Repowering a Japanese Ground Mount Installation
Mr. Aikawa of “Mr. Dream” upgrades to SolarEdge to generate more power and take advantage of beneficial feed-in tariffs.
SolarEdge’s DC-optimized solution delivered increased system production, reduced maintenance and operational costs, and module-level, real-time site monitoring.
By replacing our PV inverter with a SolarEdge solution, we were able to improve our energy production by more than 10%.
Mr. Aikawa
/ System OwnerWith the previous string inverter site, PV array performance was limited by the lowest producing module. SolarEdge Power Optimizers enable each module to produce at its highest capacity, increasing site production.
Similarly, the fixed string voltage of the SolarEdge inverters supports more modules per string. This reduced the number of strings from 32 to 8, significantly saving on DC cabling, which reduced insulation fault incidence to avoid late inverter wake-up.
- 10% higher production
- Reduced BoS costs with less DC cabling – providing secondary benefit of safer operation system
- Monitoring with pinpoint precision per module enabling better and faster decision-making
- Record-breaking 99% inverter efficiency
Using SolarEdge’s Monitoring Platform we can easily track each module’s performance and better understand the revenue generated from our investment.
Mr. Aikawa
/ System Owner
