I was not sure what I could expect in my many meetings with solar converter companies, from residential to utility scale, on RE+ 2025 in Las Vegas. I got away from the show and felt much more positive about the coming year than I thought I would be.
A conversation with Wood Mackenzie analyst Joe Shangraw, who specializes in inverters and trackers, repeated the feelings that I belonged to many booth visits: the demand for inverters is now high if developers hurry to Safe-Harbor equipment before FEOC requirements kick in January. And Shangraw expects the strong demand of the Start-Construction Deadline for the ITC from January to July.
Here is a summary of some of the new inverter products that I saw during my week in Vegas.
Residential inverters
With the end of the Residential Solar ITC threatening, small-scale inverter companies, even harder to resilient Solar + Storage solutions, home energy management and even some unique usage cases such as balcony solar energy. According to Shangraw, the most important manufacturers of residential inverters are aimed at winning the energy storage, because those attachment rates continue to rise.
The Nexis system from SolarEdge.
The Nexis battery block from SolarEdge is a modular LFP battery of a modular. The built -in inverter of 13.5 kW has a single SKU for simplified distribution. In combination with the SolarEdge meter collar in collaboration with Connectder, installers can often avoid main panelupgrades for more affordable upgrades for home energy.
The Hymiles Hiflow 800 Pro.
The new Hiflow micro -inverter Hoymiles has been designed for veranda or balcony solar energy, a common practice in Europe that only starts to be approved in the United States. Utah is so far the only state that allows this kind of “Plug-in Solar” Without permits or interconnection agreements, but Hymiles is ahead of the potential demand. The Hiflow is Wi-Fi and Bluetooth integrated and pairs with a 2-kw battery.
Enphase’s smaller commercial micro -inverter.
Enphase’s second-gen commercial micro-inverter, the 480-V IQ9Now uses Gallium nitride technology, to replace silicon carbide for a stronger and smaller product. The company’s latest solar storage package has a 10 kWh battery manufactured in its own country to compete with Tesla and other residential battery makers. Enphase also makes a meter collar to reduce the upgrades of the main panel.
Large -scale inverters
Large-scale manufacturers of inverters remain optimistic about the market and the demand as developers rush to Safe-Harbor materials to start construction before the ITC closing. Nevertheless, manufacturers add new options for adjustment in the case of a tree in that market when the ITC ends.
Here are some large-scale inverter releases:
CPSs 250-KW 600-V Inverter.
CPSs 600-V-Omsorter is intended for a long service life and simple O&M-600-V forest products are available on a large scale and can be locally from the solar industry. These 250-KW inverters are supplied with both distributed and centralized wire box options and are also offered in a skidded solution.
SMA’s sunny Highpower Peak3 Flex.
SMA is new Peak3 Flex For the C&I Market, an inverter is variable type plates with which installers can set any energy class that is needed between 52 and 172 kW in the field and generates a factory label. The flex is especially useful for matching voltage needs in recovery projects.
Yaskawa Solectria has released its largest commercial inverter so far – the 1,000-V PVI 100TL. The inverter focused on the roof installations has six MPPTs and electrically insulated soils. The PVI 100TL also removes the LCD screen, which can be broken down in the sun in time and can be illegible. The inverter has a built-in APSMART Rapid Shutdown channel as an installation program APSYSTEMS opts for RSD.
Sungrow’s Powerstack 255Cs.
Sungrow’s 125-KW PowerStack 255Cs is a liquid -cooled battery for C&I energy storage projects. The power stack can be used for backup power, but also for peak and demand costs. It shares some important components, including the cooling mechanism and the battery management system, with the new Powertitan 3.0 AC Block Bess for large -scale storage applications.
