Solar inverters: companies, products and costs?
…inverters are 30-50% lower cost than Western-made inverters, a key question explored in the data-file is whether this also comes at the cost of lower power quality. Our views and…
Solar decline rates: causes and solutions?
…inverter strategy is explored on pages 11-13. Our work supports the shift from central inverters towards smaller inverters, possibly micro-inverters at utility scale. Companies covered in the report include Enphase,…
Hillcrest: ZVS inverter breakthrough?
…up to 13% higher range than today’s inverters, especially for use in EV powertrains; but also in wind, solar, batteries and fast-chargers. It is based on SiC semiconductors. This Hillcrest…
New energies: filter feeder?
…variable frequency drives such as in heat pumps, LEDs, and energy consumed by internet and big data devices. Harmonic distortion caused by inverters are discussed on pages 9-10, including for…
Grid-scale battery costs: $/kW or $/kWh?
…sine wave from the DC output of a battery. Inverters are sized in kW terms, and priced in kW terms. https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/solar-inverters-products-costs-and-companies/ A transformer then steps up the voltage of the…
MOSFETs: energy use and power loss calculator?
…they are the basis for solar inverters, wind converters, electric vehicle traction inverters, AC-DC rectifiers, other DC-DC converters, the power supplies to data-servers, AI and other digital devices. Transistors are…
Vehicles: energy transition conclusions?
…power MOSFETs underlying EV traction inverters. (3) New and world-changing vehicle types will also be unlocked by electric motors’ greater compactness, simplicity and controllability. e-mobility provides an example with the…
Energy economics: an overview?
…the data-file, across our models of Air Separation, Cables, Comminution, Compressors, Electric Motors, Electrowinning, Fans, Flotation, Gas Dehydration, Harmonic Filters, Heat Exchangers, Inverters, Motor Drivers, Pumps, Rankine Engines, Tanks and…
Inter-correlations between solar assets?
…been oversized relative to inverters or MPPT is not fully optimized. Volatility and inter-correlations are quantified in the data-file, but are generally high. For example, over >500km distances, different solar generators’…
Power grids: tenet?
…electronics of MPPTs and inverters. Wind generation is described on pages 10-11, including the physics of swept areas, and the electronics of DFIGs and AC-DC-AC converters. Power distribution and transformers…