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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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  • EU’s New Solar Plan Falls Short, Says Industry Group

    The European Commission releases a new technology plan to curb carbon emissions, and includes a Smart Cities Initiative for the first time to promote energy efficiency measures.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang October 7, 2009

  • Soliant Gets New CEO to Evangelize Concentrating PV

    The California startup has a new chief executive at a time when it’s planning for commercial production in 2010.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang October 6, 2009

  • Dow to Roofers: Our Solar Shingles Are Coming

    The chemical giant says it will launch shingles with CIGS cells in 2010 and plans to work first with homebuilders in North America.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang October 5, 2009

  • SolarWorld Plans U.S. Factory Expansion Amid Tough Competition

    The Germany solar company plans to more than double its production of solar cells and panels in the United States by 2011. The company appears to be lagging behind three competitors in the California market, an analyst says.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang October 5, 2009

  • Running the Solar Gaunlet

    Underwriters Laboratories has seen a boom in its solar panel certification service as manufacturers build more factories to meet a growing global demand for renewable energy.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang October 5, 2009

  • The Artistic Solar Panel

    Japan’s TDK is experimenting with solar dyes and some unusual ways to wire them up.

    Technology

    Michael Kanellos October 5, 2009

  • PG&E Says Renewable Power Prices in an Upswing

    It looks like a problem of growing pains, but PG&E CEO Pete Darbee says that the price of renewable power has been trickling uphill.

    Policy

    Michael Kanellos October 2, 2009

  • Solar Roundup: First Solar Sells Project, Evergreen Plagued by Crickets

    First Solar is selling a 20-megawatt Canadian plant to a natural gas distributor. Meanwhile, REC says the market in 2010 will likely remain weak.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang October 2, 2009

  • Stirling Energy Sets for 2010 Mass Production, $2.2B Solar Thermal Project

    The Arizona startup has signed up suppliers for two key components of its SunCatcher, which uses the Stirling engine to generate electricity.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang October 2, 2009

  • China Report: Solar Capacity Could Jump to 1GW or More by 2011

    A new GTM Research report looks at the dynamics of China’s power industry and how they would affect the deployment of solar policies.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang October 1, 2009

  • Starwood, Lockheed Cancel 290MW Solar Project

    UPDATE—Lockheed said the project wasn’t worth it because of its high cost. The two companies were going to build the solar thermal power plant to sell electricity to Arizona Public Service.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang October 1, 2009

  • Wacker Ditches Solar Wafer Biz, China to Curb Silicon Oversupply

    Wacker Chemie is giving up its share of the solar wafer business with Schott to focus on making silicon at a time when silicon prices have dived.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang September 30, 2009

  • Spire Set to Get a Korean Investor

    The solar factory tool maker said it’s negotiating to sell a majority stake in a project development company to Uni-Chem. Uni-Chem also has bought equipment to set up shop in the U.S.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang September 29, 2009

  • Nitride With Silicon: Think Solar Cells With 30% Efficiency

    RoseStreet Energy Labs said it has created a prototype cell that combines gallium-nitride with silicon, a technology that it could license to silicon cell makers and produce on its own.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang September 28, 2009

  • German Election Leads to 2010 Boom for Solar?

    The newly elected center-right coalition could cut the country’s solar incentive, causing developers to hurry up and complete their projects before new policy is in place. 

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang September 28, 2009

  • 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.

    Solar

    Eric Wesoff September 25, 2009

  • Suntech Beats Its Own Solar Record

    The company has improved the efficiency of its Pluto panels to 16.53 percent from 15.6 percent, but it still has to prove that betting on the new Pluto technology is a good idea.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang September 23, 2009

  • SolarCity Installs Electric Car Chargers Along Cal Highway

    The solar energy system seller is entering the electric car charging business by buying SolSource Energy and doing a demonstration project with Tesla Motors and Rabobank.

    Transportation

    Ucilia Wang September 22, 2009

  • Feds Issue $550.4M Green Energy Cash Grants

    The Treasury is doling out a second round of money for its cash-instead-of-tax credit program, benefiting not only renewable energy developers but also manufacturers such as Solyndra and Vestas.

    Policy

    Ucilia Wang September 22, 2009

  • Suntech to SolarWorld: Careful What You Wish For

    The German company’s CEO Frank Asbeck has rallied for regulations to protect European solar companies against Asian competitors. He is now calling for lowering the feed-in tariff.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang September 21, 2009
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