This is where the essential part of a residential solar system comes into play: a solar inverter. A solar inverter takes the electricity your solar panels make and turns it into electricity the ...

Solar panels are steadily gaining ground with consumers as a viable renewable energy option for powering one's home. While most people are familiar with solar panels, which are the often large panels ...

It is hard to believe that it is already 15 years since the introduction of the Feed In Tariff (FiT) and the subsequent mass installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology on our roofs. There is ...

Cambridge-based solar inverter firm Enecsys has revealed details of its novel power architecture, which eliminates electrolytic capacitors to increase reliability. The firm’s designs are intended to ...

Multiple factors affect the productive lifespan of a residential solar system. In Part 2 of our series, we look at solar inverters. Inverters, which convert the DC power produced by solar panels into ...

In the U.S., energy consumption for water heating is 19% of residential, 23% of lodging, and 11% of health care energy use (EIA, 2018). Despite this high consumption, the total energy provided by ...

Petaluma startup, founded in 2006, began selling solar panel micro-inverters, which are more efficient and easier to install, in June. Enphase Energy Inc., a Petaluma startup that makes technology to ...