From the Wires
Enphase Energy Announces AC Module Availability with CertainTeed
Nov. 16, 2012 09:30 AM
Enphase Energy (Nasdaq: ENPH) today announced that CertainTeed has
chosen Enphase as its exclusive inverter partner for the new Solstice™
AC Solar Roofing System after a thorough competitive review. CertainTeed
is one of the leading building materials manufacturers with more than
6,000 employees and a wide customer base of roofing contractors in North
America.
The Solstice™ AC Solar Roofing System is comprised of an Enphase M215
microinverter mounted directly to a SolarWorld 250-watt photovoltaic
(PV) module and monitored by Enphase’s Enlighten software. The
all-in-one Solstice™ AC Solar Roofing System is expected to be available
this month and will be available with CertainTeed’s system and
installation warranty.
“Enphase is proud to introduce CertainTeed as an Enphase EnergizedTM
AC Solutions partner. CertainTeed is a building and construction
industry leader working with thousands of roofing professionals in North
America,” said Paul Nahi, CEO of Enphase Energy. “Solstice will offer
CertainTeed’s roofing contractors and solar installers a simplified
design, installation and maintenance solution for their PV arrays.”
In the second quarter of 2012, 98.2 megawatts of photovoltaic (PV)
modules were installed on homes across North America, according
to the Solar Energy Industry Association and GTM Research.
“CertainTeed wants to meet its roofing customers’ demand for an AC
solution,” said Mark Stancroff, Director of CertainTeed Solar. “We chose
Enphase as our exclusive inverter partner because of their microinverter
systems’ long-term, system-wide performance benefits, reliability and
monitoring.”
The Enphase Microinverter System combines Enphase
M215 Microinverters, the Envoy
Communications Gateway and Enlighten
web-based monitoring and analysis software to deliver solar systems with
increased design flexibility, simplified installation and remote system
management. Enphase has shipped over 2.6 million microinverters to
customers in Europe and North America.
For more information on other AC Solutions visit the Enphase
AC Solutions Marketplace.
About CertainTeed
Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable
building products, CertainTeed, headquartered in Valley Forge, Pa., has
helped shape the building products industry for more than 100 years.
Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm's
slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," quickly inspired
the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed is North America’s leading
brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing,
siding, fence, decking, railing, trim, foundations, pipe, insulation,
gypsum, ceilings and access covers.
A subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, the world’s largest building products
company, CertainTeed and its affiliates have more than 6,000 employees
and more than 65 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States
and Canada. Recognized as a 2009 and 2010 ENERGY STAR Partner of the
Year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, CertainTeed earned the
2011 and 2012 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award, the highest level
of recognition for outstanding contributions to protecting the
environment through energy efficiency. The group had total sales of
approximately $3.2 billion in 2011. www.certainteed.com
About Enphase Energy, Inc.
Enphase Energy delivers microinverter technology for the solar industry
that increases energy production, simplifies design and installation,
improves system uptime and reliability, reduces fire safety risk and
provides a platform for intelligent energy management. Our
semiconductor-based microinverter system converts energy at the
individual solar module level and brings a systems-based, high
technology approach to solar energy generation. Connect with Enphase on Facebook
and follow us on Twitter.www.enphase.com
Enphase Energy®, the Enphase logo and other trademarks or service names
are the trademarks of Enphase Energy, Inc.
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