Re: [RE-wrenches] Inverter with two strings of different orientation

Thanks, Daryl. That is what I understand, but mine is a superficial understanding right now. For better or worse, I'm one of those guys who want to see the technical details. Does anyone have a reference to the articles Daryl is talking about? - Peter Peter T. Parrish, Ph.D., President California

Re: [RE-wrenches] Multi-structure PV install

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Re: [RE-wrenches] Multi-structure PV install

Kurt, Are you working with PG&E as the utility? Mark Frye Berkeley Solar Electric Systems 303 Redbud Way Nevada City, CA 95959 (530) 401-8024 www.berkeleysolar.com -Original Message- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On B

[RE-wrenches] Multi-structure PV install

We are looking at a project which has several small cottages on the property. Each might have suitable roof area for ~1 kW or so of PV. Each building has its own service, but we want to avoid installing multiple production meters, feeding the PV to a single aggregation & metering point on one

Re: [RE-wrenches] Inverter with two strings of different orientation

If each string is composed of only one orientation then there would be little loss. There have been a couple of papers on this at different conferences. I also think John Berdner wrote a paper on it for SMA. (I think the annual losses are in the nature of 2 to 5 %) If however a single string