Featured in Let's talk about US – 12-2013

Still innovative

Inverters: Until just a few years ago, efficiency was the only topic that mattered to the inverter market. But from a system engineering point of view, innovation at all levels makes sense in order to improve inverters while increasing the yield of photovoltaic installations.

In today’s market, the majority of string inverters are able to achieve 98% maximum efficiency, with some even capable of slightly more, but the Photovoltaic Innovation Alliance is unrelenting. By mid-August it maintained: “Modern inverters today achieve efficiencies of more than 99%.” Of course, it does no harm when the Innovation Alliance – which is …

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