Saving energy costs and reducing CO2 emissions are important issues for companies. Three effective ways of improving energy efficiency are: producing and consuming renewable energy with low-maintenance solar PV plants – integrating battery storage systems, for example to perform peaking – and reducing the need for expensive reactive power. senergy new energy offers suitable inverters for all these measures.

The role of the solar panel inverter

Panels produce direct current. However, every electrical device in the national grid and in houses uses alternating current (AC). The inverter’s main task is to convert DC power into AC power, synchronised with the mains voltage. It also has important safety functions to protect your system and to protect engineers working on the national grid in the event of a power cut. Sounds simple enough, but if you keep reading you’ll start to find some clever bits.

Commercial power inverters play a vital role in sustainable energy projects. Large solar, wind and battery storage installations use direct current (DC), while office buildings, warehouses and factories use alternating current (AC). Inverters change DC power into AC power, so customers can use it. Commercial inverters have the functionality and technical requirements to handle large energy projects.
Although these powerful solar and battery inverters can still be considered “grid connected”, they are not suitable for typical domestic installations.