Inverters

Welcome back to our coverage from SNEC in Shanghai, the world's biggest solar PV industry trade event.

Sungrow has signed an agreement to supply 2.1GW worth of inverters to the Al Shuaibah PV project in Saudi Arabia, which will be the largest solar farm in the world once it reaches operations.

Fraunhofer ISE has announced a new international test standard for PV inverters with integrated arc fault detection systems.

Israeli solar inverter manufacturer SolarEdge posted strong Q1 2023 financial results with record revenues and shipments, building on a less profitable 4th quarter.

Solar PV developer Lightsource bp has signed a deal with industrial manufacturing company Siemens for a 1GW supply of solar inverters to be deployed on Lightsource’s US PV projects.

Inverter supplier SMA Solar Technology has started the construction of a 20GW inverter factory in Germany expected to be operational in 2025.

Testing and certifications company UL Solutions has published a new set of cyber security certification requirements for solar, wind and storage assets connected to the distribution grid, as well as other inverter-based resources (IBR).

TÜV Rheinland has completed the structural foundations on what will be its largest testing and certification center in the Americas.

Solar inverter and solutions provider Solinteg is opening a new factory in the Chinese city of Wuxi that will add an initial 4GW of manufacturing capacity as the company aims to meet increasing demand for its products.

Inverter supplier SMA Solar Technology has published provisional financial results for 2022 which show significant improvements in EBITDA and net income compared with 2021.