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ABB Gobbles Up Inverter Firm Power-One
ABB acquiring Power-One (PWER), the number two global PV inverter company, for $1 billion is certainly a dramatic way to open Greentech Media’s Solar Summit starting today in Phoenix, Arizona. This breaking news comes a few weeks after Advanced Energy acquired REFUsol to become the number-three player in the PV inverter market. ABB already plays [...]
Microinverters vs. Central Inverters
So you’re installing a brand new solar system. Do you go with microinverters or stick with a central inverter? What’s the function of an inverter? The task of an inverter is to convert direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC), which is needed for the vast majority of electrical devices. Solar energy comes in the [...]
Taking A Look at Publicly Traded Solar Companies
There aren’t a lot of publicly traded solar companies out there – most of the companies in the solar sector are relatively small operations. However, two companies in the public sphere are subject to lots of buzz and the contrast between them is intriguing. We are talking about Enphase Energy (which went public at the [...]
Enphase Announces Q1 Earnings
Solar microinverter firm Enphase had its first earnings call today as a public company with a presentation covering its first quarter performance. In early April, Enphase completed its IPO, raising total gross proceeds of $61.9 million. Paul Nahi, CEO, led the festivities. Here are the key takeaways: Net revenues increased to $42.6 million from $18.1 [...]
In Focus: SolarCity IPO
The solar industry could use a large, successful IPO right now, on the heels of BrightSource’s withdrawal and Enphase’s good-but-not-great IPO result. (It’s still too early to tell for Enphase — and BrightSource is still soldiering on.) Back in February, Reuters reported that San Mateo, Calif.-based solar installer and financier SolarCity was going to be [...]
Greentech IPO’s are Back!
Four greentech IPOs are seemingly going to make it through the IPO gate in spring 2012. It’s the biggest flurry of greentech IPOs in memory and serves to show the diversity of the greentech field. It’s a disparate collection of firms: Enphase, a small cap PV microinverter pioneer, BrightSource Energy, a massively ambitious concentrated solar [...]
Enphase Debuts on NASDAQ
After a long drought, a solar company has made it through the IPO window. Enphase, after lowering its IPO price price to $6.00 per share (down from the $10.00 to $12.00 per share range set earlier this month) has crossed over from private to public company. The Petaluma, Calif.-based microinverter startup will trade on the [...]
Enphase Drops IPO Price
Enphase has lowered its IPO price range to between $6.00 and $7.00 — down from the $10.00 to $12.00 per share range set earlier this month. Enphase is the Petaluma, Calif.-based microinverter startup that has been long been viewed at as an obvious candidate for IPO. The current pricing comes nine months after the IPO [...]
Enphase Readies for IPO
Enphase, the Petaluma, Calif.-based microinverter startup just priced its maiden stock offering at $10 to $12 per share according to an SEC filing. A date for the IPO has not been set. The pricing comes nine months after the IPO was registered with the SEC. The offer looks to raise approximately $72 million to $87 [...]