Green Power Feeding the Grid

PV inverter technology is driven by efficiency and compliance, but reliability is also important

What modern, ecological houses are wearing this season is blue - more precisely, the dark blue of solar cells. And this trend is gaining momentum, despite the financial crisis and reduction in feed-in tariffs from governments surprised by the success they created.

The owners of these systems are less concerned about the looks. What they are concerned about is high and reliable output. (Think of efficiency in the high 90s at more than 7000 power temperature cycles over lifetime!).

Green Power Feeding the Grid discusses how a good, reliable power switch must be the basis of this.

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