The island of Curacao began a solar net metering program that has inspired close to 800 residential and commercial installations, operating at a cost of 10% less than the fossil fuel generation they replaced, according to a new report by Ronald Lieuw-Sjong at Next Step Consulting, based in Curaçao.
The global solar PV inverter market has concentrated significantly of late, with new figures from GTM Research showing that the top 10 inverter manufacturers accounted for 80% of global shipments in the first half of 2016.
Updated to include corrected chart and figures from GTM Research. New figures from GTM Research have placed Huawei and SMA as the leading global vendors of solar PV inverters during 2015. GTM Research‘s upcoming The Global PV Inverter and MLPE Landscape report found that SMA fell from first place for the … [continued]
SMA, the maker of Sunny Boy inverters, has unveiled another inverter product in the same line – the Sunny Boy Storage 2.5, which is compatible with the Tesla Powerwall. The new storage inverter does not contain the same components as the Sunny Island inverters, so it is expected to cost … [continued]
SMA, a German solar energy equipment manufacturer, just announced that it is releasing its new Sunny Boy Tesla Powerwall–compatible inverter. PV Tech notes that SMA’s new Sunny Boy inverter will join SolarEdge and Fronius products as adaptable inverters for Tesla’s Powerwall. SMA Chief Executive Officer Pierre-Pascal Urbon said a storage system allows … [continued]
Originally published on Energy Post. By Rudolf ten Hoedt A first gold rush driven by generous subsidies led to an uncontrolled boom in solar power projects in Japan, of which, however, only a very small percentage actually got built. Now, however, the government has taken charge and serious developers are entering … [continued]
You may remember our report last winter on the development of a Haiti hospital predicted to become the world’s largest solar hospital. The Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais opened last March. So far, it’s living up to — even exceeding — all the predictions. Solar might seem to some of you … [continued]
[Update July 12] See a more in-depth post about this record day here: Sunday, Solar Sunday — Germany’s July 7 Solar Power Record In-Depth It has been a very sunny day here in western Poland, so I knew it was basically the same in Germany (it always is) and that … [continued]
This article first appeared on RenewEconomy The world’s biggest supplier of solar inverters, SMA Solar Technology, has announced that it will be mass marketing its award-winning household solar battery system in the fourth quarter of 2013. German-based SMA’s Sunny Boy Smart Energy technology – which won best product in the … [continued]
SMA Solar Technology AG, which you might be surprised is Germany’s biggest solar company by market value, has decided to start manufacturing inverters in South Africa to tap that market. Of course, the fact that a certain brand of product is manufactured in South Africa is a good incentive for … [continued]
