The smarter E AWARD 2025: Energy Transition Pioneers Shortlisted

MUNICH & PFORZHEIM, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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.

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