Tag: inverters
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SolarEdge achieves record revenue in second fiscal quarter
SolarEdge Technologies announced its financial results for the fiscal second quarter ended December 31, 2015. Fiscal Second Quarter 2016 Highlights • Record revenue of $124.8 million, up 8.5 percent from last quarter and 70.3 percent year-over-year • GAAP gross margin of 30.9 percent • GAAP net income of $24.1 million • Non-GAAP net income ofRead More
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LCOE Heroes: How inverters drive down PV levelized cost of energy
Efficiency is a ubiquitous term in the solar industry and an important one — better efficiency means more power, which is what the world needs. But the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) is a truer measure of project value, and there are a variety of ways manufacturers up and downRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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How inverters are changing PV systems with bundled services
There’s that joke about smartphones that’s kind of a cliché now: Why are they called “phones” still? The phone part is like 1 percent of its usefulness. Inverters are kind of trending in that direction, too. Defining an inverter as merely a device that converts direct current from a solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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8 improvements in three-phase string inverters
Three-phase string products have dominated the distributed generation application space while central inverters are starting to be displaced. With this transition, CPS Americas says developers have seen the following improvements: 1. Cost per watt vs. central down from $0.25 to $0.13 2. Cost per watt with 600 Vdc to 1,000Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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HiQ inverters to be manufactured by Flex
HiQ Solar, a US-based PV inverter company, has selected Flex to manufacture its TrueString inverter family. The TrueString inverter is mainly a solution for commercial 3-phase PV installations, and was recognized last year with an Intersolar PV award for innovation. “Flex is excited to be HiQ Solar’s manufacturing solutions partner, andRead More — Solar Builder magazine