Module-Level Power Management (MLPM) is a new category of products in the solar industry consisting of DC/DC converters and DC/AC microinverters that manage power on each PV module. To date, MLPM solutions have presented a "spend more, get more" value proposition in which overall system costs go up, but increased production of energy and monitoring features are intended to justify the expense. For the most part, this has limited the adoption of MLPM to residential and small-scale installations where the presence of significant amounts of non-uniform shading can sometimes justify the incremental cost of such solutions. This paper offers a new point of view - that MLPM can lower both the cost and risk of PV projects to create significant value. This "spend less, get more" approach enables MLPM to thrive even in large commercial and utility-scale applications.
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