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We designed a cylindrical solar panel that could capture sunlight from all angles without tracking the sun. The physics were beautiful. The economics were a disaster.

failureinnovationCongressional Testimony, 2011

A microinverter is the size of a paperback book and it does more for your solar system than the giant box that used to sit on your garage wall.

Every home with solar panels should also have a battery. The sun does not shine at night, but your appliances still need power.

The central inverter was a single point of failure for the entire solar array. We eliminated it by making every panel independent. That was the whole insight.

The future of energy is not one big power plant. It is a million rooftops, each one a tiny power plant, all connected.