Introducing the SolarEdge Power Harvesting System
SolarEdge Installation Guide for Three Phase Inverters
– EU – Version 1.5
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Chapter 1
Introducing the SolarEdge
Power Harvesting System
What is the SolarEdge Power
Harvesting Solution?
The SolarEdge power harvesting solution maximizes the power output from
any type of solar PV installation while reducing the average cost per watt.
The sections below describe each of the system’s components.
SolarEdge Power Optimizer
SolarEdge power optimizers can be connected to existing PV modules in
order to maximize power harvesting by locally performing Maximum
Power Point Tracking (MPPT) at the PV module level.
The power optimizers keep the string voltage fixed, regardless of the length of
the string and of the environmental conditions. Each SolarEdge power
optimizer directly transmits performance data from every PV module over the
power line.
Three types of power optimizers are provided by SolarEdge, as follows:
Module Add-On Solution,
connected during installation to one PV
module. P/N: OP250-LV, OP300-MV and OP400-MV, PB250-AOB,
PB350-AOB.
Thin Film Solution (TFI),
connected during installation to between
one and four PV modules. P/N: PB250-TFI and PB350-TFI.
Module Embedded Solution (CSI),
is supplied embedded into a PV
module.
