Microinverter aimed at Ontario market
PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA - Enphase Energy, the leader in solar microinverter systems, announced a new microinverter for the Ontario, Canada market. This new product will fulfill the Domestic Content requirement and will therefore enable installers to participate in the Ontario FeedinTariff FiT program.
Were excited to support Ontarios forwardlooking and bold initiative to broaden solar adoption and create highly skilled green jobs, said Enphase Energy CEO Paul Nahi. Together with Flextronics, our global manufacturing partner, Enphase is proud to support Ontarios clean energy goals.
The Enphase production line will have a capacity of 100 MW 500,000 microinverters in the first year. The company plans to double this capacity to one million microinverters to support expected demand in 2011.
As a leader in clean tech manufacturing, we look forward to providing Enphase with our worldclass manufacturing and local market expertise, expediting the delivery of microinverters to the growing industry of solar installers and distributors in Ontario, said Flextronics Industrial President E.C. Sykes. In addition to further strengthening our global Clean Tech initiative, Enphase is a prime example of how Flextronicss strategic global footprint and flexible operations are able to deliver competitive solutions to our customers as they enter emerging markets.
Enphase has already trained more than 250 Ontariobased solar energy installers to use its technology, including approximately 180 who entered the solar industry for the first time. The company plans to train 500 more local installers this year.
We are pleased that Enphase is expanding its presence in Ontario with a FiTqualifying product, said Adam Webb, president of Sentinel Solar Corp. formerly Sentinel Power Systems. Sentinel was the first company to offer Enphase technology in Canada, and the first to offer it exclusively to our customers. Our mission is to make renewable energy easy to understand, install and use, and we truly believe Enphase is the absolute best solution for our installer and enduser customers.
Enphase microinverters convert the energy output of each individual solar PV module into gridcompliant AC power. The Enphase Microinverter System streamlines solar installations by integrating these stateoftheart microinverters with advanced powerline communications and a Webbased monitoring service. The Enphase Microinverter System has a proven track record of making solar installation more productive, reliable, safe, and costeffective than historical approaches. The Enphase M190 and D380 Microinverters for the Ontario market will be generally available beginning in May, 2010.
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