−Removed: are a leading provider of an optimized inverter solution that changed the way power is harvested and managed in photovoltaic (also known
−Removed: as PV) systems.
−Removed: Our direct current, or DC, optimized inverter system maximizes power generation while lowering the cost of energy produced
−Removed: by the PV system for improved return on investment, or ROI.
+Added: a leading provider of an optimized inverter solution that changed the way power is harvested and managed in photovoltaic (also known as
+Added: Our direct current (“DC”), optimized inverter system maximizes power generation while lowering the cost of energy
+Added: produced by the PV system for improved return on investment, or ROI.
Additional benefits of the DC optimized inverter system include:
−Removed: comprehensive
−Removed: and advanced safety features, improved design flexibility, efficient integration (DC coupled) with SolarEdge storage solutions, and improved
−Removed: operation and maintenance, or O&M, with remote monitoring at the module-level.
−Removed: The typical SolarEdge optimized inverter system consists
−Removed: of inverters, Power Optimizers, a communication device which enables access to a cloud-based monitoring platform and, in many cases, a
−Removed: battery and additional smart energy management solutions.
−Removed: Our solutions address a broad range of solar market segments, from residential
+Added: comprehensive and advanced safety features, improved design flexibility, efficient integration (DC coupled) with SolarEdge storage solutions,
+Added: and improved operation and maintenance, or O&M, with remote monitoring at the module-level.
+Added: The typical SolarEdge DC optimized inverter
+Added: system consists of inverters, Power Optimizers, a communication device which enables access to a cloud-based Monitoring Platform and,
+Added: in many cases, a battery and additional smart energy management solutions and devices, such as EV chargers and load controllers.
+Added: of our hardware sales, we also provide the energy management software which controls, manages and optimizes the energy production, storage
+Added: and use of energy generated by our systems.
+Added: Our solutions address a broad range of solar market segments, from residential solar installations
to commercial and small utility scale solar installations.
Since we began commercial shipments in 2010, we have shipped approximately
−Removed: 40.0 gigawatts (“GW”) of our DC optimized inverter systems and our products have
−Removed: been installed in solar P V systems in 133 countries .
−Removed: Since introducing the optimized inverter solution
−Removed: in 2010, SolarEdge has expanded its activity to other areas of smart energy technology, both through organic growth and through acquisitions.
−Removed: By leveraging world-class engineering capabilities and with a relentless focus on innovation, SolarEdge now offers energy solutions which
−Removed: also include energy storage systems, or ESS, home backup systems, electric vehicle, or EV, components and charging capabilities,
−Removed: home energy management, grid services and virtual power plants, or VPPs, and lithium-ion batteries.
−Removed: We primarily sell our products indirectly
−Removed: to thousands of solar installers through large distributors and electrical equipment wholesalers and directly to large solar installers
−Removed: and engineering, procurement, and construction firms, or EPCs.
−Removed: Our customers include leading providers of solar PV systems to residential
−Removed: and commercial end users, key solar distributors, and electrical equipment wholesalers, as well as several PV module manufacturers that
−Removed: offer PV modules integrated with our Power Optimizers referred to as "smart modules".
−Removed: The PV industry is surveyed by IHS Markit
−Removed: (S&P Global), an analytics company that ranked SolarEdge as the top PV inverter supplier world-wide by revenues, as of their published
−Removed: “IHS PV Inverter Market Tracker - Fourth Quarter 2022”.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022 ,
−Removed: we have shipped in the aggregate approximately 107.6 million power optimizers and 4.5
−Removed: million inverters.
−Removed: More than 3.1 million PV installations, many of which may include multiple inverters, are currently connected
−Removed: to and monitored through our cloud-based monitoring platform.
+Added: 52.6 gigawatts (“GW”) of our DC optimized inverter systems and our products have been installed in solar PV systems in over
+Added: 140 countries.
+Added: introducing the DC optimized inverter solution in 2010, SolarEdge has expanded its activity to other areas of smart energy technology,
+Added: both through organic growth and through acquisitions.
