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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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  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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    The solar thermal energy developer decided to bow out of an area that may receive the national monument designation, which would prevent other solar companies from continuing their projects also.

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  • Global Solar: BIPV Market or Bust

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  • Ausra Plans Two Projects in Australia, One in Middle East

    The solar thermal equipment maker, which shifted its business model over the past year, plans to announce solar thermal projects in the next few months.

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  • Fat Spaniel Moves Into Power Project Development Biz

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  • The Real (and Potentially Minimal) Impacts of the Cash Grant Program

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  • Nice Pay Package for First Solar’s New CEO

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    Ucilia Wang September 10, 2009

  • Oerlikon Solar Tools Coming to America

    The Swiss factory equipment maker has lined up its first U.S. customer, who plans to build an initial 90-megawatt plant in an idled Ford assembly plant near Detroit.

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  • First Solar’s Gift to China: How to Build a Solar Farm

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  • BrightSource Gets Big Brother in Bechtel

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  • Nanosolar Boosts Cells Efficiency, Starts Mass Production

    The CIGS thin-film solar maker has posted two white papers about its technology and products, and it has named some of its customers who have inked $4.1 billion of contracts.

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  • First Solar Inks 2GW Power Plant Deal in China

    The solar thin-film company has signed a preliminary agreement for the project in Inner Mongolia. It appears to be the first non-Chinese equipment maker to announce such a large-scale power plant.

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    Ucilia Wang September 8, 2009

  • Innovalight Ups Silicon Ink Cells Efficiency to 18%

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  • Bringing It All Back Home: PV Manufacturing in America

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  • SMA Solar Enters Microinverter Biz Through Acquisition

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