- Ingeteam’s very latest string inverter, the INGECON SUN 100TL, and its INGECON SUN PowerMax B series central inverter have both obtained this certificate.
Over the last few years, there has been a marked increase in the number of installations made in desert environments. This is due to the fact that deserts offer vast tracts of land at relatively cheap prices and with a large number of sun hours, making it possible to reduce the cost of solar energy. At the same time, the market-led reduction in PV system costs has led to the use of outdoor solutions that dispense with external housings to protect the inverters and other equipment at the transformer substations (transformers, medium voltage cells, etc.). Therefore, there is a need to guarantee the correct operation of this equipment in these extreme operating conditions yet with no performance losses.
Ingeteam’s two main PV inverters have both been certified to the IEC 60068-2-68 international standard by an external laboratory. This standard establishes the conditions to be met by electronic equipment in order to effectively operate in environments with high concentrations of dust and sand.
The certificate was obtained for Ingeteam’s central inverter which is part of the INGECON SUN PowerMax B series and also for its very latest 100 kW string inverter, which is part of the INGECON SUN 3Play family. In both cases, the tests conducted demonstrated that the ingress of particles inside the equipment was residual and did not affect the normal inverter operation or performance.
Roberto González, the director of the Solar PV R&D department at Ingeteam, highlighted “the importance of this certification by an independent, external laboratory, which effectively demonstrates the company’s ability to guarantee the correct operation of its equipment even under the most demanding and adverse conditions”.
