Benefits of Optimized Solar PV Systems

With traditional (string) inverted Solar PV systems, the weakest panel reduces the performance of all the panels in the string as all the panels are connected in series. By using power optimizers this condition is eliminated as each individual panel is optimized to produce maximum energy and a single faulty panel does not affect the performance of the remaining panels.

The benefits of this approach over traditional PV systems are:

• High efficiency - more energy is harvested from the system
• Greater flexibility in design and installation
• More tolerance to external conditions such as shading or soiling
• Inbuilt safety mechanism which automatically shuts the system voltage down for maintenance
• Full visibility of the system performance with module level monitoring anytime, anywhere through a cloud-based portal