Branching beyond its mainline solar operations, SolarEdge is spending money integrating recent acquisitions running from batteries to electric vehicle drivetrains. SolarEdge’s core solar microelectronics business helped deliver record-breaking revenues in the first quarter of 2019, even as integration costs related to the company’s string of recent acquisitions weighed on its earnings. SolarEdge reported revenues of […]
The Top 5 Inverter Players Saw Their Combined Market Share Slip by 6% Last Year
The industry’s leading suppliers have commanded more of the market each year since 2013, but 2018 was different. The top five PV inverter market players have commanded more of the market each year since 2013, but 2018 was different. In 2018, the top five inverter vendors decreased their total combined market share, which dropped from […]
What Recent PV Inverter Headlines Say About the Evolving Market Landscape
Huawei, Kaco and Schneider—three of the top global PV inverter vendors—have all made news lately. The last week of February saw a flurry of news tied to three of the largest solar PV inverter vendors in the world. The week began with 11 senators penning a letter to Secretaries Rick Perry of the Department of […]
GE Says Its New Battery Product Can Cut Grid-Scale Storage Installation Times in Half
After a reboot, the energy giant is getting more serious about storage. GE has released a containerized energy storage product with a competitive advantage for installation time. The 1.2-megawatt, 4-megawatt-hour Reservoir system marks a new entry into the standardized, large-scale battery market. It reflects a strategic shift at GE’s storage practice, which recently reorganized after […]
