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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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  • Suniva Raises $75M, Plans to Expand Factory

    The Georgia solar cell startup began production last fall and has signed nearly $1 billion worth of contracts with panel makers. Panels with Suniva cells are available for the U.S. market.

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    Ucilia Wang July 27, 2009

  • Solar by Satellite: Who Has the Best System?

    Three companies offer solar estimates online. Which works? I am your guinea pig.

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    Michael Kanellos July 27, 2009

  • SunPower Posts 2Q Profit, Feels Upbeat About Future

    The company turned a profit after enduring a bad first quarter and deploying cost-cutting measures. SunPower launched a marketing campaign and claims to lead in the California market.

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    Ucilia Wang July 23, 2009

  • First Solar to Build 100MW Factory and Sell to EDF

    First Solar is set to build a €90 million factory in France to supply solar panels to France’s state-owned utility. The factory would be the second in Europe for First Solar.

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    Ucilia Wang July 23, 2009

  • A Nationwide Network for Solar Projects

    Global Solar Center can tell you about solar incentives and give you a quote almost anywhere in the U.S. It also has dealers. Is the national chain here?

    Startups

    Michael Kanellos July 23, 2009

  • Video: Software for Your Solar Panel

    In this video from Intersolar TV, a whole slew of companies want to boost the output of solar panels. Tigo Energy says the answer is in software.

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    Michael Kanellos July 22, 2009

  • Having Solar Energy System Trouble? Don’t Call Your Utilities

    Homeowners who didn’t know how to monitor their solar energy systems effectively or get good service from installers could increasingly turn to their utilities for help.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang July 21, 2009

  • Chinese Gov’t Will Pay to Install 500MW Solar

    The “Golden Sun” demonstration project aims to put solar across the country and support projects to transmit and distribute solar power.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang July 21, 2009

  • Video: The Red, White and Green Home

    Dr. Jerome Block has a 10-kilowatt solar system, a 20,000 gallon water cachement system, a biodiesel truck, and soon will have a solar water heating system. Why? To show how we can get off foreign oil.

    Solar

    Michael Kanellos July 20, 2009

  • True or False: China Will Be a Bigger Solar Market than the U.S.

    Two Chinese companies have preliminary deals to build 2.3 gigawatts of solar projects for local governments in China. Will It surpass the U.S.?

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang July 17, 2009

  • Solyndra Works on 1M Sq. Ft. Project in SoCal

    The CIGS startup is increasing its production rate to meet the demand of its customers, who have collectively signed about $2 billion worth of contracts.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang July 16, 2009

  • Solar Alchemy: Voltaix Gets $9M for Thin-Film Chemicals

    An investment firm headed by a co-founder of Norwegian solar firm REC has placed its first bet on solar by investing in Voltaix.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang July 16, 2009

  • Reality Check: How Much Impact Can the Feds Have on Solar?

    The investment community isn’t as bullish on federal grant and loan guarantee programs as company execs. At least one analyst expects the shipment of solar energy equipment worldwide to fall 25 percent.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang July 15, 2009

  • Solar Goes Modular: GreenRay Raises $2M

    The Quercus Trust and 21Ventures said Wednesday they have invested $2 million in Westford, Mass.-based GreenRay, which is pairing solar panels with its microinverters to create AC solar panels.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang July 15, 2009

  • Video: National Semi’s Green Ambitions

    The 50-year old company says it can boost the performance of solar modules with chips. After that, it’s on to smart grid, says CEO Brian Halla.

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    Michael Kanellos July 15, 2009

  • Boom Time Ahead for U.S. Solar Manufacturing, Says Analyst

    GTM Research’s Shyam Mehta says solar equipment manufacturing in the United States is likely to grow 50 percent annually from now till 2012, thanks to lots of government incentives and growing market demand.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang July 14, 2009

  • Q-Cells: Market Still Tanks, 2Q Sales Fell 37%

    The German solar maker said the market rebound it had expected for the second quarter didn’t happen, and the market for the rest of the year will likely remain difficult.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang July 14, 2009

  • CaliSolar Set to Complete a 50MW Factory for UMG Silicon Solar Cells

    The California startup plans to expand its factory to 200 megawatts by the end of 2010, said its CEO Roy Johnson. The company’s solar cells could achieve 16 percent efficiency.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang July 13, 2009

  • Intersolar: A Mid-Year Review of a Tough Market

    The solar conference is offering more programs and in-depth discussions of all things solar at a time when solar panel prices are falling and solar thermal power is gaining more utility customers.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang July 13, 2009

  • Tessera Solar Plans 500MW Solar Thermal Power in Riverside County

    The project developer wins a bid to co-develop solar thermal power farms on county-owned land in Southern California. It will use Stirling Energy Systems’ SunCatchers for the project.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang July 10, 2009
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