EP2291898A4 - System and method for integrating local maximum power point tracking into an energy generating system having centralized maximum power point tracking - Google Patents

System and method for integrating local maximum power point tracking into an energy generating system having centralized maximum power point tracking

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EP2291898A4
EP2291898A4 EP09747624A EP09747624A EP2291898A4 EP 2291898 A4 EP2291898 A4 EP 2291898A4 EP 09747624 A EP09747624 A EP 09747624A EP 09747624 A EP09747624 A EP 09747624A EP 2291898 A4 EP2291898 A4 EP 2291898A4
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maximum power
power point
point tracking
energy generating
centralized
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Jianhui Zhang
Ali Djabbari
Gianpaolo Lisi
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National Semiconductor Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02S—GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
    • H02S50/00—Monitoring or testing of PV systems, e.g. load balancing or fault identification
    • H02S50/10—Testing of PV devices, e.g. of PV modules or single PV cells
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
EP09747624A 2008-05-14 2009-05-14 System and method for integrating local maximum power point tracking into an energy generating system having centralized maximum power point tracking Withdrawn EP2291898A4 (en)

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US12/152,491 US7969133B2 (en) 2008-05-14 2008-05-14 Method and system for providing local converters to provide maximum power point tracking in an energy generating system
US17057809P 2009-04-17 2009-04-17
PCT/US2009/044027 WO2009140543A2 (en) 2008-05-14 2009-05-14 System and method for integrating local maximum power point tracking into an energy generating system having centralized maximum power point tracking

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