News and information about AC Solar Panels
You see them almost everywhere: rooftops, along highways, downtown buildings, in the desert, landfills, retired coal power plants (no one else wants the toxic land), suburban landscapes, and elsewhere. Solar panels are now becoming an accepted part of the scenery. It’s likely just the beginning.
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So far in 2019, the $344 million Invesco Solar ETF (TAN), a renewable energy ETF that tracks the global solar power industry, has risen a whopping 45.1%. In contrast, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) has risen 15.9%.
With natural gas prices on a downward slide and the Trump administration devoted to supporting the domestic fossil fuel industry, the fact that a solar power ETF has outperformed all other ETFs is surprising, to say the least (read: “ETF Of The Week: Solar Fund Shines“).
AC solar panels using the Enphase IQ inverters will back-feed the Schneider Electric SW 6048 inverter seamlessly. The SW 6048 inverter protects its batteries from over charging by folding back power from the Enphase IQ inverters through a process known as phase shifting. As the battery voltage climbs, the SW 6048 shifts the phase of its output, and one by one the IQ inverters drop offline. For more information email me at [email protected]
An AC coupled system is a system that uses an off grid, battery based inverter to power a load, and uses a grid tied inverter to also power that load. The grid-tied inverter will tie to the output of the off grid inverter, provided its output is within the NEC spec for voltage, frequency, and phase.
The advantage to this setup is that in the daytime you can power a load directly from two power sources, and you have the batteries as a buffer to assist for any surge current needed.
Also, the solar power is inverted immediately using an Enphase AC solar panel which has an electrical conversion efficiency of nearly 98% as opposed to charging the batteries first at en efficiency of about 80%. For more information please email me at [email protected]
Despite last year’s weakness, the future for solar stocks is incredibly bright.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/04/09/here-are-the-top-solar-stocks-for-2019.aspx
Petaluma-based solar power manufacturer Enphase Energy Inc. (Nasdaq: ENPH) announced its fourth-quarter financial results Tuesday, posting a significant increase in revenue over the previous quarter and moving into the black for the final period of 2018.
In all the years of following Enphase Energy (ENPH), their upcoming earnings call should be one of the most exciting, especially considering recent events. Many loyalists are eagerly anticipating news of Enphase’s 8th-generation “IQ8 Ensemble.” This revolutionary new product suite will give solar systems “battery-less” microgrid capability and true grid-agnostic, energy freedom; it will further provide the impetus to upgrade for millions of customers whose aging solar PV systems do not have that capability.
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4240963-enphase-energy-great-expectations
Shares of Enphase Energy (NASDAQ:ENPH) jumped nearly 53% last month, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The provider of microinverters and energy storage products didn’t gain on any specific day for any specific reason, but rather recovered from a poor finish in 2018. While many stocks sank in December, investors suffered through a more prolonged slump with Enphase Energy. The company’s shares slid 30% in the second half of last year.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/02/06/heres-why-enphase-energy-stock-gained-528-in-janua.aspx
Enphase Energy, whose solar panels were subject to tariffs, spoke of the need to move manufacturing out of China at its analyst day in August. A month later, it announced an expansion in Mexico with contract manufacturer Flex.