Inverter-Based Resources: Challenges & Opportunities

Understanding & Improving Inverter Performance in Challenging. Environmental Conditions Not the environment inverters are in Environmental conditions that plants operate in can cause challenges for inverters and other power electronics: • • • Mud/silt or dirt intake through cooling systems High humidity environments, marine environments Increasing temperatures over time could result in inverters operating at a de-rate or less efficiently Vendors and system owners are doing a lot of work here, but additional research could provide value: . How different environmental conditions affect inverters, and/or • Ways to predict potential failures, and/or • Increasing efficiency of power electronics in high temperature environments. 10 aes

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