger

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SPD BOX

Solar string Combiner Box with SPD

• Simple and safe combination of solar strings up to 1000VDC

• Fuse Protected Inputs

• Type II DC SPD

• 3 Models:

o 2 Inputs up to 50A

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Hybrid Based Solutions

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SE Solar Hybrid Based Environment

Grid Connected

Sites where Grid is available, but could happen that the connection is:

• Unreliable, real connection for 2 ~ 4 hours per day

• Unstable, although available, voltage and/or frequency vary and loads may be damaged or not work

• Makes sense to minimize consumption Generator based

Sites with Generators (diesel, gas, etc..) are considered as off-grid type because the minimization of costs of fuel, its logistics and storage, in addition to their CO₂footprint, makes desirable to use alternative energy resources

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Standard Architecture for Hybrid Based Systems

Hybrid Inverter/Charger The core of the system

Battery Energy Storage System Lead Acid Flooded, Gel, Li-Ion, etc…

DC Coupled Solar PV Generation

Solar Charge Controller (DC/DC)

AC Coupled Solar PV Generation PV String Inverters (DC/AC)

AC Loads Small Business Hospital School TelecomTower Homes AC Input if available…

Grid (unstable, unreliable) Generator

MUST OPT Local/Remote Comm System

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Range of Hybrid Based Solutions

Solar Charge Controllers

Distribution Panels Monitoring

Conext™AGS Configuration / Commissioning

Generator Control

Conext™ Config tool Hybrid Inverter/Charger

Conext™

XW Pro

Conext™

XW+

Conext™

SW Conext™

MPPT 60

Conext™

MPPT 80

Conext™

MPPT 100

InsightCloud Edge Control

Devices

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CONFIDENTIAL

HYBRID INVERTERS

Conext^TMFamily

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SE Solar Conext™ Hybrid Inverter Family

Adaptable and scalable offer

• Battery based inverter / chargers

• Flooded, Gel, AGM, Li-ion and custom types

• Systems from 3.4 kW to 76.5 kW

• 1PH or 3PH solutions

• Modular Architecture based on ‘bricks’

• Easy to Install, Commission and Monitor

• Power factor corrected chargers

• Selectable AC frequency range

• AC coupled solar through frequency shift

Conext™ XW+ & XW Pro

• 48V based batteries

• Basic brick for larger systems…

• From 6.8kW up to 76.5kW

• 1PH & 3PH configurations

• Dual AC Input

• Configurable Auxiliary Port

• Available IEC Model:

o XW+ 8548 230 (6.8kW / 8.5kW@30min) o XW Pro 230 (6.8kW / 8.5kW@30min)

Conext™ SW

• 24V & 48V based batteries

• 1PH only

• Death Battery Charge (>24 @48V & >12 @24V)

• Available IEC Models:

o SW4024 230 (3.4kW / 4kW@30min)

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What’s new on XW Pro? Improvements from XW+…

Expanded grid interconnect capabilities for latest evolving grid codes and new energy trends:

Freq/Watt Controls Volt/VAr Controls

Voltage & frequency ride through compliance requirements Utility and Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) protocols

Country specific development and certifications are in progress

Lithium-Ion Battery Compatibility

State of Charge control based instead of Voltage control providing a more accurate control Communication with external BMS via Conext Gateway (using CAN or Modbus interfaces) When no BMS interaction, State of Charge control from the Conext Battery Monitor

AC coupling improvements with faster frequency shifting

Self consumption with export limiting capability

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ConextTM SW & XW Internal Architecture

AC IN1 AC OUT

DC

COMMS

AUX AC IN2

BTS

AC INTERFACE BOARD

XW: 2 x RELAYS (60A), ONLY ONE IS CONNECTED BASED ON CONFIGURED PRIORITY SW: 1 x RELAY (30A)

POWER TRANSFORMER (GALVANIC INSULATION)

BIDIRECTIONAL POWER BLOCK

XANBUS DUAL PORTS

AUXILIARY PORT CONFIGURABLE (12VDC@250mA)

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ConextTM SW & XW Configurations

Single Phase

Three Phase

from 3kVA to3.8kVA…

Conext SW

Higher power

rates… Conext XW 8548

6.8kVA up to 8.5kVA@30min

Higher power

rates… XW units in parallel

Up to 4 units

3PH CLUSTER

20.4kVA up to 25.5kVA @30min

Higher power rates…

3PH MULTI-CLUSTER

Up to 3 Clusters in parallel or 76.5kVA @30min same battery bank for the

whole cluster L1

L2

L3

N

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Conext TM SW & XW Key Features

