Inverters

Enphase Energy says that Octopus Energy’s retail customers will be able to integrate solar and battery systems into their energy plans in the UK market, with the introduction of Enphase IQ8 microinverters and the IQ battery 5P platform.

SMA has introduced Sunny Highpower PEAK3 modular central inverter for large-scale solar PV power plants with a decentralized architecture and system voltages of 1,500 V DC. With its compact design, the inverter offers a high power density per device.

An international research team explained that, although inverter clipping is initially effective in mitigating soiling losses, these losses could become more visible with time, as solar module degradation makes clipping less frequent. They also warned that inverter undersizing alone may not be enough to mitigate soiling losses and suggested cleaning as an additional way to reduce them.

Spanish inverter manufacturer Power Electronics has an annual inverter production capacity of 30 GW, but it now plans to build a new 20 GW manufacturing facility in the United States.

GP Eco Solutions intends to utilize INR 12.45 crore of the IPO proceeds to meet its working capital requirements and invest INR 7.6 crore in its subsidiary Invergy India to procure plant and machinery and set up a new facility.

Delta Electronics, which has been present in India for the last 20 years, recently launched its containerized data center solution in the country. With all subsystems such as UPS, power distribution, battery, cooling, and racks well integrated, this plug-and-play solution ensures rapid deployment for edge computing applications in the IoT world. On the occasion, pv magazine spoke to Rajesh Kaushal, vice president of Delta Electronics India, about their containerized data center solution, lithium-ion battery and solar inverter business, and future plans for India. 

Polycab has unveiled three-phase inverters for residential and commercial rooftop solar PV projects. The inverters have a nominal power rating ranging from 5 kW to 30 kW and a maximum efficiency of 98.4%.

Canada-based microinverter company SPARQ Systems has entered into a partnership agreement with JioThings, a fully owned subsidiary of Jio Platforms Ltd. of Reliance Industries, to supply the Indian conglomerate with PV microinverters.

Solis has shipped 4 GW of solar inverters in India since its entry in the nation in 2015.

New research from Belgium shows the importance of assessing inverter reliability by including climate-based PV panel degradation rates. The scientists found that, especially in hot and arid climates, PV inverters should be designed with parameters above the standard value.