Smart integration
TOP 100 – The award for Germany’s most innovative SMEs
Since 1993, compamedia has been awarding the TOP 100 seal of approval to SMEs with a particular ability to innovate and above-average success rates for innovations. Professor Nikolaus Franke has coordinated the project since 2002, and is the founder and director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. The TOP 100 is mentored by science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar and organised in partnership with the Fraunhofer Society for the Promotion of Applied Research and the German Association for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (BVMW). Media support for the company benchmarking competition is provided by manager magazin, impulse, and W&V.
FREQCON GmbH impressed in the categories „Open Innovation“ and „Innovation Success“ and received the coveted award TOP 100.
German Renewables Award
The German Renewables Award competition started in 2012 and is organized by the Renewable Energy Hamburg Cluster Agency. Every year different companies and projects are awarded in 4 different categories for outstanding achievements. FREQCON is proud to have received the award for „product innovation of the year“ in both 2014 and 2016.
In 2014 FREQCON and Qreon GmbH jointly developed a 2 MW wind turbine design with integrated battery storage system and won the „product innovation award“. The integrated storage system makes the wind turbine very suitable for „weak-grid projects“ and allows off-grid operation for extended periods of time.
In 2016 FREQCON received the award for the newly developed UGS Ultracapacitor Grid Stabilizer for dynamic voltage and frequency regulation. The UGS combines the STATCOM capabilities of an IGBT-Power Converter with active power support based on high-power Maxwell Ultracapacitors. Compared to other technologies this solution offers improved efficiency, combined with lower investment and operational costs.