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Microinverters vs. optimizers

Module-level electronics: The challenge of increasing the yield of a typical solar module has been taken up with aplomb by both microinverter and power optimizer suppliers over the past few years. Yet with both technologies claiming the upper hand in terms of power performance, pv magazine examines both sides of what looks increasingly like the same coin.

By

Ian Clover

01 Oct 2014

Is the module-level power electronics (MLPE) market on the cusp of delivering disruptive change to the solar industry? A report in October last year by Navigant Research suggested that the sector will grow from the 1,158 MW installed in 2013 to 12,844 MW installations annually by 2020. Worth an estimated $308 million last year, the …

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