Enphase Energy Collaborates with University of Washington for 100% Renewables Grid
May 26 2020 - 8:00AM
Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENPH), a global energy technology
company and the world’s leading supplier of solar microinverters,
today announced that the Company is using its expertise in
grid-forming inverters, based on Enphase Ensemble™ technology, to
support the initiative at the University of Washington to develop
control systems for unrestricted penetration of photovoltaic (PV)
solar on the grid. Combined with approximately $1 million in grant
funding from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Enphase will provide test
platforms and invest approximately $420,000 over the project’s
three-year timeline.
Under the heading, A Scalable Control Architecture
for 100% PV Penetration with Grid Forming Inverters, Enphase joins
a team of industry partners and experts from the University of
Washington to help solve one of the most important challenges to
the proliferation of grid-attached distributed energy generation.
Enphase will focus on running specialized test scenarios and
gathering data at the Company’s single- and three-phase, on- and
off-grid rooftop solar R&D facility in Austin, Texas. The test
array is equipped with Enphase microinverters featuring the
Company’s custom ASIC, which powers the software-defined
architecture that allows Enphase to reprogram a test fleet of
microinverters with control architectures and algorithms developed
by the University of Washington. The control architectures and
algorithms will be tested to validate robust controller performance
under real-world weather variability.
“This project will uncover the architectural and
algorithmic foundations required to reliably integrate unlimited
distributed, renewable energy resources, like solar photovoltaic
(PV), on our electric grids,” said Brian B. Johnson, Washington
Research Foundation Innovation Assistant Professor of Clean Energy
and Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of
Washington. “More than 100 municipalities in the U.S. have
established directives or portfolios that target 100% renewable
integration. We engaged Enphase because we believe its
software-defined, grid-forming microinverters are the ideal
platform on which to develop and test our controllers. Aggressive
grid-connected renewables targets are no longer aspirational, and
our work will ensure that the transition to a more cost-effective,
secure, and resilient grid happens in a reliable manner.”
“Enphase decided to support the University of
Washington and the Department of Energy in this important effort
because resilient solar-plus-storage not only benefits the
residential and commercial segments, but plays a strategic role in
providing energy security to assets in the nation’s critical
infrastructure sectors,” said Hans van Antwerpen, chief technology
officer at Enphase Energy. “Our always-on Ensemble technology is
ideally suited to support the development of a scalable
architecture for control and coordination of networks with up to
100% inverter-interfaced solar and battery storage resources. We
are proud to contribute to the development of this important
evolution of the energy grid.”
Enphase Ensemble energy management technology is
capable of powering traditional grid-tied, grid-agnostic microgrid,
and fully off-grid energy products. Researchers at the University
of Washington will leverage Ensemble technology using a combination
of eighth-generation Enphase IQ™ microinverters, the Enphase
Encharge™ storage system, the Enphase IQ Combiner™ device and the
Enphase Enpower™ Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) with fine-grained
load control, and the powerful cloud-based Enphase Enlighten™
monitoring, communications, and control system. The Enphase
Encharge storage system features embedded grid-forming Enphase
microinverters that enable always-on functionality and will be
compatible with both new and existing Enphase IQ solar systems with
IQ 6™ or IQ 7™ microinverters, providing a simple upgrade path for
existing Enphase solar customers.
About Enphase Energy, Inc.
Enphase Energy, a global energy technology company,
delivers smart, easy-to-use solutions that manage solar generation,
storage and communication on one intelligent platform. The Company
revolutionized the solar industry with its microinverter technology
and produces a fully integrated solar-plus-storage solution.
Enphase has shipped more than 27 million microinverters, and over
1.1 million Enphase systems have been deployed in more than 130
countries. For more information, visit www.enphase.com and follow
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Enphase Energy®, the Enphase logo, Ensemble,
Enphase IQ, Encharge, Combiner, Enpower, Enlighten, IQ 6, IQ 7, and
other trademarks or service names are the trademarks of Enphase
Energy, Inc. Other names are for informational purposes and may be
trademarks of their respective owners.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking
statements, including statements related to the expected
capabilities and performance of Enphase Energy’s technology and
products including grid-agnostic and off-grid and software enabled
abilities; our product reliability; ease and flexibility of
developing scalable architecture using our products; and the
capabilities of our partners. These forward-looking statements are
based on Enphase’s current expectations and inherently involve
significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing
of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and
uncertainties including those risks described in more detail in
Enphase’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other
documents on file with the SEC and available on the SEC’s website
at www.sec.gov. Enphase Energy undertakes no duty or obligation to
update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as
a result of new information, future events or changes in its
expectations, except as required by law.
Contact: Christian Zdebel,
pr@enphase.com, 484-788-2384
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