Inverters

Lee Zhang of Sungrow reveals how the company's new inverter meets the needs of the rapidly evolving solar and storage industries.

PV Talk: “It then has gone to 1,500V and we’re on the precipice of another change," ABB's Brian Nelson tells PV Tech Premium.

SMA Solar posted preliminary net losses of €117.7 million (US$126 million) in 2024—down from €225.7 million in income last year.

The firm posted net losses (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)) of US$1.81 billion over 2024 .

Japanese industrial electric and automation technology company Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC) has begun operations at its inverter manufacturing plant in Texas, US.

Enphase Energy's financial results follow a wider trend in the inverter market, which has seen major players struggle to adapt.

The inverters will be used for commercial solar installations across the US “estimated to exceed 100MW”, Summit Ridge said.

Share prices for inverter manufacturer SolarEdge have risen since the start of the week following news the company is cutting 400 jobs, its fourth layoff in the past year.

Opening bids for the largest centralised procurement tender in China’s PV history have come in, with 51GW each of PV modules and inverters on the table.

A shift towards residential energy storage has seen Western inverter manufacturers lean into more complex, digital energy management products.