Damage to a relay contact after cyclic current loading. A better understanding of inverter reliability will help boost performance and reduce costs. Image: Fraunhofer IMWS. Inverters are critical to ...

Dr. Christoph Wenge, another research scientist at Fraunhofer IFF, said, “The widest array of faults can occur in the solar ...

The Renewable Energy Test Center (RETC) released its 2024 PV Module Index report, evaluating the reliability, quality, and performance of solar panels. Solar modules are put through a variety of ...

GameChange Solar has completed testing of its Genius Tracker system, which yielded results of no 'meaningful power loss' in ...

Last week, testing specialists PV Evolution Labs launched its latest Module Reliability Scorecard, which names more than 100 products from 26 manufacturers as top performers, after being put through ...

Yokogawa Test & Measurement Corporation has announced its new 720252 1MS/s 16-bit isolation module, featuring wide-range DC offset-adjust capability, and the 720301 power measurement module, ...

Global electricity demand is rising faster than new large power plants can be built, and the cost of that imbalance is showing up in household bills and grid instability. Instead of relying only on ...

The global trend toward vehicle electrification has put renewed attention on the design of cost-effective traction inverters, which convert energy from the vehicle's battery to drive the motors in the ...