US 11,726,517 B1
Systems and methods for optimizing loading of solar inverters
Gautham Ramesh, Emeryville, CA (US); and Finbar Sheehy, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to 8ME NOVA, LLC, El Dorado Hills, CA (US)
Filed by 8ME NOVA, LLC, El Dorado Hills, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/116,131.
Int. Cl. G05F 1/67 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01)
CPC G05F 1/67 (2013.01) [H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02J 2203/20 (2020.01); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solar power system comprising:
a first solar module group comprising one or more first solar modules;
a second solar module group comprising one or more second solar modules;
a first inverter;
a second inverter; and
a switching system connected to the first solar module group and the second solar module group and the first inverter and the second inverter, the switching system comprising one or more switches,
wherein the switching system is configured to connect the first and second solar module groups in:
(i) a first position in which the first solar module group outputs energy to the first inverter and the second solar module group outputs energy to the second inverter, and,
when a combined output of the first solar module group and the second solar module group is below a threshold percentage of a maximum output of the first inverter or the second inverter, (ii) a second position in which the first solar module group and the second solar module group output energy to the first inverter.