SMA to manufacture inverters in the U.S. with help from Create Energy

SMA and Create Energy introduced they’ll work collectively to fabricate each the Sunny Highpower PEAK3 and the fully-integrated PowerSkid resolution in the US. The 2 corporations signed an MOU to begin manufacturing inverters at Create Vitality’s facility in Portland, Tennessee, beginning in Q1 2026.

SMA’s PEAK3 line of string inverters presents high-performance, scalable options for large-scale PV techniques. The brand new PowerSkid will function a most efficiency of greater than 2 MW per block and is engineered for utility-scale efficiency with a turnkey resolution. This would be the first inverter SMA has manufactured in the US in additional than a decade.

“This collaboration underscores SMA’s long-term dedication to the U.S. market,” stated Jay Arghestani, managing director of large-scale gross sales, expertise and advertising for SMA America. “We’re proud to affix forces with an organization that shares our imaginative and prescient for a sustainable power future and understands the significance of good, scalable options for the U.S. market.”

The MOU additionally outlines plans for joint gross sales and enterprise improvement actions for the 2 corporations.

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