Case Study: Solar Power and Veactor™ xPath™ Technology

 Veactor™ xPath™ Technology has immediate applications within the solar energy industry as a method to significantly improve transmission and conversion efficiency, and system reliability. Meanwhile, OEMs and other tech firms are largely focused on developing third-generation solar panels to optimize energy collection. xPath™ Technology will augment both current and next generation solar panels, helping to maximize their efficiency gains. Greater efficiency and lower maintenance costs will accelerate the wide adoption of utility-scale solar power in all markets. And the value of xPath™ Technology™ will only increase as solar panels become more efficient at collecting the sun's energy. 

The main issue concerning the solar panels is that the power is produced in DC form and requires solid state inverters to convert from DC to common 60 Hz utility type AC power. The inverters and associated transformers introduce additional heat losses as well as increased risk of failure due to the lower reliability of electronics and power devices in inverter's.

Recently, it has become customary to fit multiple inverters to large solar power plants for ease of scalability; thus further reducing the reliability of the solar power conversion and increasing the power losses. Older designs consisted of a single large inverter, but this obviously made it harder to scale up.

 Another complication is the fixed ratio nature of ordinary transformers and inverters, which means they must be sized to the application. Moreover, standard inverters demand power from the system to run cooling fans, reducing efficiency even further.

 xPath™ Technology will empower solar utilities to leap forward by taking a step backward – reintroducing the single inverter, but in the form of a "hardware smart," passive solution that adapts to any load, produces almost no heat and requires no power.

xPath™ Technology transforms DC to BC (Balanced Current), all but eliminating heat and line loss, and saving substantial amounts of energy. The electricity that would otherwise bleed away as heat is recycled back into the flow. And, because it's adaptable, and compatible with both DC and AC, xPath Technology lets a solar plant scale with ease – the conversion hardware doesn't change no matter how many panels are added. Finally, increased revenues will make the industry vastly more competitive with entrenched power sources like fossil fuels.