According to SolarEdge, the system is ideal for agri-PV applications. Image: Solar Energy UK

Solar inverter manufacturer SolarEdge has announced the UK launch of a new high-power inverter system for a wide variety of uses.

The SolarEdge TerraMax inverter, when combined with H1300 Power Optimisers, is designed for small to medium utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) installations and boasts 99% inverter efficiency in order to boost solar energy production levels.

According to SolarEdge, the versatile system is suitable for a huge array of uses, and is particularly well suited to ground mounted sites on sloped or uneven terrain, as well as floating PV and agri-PV.

The system will use the new SolarEdge ONE for C&1 energy optimisation software platform, which allows PV modules to be precisely monitored in order to reduce the need for site visits and lower operations and management costs.

The new SE330K inverter is now available for pre-order, and will ship from early 2025.

Christelle Barnes, UK ry manager at SolarEdge Technologies, said: “We are excited to bring the well-known benefits of SolarEdge power optimisation and high-resolution monitoring to the utility solar segment in the UK with the introduction of our new high-power SolarEdge TerraMax Inverter. We believe that this technology will help maximise value to investors and EPCs.”

The new inverter system is available for pre-order. Image: SolarEdge

SolarEdge, agri-PV, and floating PV

This is not the first new tech announcement of the year for SolarEdge. In July of this year, the firm announced it had joined forces with Octopus Energy’s Kraken platform to allow owners of SolarEdge’s home battery energy storage systems (BESS) to access flexible, automated energy savings. Through this strategic partnership, SolarEdge batteries will be integrated into the Kraken platform, with batteries automatically charging up with cheap, clean energy when it is most abundant and electricity sold back to the grid during times of peak demand. As part of this, Octopus Energy customers who also use SolarEdge battery systems will get access to Octopus Energy’s “Intelligent Octopus” smart import and export tariff. Additionally, SolarEdge customers across the globe will be able to join Kraken’s virtual power plant (VPP), a network of distributed domestic devices that help with grid balancing.

SolarEdge’s newly announced system and its specific use case for floating solar and agri-PV developments will certainly be welcome news for those planning such projects. As explored in a previous Solar Power Portal blog, the floating solar—or “floatovoltaics”—sector in the UK is vastly underdeveloped in the UK when compared to other ries, but with the global floating solar sector set to cross the 6GW threshold as soon as 2031, new technologies in this market are always welcome.

Meanwhile, the agri-PV sector has seen an uptick in interest from developers seeking to prove that solar farms can, in fact, support the agriculture industry rather than harm it, as claimed by the previous UK government. As part of a statement supporting the ground-mounted solar industry in Scotland, Josh King, chair of Solar Energy Scotland, noted: “Land used for solar projects can simultaneously support farming activities, especially grazing and also nature restoration. Solar is a flexible part of the solution, supporting economic and food security and creating a positive legacy of enhanced soil and biodiversity.” His words are backed up by a significant body of research; several major research projects previously covered by Solar Power Portal have verified the positive impact solar farms, including agri-PV projects, can have on biodiversity.

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