Solar Microinverter Offers More Output With Less Labor
Enphase Energy’s fourth-generation Enphase System is shipping throughout North America. The system features the M250 solar Microinverter, which offers higher output power, increased conversion...
View ArticleSolar CAN Save The Planet If We Don’t Fear Disrupting The System
Solar can be the truly disruptive technology that changes the way we look at energy. Here’s how we get there. By Peter Lynch, Special Contributor The photovoltaic (PV) industry needs to aggressively...
View ArticleNew Jersey Gets 7MW Of Solar
Chint Power Systems America will provide over 300, 20-kW solar inverters for PV installations across New Jersey. The projects include a variety of applications that reflect the broad flexibility...
View ArticleDanfoss Introduces Inverters For Medium To Utility Systems At Solar Power...
At the Solar Power International show in Chicago last week Danfoss introduced its QLX central inverter series for the utility-scale market, and its MLX solar inverter series for medium to large-scale...
View ArticleEaton Shows Off Inverters And Circuit Protection At Solar Power International
At the Solar Power International show in Chicago last week, Eaton displayed its Power Xpert central solar inverter and PVGard circuit breakers and switches. In case you missed it, here’s a quick look...
View ArticlePower-One Offers New Solar Inverters, From Residential To Utility
Power-One, a member of the ABB Group, presented its newest residential string inverter series and a new mobile application for its Aurora Vision monitoring products at the Solar Power International...
View ArticleCase Study: Solar Inverters Ride-Through PG&E Low-Voltage Events
Pacific Gas & Electric’s Westside Solar Station is a 15-MWdc solar project in Northern California. This site experiences low-voltage events caused by momentary phase to phase faults on an adjacent...
View ArticleMoxa Reveals Hardware And Software For Remote Monitoring
The new UC-8100 Series computer and software platform will make it much easier for systems providers to offer a complete monitoring service for any and all of their remote field devices, according to...
View ArticleAEG Power Solutions Extends Solar Inverter Line With 1000-V Model
At the Solar Power International show earlier this month in Chicago, AEG Power Solutions introduced two new members of its broad solar inverter line for the Americas. The Protect PV.500 OD UL and...
View ArticleBoy, Was I Mistaken — Solar In Puerto Rico? Definitely Maybe
By Robert Sternthal, Special To Solar Power World On Nov. 16, 2012, I presented a case for Puerto Rico to become one of the United States’ hot markets in 2013. I was clearly mistaken. Nearly a year...
View ArticleYou Can’t Always Judge A Kid By Its Parents
Welcome to another edition of Solar Speaks, Solar Power World’s podcast series that gives you the opportunity to hear from the industry’s biggest newsmakers — in their own words. Today we are talking...
View ArticleSolar Powers Indiana Municipal Power Agency
Danfoss QLX central inverter The Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA) is the not-for-profit wholesale power provider to 59 cities and towns across Indiana and one Ohio community who own and operate...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: First-Hand Views Of White House Solar Array Revealed
Yann Brandt, solar entrepreneur and proprietor of SolarWakeup.com (if you’re not receiving his daily wrap-up of news from around the solar industry in your inbox, shame on you) did a little first-hand...
View Article3 Solar Trends Will Fundamentally Change The Utility-Led Electric Grid
David Crane, president and chief executive officer for NRG Energy, reached out to Solar Power World and asked if we would be interested in getting his thoughts on the future of distributed generation...
View ArticleTwo Canadian Solar Farms Generate 2GWh In First Year
Microinverter manufacturer Enphase Energy, and protection, control and SCADA systems company Virelec, reported Injasuti Development’s two Canadian solar PV farms have completed their first year of...
View ArticleAdaptive Microinverters Help Solar Adjust To The Future
While solar power strives to capture the sun’s inexhaustible and free energy, conventional processes of converting visible light into electricity through PV arrays have historically been expensive and...
View ArticleInverters Contribute To Sustainable Solar Growth
In the past year, solar industry growth has become more sustainable. After facing countless challenges over the past decade, the industry has created solutions to improve a photovoltaic (PV) system...
View ArticleSolar Power Helps Australia’s Aged
Australia has completed a large grid-connected solar power system at the Glenlyn Aged Care Facility in Glenroy, Victoria. This 100-kW installation is expected to generate over 392kWh of solar energy...
View ArticleAt Long Last: This Is One Of The Most Important Issues Facing Solar
What a concept: The U.S. government has finally recognized how important bringing down manufacturing costs is to moving the solar industry forward — and they’re putting their money where their mouths...
View ArticleWhat To Look For In An Off-Grid Solar Inverter
Photo courtesy of Schneider Electric The modern solar industry was born through off-grid solar, a market which continues to be an important aspect of the industry. Around the world, one in six people...
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