Exploring the usability, functionality of solar inverters

29 April 2024

A solar inverter can be thought of as the brain, the central processing unit, or CPU of a solar energy system. It is the central unit responsible for making usable the energy generated by solar panels. Coupled with a battery, solar inverters can provide uninterrupted access to energy at all times, and efficiency for solar inverters is key: if a solar inverter isn’t efficient, it fails to deliver on its most basic function of providing energy. Let’s now look at what a solar inverter does.

What does a solar inverter do?

Solar inverters, as their name implies, are used to transform unusable energy generated from the solar panels into usable energy, provided to the home’s or a premise’s energy box. To understand this, we first need to explain the difference between AC and DC, and how your average solar energy system works and actually generates energy.

Home appliances and the energy box installed in a home (responsible for provision of electricity to the premises) utilize AC or alternating current. On the other hand, solar panels or PV modules are engineered to provide DC or direct current. This begets the need for there to be an inverter that makes this energy usable.

This is where solar inverters step in. By converting the DC from solar panels into AC, they simply make the energy usable; from DC to AC, solar inverters do the extremely crucial job of making solar energy usable and allowing home-based appliances to use this solar-generated electricity.

Why is efficiency key to a solar inverter?

Conversion, or in the case of a solar inverter, inversion is a process that amplifies the flow of current, turning it from direct current to alternating current. When energy from the solar panels flows into the solar inverter, the conversion requires the usage of some energy as expenditure, which, on a larger scale, could be compared to ‘transmission or line losses’. This is where solar inverter efficiency comes into play: inverters like those from GoodWe deliver an efficiency of 99 per cent, which means that for the DC-AC conversion ratio, you get 99 per cent of the energy generated from the solar panels, with only around a percentage point being wasted in the energy conversion process. As far as solar energy and inverters are concerned, this efficiency level is part of the reason that solar energy systems have gained massive and widespread appeal both worldwide and in Pakistan.

The best GoodWe solar inverters in Pakistan

As the official distributor for GoodWe solar inverters in Pakistan, ZNC Solar takes special pride in hand-selecting and offering some of the best GoodWe solar inverters in Pakistan. In our extensive range of solar inverters built for efficiency and providing the consumer with the best solar energy experience, we have the following:

  1. GoodWe SDT G2 Plus Series: One of Pakistan’s best-selling and highly popular inverters, the GoodWe SDT G2 Plus comes in with a 110 per cent efficiency rating and an increased emphasis on design dynamics and packaging aesthetics. Making the SDT G2 Plus the most efficient solar inverter on offer by ZNC Solar in Pakistan.
  2. SMT Series: The SMT series represents increased efficiency and load handling priorities for GoodWe, and coupled with their flashy colors and extensive features, the SMT series comes up to 60kW of efficiency that will transform your solar energy system into one that energizes your premises without breaking a sweat.
  3. MT Series: Continuing and doubling down on the three-phase inverter efficiency and brilliance of GoodWe, the MT series has further refined dynamics as well as an increased efficiency rating, as well as a host of safety options and features that make the MT series quite possibly the best solar inverter in Pakistan.
  4. HT Series: Designed around industrial and commercial loads, the HT series, with 3 MPPTs and an increased emphasis on energy efficiency, represents the brand GoodWe at its best. Up to 120 kW of solar goodness, supplied exclusively by ZNC Solar.

ZNC Solar: bringing you solar excellence!

For the best solar inverters in Pakistan, from the best manufacturers, ZNC Solar intends to revolutionize the solar energy skyline of the country with quality equipment from reputed manufacturers. Solar panels from CanadianSolar, Jinko Solar, and JA Solar, and solar inverters from GoodWe, when it comes to solar equipment, nobody does it better than ZNC Solar.