The microinverter battle has pretty much been a slaughter the past few years. Despite a consistent lack of profitability and challenges from high-powered opposition like ABB and SMA, Enphase has sat comfortably on the Micro Inverter throne. Lately, we have been seeing a large increase of call volume and orders requesting APS. While SMA and […]
California is re-breaking it’s own solar records, according to a report from the California Solar Initiative (CalSO). California exceeded 6000MW in mid-April, not including an estimated 3000MW from LADWP and others not tracked through their system. This is obviously great news, especially to those of us in the solar industry. This record represents a 4X […]
Solar inverters convert DC or direct currents out of a solar panel into a utility usable or alternating current. To gain the power you need for your home, a DC-AC conversion must take place. Solar inverters are necessary to the practical application of solar systems. They are many different off the grid and grid tie […]
Coming up next week in Boston, MA is the PV America Expo. ABB inverters are among the best in the industry, so stop by their booth to learn more about their product line. After that come on back to Tandem Solar Systems to get the best prices in the industry. To find out more about […]
Considerable Benefits of Solar Panels If you want clean and pure energy in your home, you can install solar panels. Since they are crafted to derive clean energy from the sun, these panels have the capability to reduce your collective dependence on fossil fuel, help combat global warming, as well as greenhouse gas emissions. It is, therefore, […]
We spoke last month about solar bankability. Unfortunately, now we are seeing some of the fall-out that we anticipated. SMA announced earlier this week that they see a tough year of sales ahead. They are expecting continuing price pressure in the PV market, as well as a continued European shortfall of sales. As we had […]
The end of the year crunch is upon us, and we have barely had time to breathe. We have been running the micro inverter rebate program through the end of the year, and many of our installers have made the switch to ABB now. Whether is compatibility, bankability, efficiency, or other reasons, the ABB Micros […]
Funny thing happened as I was searching the garage for our holiday decorations. I found an old box of miscellaneous electronic equipment, and stumbled upon an old Adelphia remote control. I remembered the massive debt that was missing from their financials, the convictions, the bankruptcy, and then “poof.” All at once my remote was old, […]
ABB is one of the largest manufacturers of solar inverters in the world. They are a leading electrical engineering firm with 40 years+ of experience in inverter and converter tech, but ABB’s timeline actually goes back over 120 years. It is easy to trace ABBs continuous growth to a resilient attention to R&D, with many […]
Typically solar inverters efficiency is approximately 95%, so you could have about 5% power loss when the electric current is innverted from DC to AC. ABB Solar Inverters have a maximum efficiency of 96.5%. The change from AC to DC in your electric products is far less efficient; you can lose 10-40% of power. This happens […]