Ideal Power Inc (IPWR)

[tykundegex]

I read a bit more about Enphases "microinverters" and their case study for using many of them over a single string inverter. Their comparison is based on traditional inverters, and uses arguments about the cost of installation, and single-point-of-falure nature of them. Ideal's inverters are significantly less costly to install as a result of their huge decrease in size and weight, and they are also more reliable. To boot, they're likely less expensive than a bunch of microinverters, and will increase efficiency by ~ 1-2% . I wonder how their case study would hold-up against IPWR's inverters?

But I'm no specialist, so this is just my layman's interpretation of it. Anyone care to contribute comments?