Wednesday, May 18, 2011

AC-DC conundrum: Latest PV power-plant ratings follies put focus on reporting inconsistency (update) | PV-Tech

AC-DC conundrum: Latest PV power-plant ratings follies put focus on reporting inconsistency (update) | PV-Tech


At a minimum, this reporter would like to see each and every news release about larger-scale PV projects, say >1MW, have the system size clearly delineated and every devco’s pipeline described similarly: is it AC or DC?

But as the PV sector grows into double- and triple-digit gigawatt-scale proportions and becomes a significant part of the energy-generation portfolio, isn’t it time for the industry to put on its big-boy pants and, taking First Solar and SunPower’s lead, adopt a uniform, simplified rating code that denotes utility-scale system megawattage in AC units?

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