Tag: load control

  • SPAN to rapidly expand smart panel production via Jabil

    Demand for smart electric panels is going up and up. To keep pace, home energy management tech company SPAN is teaming up with Jabil, a global leader in engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions, to support a rapid expansion of SPAN’s product portfolio. SPAN designs its products to replace the traditional electrical panel with technology……

  • Enphase adds Power Control to help avoid main panel upgrades

    In residential, solar + storage is really shorthand for solar + storage + power control in order to hopefully avoid main panel upgrades. So, it was only a matter of time before Enphase Energy added such capabilities to its offering. Last week, Enphase announced the launch of Enphase Power Control software that can integrate with……

  • Whole home storage? Back up. Let’s discuss load controls first

    This article originally appeared in the Q1 2023 edition of Solar Builder magazine. Be sure to get your own free print and/or digital subscription right here. When I first started working in the PV industry in the mid-2000s, the new sector of grid-tied PV installer actively avoided expensive and complicated lead acid battery systems that……