PriorityPower– prioritizes usage of power from solar charge controller before purchasing power from the utility

ParallelPower– supplements AC Grid input helping to avoid peak utility charges (by Peak Load Shaving)

GenSupport– assists an AC Genset input supporting heavy loads

PowerCoupling–uses Active Frequency Shiftto manage the excess of SOLAR generation not used by loads in off-grid

GridSell– allows to sell the excess of energy to the grid when allowed by utility ParallelPower

GenSupport

XW & SW

PriorityPower

XW & SW

PowerCoupling

XW & SW

GridSell

XW XW Pro

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Dynamic - Closed Loop BMS Integration

• BMS communication with the inverter: SoC, Voltage, Temp, Max Chg & DchCurrent… that may change (based on operating conditions)

• Inverter regulates charge/discharge according to the BMS (updated dynamically through comms)

• Inverter provides battery protection as dictated by the BMS (de-rating or trip off)

Static vs Dynamic Battery Management

Static - Open Loop Control

• No BMS communication between inverter and battery

• Li-ion BMS must provide final protection functions

• Inverter uses manual charge settings provided by battery manufacturer (static)

• Settings are selected within safety tolerance ranges (under conservative perspective)

Static vs Dynamic Battery Management

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Hybrid Inverter Selection Table

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Conext TM XW & SW Key Points

• All its Apparent Power (VA) can be used as Real Power (kVA can be kW)

• Best in class Power vs Temperature operation

• High surge capacity (up to 1.75 x Pn)

• Range of pre-wired assembly systems

• CSW Dead battery charge capacity (>24 @48V & >12 @24V batts)

• XW Dual AC input with priority and Aux Port

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SOLAR CHARGE CONTROLLERS & OTHER DEVICES

Conext^TMFamily

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SE Solar Conext™ MPPT

DC Coupled Solar Energy Harvest for Battery Based Systems

Adaptable and Scalable

• Solutions for small & large PV Arrays

• MPPT 60/150 (60A

_BATT

/ 150V

_PV

)

• MPPT 80/600 (80A

_BATT

/ 600V

_PV

) … new MPPT 100/600

• Easily Commission and monitor with Conext Gateway &

Insight Cloud

• For batteries from 12V up to 48V

Conext™ MPPT Solar Charge Controllers feature battery charge

from PV arrays based on its charge status. The Enhanced Grid

Support feature allows us to use the solar surplus energy that

cannot be stored for self-consumption, maintaining the battery at

full charge level.

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SE Solar Conext™ MPPT Ranges

• MPPT 60 150

• MPPT 80 / 600

Wide temperature operation range!

Off Charging: Max Power Point Tracking Not Charging Off

MIN PV Volts 27@24Vbat 54@48Vbat

140V 150V

Not Charging

Off Charging: Max Power Point Tracking Reduced Charging Off

195V 230V 510V 550V 600V

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SE Solar Conext™ Accessories

Conext™ SCP

local HMI for configuration and monitoring console. Fault and warning log and

clearance.

Conext

^™

AGS

can automatically start or stop a generator in response to pre-set conditions (low/high voltage, SoC, temperature, etc…) It can be used to manually start and stop the generator at any time.

Compatible with popular generators 2 or 3 wire start control

Conext

^™

Battery Monitor

gets the most out of battery based systems, providing high accurate battery measures, enabling SoC based triggers and multi-battery bank system balance.

It has in-built datalog and Modbus RTU over RS485 interface.

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Monitoring Platform

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SE Solar Logical Architecture

Connected Products Edge Control Apps, Analytics &

Services

End-to-end Cybersecurity Cloud and/or On Premise Architecture

InsightFacility

CL series string inverters

Insight Conext™ Configuration Tool

XW & SW series hybrid inverters MPPT charge controllers Accessories

InsightHome Conext™ Gateway

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Edge Control Devices

Conext™ Gateway, Insigth Home and Insight Facility are Schneider Electric’s new

generation on-site monitoring, configuration and management solution for Residential, C&I, Solar and Storage Systems.

New Local Monitoring & Management System

• Easy access to device status during operations, event tracking, management features to guide users through process of resolving warnings

• Simple and efficient firmware upgrade with bulk update and advanced progress tracking

• Strong communicationcapabilities

Edge Control Features:

• Local system Configuration and Management

• Bulk firmware upgrade

• Live System Monitoring

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Edge Control: Enhanced Communication Capabilities (II)

XANBUS #1 XANBUS #2

RS485 A RS485 B

... ...

