The object is to reliably detect a ground fault of a solar battery. To
detect a ground fault position to take an efficient measure against the
ground fault, DC power input from a solar battery is converted into AC
power and supplied to a system. In a system interconnection inverter
(utility connected inverter) having non-insulated input and output, the
input voltage of a converter circuit and/or the intermediate voltage
between the converter circuit and an inverter circuit are varied to
control the potential to ground at each portion of the solar battery to a
value other than a value close to zero.