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15 - General Engineering
University of Cambridge
Long-lifetime power inverter for photovoltaic AC modules
This research enabled solar microinverters to be realised without electrolytic capacitors and hence having an operational life exceeding 25 years. This research formed the core technology for a new startup company set up to commercialise solar microinverters, Enecsys (www.enecsys.com) in 2007. It has attracted ~ USD60M in investment and is now commercially supplying microinverters based on the fundamental power electronic topology which enabled electrolytics to be removed as reported in the paper (Mossadiq Umedaly, ID_in_audit_file@enecsys.com). The 20 year life time guarantee provided by Enecsys is one of its key performance/market advantages over other microinverter suppliers.