...

BMS CAN

CONEXT INSIGHT 2

SCADA

MODBUS TCP

AP

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UI Overview : Quick Access to all your key system information

All new Dashboard Views allow for seamless toggling between power flow diagrams, system performance trackers and device status screens

Live Power Flow Display Powerful Local Monitoring Device Status Quick View

The new power flow diagram allows users to quickly see the status of each component in their system.

Clicking on any component on the

You can now analyze your battery voltage, temperature and state of charge minute by minute to track and manage how your battery is being used on each one of your sites.

On the Device Overview page you can quickly check up on the actual operating states of each of the devices connected to your system.

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UI Overview : A New Approach to System Configuration

Configuration Wizards

Simplified Configuration Screens

The Conext™ Gateway will introduce intuitive system configuration wizards, designed to guide installers through the configuration of a new system step-by- step.

In addition to the Configuration Wizards, the Conext™ Gateway offers new and intuitive menu structures to allow installers to go and fine tune all of their system settings to meet their exact requirements.

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UI Overview : Reinvented Device Management

A lot of other great features for easy management

Status and Performance Screens

The Conext™ Gateway makes it as easy as possible for users to access device status and performance screens.

Event Tracking and Management

With the Conext™ Gateway we’ve added a lot more detail in terms of the faults and warnings to help guide users through the process of resolving the faults or warnings they get on their system.

Device Level and Bulk Firmware Update Management

The Conext™ Gateway allows for simplified on site management of device upgrades.

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InsightCloud, our Cloud based platform

The InsigthCloud brings solar monitoring to a whole new level:

• Installation overview –allows you to see active events, track power levels and see basic system information. A simple, useful snapshot of system performance.

• Take a closer look at how your system is performing: advanced monitoring of installation’s energy sources (panels, battery, generator, load and grid) and reporting from anywhere in the world at anytime.

• Bi-directional system: read your data and configurate your equipment directly on site or remotely.

Solar & Storage Monitoring

InsigthCloud is a cloud-based platform for installers to remain connected to and manage a portfolio of customer sites. It is a simple tool for users to track their system performance remotely.

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InsightCloud structure

Home

• One single entry point for all sites

• Sites status overview in Map or Table mode

• Energy totalizators My Dashboard

• For each specific site, my favorite/selected widgets Performance

• Analyze performance in many different ways

• Site Summary: Power Flow and Advanced Analysis

• Multi-Site Comparison Analysis

• Energy Source Analysis, persite’s device (SCCs, Solar Inverters, Inv/Chg, Batt)

• Energy Source Comparison (persite’s device type) Reporting

• Energy Yield, Performance Summary or Consolidated Reports

Configuration

• Per site: Site & Device settings

• Advanced User Management

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InsightMobile SE

A simple way to monitor your site from your hand…

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Real Estate and Commercial Buildings

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SE Solar CIB Success Stories

Tenth largest roof solar system in Waterfall City, Gauteng, by Mall of Africa

With a total size of 4.7 MW, system saving 4,494 tons of coal & 8,034 tonnes of CO2 annually - 1,000 more than the average annual CO2 production of a household

7,800MWh energy generated annually and

used to power the Mall’s daily operations

Mall of Africa – South Africa

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Off grid

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SE Solar Success Stories

Rural Health centers - Nigeria

Over 30 sites: 13.8KW to 76.5 KW / site

Equipment

:

Conext XW+ inverters, Conext MPPT 80 600, Battery Monitor, AGS, SCP and Conext Gateway, Conext CL25 &

CL36

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PV+ Battery+ Diesel Hybrid system (DC Coupled) 20kW PV Power, 5kW Load Power Equipment : Conext XW+ Inverter, Conext MPPT 60 chargers , SCP, AGS and ComBox

SE Solar CIB Success Stories

100 Telecom Tower for Middle East- UAE and KSA

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Telecom Tower in weak Grid – Indonesia – IndoGreen

PV+Battery+Grid+Diesel hybrid system. 3.6kW PV Power, 4.5 kW Load Power

Equipment : Conext XW inverters, Conext MPP 60 Chargers, Conext Combox, SCP, Automatic Generator Start

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Use cases for Residential market

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Example of Residential Installation

XW+8548 + 2 x MPPT 60 150 + 3 x GCL 5.6kW (3 x 110Ah ) + PDP + SCP + Gateway

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