agnetek, Inc. recently announced it has been awarded Frost & Sullivan's "Solar Power Systems Technology Innovation of the Year" award for 2005 for its Aurora solar power inverters.

According to Magnetek, the Aurora inverters, which were developed at the company's European design center near Florence, Italy, feature two independent Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) circuits, which help the unit optimize the amount of electricity harvested by solar panels under various light conditions.