Solar Inverters: Grid Tie Solar Power Inverters

Solar power inverters are a key component of a solar energy installation. When selecting a solar inverter, the installer and customer will be concerned with the efficiency, reliability and cost as the primary evaluation criteria - along with the ability to log and remotely view performance data. After extensive research and evaluation, SPP chose to distribute the Solectria brand of solar inverters due to their strong performance in all of the above areas. Below are some of the features:

Warranty- All Solectria solar inverters carry a minimum 5 year warranty, with 10 years on certain models and 15 year options. View all solar inverter warranties at the bottom of the page.

Inverter Direct™ Monitoring This option allows you to see your detailed inverter data (DC and AC) using any web-browser over any internet connection. View real time wind or solar inverter performance, as well as viewing data for the past 5 years by day,week, or month with either a snapshot or trend view. It also has an email or SMS alarm function to notify you of any system problems. Visit and view some live examples of the solar inverter monitiors.

Revenue Grade Inverter Monitoring keeps an accurate count of every kWh produced by your PV system and solves the "3rd party" requirement to verify the amount of power produced for PPA invoicing, RECs, or other reporting purposes. This can be set to automatically report your production directly to your utility company or PPA customer. This additional service is available for solar inverter sizes 1kW – 1MW using any Solectria inverter model. Includes the Inverter Direct features (above) in addition to revenue monitoring. See example.

Made In USA - All 13 kW and larger Solectria solar inverters are made in the USA - this means that you have a Buy American Act compliant inverter for your government/stimulus (including local, state, federal and .edu) projects. The Solectria units 1.8kw and 2.5kw are made in Europe. The 3kW - 5.3 kW are made for Solectria by the well known global manufacturer Motech.

Engineering, Design & Support- Let the SPP engineering team help you size, specify and design your entire PV system including panels, racking and inverters. This is a free service we offer for all of our dealers, resellers and consulting engineer partners.

Small Residential Solar Inverters include the 1800 watt and 2500 watt grid-tie inverters, designed for 240VAC/208VAC power found in most residential construction. Complete panel & inverter weighs only 65 lbs. and can be combined to handle larger residential arrays up to 7.5 kW.
See small residential solar inverter data sheet

Large Residential Solar Inverters include 3000, 4000, 5000 and 5300 watt grid tie solar power inverters for high efficiency (>96%) 240/208 VAC power. these are fully integrated with DC disconnect, 3-4 fuse combiner and detachable DC wiring box. These can be combined to handle solar arrays of up to 37.1 kW.
See large residential solar inverter data sheet

Small Commercial Solar Inverters include the 13kW and 15kW inverters that can be combined to handle array sizes of up to 115 kW and provide 208/240/480 VAC, 3-Ph.
See small commercial solar inverter data sheet

Large Commercial Solar Inverters include 60 kW, 82 kW and 95 kW solar inverters which can be combined into systems up to or above 1 MW (1000 kW). these solar power inverters provide 208/240/480 VAC, 3-Ph at > 98% efficiency.
See large commercial solar inverter data sheet

See a detailed and informative explanation of how solar inverters work (from Solarpro magazine).

See some installed Solectria solar inverters.

Web Based Solar PV Monitoring

See Web-based PV System monitoring data sheet (10.9 MB).

SolrenView™ data sheet

SolrenView™ installation manual

SolrenView™ site survey

Free Download
Free Windows-based RS232 PV monitor

Warranties:

1.8kW to 2.5 kW Inverter Warranty

3kW to 5.3 kW Inverter Warranty

13kW to15kW Inverter Warranty

60kW to 95kW Inverter Warranty

String Sizing:

1800, 2500 String Sizing Chart

3000, 4000, 5000, 5300 String Sizing Chart

13kW, 15kW String Sizing Chart

60kW, 82kW, 95kW String Sizing Chart

Solar Panels Plus is proud to design, supply and support solar PV projects using the Solectria brand solar power inverter. Please contact us for pricing or any questions or call us Toll Free 1-866-576-5277.

 

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