Oct 7 2008
Advanced Energy Industries, today introduced its newest Solaron offering - a 500 kW, utility-scale, transformerless, grid-tie photovoltaic (PV) inverter. Extending the Solaron portfolio beyond inverters for commercial and small-scale utility installations, the 500 kW inverter achieves similar, unsurpassed efficiencies as other Solaron models - 97.5 percent CEC-weighted (California Energy Commission) efficiency rating (pending).
In addition to delivering more power per inverter for utility-scale installations, the newest Solaron model delivers previously unachievable return on investment (ROI)--from installation through decades of energy harvests. Specifically, before installation is complete, integrators can save tens of thousands of dollars per panel section because multiple Solaron inverters can be routed into a single, medium-voltage station. In operation, unbeatable Solaron efficiencies enable power producers to achieve higher energy harvests over an inverter's lifetime, resulting in more favorable landed cost-per-kilowatt-hour ratios than was possible until now. Moreover, in addition to the savings from our transformerless design, integrators who choose particular Solaron options can save up to 50 percent on specified material costs like cables, achieving improved ROI even before installation is complete.
The AE Solaron suite of products, services and accessories deliver predictable, optimal performance for decades. Features such as AE's Integrated Data System(TM) (IDS(TM)) with instant access to Solaron data from anywhere at anytime and AE's SafeGuardSM wholly-customizable, comprehensive service program are part of the Solaron optimized balance-of-system (BoS) architecture, which can proactively maximize system uptime, power generation and inverter life.