The need to lower PV system costs is driving large-scale solar developers to consider changing from 1,000- to 1,500-volt DC systems. The United States PV market was able to lower the cost of PV systems by increasing the maximum system voltage from 600 to 1,000 volts a few years ago.Read More

  Certification is hugely important for all PV system components as the industry moves into the mainstream. SnapNrack’s 100 and 200 Systems received an updated UL 2703 listing that will further enhance the huge benefit that users of SnapNrack products have been receiving. All items in the SnapNrack price listRead More

SnapNrack, a manufacturer of solar panel mounting solutions, just debuted a joint UL 2703 listing with Enphase microinverters and SolarEdge optimizers. Under SnapNrack’s UL 2703 listing and with the launch of its MLPE Rail Attachment Kit, installers are no longer required to bond optimizers with ground lugs and bare copper,Read More

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc., a global leader in PV inverters, power optimizers, and module-level monitoring services, is expanding its offering by launching its commercial inverter solution in Japan. The SolarEdge commercial solution consist of small and light-weight three-phase commercial inverters, sized 24.75-kW and 33.3-kW for both low- and medium-voltage connection, P600Read More

PCI Solar completed a solar carport array for the City of Woodland, Calif. The solar project, part of a 2.5-MW portfolio that PCI Solar is building for Woodland, was part of an RFP hosted by Terra Verde Renewable Partners. The system will help power the City of Woodland’s police headquarters. TheRead More

Seems like just yesterday that large-scale PV systems moved to 1,000 Vdc in the United States, but another sea change to the 1,500-volt system is imminent. The analysts at GTM Research believe the transition will begin in earnest this year, and so do many of the inverter manufacturers we surveyedRead More

SolarEdge Technologies, a global player PV inverters, power optimizers and module-level monitoring services, has shipped its 10 millionth power optimizer and wants to celebrate. “We founded the company with a vision that every solar panel would have smart electronics, and we are on our way to fulfilling this,” stated Guy Sella,Read More

SolarEdge Technologies announced its financial results for the fiscal second quarter ended December 31, 2015. Fiscal Second Quarter 2016 Highlights • Record revenue of $124.8 million, up 8.5 percent from last quarter and 70.3 percent year-over-year • GAAP gross margin of 30.9 percent • GAAP net income of $24.1 million • Non-GAAP net income ofRead More

Efficiency is a ubiquitous term in the solar industry and an important one — better efficiency means more power, which is what the world needs. But the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) is a truer measure of project value, and there are a variety of ways manufacturers up and downRead More

There’s that joke about smartphones that’s kind of a cliché now: Why are they called “phones” still? The phone part is like 1 percent of its usefulness. Inverters are kind of trending in that direction, too. Defining an inverter as merely a device that converts direct current from a solarRead More