+Added: By leveraging world-class engineering capabilities and with a relentless focus on
+Added: innovation, SolarEdge now offers energy solutions that include primarily the hardware technology used in residential, commercial, and
+Added: small scale utility PV systems and also product offerings in the areas of energy storage systems, or ESS, including manufacturing of lithium-ion
+Added: cells and batteries, smart trackers for solar panels, EV chargers, home and commercial energy management software, grid services and software
+Added: platforms and applications that enable development of virtual power plants, or VPPs.
+Added: sell our products indirectly to thousands of solar installers through large distributors and electrical equipment wholesalers and directly
+Added: to large solar installers and engineering, procurement, and construction firms, or EPCs.
+Added: Our customers include leading providers of solar
+Added: PV systems to residential and commercial end users, key solar distributors, and electrical equipment wholesalers.
+Added: December 31, 2023, we have shipped in the aggregate approximately 125.1 million Power Optimizers and 5.6 million inverters.
+Added: 3.7 million PV installations, many of which may include multiple inverters, are currently connected to and monitored through our cloud-based
+Added: Monitoring Platform.
SolarEdge Solution.
−Removed: Our DC optimized inverter system maximizes power generation
−Removed: at the individual PV module level while lowering the cost of energy produced by the solar PV system, providing module-level visibility,
−Removed: and enabling advanced, multilayer safety features.
−Removed: Our solution consists of inverters, Power Optimizers, a communication device
−Removed: which enables access to our cloud-based monitoring platform to address a broad range of solar market segments, from residential solar
−Removed: to commercial and small utility-scale solar installations.
−Removed: Additional smart energy features and hardware that can be added to our solution
−Removed: include a battery pack for energy storage and a home energy automation system, which enables greater savings for the system owner.
−Removed: The key advantages of our solution over a
−Removed: traditional string inverter PV system include:
+Added: The key advantages of our solution over a traditional string inverter PV system include:
PV module power output.
−Removed: Our Power Optimizers provide module-level
−Removed: Maximum Power Point Tracking or MPPT, and real-time adjustments of current and voltage to the optimal performance level of each individual
−Removed: This enables each PV module to continuously produce its maximum power potential independent of other modules in the same string,
−Removed: minimizing module mismatch and partial shading losses.
−Removed: By performing these adjustments at a very high rate, our Power Optimizers also
−Removed: solve the dynamic power losses associated with traditional inverters.
+Added: Our Power Optimizers provide module-level, or MPPT, and real-time adjustments of current and voltage to
+Added: the optimal working point of each individual PV module.
+Added: This enables each PV module to continuously produce its maximum power potential
+Added: independent of other modules in the same string, thus minimizing module mismatch and partial shading losses.
+Added: By performing these adjustments
+Added: at a very high rate, our Power Optimizers also solve the dynamic MPP losses associated with traditional inverters.
architecture with economies of scale.
−Removed: Our system shifts certain functions
−Removed: of the traditional inverter to our Power Optimizers while keeping the DC to AC function and grid interaction in our inverter.
−Removed: our inverter is smaller, more efficient, more reliable and less expensive than inverters used in traditional PV systems.
−Removed: The cost savings
−Removed: that we have achieved on the inverter enable our system to be priced at a cost per watt that is comparable with traditional inverter systems
−Removed: of other leading manufacturers.
−Removed: As a PV system grows in size, our inverter benefits from economies of scale, making our technology viable
−Removed: for large commercial and utility-scale applications.
+Added: Our system shifts certain functions of the traditional inverter to our Power Optimizers while
+Added: keeping the DC to AC function and grid interaction in our inverter.
+Added: As a result, our inverter is smaller, more efficient and more reliable
+Added: than inverters used in traditional string inverter systems.
+Added: The cost savings that we have achieved on the inverter enable our system to
+Added: be priced at a cost per watt that is comparable with traditional inverter systems of leading manufacturers.
+Added: As a PV system grows in size,
+Added: our inverter benefits from economies of scale, making our technology viable for large commercial and small-scale utility applications.
system design flexibility.
−Removed: Unlike a traditional inverter system that
−Removed: requires each string to be the same length, use the same type of PV modules and be positioned at the same angle toward the sun, our system
−Removed: allows significant design flexibility by enabling the installer to place PV modules in uneven string lengths and on multiple roof facets.
−Removed: This design flexibility:
−Removed: Increases the amount of the available roof that can be utilized for power production.
−Removed: As a result, our system is significantly less
−Removed: prone to wasted roof space resulting from rooftop asymmetries and obstructions.
