ABB and the Italian company FIMER S.p.A announced today that they have signed an agreement for FIMER to acquire ABB’s solar inverter business. The transaction will enhance the future prospects of the solar inverter business and will enable ABB to focus its business portfolio on other growth markets.

The boom in construction of large-scale renewable power plants in Western Australia continues apace, with Risen Energy announcing on Wednesday that it has begun construction of the 100MW (AC) or 132MW (DC) – Merredin solar farm.

As energy storage continues to expand in Australia, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables, Sungrow, demonstrated the latest updates to its Energy Storage System ("ESS") family at Australian Energy Storage 2019 in Sydney, Australia.

Inverter makers are under pressure to upgrade performance to accurately measure and manage the boost from bifacial solar panels.