Thursday May 28, 2009, 8:00 am EDT
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — National Semiconductor Corp. (NSM) and SunEdison LLC, North America’s largest solar energy services provider, have initiated field trials to optimize the energy output of solar arrays.
SunEdison has initiated field trials in California using National Semiconductor’s SolarMagic(TM) power optimizers. National’s SolarMagic power optimizers enable individual solar panels to maximize energy-produced independent of performance of other panels in an array. Individual panels can often under-perform due to shade, debris, panel mismatch or aging.
SunEdison delivers solar energy services to utilities, commercial and government entities by providing a new way to engage in solar energy. The company’s customers pay only for the energy produced by its solar power plants. In March of 2008, the company surpassed 100GWh of delivered energy, marking a new milestone for solar energy services in the North American marketplace.
“We’re delighted to be working with SunEdison” said Brian Halla, National Semiconductor’s chairman and CEO, “SunEdison services architecture delivers industry leading reliability, with more delivered energy, resulting in greater customer savings. We believe our SolarMagic power optimizer will further strengthen the SunEdison service architecture.”
Added Brian Jacolick, GM of the America’s of SunEdison, “SolarMagic promises to offer a significant breakthrough on delivered energy for solar arrays. The net effect will be greater savings for our customers. National Semiconductor’s leadership in analog and power management will serve SunEdison well as we build on this strength to make continued improvements for the solar industry.”
About SolarMagic Power Optimizers
To maximize the energy output of each solar PV panel in the array, National Semiconductor has developed SolarMagic power optimizers, which enables each solar panel to produce the maximum energy regardless of whether other panels in the array are under-performing due to mismatch. SolarMagic technology maximizes the energy harvest of each individual PV panel through advanced algorithms combined with leading-edge mixed-signal technology, thereby recouping up to 57 percent of the lost energy due to mismatches. See http://www.solarmagic.com for more information.
About National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor is a leader in analog power management technology. Its products include easy-to-use integrated circuits, PowerWise products that enable more energy-efficient systems, and SolarMagic products which improve the energy output of solar arrays. The company celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., National reported sales of $1.89 billion for fiscal 2008. Additional information is available at http://www.national.com.
About SunEdison
SunEdison LLC is North America’s largest solar energy services provider and operates across a global marketplace. SunEdison provides solar-generated energy at or below current retail utility rates to a broad and diverse client base of commercial, municipal and utility customers. For more information about SunEdison, please visit http://www.sunedison.com
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