Islanding on and off the ocean

Sungrow said it had to ad air conditioning to its systems in the Maldives, as ambient temperatures are quite high. This microgrid project in Tibet sits at 5,000 m, which also poses challenges for inverter and battery cooling. Most systems can only operate until 3,000 m, as air density is too low to convey enough heat in higher altitudes.
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