Featured in Beyond low MENA tenders – 01-2019

Delaying derating

High solar irradiance and few cloudy days are ideal for solar. Fine dust and extreme heat is not – particularly when it comes to power electronics. As the distributed generation market segment emerges in the region, it’s a challenge that inverter suppliers are grappling with.

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Marian Willuhn

15 Jan 2019

SMA’s inverter sales in the first half of 2020 reached 7.1 GW. | SMA Solar Technology AG

Fun fact: Camels have blood vessels posterior to the brain that are connected to a network of fine ventricles in their nostrils, where blood can be cooled by around 4°C, through respiratory evaporation, chilling its brain selectively in comparison with its body temperature.The mechanism allows camels to sustain extreme heat without breaking a sweat, thus …

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