−Removed: Reduces the number of field change orders.
−Removed: For example, some installers use remote tools to estimate the size and configuration of
−Removed: an installation in connection with the customer acquisition process.
−Removed: This is especially common for high-volume residential arrays, where
−Removed: an exhaustive survey of rooftop obstructions would be uneconomical.
−Removed: In some cases, installers discover that their preliminary design,
−Removed: based on remote tools, cannot be implemented due to unexpected shading or other obstructions.
−Removed: With traditional inverter system designs,
−Removed: an obstructed module may require a significant system redesign and a modification of the customer contract to accommodate the changed
−Removed: system design.
−Removed: Our DC optimized inverter solution enables an installer to compensate or adjust for most obstructions without materially
−Removed: changing the original design or requiring a modification to the customer contract.
−Removed: balance of system costs.
−Removed: Our DC optimized inverter system allows significantly
−Removed: longer strings to be connected to the same inverter (as compared to a traditional inverter system).
−Removed: This minimizes the cost of cabling,
−Removed: fuse boxes and other ancillary electric components.
−Removed: These factors result in easier installations with shorter design times and a lower
−Removed: initial cost per watt, while enabling larger installations per rooftop.
+Added: Unlike a traditional inverter system that requires each string to be the same length, use the same type
+Added: of PV modules and be positioned at the same angle toward the sun, our system allows significant design flexibility by enabling the installer
+Added: to place PV modules in uneven string lengths and on multiple roof facets.
+Added: This design flexibility increases the amount of the available
+Added: roof that can be utilized for power production.
+Added: As a result, our system is significantly less prone to wasted roof space resulting from
+Added: rooftop asymmetries and obstructions.
+Added: balance of system (BoS) costs.
+Added: Our DC optimized inverter system allows significantly longer strings to be connected to the same
+Added: inverter (as compared to a traditional inverter system).
+Added: This reduces the cost of cabling, fuse boxes and other ancillary electric components.
+Added: These factors result in easier installations with shorter design times and a lower initial cost per watt, while enabling larger installations
monitoring and control to reduce operation and maintenance costs.
−Removed: cloud-based monitoring platform provides full data visibility at the module, string, inverter and system level.
−Removed: The data can be accessed
−Removed: remotely by any web-enabled device, allowing comprehensive analysis, immediate fault detection and alerts.
−Removed: These monitoring features reduce
−Removed: O&M costs for the system owner by identifying and locating faults, enabling remote testing and reducing field visits.
−Removed: We have incorporated module-level safety mechanisms in our
−Removed: system to protect installers, electricians and firefighters.
−Removed: Each Power Optimizer is configured to reduce output to 1 volt unless the
−Removed: Power Optimizer receives a fail-safe signal from a functioning inverter.
−Removed: As a result, if the inverter is shut down (e.g., for system
−Removed: maintenance, due to malfunction, in the event of a fire or otherwise), the DC voltage throughout the system is reduced to a safe level.
−Removed: Our DC optimized inverters comply with the applicable safety requirements of the regions in which they are sold, providing incremental
−Removed: cost savings to installers by eliminating the need for additional hardware such as DC breakers, switches or fire-proof ducts required
−Removed: by traditional inverter systems.
−Removed: In the U.S., the SolarEdge SafeDC feature is compliant with NEC 2014 & NEC 2017 Rapid Shutdown functionality,
−Removed: section 690.12.
−Removed: SolarEdge inverters also have a built-in safety feature designed to mitigate the effects of some arcing faults that may
−Removed: pose a risk of fire, in compliance with the UL1699B arc detection standard.
−Removed: Solar PV systems are typically expected to operate for
−Removed: at least 25 years under harsh outdoor conditions.
−Removed: High reliability is critical and is facilitated by systems and components that
−Removed: have low heat generation, solid and stable materials, and an absence of moving parts.
−Removed: We have designed our system to meet these stringent
−Removed: requirements.
−Removed: Our Power Optimizers dissipate much less heat than microinverters because no DC-AC
−Removed: inversion occurs at the module level.
−Removed: As a result, less heat is dissipated beneath the PV module, which improves lifetime expectancy and
−Removed: the reliability of our power optimizers.
