Production will commence in October 2010 and the facility is anticipated to support more than 350 new jobs in Arizona and throughout the United States. The new manufacturing plant will reach an annual inverter production capacity of 1.0 GW by mid 2011.

“Power-One is pleased to announce the opening of its new renewable energy manufacturing facility in Phoenix,” said Richard Thompson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Power-One. “We are excited to bring our field-proven products to the United States and Canadian markets, as we see tremendous growth opportunities in North America.”

Power-One has been able to expand capacity with the recent commencement of Canadian manufacturing and the expansion of its European plant, which will result in global capacity to annually produce more than 4.0 GW of inverters by year-end 2010. In addition, Power-One plans to launch Chinese production in the fourth quarter with products specifically designed for the requirements of Asian markets.

“The worldwide market for inverters continues to grow at a rapid pace, and we are positioning Power-One to meet global customer demand,” said Dr. Alex Levran who serves as president of Renewable Energy Solutions, a division of Power-One. “The launch of the Arizona factory, in addition to our growth overseas, will enable us to continue on our strong growth trajectory.”

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If you are on this site then clearly you are interested about solar power. Have you wandered though about how effective it can be? Or have you done the sums for yourself and you are trying to convince your friends that it is the right move to go green as well as generate income?  Well, maybe the below credit from Synergy (which will be converted to a cheque) is enough to convince everyone.

This credit note is from the home of Energy Farm where we have a 3.5kW system on the roof with an Aurora inverter which by todays standards is considered medium size. It will pay itself off in less than 5 years. Granted, if you wanted to see cheques of this size you need to be a low energy user like we are or you need to have a bigger system but it shows just what is possible.

Incase you are wondering, how do we achieve such a low power bill? A part of that is due to monitoring what chews up power throughout your house and how we use power during the day. We sell monitoring systems that allow you to do just that. They are also included free with out larger system installs.
We also use led lighting where possible throughout our building. Led lighting use to mean ugly lighting but current shifts in technology have led to more efficient, better priced and better looking systems. When you are getting a quote for your solar feel free to enquire about your general energy usage and habits.

Become a net energy provider and you too might be seeing cheques rather than bills and believe me, thats a good feeling! There has never been a better time to be considering solar. Contact us today and we can show you how to make solar work for you.

Kind regards,

Energyfarm.