What follows are the Top Solar Inverter Products for 2019. Take a look at this year’s innovative products (listed alphabetically by company) within the solar inverter category (grouped by microinverters, string, central and hybrid inverters and MLPEs).
See the full list of the 2019 Top Solar Products here.
The QS1 from APsystems is a four-module, single-phase microinverter for residential applications. It offers a 75% reduction in installation time, the highest peak output power, YC600 compatibility and up to 3X faster data transmission speeds than conventional microinverters. A wider MPPT voltage range means a greater energy harvest for homeowners.
Enphase IQ 7A microinverters support solar modules up to 450 W, adding a high-power option to the seventh-generation family of Enphase IQ microinverters. IQ 7A microinverters can be paired with monofacial or bifacial solar modules and reduce the number of modules required to power residential and commercial solar installations.
Maximize operating time and reduce overall costs in smaller utility-scale systems with the PVS-166/175 string inverter. The fuse-free 24 input, 12 independent MPPTs eliminates the need for external string combiners and adds redundancy to ensure maximum energy harvest while the 800 VAC output requires smaller conductors, reducing CAPEX cost.
New Solis utility solution ensures maximum up-time and returns. The Solis 125kW combines high power density and a market-leading maximum efficiency of 99.1% to deliver better LCOE over the life of the project. Ginlong’s integrated utility solution includes a dedicated U.S. service team to guarantee hassle-free commissioning and O&M.
HIQ’s UL-listed 10-kW 3-phase 480V storage inverter enables C&I customers BTM energy storage for demand charge management cost savings and utility customers FTM energy storage grid service management solutions. HiQ’s inverter is battery chemistry agnostic, only requiring firmware setting changes for either vanadium redox flow battery or lithium-ion battery systems.
The blueplanet 125 TL3 is meant for utility-scale solar parks based on 1500-V technology, thus saving costs for cabling and connection work. Integrating silicon carbide semiconductors, it dissipates less heat. This makes it especially suited for hot climates and has led to significant material reductions and a low weight.
SMA America has unveiled a new version of its Sunny Boy-US line of inverters, part of the Power+ residential solar offering. Key improvements include the ability to integrate SMA’s new TS4-R-F module-level retrofit device, a SunSpec-compatible solution that increases safety and delivers cost-effective, module-level shutdown.
The XGI 1500 utility-scale string inverter sets the standard for high power, efficiency, reliability and flexibility. Optional Remote Combiners and Attachable Combiners facilitate both distributed inverters and grouping the inverters. The XGI 1500 inverters are Made-in-the-USA with global components, and are compliant with the Buy American Act.
The compact design of the PVS980 utility inverter speeds its installation. Sealed, thermosiphon cooling and modular design reduce maintenance over its 25+ year service life. Wide-ranging outputs up to 5 MW permits maximum design flexibility while keeping overall inverter count low on large utility systems.
The Sunny Central UP has an output power of up to 4,600 kVA for large-scale PV plants. With Sunny Central UP, you benefit from significant cost reductions on transportation, installation, commissioning and service. In addition, reducing self-consumption will lead to a considerable decrease in operating costs.
TMEIC’s Solar Ware Ninja inverters are modular (800 kW-920 kW) in design with independent MPPT controls and cooling systems. This allows higher production, lower downtime and block size flexibility like a string inverter on utility-scale PV projects at a centralized skid price.
Compact, industrial-grade pure sine wave inverter originally developed for rural electrification projects. Ideal for smaller mobile, marine and leisure applications as well as industrial and commercial use. 300 W with 100% surge capability (600 W). Sealed, encapsulated design eliminates cooling fans. Available in 12V 115 or 220 VAC versions.
The HEM HYBRID is Power Electronics’ latest solution for utility-scale PV plants, a solar inverter that allows interconnection with battery-based storage systems, through the DC/DC integrated in the same enclosure.
Conext SW is a pure sine wave, hybrid inverter system for off-grid, backup power and self-consumption applications for homes and small businesses in both AC-Coupled and DC-Coupled configurations. With the patented smart charge technology, the Conext SW helps customers maximize the self-consumption of solar power.
The Alencon BOSS allows DC-coupled solar-plus-storage systems to be deployed more safely and cost effectively. The unit creates full galvanic isolation between the battery and PV DC-bus, allowing for floating batteries and grounded PV systems with highly different voltage ranges to be installed on the same DC bus.
Ampt String Optimizers lower the cost and improve the performance of new and existing large-scale PV systems. When repowering, Ampt allows modern inverters to be used at full-rated power in legacy systems (e.g. 1000-volt inverters in 600-volt systems or 1500-volt inverters in 1000-volt systems). Additionally, recover energy losses from degradation/mismatch.
The MPPT Disconnect RS is an easy to install and cost effective rapid shutdown solution for NEC 2017 compliance. It works with the Conext MPPT60 and MPPT80 charge controllers and provides a disconnect for PV circuits, an integrated Rapid Shutdown transmitter and arc fault detection for enhanced safety.
The TS4-R-F rapid shutdown device from SMA is not merely compliant with the SunSpec shutdown standard, it’s actually SunSpec-certified. With TS4-R-F you fulfill UL 1741, NEC 2014 and NEC 2017 requirements. It operates on the power line-based SunSpec communication signal for rapid shutdown, making it simple to implement with robust functionality.
Tigo’s TS4-A-2F (Fire Safety) is the advanced add-on rapid shutdown solution that brings smart module functionality to two standard modules up to 1000 W. The UL-certified TS4-A-2F is the most cost-effective way to comply with NEC 2017 690.12 when installed with Tigo’s RSS Transmitter, or inverters with built-in Tigo-certified transmitters.