Power Supply Inverter Articles & Analysis

Eaton Corporation and Tangent Energy Solutions today announced a collaboration to develop solar energy generation installations at Eaton’s facilities in Coraopolis and Vanport Township, Pa. The project will include a 1.3-megawatt (MW) ground mount solar array at Eaton’s Beaver facility and a 200-kilowatt (kW) rooftop array in Coraopolis. The array constructed at Eaton’s Vanport ...

By Eaton Corporation

Readers of Solar Power World magazine have named SMA the winner of the 2014 Leadership in Solar Power award. SMA was recognized as the inverter manufacturer that best exemplifies innovation, ingenuity and hard work for the success of the entire solar industry. The award was based on votes by solar professionals. SMA was recognized for its 30 years of experience, 30 gigawatts of installed ...

By SMA America, LLC

SMA has added two new models to its popular Sunny Boy TL-US line of transformerless inverters with Secure Power Supply. Ideal for smaller, service-constrained systems and larger residential PV projects, respectively, the Sunny Boy 3800TL-US and 6000TL-US include the capability to provide daytime power in the event of a grid outage. The Sunny Boy 3800TL-US is specially configured for homes with ...

By SMA America, LLC

SMA has further expanded its hugely popular line of Sunny Boy TL-US inverters with Secure Power Supply, this time with 7,000- and 7,700-watt models. The higher power ratings of the new Sunny Boy 7000TL-US and 7700TL-US make them ideal for large residential PV projects. Like all of the Sunny Boy TL-US inverters with Secure Power Supply, these new models are able to provide daytime power in the ...

By SMA America, LLC

On the 21st October, a historic event took place in the province of San Luis in Argentina, namely the inauguration of the first PV solar farm in the region. The Terrazas del Portezuelo plant, constructed by the Argentinian company Coradir, was commissioned by Ingeteam personnel in September. The PV plant, which is a clear example of the support and investment in clean, environmentally-friendly ...

By Ingeteam

After much anticipation, SMA is now taking orders for its new transformerless inverters designed specifically for the North American market. SMA’s Sunny Boy 3000TL-US/4000TL-US/5000TL-US inverters are an innovative residential solution featuring maximum energy production, flexible design, simple installation, and advanced communication and monitoring control. The inverter’s Secure ...

By SMA America, LLC

SMA has unveiled a new solution that simplifies online monitoring of residential and small commercial photovoltaic systems. Webconnect enables direct data transmission from the inverter to SMA’s Sunny Portal, the world’s largest Web-based PV monitoring platform, through the system owner’s existing Internet connection, without the need for additional communications or ...

By SMA America, LLC

SMA’s Sunny Boy TL-US series of transformerless residential inverters has been selected as a 2014 Top-10 Green Building Product by BuildingGreen, Inc., publisher of the GreenSpec product directory and the Environmental Building News newsletter. Now in its 12th year, the Top-10 awards go to the most innovative green building products handpicked by BuildingGreen editors from among the ...

By SMA America, LLC

SMA’s residential and commercial inverter solutions now comply with the Hawaiian Electric Company’s (HECO) new guidelines for grid interaction. The Sunny Boy TL-US with Secure Power Supply and Sunny Tripower TL-US inverter lines meet interim frequency and voltage ride-through (FVRT) and new ultra-fast transient over-voltage (TrOV2) requirements. They are now included on HECO’s ...

By SMA America, LLC

SMA will showcase a variety of solutions for residential, commercial and utility-scale applications at unique indoor and outdoor exhibits at Solar Power International in Las Vegas, October 20-23. Among them will be new inverters, highlighted in booth #524, while the SMA Solar Sprinter van, which features a fully operational PV system, will be on display outside the main hall entrance. Both ...

By SMA America, LLC