Murcia-based engineering firm Ebooster Solar Solutions told pv magazine that the device optimizes energy capture and output without changing the installed surface area or the generator’s structural configuration. It achieves this by modifying the electrical behavior of a PV installation, operating between each panel and the string.
Ebooster Solar Solutions Global, an R&D and innovation engineering firm based in Murcia specializing in energy efficiency, has completed the technical development and field validation of its Ebooster device. Francisco José Arévalo, the company’s CEO, told pv magazine that the device is designed to optimize energy capture and output without altering installed surface area or the generator’s structural configuration.
Technical documentation reports production increases of up to 40% under real operating conditions, based on comparisons of daily generation curves with and without the device.
The system acts as a load equalizer, modifying current distribution between the module and the device, which “reduces the current flowing through the busbars.” According to Arévalo, this redistribution “lowers the temperature in the contact lines,” a factor that affects cell degradation and hot-spot formation.
