Solar Power Your Home #7 – Grid Tie v Micro Inverter v Power Optimizer v Charge Controller

Solar Power Your Home #7 – Grid Tie v Micro Inverter v Power Optimizer v Charge Controller
June 9, 2014 Posted in: Video
Inverter technologies: Grid Tie vs Micro Inverter vs Power Optimizer (DC Optimizers) vs Charge Controller
A discussion about different solar power inverter technologies:
Grid Tie vs Micro Inverter vs Power Optimizer (DC Optimizers) vs Charge Controller

Some interesting references to read more about these and how the different manufacturers implement these technologies:

Micro, String And Central Inverters:
http://www.energymatters.com.au/renew…

DC-DC Optimizers: The future of module level power management?
http://www.altestore.com/blog/2013/05…

Optimizing optimizers, Tigo vs. SolarEdge:
http://matter2energy.wordpress.com/20…

http://www.sma-america.com/en_US/prod…

http://www.solaredge.us/groups/us/pow…

http://www.aurora-energy.com/solar-po…

Use conditions and efficiency measurements for DC optimizers:
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy14osti/592…

Tigo Energy 300W Solar Panel Maximizer DC Optimizer:
http://www.gogreensolar.com/products/…

Enphase Envoy Gateway:
http://enphase.com/eu/files/2012/12/E…

Enphase M250 Microinverter:
http://enphase.com/global/files/M250_…