−Removed: Our Power Optimizers’ high switching frequency allows the use of ceramic capacitors with
−Removed: a low, fixed rate of aging and a proven life expectancy in excess of 25 years.
−Removed: Furthermore, we use automotive-grade, application-specific
−Removed: integrated circuits (“ASICs”) that embed many of the required electronics.
−Removed: This reduces the number of components and consequently
−Removed: the potential points of failure.
−Removed: Our DC optimized inverter system allows solar energy to be directly
−Removed: stored in batteries without any conversion, thereby eliminating energy losses that are associated with such conversions and improving
−Removed: the ROI of PV battery systems.
−Removed: Strategically located at the intersection between PV modules,
−Removed: home usage, and the grid, inverters are well positioned to act as smart energy managers.
−Removed: Our smart inverters incorporate the management
−Removed: of PV energy, battery storage, smart devices, and grid interaction.
−Removed: By leveraging the smart energy management in our inverter, system
−Removed: owners can not only store solar energy but also optimize their PV energy consumption in order to increase their energy independence, take
+Added: Our cloud-based monitoring platform provides full data visibility
+Added: at the module level, string level, inverter level and system level.
+Added: The data can be accessed remotely by any web-enabled device, allowing
+Added: comprehensive analysis, immediate fault detection and alerts.
+Added: These monitoring features reduce O&M costs for the system owner by identifying
+Added: and locating faults, enabling remote testing and reducing field visits.
+Added: We have incorporated module-level safety mechanisms in our system to protect installers, electricians and firefighters.
+Added: Each Power Optimizer is configured to reduce output to 1 volt unless the Power Optimizer receives a fail-safe signal from a functioning
+Added: As a result, if the inverter is shut down (e.g., for system maintenance, due to malfunction, in the event of a fire or otherwise),
+Added: the DC voltage throughout the system is reduced to a safe level.
+Added: Our DC optimized inverters comply with the applicable safety requirements
+Added: of the regions in which they are sold, providing incremental cost savings to installers by eliminating the need for additional hardware
+Added: such as DC breakers, switches or fire-proof ducts required by traditional inverter systems.
+Added: In the U.S., the SolarEdge SafeDC feature
+Added: is compliant with NEC 2014 & NEC 2017 Rapid Shutdown functionality, Section 690.12.
+Added: SolarEdge inverters also have a built-in safety
+Added: feature designed to mitigate the effects of some arcing faults that may pose a risk of fire, in compliance with the UL1699B arc detection
+Added: In addition, some of the SolarEdge Power Optimizers include a "sense connect capability" which is designed to monitor Power
+Added: Optimizers’ connectors, and identify improper connections and possible malfunctions for early detection and mitigation of arc risks.
+Added: Solar PV systems are typically expected to operate for at least 25 years under harsh outdoor conditions.
+Added: High reliability
+Added: is critical and is facilitated by systems and components that have low heat generation, solid and stable materials, and an absence of
+Added: moving parts.
+Added: We have designed our system to meet these stringent requirements.
+Added: Our Power Optimizers’ high switching frequency allows
+Added: the use of ceramic capacitors with a low, fixed rate of aging and a proven life expectancy in excess of 25 years.
+Added: Further, we use automotive-grade,
+Added: application-specific integrated circuits (“ASICs”) that embed many of the required electronics.
+Added: This reduces the number of
+Added: components and consequently the potential points of failure.
+Added: Coupling with Energy Storage.
+Added: Our DC optimized inverter system allows solar energy to be directly stored in batteries without any
+Added: conversion, referred to as DC coupling, thereby eliminating energy losses that are associated with such conversions.
+Added: This enables better
+Added: management of energy stored in the battery, hence improving efficiency, increasing savings for the end user and increasing the overall
+Added: return on investment, or, ROI.
+Added: When coupled with a DC enabled EV charger, solar energy can directly charge the electric vehicle, without
+Added: any AC conversion applying similar energy retention due to less conversions.
+Added: Our residential and commercial systems feature the SolarEdge ONE energy optimization system which manages solar energy,
+Added: battery storage, smart devices, and grid interaction.
+Added: This smart energy management capability enables system owners to store solar energy
+Added: at cost-effective times, and also control the timing of their PV energy consumption in order to increase their energy independence, take
advantage of lower time-of-use rates, reduce electricity bills, and improve overall system ROI.
