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The smarter E AWARD 2025: Energy Transition Pioneers Shortlisted

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The winners of The smarter E AWARD 2025 will be honored on 6 May at the International Congress Center Messe München. The finalists are the following.

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The finalists for The smarter E AWARD 2025 have been announced in the five categories. ©Solar Promotion GmbH

Finalists in the Photovoltaics category

  • 7Secondsolar (South Africa) with its AUTOPV planning software solution
  • Aevy (Norway) with its Aevy asset management platform
  • Aiko Energy (China) with its ABC INFINITE PV module
  • Anhui Huasun Energy (China) with its Kunlun Series Ultra-high Bifaciality HJT solar module
  • LONGi Solar Technology (China) with its Hi-MO X10 module
  • MBJ Solutions (Germany) with its MBJ Sunlike Lab solar simulator
  • Seaward Electronic (UK) with its PV:1525-IV testing device
  • Sungrow Power Supply (China) with its SG350HX-20 string inverter
  • Sunmaxx PVT (Germany) with its Sunmaxx PX-1 combination module
  • Weidmüller Interface (Germany) with its PV Inline lightning and overvoltage protection

Finalists in the Energy Storage category

  • CMBlu Energy (Germany) with its Organic SolidFlow Battery storage system
  • EcoFlow (China) with its PowerOcean DC Fit residential storage system
  • EVE Energy (China) with its Mr. Big battery cell
  • Huawei Technologies (China) with its ESS LUNA2000-215-2S10 storage system
  • Hydrostor (Canada) with its A-Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) system
  • p&e power&energy (Germany) with its Scalable Cell Level Power Electronics Platform inverter system
  • SAMSUNG SDI (South Korea) with its U8A1 UPS solution
  • SOL Research (Germany) with its Powerstation 2.500
  • Sungrow Power Supply (China) with its PowerTitan 2.0 large-scale storage system
  • Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage Technology (China) with its Power 6.25 MWh 4h BESS battery container

Finalists in the E-Mobility category

  • Cable-Sherpa (Austria) with its Cable-Sherpa cable management
  • DEHN (Germany) with its DEHNguard M DC ACI 1250 FM power protection switch
  • Etecnic (Spain) with its EVcharge Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform
  • Friedrich (Germany) with its URBANROOF parking lot canopy
  • GoodWe (China) with its Vela Series Residential Solar Carport
  • Hive Power (Switzerland) with its Hive Power FLEXO Smart Charge SaaS solution
  • SAMSUNG SDI (South Korea) with its No Thermal Propagation Technology battery concept
  • Schaltbau (Germany) with its C330 high-power DC contactor
  • Shenzhen Kehua Hengsheng Technology (China) with its EV3102-040K-HR-UC SiC charging module
  • OPES Solar Mobility (Germany) with its O.Motion matrix solar module series
  • Schaltbau (Deutschland) mit dem Hochleistungs-DC-Schütz C330
  • Shenzhen Kehua Hengsheng Technology (China) mit dem SiC-Lademodul EV3102-040K-HR-UC
  • OPES Solar Mobility mit der Matrix-Solarmodul-Serie O.Motion

Finalists in the Smart Integrated Energy category

  • FENECON (Germany) with its FEMS FENECON energy management system
  • meteocontrol (Germany) with its mc Assetpilot
  • fleXality (Germany) with its AI-based fEnOMS software solution
  • Sungrow Power Supply (China) with its Stem Cell Grid Technology grid-forming inverter technology
  • Toscano (Spain) with its COMBI-PRO-MAX switching solution
  • Utiligize (Denmark) with its integrated Forecast & Investment platform
  • Zählerfreunde (Germany) with its white label energy management SaaS solution for utilities

Finalists in the Outstanding Projects category

  • Beijing HyperStrong Technology (China) with its Beijing Siyuanqiao Integrated Charging Plus Storage Station Project
  • Beijing HyperStrongTechnology (China) with its 250 MW/1,000 MWh energy storage project in Santanghu
  • CyberGrid (Austria) with its Theiß Hybrid Storage System
  • Electricity Authority of Cyprus (Cyprus) with its installation of PV systems in 405 public schools
  • GIZ Indonesia (Indonesia) with its off-grid Solar Ice Maker project for fishing communities
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – KIT (Germany) with its BiFlow hybrid storage system project
  • LONGi Solar Technology (China) with its 3000 Nm³/h Electrolyzer in Hydrogen-Rich Blast Furnace Smelting project
  • Phaesun (Germany) with its BeCool: Clean Cooling for Markets in Kenya project
  • Sungrow Hydrogen (China) with its Low Carbon Institute Green Hydrogen Demonstration Project
  • Xiamen Ampace Technology (China) with its energy storage project integrated into a high-voltage transformer station in Chile

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