Tag: Inverters and eBOS
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OutBack Power, Bay City Electric Works team on storage + generator home resilience offer
Solar energy and battery backup solutions are growing in popularity with the increased frequency of California’s public safety power shutoffs, time-of-use billing, and disaster-related power outages. Turning to solar energy with battery storage gives households and businesses more control over their energy usage and costs. To take this a stepRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Tigo’s newest rapid shutdown device is UL certified with the largest network of inverters
Since announcing the TS4-A-2F, Tigo has seen significant demand for it as PV system owners, installers, and distributors look for reliable and cost-effective ways to fulfill National Electrical Code (NEC) requirements for module-level rapid shutdown. It is now reaching rooftops all across the country. “We’ve had more demand for theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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UCI researchers hacked solar inverters using just $50 worth of equipment
File this under not great: Cyber-physical systems security researchers at the University of California, Irvine can disrupt the functioning of a power grid using about $50 worth of equipment tucked inside a disposable coffee cup. In a presentation delivered at the recent Usenix Security 2020 conference, Mohammad Al Faruque, UCIRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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The Pitch: How multi-module microinverters reduce solar system costs
Soft costs comprise 64% of a solar PV system’s total cost, which means installation methods and component selection are crucial elements of solar installer’s business model. Today on the Pitch, Jason Higginson, senior director of marketing with APsystems, tells us how multi-module microinverters can be a competitive advantage for solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sol-Ark solar inverters now have closed-loop communication with Discover AES batteries
Sol-Ark continues to form solid partnerships with energy storage companies, the latest being Discover Battery. The two have implemented a closed-loop communication between Discover’s Advanced Energy System (AES) LiFePO4 and the Sol-Ark 12K and 8K Hybrid All-In-One inverter systems over CANBus using a LYNK Solar Gateway. In addition toRead More — Solar Builder magazine