Energy Generation.
−Removed: As the electric grid transitions
−Removed: from centralized power stations to a network of distributed, renewable energy sources, our inverter acts as a local control system that
−Removed: can manage the energy resources underlying such a distributed network.
−Removed: Our inverters are therefore a key part of developing a distributed
−Removed: and interactive grid that can help support grid stability.
−Removed: One such example is inverter-enabled charging and discharging of batteries
−Removed: as part of a virtual power plant to help manage the load on the grid and support grid stability.
−Removed: Our PV Solar Products
−Removed: SolarEdge began its commercial sales with
−Removed: a product offering of simplified inverters, Power Optimizers, and cloud-based monitoring platform.
−Removed: As the solar energy industry has evolved,
−Removed: SolarEdge has developed innovative solutions to further enhance smart energy technology, including inverters that include compatibility
−Removed: with batteries for increased self-consumption and storage, inverters that support EV charging, smart meters, smart energy devices (sockets,
−Removed: water heater controllers, load controllers, wireless relay) and smart PV modules.
−Removed: This product expansion has enabled us to increase average
−Removed: revenue per installation, or ARPI.
+Added: As the electric grid transitions from centralized power stations to a network of distributed, renewable energy
+Added: sources, our inverter can serve as a local control system that can manage the energy resources underlying such a distributed network.
+Added: Our inverters can be used to create a distributed and interactive grid that can help support grid stability.
+Added: One such example is inverter-enabled
+Added: charging and discharging of batteries as part of a Virtual Power Plant or VPP, to help manage the load on the grid and support grid stability.
+Added: Product Offering
+Added: Our primary segment is
+Added: our solar business, which includes the following products:
Power Optimizer.
−Removed: Our DC Power Optimizer is a highly reliable and efficient
−Removed: DC-to-DC converter which is either connected by installers to each PV module or embedded by PV module manufacturers into their modules
−Removed: as part of the manufacturing process of Smart Modules.
−Removed: Our Power Optimizer increases energy output from the PV module to which it is connected
−Removed: by continuously tracking the Maximum Power Point or MPP of each module and controlling its output voltage enabling the inverter’s
−Removed: input voltage to remain fixed under a large variety of string configurations.
−Removed: This feature enhances flexibility in PV system design, enabling
−Removed: use of different string lengths in a single PV system connected to the same inverter, use of PV modules situated on multiple orientations
−Removed: connected to the same inverter and mixing different PV module types and brands in the same string.
−Removed: In addition, our Power Optimizers monitor
−Removed: the performance of each PV module and communicate this data to our inverter using our proprietary power line communication.
−Removed: inverter transmits this information to our monitoring server.
−Removed: Our Power Optimizers are designed to withstand
−Removed: high temperatures and harsh environmental conditions and contain multiple bypass features that localize faults and enable continued system
−Removed: operation in the vast majority of cases of Power Optimizer failure.
−Removed: Our Power Optimizers are compatible with the vast majority of modules
−Removed: on the market today and carry a 25-year product warranty.
−Removed: Our Power Optimizers are designed to be used with our inverters to provide power
−Removed: optimization.
−Removed: Monitoring and safety features can also be achieved with third party inverters by adding supplemental communications hardware.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2022 , the year ended December 31,
−Removed: 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020 , revenues derived from the sale of power
−Removed: optimizers represented 36.5%, 42.2% and 42.9% of total revenues, respectively.
−Removed: Our DC-to-AC inverters contain sophisticated digital control
−Removed: technology with efficient power conversion architecture resulting in superior solar power harvesting and high reliability, and are designed
−Removed: to work exclusively with our DC Power Optimizers.
−Removed: A proprietary power line communication receiver is integrated into each inverter, receiving
−Removed: data from our power optimizers, storing this data and transmitting it to our monitoring server when an internet connection exists.
−Removed: each string which is equipped with our power optimizers provides fixed input voltage to our inverter, the inverter is able to operate
−Removed: at its highest efficiency at all times and therefore is more cost effective, energy efficient and reliable.
−Removed: Like our power optimizers, our inverters are
−Removed: designed to withstand harsh environmental conditions.
−Removed: Since the power rating of an inverter determines how many PV modules it can serve,
−Removed: larger installations require inverters with higher power ratings.
