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What Recession? Enphase Microinverters Selling Like Hotcakes
Enphase has been planning its IPO with an SEC registratiion on file since June of 2011. The firm must periodically update that document — here are some of the new stats: The firm has shipped more than 1.55 million microinverters since its founding, 1 million in 2011 alone. Enphase estimates that represents about 40,000 installations. [...]
Enphase Energy Has Sold 1,000,000 Microinverters
Earlier this month we announced the shipment of our millionth microinverter, and we took a moment for a celebration at our booth on Wednesday of the show. We had quite a crowd show up to help us enjoy our microinverter-shaped cake! The millionth unit also made an appearance decked out in a special golden cover [...]
Enphase Microinverters: Selling Like Hotcakes
We’ve been fans of micro-inverters for awhile, especially after a frustrating winter last year in which we lost more than 200 kWh of production due to snow on our roof-mounted 5.59 kW home solar system here in Aurora, Colo. While we wouldn’t have gotten all 200 kWh we lost as a result of our snow [...]
Understanding Solar Performance in the Real World
Everyone knows that solar can help the planet, and many know it can also help their pocketbook, but in either case, the real question is: “how much?” The amount of energy a solar array produces is at the heart of answering this question. Solar integrators estimate the energy production of a solar array using modeling [...]
The Role of PV Inverter Companies in the Smartgrid
As photovoltaic (PV) solar power becomes more prevalent and as PVpenetration on the grid grows, inverters are going to increasingly bedepended on to provide ancillary services in addition to just straightDC-to-AC conversion. These new services will look different for smallresidential and commercial applications versus utility-scale but in anycase, the role of the inverter is likely [...]
Enphase and the Evolution of Solar Microinverters
The big U.S. solar show, Solar Power International is coming up next month (Oct 11-14 in Los Angeles) and there’s going to be a lot of announcements on the solar front. The PV inverter marketis hot and well-funded Enphase Energy, the microinverter manufacturer, is starting its volley with the announcement of a fourth-generation integrated microinverter. [...]
Enphase Launches Solar-Integrated Smart Thermostat
Enphase Energy Inc., a provider of solar micro-inverter systems, has introduced the Environ Smart Thermostat, which the company says is the world’s first solar-integrated smart energy device. Environ is a thermostat that wirelessly connects to the Enphase micro-invertersystem, allowing owners to simultaneously manage their solarinstallations along with their heating and cooling systems in a singleWe-based [...]
Enphase System Installers Survey
Enphase recently tabulated the results of their first survey. Thissurvey went out to installers who have installed at least one Enphasesystem. Newcomers and Veterans Agree on Enphase. Enphase has proven valuableto both solar first-timers and solar old-timers. According to thesurvey, our largest customer group did their first solar installation in 2009 and the second largest [...]
Enphase Closes $40 Million In Funding
Enphase Energy has secured $40 million in funding, with Bay Partnersleading the equity financing. This round of financing also includesparticipation from Horizon Technology Finance and Bridge Bank, as wellas existing investors Third Point Ventures, RockPort Capital Partners,Madrone Capital Partners and Applied Ventures LLC. "Thisfinancing will be used to fund our expansion plans and furtherstrengthen our [...]