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Growth, Market Share and Dynamic Change in The PV Inverter Industry

The PV inverter market, once short of innovation, has seen a surge of investment in the last few years.  Spurred by startup advances, established firms like SMA, Satcon, and National Semiconductor are developing new distributed PV electronics technologies in-house or through acquisition. This Special Report from Greentech Media, sponsored by Enphase Energy, takes a look at the state of innovation in the inverter market, VC investment activity, and the emerging leaders in the $2.4 billion PV inverter market.

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  1. First Solar
  2. Suntech Power
  3. Solarcity
  4. Solyndra
  5. Enphase Energy
  6. Brightsource Energy
  7. Sharp
  8. SolFocus
  9. SoCal Edison
  10. CH2M Hill

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As the price of PV falls, the technology will become more competitively priced in Europe and the U.S. before its prices are competitive in China.

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Solar Startup Solasta Seeks Next Round

The solar firm was founded in 2006 with A round funding from Kleiner Perkins and claims its process could increase the efficiency of conventional amorphous silicon PV by up to 150 percent.

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  • Letter From the Sunny North

    The Great Canadian Feed-In Tariff is weeks away from being launched. Can Ontario create something worth pursuing?

    Solar

    Ian Karleff September 2, 2009

  • Cal Lawmakers Propose Smaller Increase for Net Metering

    A state Senate committee voted to set the cap at 3.5 percent instead of the 5 percent in an earlier version of the bill, which sets out to expand a program that has largely benefited solar energy system owners.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang September 1, 2009

  • Xunlight 26 Solar Aims for CdTe on Plastic

    The one-year-old Ohio startup is developing a flexible cadmium-telluride thin film that isn’t like First Solar’s, and plans to go into pilot production next year.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang September 1, 2009

  • Cal Proposes Feed-In Tariff With a Twist

    The state wants to require utilities to buy renewable power from developers of 1-megawatt to 10-megawatt installations. But regulators won’t set fixed prices.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang August 27, 2009

  • Is Buying European a Good Idea?

    There seems to be a growing call for regulations to protect European solar companies from producers mostly from China. China and the U.S., meanwhile, aim to protect their domestic companies.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang August 27, 2009

  • Suniva Expands Solar Cell Production, Boosts Efficiency

    The silicon solar cell startup is on its way to triple its production capacity, and has produced commercial cells achieving about 18 percent efficiency.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang August 26, 2009

  • You’re Invited: A Solar Soirée With a Sales Pitch

    SunWize employs an increasingly popular marketing strategy and sets out to woo community groups with food, drinks and discounts for installation services.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang August 24, 2009

  • BrightSource Snags Chevron Deal in Stealthy Move Into Solar Steam

    The startup, known for its huge contracts to build solar thermal power plants for utilities, now does installations for solar steam.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang August 21, 2009

  • Clear Solar, Small Desal and Pharma Batteries: A Chat With Virgin Green Fund

    Virgin Green Fund has only invested in a few companies, but it covers a large portion of the green spectrum.

    Policy

    Michael Kanellos August 21, 2009

  • Plextronics Bags $14M for Organic LED, Solar

    The startup company plans to use the money for developing organic printed electronics.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang August 20, 2009

  • Suntech: Chinese Market Not So Large This year

    Suntech Power lowers its shipment expectation for China since the government is still sorting out its incentive programs. Suntech also needs to fix an automation issue for its Pluto panel production.

    Solar

    August 20, 2009

  • Suntech Claims New World Record in Silicon Panel Efficiency

    The Fraunhofer Institute verifies that a Suntech Power multicrystalline silicon panel has beaten Sandia’s record. Suntech intends to have a 300MW capacity to produce its new Pluto cells and panels in 2010.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang August 19, 2009

  • A Mighty Hot Wind for Solar

    HelioFocus says it has a new idea for solar thermal power – a 1,000 degree wind stream.

    Technology

    Michael Kanellos August 19, 2009

  • First Solar Inks 550MW Deals With SoCal Edison

    Edison plans to buy power from two solar farms to be built by First Solar in Southern California.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang August 18, 2009

  • German Solar Incentives in Jeopardy?

    German politicians have revived debates over the popular feed-in tariff, some arguing that the subsidies benefit largely Chinese – instead of German – companies.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang August 17, 2009

  • Feds: Start Applying for 30% Tax Credit for Clean Energy Manufacturing

    The tax credit program is capped at $2.3 billion and is the latest of a series of financial aid initiatives aimed at boosting renewable energy and other greentech manufacturing and job creation.

    Policy

    Ucilia Wang August 13, 2009

  • Q-Cells Cuts 500 Workers, Posts €696.9 million in Loss

    One of the world’s largest solar cell makers is shutting down production lines and taking other cost-cutting measures to stay afloat. Good news: The recession might be over.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang August 13, 2009

  • Earnings: Is the Solar Slump Easing Up?

    More solar companies report their earnings this week, and investors haven’t been all that impressed with the numbers. Companies remain fairly optimistic for the second half of this year.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang August 12, 2009

  • A Solar Renaissance

    When solar gets cheap, fighting climate change gets a lot easier, says the Vote Solar Initiative’s Adam Browning.

    Solar

    Adam Browning August 12, 2009

  • Making Solar Affordable, One City at a Time

    A California nonprofit is creating a program that it hopes would make it easier for cities and counties to offer solar financing to their denizens.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang August 12, 2009
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