−Removed: We currently offer a single-phase inverter designed to address the residential
−Removed: market (1 kilowatt (“kW”) to 11.4 kW) which is based on our HD-Wave technology and a three-phase inverter designed to address
−Removed: the residential market in certain European countries and Australia, as well as the commercial market (4 kW to 120 kW).
−Removed: Our single-phase
−Removed: inverters support a range of smart energy capabilities.
−Removed: In 2020, we launched the SolarEdge Energy Hub inverter and home backup solution
−Removed: residential market.
−Removed: The SolarEdge Energy Hub inverter contains built-in consumption monitoring, embedded revenue-grade production metering,
−Removed: integrated arc fault protection, rapid shutdown and is battery ready.
−Removed: In 2021, we launched the new SolarEdge Energy Hub inverter models
−Removed: ranging from 7.6 kW up to 11.4 kW PV power and 10.3 kW backup power.
−Removed: Both the SolarEdge Energy Hub inverter and the SolarEdge Home Battery,
−Removed: described below, are part of the new SolarEdge full residential solution, the “SolarEdge Home”, an intelligent smart energy
−Removed: management system that allows homeowners to better manage and monitor solar energy production, consumption and backup storage in real
−Removed: Our product offering also includes our commercial
−Removed: three-phase up to 120kw inverter with Synergy technology and enhanced power capabilities, which is designed to enable quick and easy installation
−Removed: and inventory management for the commercial market.
−Removed: The vast majority of our inverters are sold
−Removed: with a 12 year warranty that is extendable to 20 or 25 years for an additional cost.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31,
−Removed: 2022 , the year ended December 31, 2021 and the year ended December 31,
−Removed: 2020 revenues derived from the sale of inverters represented 36.6%, 42.2% and 44.0% o f
−Removed: total revenues, respectively.
−Removed: Charging Inverter.
−Removed: SolarEdge’s EV charging inverter offers homeowners
−Removed: the ability to charge electric vehicles up to six times faster than a standard Level 1 charger through an innovative solar boost mode
−Removed: that utilizes grid and PV charging simultaneously.
−Removed: This inverter is the world’s first EV charger with an integrated PV inverter.
−Removed: burden of installing separately a standalone EV charger and a PV inverter, the EV charging inverter eliminates the need for additional
−Removed: wiring, conduit and a breaker installation.
−Removed: By installing an inverter that has an integrated EV charge, no additional dedicated circuit
−Removed: breaker is needed, saving space and eliminating the need for a potential upgrade to the main distribution panel.
−Removed: In 2021, we launched our residential battery, the SolarEdge Home
−Removed: Battery a 10 kW single phase battery and, in 2022, we launched the 5 kW, three phase Home Battery.
−Removed: Both batteries integrate with our SolarEdge
−Removed: Home Hub family of inverters.
−Removed: The SolarEdge Home Battery gives homeowners the ability to power their homes even when the grid is off.
−Removed: The battery also works in tandem with the SolarEdge energy management system to optimize the use of solar energy in places where the feed-in
−Removed: tariffs are less favorable, maximizing self-consumption.
−Removed: The SolarEdge Home Battery connects with the SolarEdge inverter through DC-coupling,
−Removed: which minimizes the number of DC to AC conversions which are typical in competing technologies, saving energy and enabling higher efficiency.
−Removed: The solution is based on a single inverter for both solar PV and storage.
−Removed: To optimize self-consumption, the battery is charged and discharged
−Removed: to meet consumption needs and reduce the amount of power acquired from the grid.
−Removed: Also, with the SolarEdge backup solution, unused solar
−Removed: PV power is stored in a battery and used during a power outage, powering essential sources such as refrigerators and freezers, communication
−Removed: devices, lighting, and AC outlets.
−Removed: Our proprietary monitoring platform provides visibility into the battery's status, solar PV production,
−Removed: and self-consumption, while offering easy maintenance with remote access to inverter and battery software.
−Removed: Multiple batteries can be connected
−Removed: to a single SolarEdge Home Hub inverter, adding more available power to backup additional significant loads, such as air-conditioners,
−Removed: water heaters and EV chargers.
