Award Number: DE-EE0008350CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6Solar Energy Technologies OfficeLocation(s): MDOffice(s): Golden Field Office
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July 3, 2018
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Award Number: DE-EE0008350
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Solar Energy Technologies Office
Location(s): MD
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to the University of Maryland (UMD) to design, develop and test novel residential photovoltaic (PV) microinverters that would incorporate gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors into the system design, as well as an improved circuit topology. The microinverter would be rated at a higher output power to correspond with anticipated developments in PV module power ratings in the coming years.