Optimus prime time

摘要

DC power optimizers: The DC power optimizer has been showing its worth in 2016, but what does the future hold in store? pv magazine caught up with SolarEdge's Lior Handelsman to find out more. In September this year Canadian Solar announced that it had paired DC optimizers provided by Ampt with a 33 MW solar PV array. This story was noteworthy for two reasons: one, Canadian Solar did not disclose the location of the solar plant; and two: at 33 MW it is by far the largest solar PV plant ever to be DC optimized.