Global energy tech company Enphase Energy just announced the first shipments of its microinverters made in Columbia, South Carolina. Contact online >>
Global energy tech company Enphase Energy just announced the first shipments of its microinverters made in Columbia, South Carolina.
In April, Enphase, which supplies microinverter-based solar and battery systems, announced that it would begin manufacturing its products in the US.
A microinverter is a device used with solar arrays to convert the energy that’s generated (Direct Current) to usable electricity for a home (Alternating Current).
Fremont, California-based Enphase’s (Nasdaq: ENPH) first US contract manufacturing facility is Austin-headquartered manufacturer Flex’s (Nasdaq: FLEX) South Carolina factory.
This is the first production from one of Enphase Energy’s three contract manufacturing partnerships in the US, which it expects will create around 1,800 jobs. In just South Carolina, Enphase and Flex expect to add around 600 jobs.
With all three facilities, Enphase expects to have the capacity to produce 4.5 million microinverters per quarter – or 18 million microinverters per year. That manufacturing capacity will enable 1 million new solar homes annually in the US.
Enphase estimates nearly $20 million in capital investment per US manufacturing facility for a total of $60 million in capital investment, in addition to capital investments from its contract manufacturing partners.
The Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is cited by Enphase Energy as the reason it’s been able to kickstart its US manufacturing. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden will be attending a kickoff event and tour tomorrow to mark the milestone at Flex’s factory in West Columbia.
We … thank President Biden and the US Congress for the InflationReduction Act, which has increased interest and demand for clean technology and American manufacturing, as evidenced by [our] announcement with Enphase.
Companies have announced $11 billion in manufacturing and clean energy investments in South Carolina as a result of the IRA, and the Biden-Harris Administration has already awarded $2.6 billion in funding there for infrastructure projects.
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Enphase hosted an official event today in Guadalajara, Mexico to celebrate an ongoing partnership with Flex Electronics Manufacturing that has resulted in a new microinverter production plant and business growth across the country. More than just a marquee moment for Enphase, the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico participated to showcase the positive impact of investment and trade between the two nations.While Enphase has been active in Mexico since 2010 through installer partnerships, product distribution, and customer support, activity escalated in 2019 in response to Section 301 tariffs on inverters made in China. Beyond today''s official press release, there is much more to share about why"Hecho en Mexico" truly matters and how we got there.
Enphase will continue to push the boundaries of solar technology, both home and abroad, through ongoing innovation and advancement of our products. We are proud to be the leading supplier of microinverters in the world and we are excited to continuing growing operations in Mexico to serve customers around the world.To read more about Enphase in Mexico, visit.
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US microinverter manufacturer Enphase Energy has started commercial shipments of its IQ8 microinverter made in a facility in Arlington, in the US state of Texas.
The company first launched the microinverter in November 2023, and is designed for use in commercial installations for small- and medium-sized businesses. While the product itself is not new, the fact that the inverters are now produced in the US – whereas they were produced overseas and shipped to the US last year – is an important step in the US'' push to relocate more of the upstream solar sector on American soil.
“We’re excited to build systems for our small commercial customers with Enphase''s commercial microinverters coming from US manufacturing facilities,” said Gailan Wensil-Strow, director of solar operations at engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm American Design and Build. “Not only does Enphase offer a high-quality solution, but our customers also love to know that they are supporting the American economy."
Enphase noted that the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the landmark piece of legislation that was introduced almost two years ago to offer tax credits for companies building new manufacturing capacity in the US, was crucial in enabling the construction and use of a new facility in Texas.
A report from the Rhodium Group and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) found that, between October 2022 and September 2023, the US invested a mammoth US$220 billion into clean energy, as the IRA has made such investments more financially attractive for would-be investors.
The same report found that for every dollar invested by the government, mostly in the form of tax credits, the private sector invested US$5.47, suggesting that the presence of supportive legislation, in the form of the IRA, has encouraged an exponential increase in private sector funding for clean energy technologies.
The news is a positive development for Enphase, which has endured a number of financial struggles in recent months. The company announced plans to lay off one-tenth of its workforce in December 2023, and posted a fall in quarterly revenues of around US$250 million in February of this year.
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