SPARQ Systems launches Q1200 quad microinverter

SPARQ Systems launches Q1200 quad microinverter

SPARQ Systems launches lowest-cost, smart-grid-ready Q1200 quad microinverter KINGSTON, Ontario, March 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SPARQ Systems Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of their Q1200 microinverter, the only quad microinverter on the market...

Getting the Most out of MPPT

The main goal of Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) is to take (“harvest”) the maximum possible energy generated by the continuously-variable voltage and current outputs from a solar panel.  This energy then must be converted into stable, synchronized AC current and...

Keeping the Grid Stable

Power grids that enjoy a comparatively high level of distributed power generation assets are struggling to address the potential threats to power quality and grid stability that independent distributed power production can bring.  Chief among those challenges are (1)...

Raising the Bar on MLPE

Since 2012 smaller-scale solar electric PV installations have accelerated away from the use of conventional string-based centralized inverters in favor of implementing power conversion at the module itself.  Implementations of the module-level approach are grouped...
SPARQ Technology Boosts Smart-Grid Capability

SPARQ Technology Boosts Smart-Grid Capability

OTTAWA, ON — Kingston’s SPARQ Systems Inc. is helping to advance smart-grid power capability into Ontario’s electrical grid, thanks to support from the Ontario Ministry of Energy and in collaboration with Hydro Ottawa, Quadra Power, Queen’s University and Ottawa...