Eco Factor: Photovoltaic power optimizers from Solmetric for National Semiconductor’s SolarMagic™ power optimizers.
National Semiconductor has announced a deal with Solmetric Corp, which has developed a software tool to estimate the amount of energy generated by a photovoltaic array and hence enhance it by outfitting the system with National’s SolarMagic ™ power optimizers, which are used to enable solar panels to produce maximum energy regardless of whether other panels in the array are under-performing due to shade, debris, panel mismatch and aging.
To determine the output of any solar installation, the installer can use Solmetric’s SunEye handheld measurement system. To further enhance the output, the software tool can be used to estimate the output power at different PV configurations.
Via: National Semiconductor [Press Release]
