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  • Thursday, June 11, 2009

Electronics to manage solar energy are sexier than ever this year. Will this bring solar into the big time?

Solar inverters, which are used to convert the direct current (DC) power generated by a solar panel into the alternating current (AC) power used on the grid, are one area that hasn’t seen a lot of innovation since the early days of solar power, at least not at a dramatic scale. But that’s changing, as we’ve noted (more than once) since last fall. There are new technologies that improve the system architecture, simplify the phase [...]

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