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DOE HiPen Project

Cost Effectiveness Study with Different Power Conditioning Systems


A solar house with 81 PV panels is configured into three groups. Each group contains 27 PV panels of the same type and the same orientation. The goal is to study the cost effectiveness of energy production with following configurations:
  1. Series PV Stacks with a Centralized Inverter
  2. PV Integrated DC-AC Micro-inverter
  3. PV Integrated DC-DC Micro-converter with Centralized Inverter

(a) (b) (c)

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