Tag: inverters
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PV Pointer: Find the hidden value in ‘oversizing’ inverters
While inverter oversizing is not new to the solar industry, there are still inverter manufacturers that do not offer an attractive DC:AC ratio for their inverters. This highly impacts cost and profitability of a solar system. Therefore, it’s important for system designers and solar installers to have a closer lookRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Panasonic, Enphase to partner on high-efficiency AC module
Panasonic Corp. of North America and Enphase Energy Inc. are partnering on the development of high efficiency AC Modules (ACMs). To support this partnership, the 320W Enphase IQ 7X Microinverter offers compatibility with Panasonic’s N Series Photovoltaic (PV) Modules HIT (N325/N330), and will be made available to distributors starting May 2018.Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Rapid Shutdown and Beyond: Inside NEC 2017 and the effort to streamline PV design
New codes and regulations are notorious for raising prices and halting innovation in industries, but the new rapid shutdown requirements facing the solar industry are having the opposite effect. Thanks to a coalition of manufacturers and interested parties across solar, the solutions being developed to meet NEC 2017 Module LevelRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Enphase Energy debuts seventh generation IQ microinverter
Enphase Energy came out with its seventh-generation Enphase IQ microinverters to complement its Home Energy Solution this week. The Enphase IQ 7 Micro and Enphase IQ 7+ Micro have already started shipping to distributors in the United States. What’s new in Gen 7? Seventh-generation IQ icroinverters are powered by Enphase’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SolarEdge, OMRON team up on optimized high-voltage solar inverter solution for Japanese market
Big-time solar electronics providers, SolarEdge Technologies and OMRON Corp. are launching a new DC optimized inverter solution for Japan’s high-voltage PV market. OMRON will offer SolarEdge’s three-phase DC optimized inverter solution, consisting of inverters, power optimizers, and module-level monitoring, for the high-voltage Japanese PV market. SolarEdge offers a DC optimizedRead More — Solar Builder magazine