Modern mini-split heat pumps are inverter driven and can step up/down their power consumption and cooling capacity pretty much in 1% steps — at least that’s wha

Modern mini-split heat pumps are inverter driven and can step up/down their power consumption and cooling capacity pretty much in 1% steps — at least that’s what the marketing material claims. Normally the cooling output is a function of the set point temperature vs current ambient and the fan speed. So I’m not sure what you would need to add to allow the units to operate/respond to variation in available power from the panels but certainly they are able to operate at variable output levels.