Shade tolerant inverter

Technology
Shade tolerant modular multilevel inverter control method for photovoltaic applications.

Market
Solar energy equipment

Uniqueness
The main benefit of the invention is to increase the energy yield of the PV plant without sacrifying the efficiency. In addition, the proposed method helps with integrated diagnostics without any additional hardware. The need for diagnostic equipments is minimized and the plant’s availability is increased significantly.

Status

  • Patent pending
  • Seeking commercial partners