The New York Times reports on advances enabling the “Do It Yourselfer Solar Install:
We’re specifying Enphase microinverters in our residential designs more and more often,” said Ryan Hunter, of the Texas installer Meridian Solar, in an e-mail message. The Enphase systems allow for greater flexibility, he said, and are “more shade tolerant in limited spaces.”
Enphase microinverters fit on a single panel enabling greater flexibility in installation and fault tolerance once installed.