Morningstar Corporation  

Newtown,  PA 
United States
http://www.morningstarcorp.com

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 Press Releases

• Leading Solar Controller Brand Expands into Inverters Responding to demand from top solar system designers and installers, Morningstar is now shipping a comprehensive new line of SureSine industrial-grade off-grid inverters (Feb 15, 2023)

  February 14, 2023: InterSolar North America, Long Beach CA.  With nearly 30 years of experience building industry-leading solar controllers behind it, Morningstar Corporation is now delivering its long-anticipated expansion into the rest of the solar electric system chain with a complete line of new off-grid inverters. The SureSine Series takes its place alongside the company’s renowned charge controller portfolio, giving solar installers the ability to keep their systems “all Morningstar” with no weak links in the component chain

  The new SureSine DC-AC inverter line consists of six primary models, from 150W to 2500W, with 120, 127 or 230V output, 50 or 60Hz AC frequency, and 12, 24 or 48V DC input options.  That wide range of choices, along with multiple AC terminal options, results in a total of some 70+ SureSine variations capable of providing remote power in mission-critical solar electric systems around the globe. 

  The new SureSine inverters are in production and shipping.  Complete product and technical information here: https://www.morningstarcorp.com/products/suresine/

  

  The new Morningstar SureSine off-grid inverter line

  “At first it might seem like a crowded field in which to introduce six more off-grid inverters,” noted Morningstar CEO Lee Gordon.  “But the difference is that these are ‘the Morningstar of inverters.’  That’s not some slogan we made up— rather, those are exactly the words our customers use when telling us what they need to match the quality of our charge controllers and design even better solar electric systems.  With over four million products already sold in over 100 countries, we’re confident that there’s no shortage of applications for Morningstar inverters alongside our controllers.”

  Added Jim McGrath, Morningstar Director of Sales, “we went all-in with SureSine, to make the line the opposite of ‘me-too’ thinking.  We started with industrial-grade build quality as a given, since so many Morningstar users are in that league.  SureSine’s are built around premium toroidal transformers for improved sinewave stability.   We also made sure to include two hallmark Morningstar engineering features: fanless design and high efficiency.  Next we added full communications capabilities, including USB, Ethernet, EIA-485, CANBUS, and Bluetooth for wireless communications, and Android and iOS utility apps for set-up and monitoring SureSine inverters with remote devices.”

  

  Morningstar SureSine inverter deployed in a remote telecommunications system

  Continued McGrath, “finally, we secured industry-leading NRTL certification as well as meeting all relevant CE and UL requirements.   After all, our solar controllers are already standard equipment in rural telecom, oil & gas, security, large-scale rural electrification projects, and other applications where failure isn’t an option.  We had to made sure that the new SureSines lives up to our long-established reputation.”

  For pricing and availability information: sales@morningstarcorp.com

  Press contact: mcerasuolo@morningstarcorp.com

  About Morningstar Corporation

  With over 4 million products installed and sold since 1993—in some of the most extreme environments and mission-critical applications in the world—Morningstar Corporation is the world's leading supplier of solar controllers and inverters.  The US-based, privately-owned company is headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania, with an engineering research and development center in Maryland, and a global network of dedicated, best-in-class distribution and manufacturing partners.  For more information visit www.morningstarcorp.com.

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• Morningstar ‘Re-Imagines’ the Solar Controller In the category led by the brand since 1993, Morningstar Corporation sets a new reference standard for itself and others in the field, with the first-of-its-kind GenStar MPPT (Feb 15, 2023)

  February 14, 2023: InterSolar North America, Long Beach CA.  Following its debut late last year, Morningstar Corporation is now in production of its revolutionary GenStar MPPT fully-integrated solar DC system controller. 

  The new GenStar line consists of three 200 Volt models ranging from 60 to 100 Amps and joins the illustrious line of Morningstar’s industry-leading solar controllers which includes the SunSaver, ProStar and iconic TriStar models.

  Complete product and technical information here: https://www.morningstarcorp.com/products/genstar-mppt/  

  “As a key player in the evolution of the solar charge controller—something we’ve worked at perfecting over the past three decades—we’d never lightly use the term ‘revolution’ at Morningstar” noted CEO Lee Gordon.  “But if any Morningstar product deserves the adjective ‘revolutionary,’ our new GenStar is it.  It’s the culmination of everything we’ve learned in solar engineering and design in a single integrated platform, one that doesn’t need to be surrounded by a complex and clumsy ecosystem of add-on accessories to deliver peak functionality.  GenStar is ready-to-go into any advanced PV/solar electric system right out of the box.  It’s so ahead of the curve that we created a new class of products to describe it: the Morningstar Integrated Series.”

  Added Bill Mellema, Morningstar’s Director of Product Development, “up to now integrators, installers and system designers have had to cobble-together a plethora of accessories, modules, and widgets—and create a rats-nest of cables and dongles to add them to a solar controller.  We figured ‘if anyone can come up with a better way to integrate control into a system, Morningstar can.’ GenStar is the result—the industry’s first fully-integrated solar DC charging system.”

  Continued Mellema, “We started with an all new design incorporating “lithium DNA,” acknowledging the future of energy storage and in keeping with the goal of delivering a truly “future-proofed” product.  All the most requested key communication and control features are built-in.  We designed-in the ability to oversize PV arrays to meet today’s need for larger systems, and provides integrated load control—30 Amp capability, unique for controllers in this class.  GenStar has all essential communications, connectivity and network integration features built-in, without the need for wiring on adapters or outside equipment—it’s all built-in.”

  “Along with the most requested features we gave GenStar the capability of being easily upgraded and expanded with new features and technologies, through our revolutionary ReadyRail architecture and ReadyBlock expansion line,” added Mellema.  “That’s done through our unique ReadyRail architecture and ReadyBlocks, which simply snap-in to deliver any additional features and capabilities needed.  For example, battery metering/monitoring and key measurements are enabled by a ReadyShunt.  The ReadyRelay  provides signaling and advanced load control, and the ReadyBMS delivers full communications and control with lithium batteries.  With this innovative architecture, system designers need never worry about obsolescence or making the wrong decision with their initial investment.  GenStar can grow as their needs evolve.”   

  Right: Morningstar’s snap-in ReadyBlocks, part of the ReadyRail expansion system for adding features to the new GenStar as needed. From top to bottom: the ReadyShunt enables metering/monitoring and key measurements. The ReadyRelay  provides signaling and advanced load control.  The ReadyBMS delivers full communications and control with lithium batteries   

  For pricing and availability information: sales@morningstarcorp.com

  Press contact: mcerasuolo@morningstarcorp.com

  About Morningstar Corporation

  With over 4 million products installed and sold since 1993—in some of the most extreme environments and mission-critical applications in the world—Morningstar Corporation is the world's leading supplier of solar controllers and inverters.  The US-based, privately-owned company is headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania, with an engineering research and development center in Maryland, and a global network of dedicated, best-in-class distribution and manufacturing partners.  For more information visit www.morningstarcorp.com.

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