The growing connectivity of power technologies has granted greater control over how distributed energy resources (DERs) ...

A group of researchers from the Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology in Bangladesh has conducted an extensive review of all “next-generation” grid-resilient inverter technologies and has ...

Damage to a relay contact after cyclic current loading. A better understanding of inverter reliability will help boost performance and reduce costs. Image: Fraunhofer IMWS. Inverters are critical to ...

U.S. energy officials are reassessing the risk posed by Chinese-made devices that play a critical role in renewable energy infrastructure after unexplained communication equipment was found inside ...

In a plot twist worthy of a techno-thriller, U.S. energy officials have uncovered rogue communication devices embedded within Chinese-manufactured solar power inverters. These inverters, critical for ...

Case study examines a common PV inverter failure that can drive uncommon issues in the field — namely, damage to the AC protection equipment from DC fault currents for short periods during transformer ...