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Optimus primetime

DC optimizers: Whether embedded during module assembly, sold as standalone, or installed at solar sites of increasingly large dimensions, the DC power optimizer has been showing its worth in 2016, but what does the future hold in store?

By

Ian Clover

02 Jan 2017

A maturing solar industry is more comfortable with MLPE products, which in turn are becoming cheaper and more sophisticated.

In September this year Canadian Solar announced that it had paired DC optimizers provided by Ampt with a 33 MW solar PV array. This story was noteworthy for two reasons: one, Canadian Solar did not disclose the location of the solar plant; and two: at 33 MW it is by far the largest solar PV …

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