Featured in The quality issue – 04-2018

Higher power, broader portfolios

Inverter trend update: The slow burn of solar inverter innovation appears never to come to the boil, but this steady and stable road map is enabling leading firms to maintain a broad portfolio while incrementally improving their products. pv magazine rounds up some of the latest trends in the inverter space.

By

Ian Clover

06 Apr 2018

Kaco’s new blueplanet gridsave 500 TL3-S battery inverter on display at the recent PV Expo, Tokyo.

The industry shift towards 1,500 V solar components began in earnest a couple of years ago. A relatively slow transition by dint of the fact that every link in the PV chain – from module through connectors to inverters – had to possess the capabilities and capacities to handle the higher voltage, but such patience is now paying …

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