History
For over 60 years the name Fronius has stood for intensive research and the constant search for new, innovative solutions. The perfect efficiency of every product has repeatedly been awarded both national and international prizes.
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1995
Establishment of the Energy & Environment Division, with business units for photovoltaics and battery charging systems.
Launch of the "Sunrise" grid-connected solar inverter for generating electricity from solar energy and feeding it into the power grid.
1997
Innovation Prize of the Province of Upper Austria for the "Sunrise" solar inverter.
1998
Launch of the "Solarix", a sine-wave solar inverter for stand-alone operation. The first such unit - anywhere - in which the inverter and charge controller really do work together smoothly.
1999
Innovation Prize of the Province of Upper Austria for the sine-wave solar inverter "Solarix".
2001
The "Fronius IG" grid-connected inverter is launched. With features such as data communication via plug-in cards, low weight and its compatibility with all common makes of photovoltaic module, the "Fronius IG" achieves the utmost in flexibility for the client.
Award of the Environment Prize of the Province of Upper Austria for the
2002
Start of the project „Fronius Energy Cell“. The vision: a photovoltaic system delivers the energy. The Fronius Energy Cell transforms the surplus power into hydrogen and stores it. If the pv-system produces insufficient power, the fuel cell transforms the hydrogen back to power.
2003
Market launch of the Fronius IG 40 / 60 with MIX concept. The MIX concept achieves a marked increase in energy yield under part load and also enables more efficient utilisation of the inverter.
2004
Fronius Solar Electronics triples its production capacity from 70 MW to 200 MW! Additionally, inverters are UL certified for the USA, and the first sales partner for the Far East is won.
2005
Market launch of the first central inverter with MIX design, the Fronius IG 500, in Europe and Korea. Multiple small power components in an inverter boost efficiency under partial load.
2007
Market launch of the new grid-connected PV-inverters "Fronius IG Plus": New power classes expand the proven Fronius IG series. These high-tech devices include many advantages and grant maximum earnings security – in any weather!
2007
HyLOG presents a CO²-free internal logistics system in Sattledt with photovoltaic, electrolysis and hydrogen power. The project was honored by the Austrian Solar Award and the Energy Globe Award.
2008
Start of the service subsidiary of the solar electronics division in Verona, Italy
2008
Fronius is honoured for the development of the inverter series Fronius IG Plus as well as for its outstanding service with the renowned „Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award 2008“.
2009
Fronius and Frauscher present the worldwide first electric boat powered by hydrogen fuel cell.
2009
The Fronius energy cell is the world's first TÜV Süd certified hydrogen-powered fuel cell system that generates electricity without any emissions whatsoever.
2009
Premiere of the first transformerless PV inverter “Fronius IG TL” with standard system monitoring. It also has a unique feature in which a commercially-available USB stick can be used for easy system monitoring as well as simple inverter updating.
2009
The Solar Electronics Division is present in the subsidiaries in France and Czech Republic and launches a new subsidiary in Spain.
Expansion of the previous support- and service branch in Italy to a sales subsidiary.
Expansion of the previous support- and service branch in Italy to a sales subsidiary.
2010
The Fronius Energy Cell is now in the 2 kW and 4 kW power categories in full-scale production. The first stage involves the fuel cell.
2010
Launch of the new „Fronius CL“ central inverter series. These inverters provide maximum earnings along with the highest system stability due to the combination of high-yield power electronics with a unique modular system design using the Fronius MIX™ concept. The Fronius CL with power classes 36, 48 and 60 kW is perfectly suited for PV systems of up to several hundred kilowatts.
2012
Product placement of the Fronius Ailo. As the first central inverter in its performance class that can be completely installed and maintained by the installer, the Fronius Agilo sets new standards. With a maximum output power of 75 kVA and 100 kVA the Fronius Agilo is particularly suitable for industrial or commercial systems.
