This morning I had the honor of being an opening plenary speaker at the annual IREC conference in Albany NY. My presentation on “Photovoltaic Training – Maintaining quality in a rapidly growing industry” was delivered to a group of 400+ top solar educators, community college professionals, and continuing education organizations from the US, Canada, Germany, and beyond.
The rapid growth of solar training organizations has been tremendous. In less than 2 years, the number of solar training programs has expanded from under 10 to over 120 in the US. (more…)
The Tigo Energy Maximizer dc-dc power optimizer offers shade mitigation, module level mpp tracking, module level production monitoring and they work with any string inverter (SMA, KACO, Fronius, PV Powered, Xantrex etc..). An additional important benefit of dc-dc power optimizers is they cut the string voltage down to module level voltage if the AC power is lost. This means that when your main breaker is off, the high voltage strings drop to module level voltage making pv system servicing easier and safer. 
