Featured in Solar Superheroes – 09-2015

Inverters at the ready

Inverters at 1,500 volts: The slow emergence of 1,500 volt applications across the solar industry is expected to engender further PV cost reductions. But what role can inverters play in this new landscape, and what are the challenges facing the leading suppliers as they embark on developing these higher voltage products?

By

Ian Clover

27 Aug 2015

“Getting to 1,500 volt systems should not be a goal in itself,” says Mark Kanjorski, Director of Marketing at Ampt LLC, a Fort Collins, Colorado-based power optimizer company. “The goal within the solar industry is to lower system cost, and moving to higher maximum system voltages is just one approach.” As trends go, the adoption …

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