SolarEdge Makes Impossible Installations Possible
by Andrew on Aug.19, 2010, under solar electric
“… The SolarEdge distributed power harvesting PV system includes PowerBoxes which are power optimizers that are integrated into each and every solar module, and enable performance of each module at its own optimum at all times. PowerBoxes perform constant tracking of their respective module’s Maximum Power Point (MPP), so no module is dependent upon performance of neighboring modules. Unlike PV systems with a centralized inverter, in a SolarEdge system modules with low performance do not drag down the performance of other modules in the same string, and in fact have no effect on the performance of other modules. In addition, PowerBoxes maintain fixed string voltage, so that the inverter’s input voltage is always constant and equals the optimum inversion voltage. For this reason, the system can have strings that differ in length and other properties. …”


