Jan 30 2011
eIQ Energy has declared that its Parallel Solar technology has been chosen for a new 1.8-MW solar power installation at a Bee Safe Storage facility located in Murrieta, California. EcoOneEnergy will install the solar system utilizing crystalline solar modules driving numerous inverters.
An array of such size needs more number of solar modules that are linked in series-wired strings in conventional method. Each string comprises more than a dozen solar modules and they are connected individually to a combiner box and then directed to an inverter.
eIQ Energy’s parallel wiring method provided by its vBoost DC-to-DC voltage optimizer considerably reduces the requirement of combiner boxes, cabling, other hardware and the associated labor costs required for installation . This cost -saving hardware will offset the expenditure of eIQ Energy vBoost that are deployed on every panel or group of panels.
The Parallel Solar technology will also offer accurate panel-level observation of performance, distributed maximum power point tracker (MPPT) and internet-based access to performance data. The vBoost also avoids power-sapping issues between panels connected with the same string that exhibit various output levels because of aging, soiling, shading or other problems.