SolarEdge Technologies announced a huge move today, acquiring SMRE Spa, a provider of integrated powertrain technology and electronics for electric vehicles. Founded in 1999 and traded on the Italian AIM, SMRE has three business units: e-mobility, automated production machines and telematics software. The company has more than fifteen years ofRead More

SMA announced that its Sunny Tripower CORE1 commercial solution will now be offered with SMA Smart Connected, a proactive O&M solution powered by ennexOS that cuts truck rolls in half and saves service costs throughout the lifetime of a commercial system. SMA has also begun shipping new models of theRead More

Yaskawa Solectria Solar and Alencon Systems are combining their areas of expertise to start repowering 600V PV plants. The partnership brings together Alencon’s String Power Optimizer and Transmitter, the SPOT, and Yaskawa Solectria Solar’s XGI 1000 transformerless string inverter. The integration of the Alencon SPOT and Yaskawa Solectria Solar’s XGI 1000Read More

  SolarEdge Technologies is ready for the implementation of both NEC 2017’s revision to the PV Rapid Shutdown System (PVRSS) requirements for 2019 and is prepared for the roll out of Phase 3 of Rule 21. The company offers solutions that comply with these regulations. “By preparing our product lineupRead More

Scaling an energy storage system requires stacking both energy (batteries) and power (inverters). Batteries that were designed to be modular can typically be stacked without limitation. However, inverter stacking presents more challenges. The question installers must answer is at what point does it make sense to jump from a multi-inverterRead More

Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to suspend any further trade action for 90 days — which means the scheduled increase in the Section 301 tariffs on solar inverters from 10% to 25% is now on pause. But 90 days isn’t a ton of time to resolve theRead More

Add this to your list of AC solar modules to consider: Enphase Energy and LONGi Solar are developing Enphase-energized LONGi Solar AC Modules (ACMs) based on seventh-generation Enphase IQ microinverters. The Enphase and LONGi Solar ACMs should now be available in the U.S. LONGi Solar will initially develop two EnphaseRead More

As energy storage becomes increasingly important, SMA America is continuing to invest in its offerings and is now delivering the Sunny Boy Storage-US inverter and Automatic Backup Unit. Many systems already offer a transfer switch and a number of separate components that must be purchased, but SMA’s is a completeRead More

  SolarEdge Technologies, a global leader in smart energy, won the New Product of the Year Award in the Energy Category of the 2018 BIG Awards for Business for its EV-charging inverter (above). Founded with the mission of recognizing true talent and superior performance in the business world, the BusinessRead More

The shift to higher voltages is helping reduce the cost of utility-scale photovoltaic systems. Higher-voltage systems make installations more energy efficient, require fewer components and less wiring, and are less labor intensive to build. Most new solar plants have voltages of 1500V on the DC side and many are movingRead More