A system includes a central analysis station and a display. The central analysis station may be configured to receive a unique identifier and performance data from each of a plurality of solar panels. The central analysis station may detect a problem in at least one of the plurality of solar panels based on the performance data. A display may be configured to display a status of the at least one of the plurality of solar panels based on the detected problem.

Disclosed herein is a solar generation facility capable of using high power by configuring packages each including a power pump and a solar module in multiple stages. The solar generation facility includes a plurality of solar module packages connected in series to one another and stacked in multiple layers and at least one condenser corresponding to the solar module packages. At least one of the solar module packages has a solar module that supplies power to a load stage and a power pump that provides lifting power to the solar module. Here, the solar module outputs the power by reflecting the lifting power provided from the power pump.

It is disclosed an insulation impedance detection circuit and detection method of a photovoltaic inverter system. The photovoltaic inverter system includes one or more input circuits and an inverter circuit, each of the input circuit electrically coupled to the inverter circuit through a positive bus and a negative bus, with a first equivalent impedance R.sub.p between the positive bus and a protective earth point and a second equivalent impedance R.sub.n between the negative bus and the protective earth point. The detection circuit includes: a bus voltage sampling circuit coupled to the positive bus and the negative bus for generating a first bus voltage and a second bus voltage; a protective earth voltage sampling circuit coupled to the protective earth point for generating a first protective earth voltage and a second protective earth voltage; and a controller for calculating an equivalent insulation impedance.

A photovoltaic system includes a controller and plurality of photovoltaic strings that are independently controlled. The controller enables some photovoltaic strings to be in a maximum power point tracking state, and the remaining photovoltaic strings to be in a power output limited state. The system implements maximum power point tracking detection so that the maximum power point power and the maximum power point voltage are updated in real time. Further, the working status of the power supply system can be fed back in real time, so that the photovoltaic system can predict the capacity of an energy storage apparatus or regulate charging and discharging of the energy storage apparatus. After a curtailment state ends, the photovoltaic system is relatively quickly restored to the normal working state, so that a loss of generated power is reduced.

A method for rectifying degradation of a photovoltaic module in a photovoltaic power system, includes: controlling a to-be-rectified photovoltaic module in a photovoltaic power system to stop outputting; and then injecting a rectification current into a positive or negative electrode of the to-be-rectified photovoltaic module.

A distributed power harvesting system including multiple direct current (DC) power sources with respective DC outputs adapted for interconnection into a interconnected DC power source output. A converter includes input terminals adapted for coupling to the interconnected DC power source output. A circuit loop sets the voltage and current at the input terminals of the converter according to predetermined criteria. A power conversion portion converts the power received at the input terminals to an output power at the output terminals. A power supplier is coupled to the output terminals. The power supplier includes a control part for maintaining the input to the power supplier at a predetermined value. The control part maintains the input voltage and/or input current to the power supplier at a predetermined value.

A system includes: an edge computing device disposed in an indoor facility having at least one light source; an energy storage subsystem configured to generate electrical power from light emitted by the at least one light source, and to supply the electrical power to the edge computing device, the energy storage subsystem including: a collector; an auxiliary energy storage device configured to receive energy collected by the collector, the auxiliary energy storage device having a first storage capacity; a main energy storage device having a second storage capacity greater than the first storage capacity; a controller configured to supply energy from the main energy storage device to the edge computing device; and a selector configured to selectively discharge energy from the auxiliary energy storage device to the main energy storage device.

A self-contained, all-in-one MPPT controller and micro-inverter that can be connected directly to the load (that can be on or off grid) using a standard power socket or to the load center, feeding energy to the grid generated by different kind of sources, including wind turbines, solar panels, hydro generators or gas generators, and that also controls a storage device to be used to reduce peak consumptions or as a back up solution.

A power converting system includes a power converting device, a protection device, and a charging device. The power converting device is coupled to a first and a second power source. The protection device is coupled to the power converting device, a load, and a grid, and switches electrical connections among the power converting device, the load, and the grid. The charging device is coupled to the power converting device and a third power source. The power converting device charges the third power source through the charging device, or receives electricity through the charging device. Select at least one power source of the first power source, the second power source, the third power source and the grid to provide electricity to the load according to multiple preset modes.

A charging system including an accumulator, a use of an MPP tracking method for charging an accumulator, and a method for charging an accumulator with the aid of a charging system, the charging system including a voltage source, a converter, and a rectifier, the current supplied and/or driven by the voltage source being supplied to the DC-voltage-side terminal of a converter, the converter having semiconductor switches, which are controllable in a pulse-width modulated manner, in order to generate an output-side AC voltage, the output-side AC voltage feeding a rectifier, whose output-side voltage, especially rectified voltage, functioning and/or acting as charging voltage for the accumulator, an arrangement for detecting the output current of the inverter being situated in the converter, the effective value of the output current in particular corresponding to the charge current of the converter, a current limiting arrangement of the converter limiting the output current of the inverter to a current value such that the charging power, i.e., the product of charging voltage and charge current, is controlled toward a maximum value.