Solar Energy Solutions for Condo, Apartment, and Townhouse Owners in Minnesota

Beyond general support the power connectors can provide, we have unique expertise to support teams from technology, IP protection and business perspective. We also assist you through the submission process.

The IBTSC team is the only team who is both a past winner and a connector who supports a winning team.

For residential solar customers, how soon they can get their investment back is a key matric to trigger the decision. Most installers use commercially available components to build a system and provide an estimate based on existing formula. In most residential solar systems, the setup based on the manufacture specification does not necessarily lead to an optimized solution.

In fact, in most cases we studied, a system with a higher production capability can be implemented for a given budget if optimized, or a system solution with the same production capability can be installed with a significantly reduced budget.

Our team will review individual project design, and provide feedback to the homeowner and a list of options that will help to:

1. Improve the energy production for a given budget range.

2. Reduce installation cost for the same capacity installed.

3. Component and system design improvement to extend service lifetime.

Each project is unique and this service provides customized solutions for each customer’s project. For most of the projects, the customer will get their investment back one year early. The team at IBTSC ensures the cost saving for each project established here in the US.

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Large scale solar backsheet failures have been reported across the world [1-5]. In a DuPont recent report, a nearly four-fold cumulative increase in polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) outer-layer cracking defect rates, from 5% to 23% between year 4 and year 9 after installation in China, Europe, India and North America has been observed [1-2]. Deeper backsheet cracks have led to backsheet delamination, exposing the core layer to elements and leading in some instances to inverter tripping and ground faults [2-5]. There is no good way to fix or repair solar modules when such failures occurred previously, battles between the solar farm owners/operators and the solar module manufacturers have been painful and are ongoing.

IBTSC NanoHS materials can be directly applied to the Solar module and repair backsheet failure onsite, and extend the Solar module service lifetime and reduce the failure rate. As compared to the solution provided by Du-pont, the IBTSC NanoHS solution has significantly reduced the repair cost. The materials samples have gone through various IEC reliability tests and falling sand tests performed by a team at the national renewable energy laboratory (NREL) and no degradation was observed.