ABB Solar Inverters ABB is one of the largest players in the inverter market. The company has a large footprint extending to USA, Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa. The company offers a wide range of inverter and storage solutions in the solar PV market, suiting the requirements of small residential and commercial systems to […]

Solar Inverters Like solar panels, solar inverters is also a huge market with stiff competition. The Solar inverter industry has undergone major consolidation. Top solar inverter companies used to be European, as almost 80% of the global solar demand used to come from Europe. However, with the rise of the Japanese and Chinese markets the solar inverter industry […]

The Swiss company ABB has gone on a buying spree in the last few years acquiring companies in its core business of motors, electrical transmission, energy efficiency etc. The company made billions of dollars in acquisitions which has kept the company’s growth much higher than peers like Siemens and General Electric. The company’s stock price […]

Consolidation in the Solar Inverter Industry The Solar Industry is becoming much more fragmented with the rise of the Japanese and Chinese markets. Top solar inverter companies used to be European, as almost 80% of the global solar demand used to come from Europe. However, that is changing with Japan and China set to become […]

Greenvolts – CPV Company While bankruptcies of leading crystalline silicon and thin film companies like Solyndra, Q-Cells has received a lot of attention, the shutdown of CPV companies have received less press. Like other solar technologies, Concentrated PV has been getting murdered by the relentless cost cuts being made by leading silicon PV solar technology. […]

SMA Solar The stock price of the company has touched new lows, as investors are anticipating that the company will be unable to face the onslaught of the Chinese solar inverter manufacturers. Note SMA Solar held a dominating 40% solar inverter global marketshare in 2010, compared to the solar panel manufacturers, none of which has […]