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Using string at scale

String inverters: Heralded by some developers as a way to reduce O&M costs and meet the challenges of optimizing park design, large string inverters for PV power plants have made headway in some markets. And as solar spreads to harsher and more remote regions, strings strength is coming ever more to the fore.

By

Ian Clover

13 Jun 2016

When working in hot and dusty conditions, time is of the essence. It takes a maximum of two trained installers to fit a typical three-phase string inverter on to a row of ground-mounted modules. Depending on the size of the system, this translates to a few hours’ work, especially when compared to the heavy duty …

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