Featured in Solar leads the European recovery – 06-2020

Shadow boxing

The amount of non-uniform shading an array will experience determines the technology choices that can be made. However, it can be complicated to formulate more general rules for when to use what type of technology. Most would agree that module-level power electronics are better at handling non-uniform shading, but how do they handle the sun? A recently promoted study brought the discussion into sharp relief.

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Marian Willuhn

15 Jun 2020

Indian reservoirs could host 280 GW of floating solar, according to a study by The Energy and Resources Institute. | Image: Lingewaard Energie

Each year module manufacturers present their R&D teams’ latest achievements – new modules with record-breaking conversion efficiencies. But when inverter manufacturers show off their latest products, it isn’t so often that they include their new devices’ efficiency ratings in the headlines. The reason why is simple. Efficiency ratings for inverters are not entirely straightforward; competition …

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