Enphase Vitality introduced it has opened U.S. pre-orders for the brand new IQ9N-3P Commercial Microinverter. That is Enphase’s first microinverter powered by gallium nitride (GaN) expertise and designed for three-phase 480Y/277 V (wye) grid configurations, with out utilizing exterior transformers.
The IQ9N-3P Industrial Microinverter simplifies design complexity, lowers set up and steadiness of system prices and improves system effectivity for 480-V business initiatives. The GaN expertise replaces conventional silicon-based elements from earlier product generations to allow sooner switching, cooler operation, enhanced reliability and an effectivity of 97.5%. Its compact, high-performance design can handle a steady DC present of 16 amperes and ship as much as 427 VA of peak output energy, supporting high-power photo voltaic panels as much as 600 W.
The brand new microinverter meets rigorous grid compliance requirements, together with UL 1741-SB and IEEE 1547-2018, and options fast shutdown, part balancing, voltage/frequency ride-through and loss-of-phase detection for grid security and system reliability. Moreover, by changing DC to AC at every panel, Enphase microinverter programs keep away from the lengthy high-voltage DC runs present in conventional centralized string designs, providing a protected, all-AC structure on the roof.
Enphase IQ9N-3P Industrial Microinverters will be deployed on small programs (lower than 100 kW) or massive programs and supply the flexibleness to begin small and develop the system dimension over time with none redesign. Enphase microinverter expertise additionally permits elevated vitality manufacturing on the panel degree underneath shading and uneven roof circumstances, making the product ideally suited for business rooftops with HVAC obstructions, skylights and multi-tenant layouts. Enphase microinverter programs can scale back long-term operational prices for asset house owners by eliminating single factors of failure within the set up, offering simple alternative help, and enhancing fleet visibility with per-panel monitoring by way of the Enphase App.
The IQ9N-3P Industrial Microinverter shall be made with home content material in U.S. manufacturing amenities, serving to photo voltaic initiatives meet key federal necessities and qualify for present home content material bonus tax credit. This will even permit the business microinverters to adjust to the present Purchase America Act and Construct America, Purchase America Act, enabling the merchandise for use in federal infrastructure initiatives.
So as to perform correctly, the IQ9 Industrial Microinverters should be linked to the IQ Gateway Industrial Professional, which serves because the communication and management hub for Enphase business programs. Designed to be good, easy and dependable, the gateway gives web-based real-time monitoring, vitality administration, distant firmware updates and superior grid options corresponding to export limiting. It provides versatile connectivity choices and simple setup by the Enphase Installer App.
“The IQ9N-3P Microinverter opens up the huge 480 V business market section with a breakthrough design powered by gallium nitride, a wide-bandgap semiconductor broadly utilized in superior radar programs and more and more adopted in medical energy and imaging electronics,” stated Aaron Gordon, senior vice chairman and basic supervisor of the programs enterprise unit at Enphase Vitality. “By bringing this innovation to business vitality administration – and manufacturing it in america to assist initiatives qualify for key federal necessities and tax credit – we’re giving asset house owners an answer that provides Enphase’s bankability, an industry-leading 25-year guarantee, and confirmed reliability that’s already powering practically 5 million photo voltaic vitality programs throughout the globe.”
The IQ9N-3P Microinverter is backed by a 25-year restricted guarantee, whereas the IQ Gateway Industrial Professional comes with a 15-year restricted guarantee. Each merchandise can be found for pre-order now within the U.S. by Enphase distribution companions, with manufacturing shipments anticipated to start in December 2025.
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