ABB to acquire Gamesa’s power electronics, storage business
ABB has agreed to purchase Gamesa’s power electronics and storage business, which produces doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) wind converters, industrial battery energy storage systems (BESS), and utility-scale solar inverters.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Deye to build inverter factory in Malaysia
Deye, a Chinese inverter manufacturer, says it will invest $150 million to build a new production facility in Malaysia.
TU Delft scientists integrate power electronics for MPPT in solar modules
A research team in the Netherlands investigated how copper planar air-core inductors can yield the required inductor properties to support sub-module power conversion in PV modules. The scientists claim that implementing MPPT at the sub-module level can increase the panel’s tolerance to shade.
Midea Hiconics releases new residential all-in-one battery storage systems
The Chinese company says its three-phase Hienergy series can pair with PV arrays of up to 8.5 kW, with battery storage reaching up to 40.8 kWh.
Delta releases new inverters for large-scale installations
Delta has unveiled the M225HV and M350HV inverters for large-scale solar projects. The M225HV handles 230 kW DC input and 225 kW output with eight maximum power point trackers (MPPT), while the M350HV supports 360 kW DC input and 350 kW output with 12 MPPT.
GoodWe releases new C&I string inverter series
GoodWe has unveiled a new commercial and industrial (C&I) string inverter series, featuring models with output power ratings of 100 kW, 110 kW, and 125 kW, offering up to 10 maximum power point trackers (MPPT) and 21A DC input per string.
Germany’s Solarmax facing bankruptcy
Residential PV storage systems and inverters provider Solarmax is provisionally filing for bankruptcy in Germany but will continue to operate.
String inverters best for partially shaded PV systems, says IEA-PVPS
The International Energy Agency (IEA) Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (PVPS) has released a technical report exploring innovations and challenges in optimizing the performance of partially shaded PV systems.
U.S. startup offers meter socket adapter that simplifies solar, battery, EV charging connection
ConnectDER has secured $35 million in Series D funding to support its meter socket adapter (MSA) business, which integrates solar, storage, EV charging and more while avoiding main electrical panel upgrades.
Sinovoltaics updates financial stability ranking for PV inverter manufacturers
Sinovoltaics’ latest financial stability ranking of inverter manufacturers lists Hoymiles Power Electronics, APSystems (Yuneng Technology), and Eaton in the top three positions.