−Removed: In addition, SolarEdge inverters can be connected to third party batteries via the SolarEdge StorEdge solution,
−Removed: where batteries can perform both maximum self- consumption and backup functions.
−Removed: Some existing SolarEdge systems can be upgraded
−Removed: with a storage solution for both backup or on-grid maximum self-consumption use.
−Removed: We offer a variety of professional software tools to support the
−Removed: complete PV planning, installation, monitoring and maintenance processes:
−Removed: Our Designer platform is a free web-based
−Removed: tool that helps solar professionals plan, build and validate our residential and commercial systems from inception to installation.
−Removed: Our “Mapper app” provides SolarEdge
−Removed: installers with an efficient, streamlined process for registering the physical layout of new PV sites in the SolarEdge monitoring platform.
−Removed: Installers use the Mapper app to scan SolarEdge Power Optimizer and inverter barcodes, creating a virtual map of the PV site in the monitoring
−Removed: platform to help facilitate remote diagnostics.
−Removed: Making installations quick and simple, our
−Removed: “SetApp” is used to activate and configure SolarEdge inverters during commissioning directly through a smartphone.
−Removed: In 2021, we launched
−Removed: the mySolarEdge application version 2.0 which enables system owners to easily track their real-time system production and household energy
−Removed: consumption, view their inverter and battery status for quick troubleshooting, and control the battery's back-up capabilities, all from
−Removed: the convenience of their mobile phones.
−Removed: Our cloud-based monitoring platform collects
−Removed: power, voltage, current and system data sent from our inverters and Power Optimizers and allows users to view the data at the module level,
−Removed: string level, inverter level and system level from most browsers or from most smart phones and tablets.
+Added: Our Power Optimizer which forms an integral part of our DC optimized inverter system is a highly reliable and
+Added: efficient DC-to-DC converter which is connected by installers to each PV module or embedded by PV module manufacturers into their modules
+Added: as part of the manufacturing process.
+Added: Our Power Optimizer increases energy output from the PV module to which it is connected by continuously
+Added: tracking the Maximum Power Point or MPP of each module and controlling its production point.
+Added: The Power Optimizer’s ability to track
+Added: the MPP of each PV module and its ability to increase or decrease its output voltage enables the inverter’s input voltage to remain
+Added: fixed under a large variety of string configurations.
+Added: This feature enhances the flexibility in PV system designs, enabling use of different
+Added: string lengths in a single PV system connected to the same inverter, use of PV modules situated on multiple orientations connected to
+Added: the same inverter, and using varied PV module types in the same string.
+Added: In addition, our Power Optimizers monitor the performance of each
+Added: PV module and communicate this data to our inverter using our proprietary power line communication.
+Added: In turn, the inverter transmits this
+Added: information to our monitoring server.
+Added: Each Power Optimizer is equipped with our proprietary safety mechanism which automatically reduces
+Added: the output voltage of each PV module to 1 volt unless the Power Optimizer receives a fail-safe signal from a functioning inverter.
+Added: a result, if the inverter is shut down (e.g., for system maintenance, due to malfunction, in the event of a fire or otherwise), the system
+Added: is designed to reduce the DC voltage to a safe level.
+Added: Power Optimizers are designed to withstand high temperatures and harsh environmental conditions and contain multiple bypass features that
+Added: localize failures and enable continued system operation in the vast majority of cases of Power Optimizer failure.
+Added: Our Power Optimizers
+Added: are compatible with most modules on the market today and carry a 25-year product warranty.
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2023, the
+Added: year ended December 31, 2022 and the year ended December 31, 2021, revenues derived from the sale of Power Optimizers represented 30.3%,
+Added: 36.5% and 42.2% of total revenues, respectively.
+Added: Our DC-to-AC inverters which form an integral part of our DC optimized inverter systems, contain sophisticated digital
+Added: control technology with efficient power conversion architecture resulting in superior solar power harvesting and high reliability, and
+Added: are designed to work exclusively with our DC Power Optimizers.
+Added: A proprietary power line communication receiver is integrated into each
+Added: inverter, receiving data from our Power Optimizers, storing this data and transmitting it to our monitoring server when an internet connection
+Added: Since each string which is equipped with our Power Optimizers provides fixed input voltage to our inverter, the inverter is able
+Added: to operate at its highest efficient at all times and therefore is more cost effective, energy efficient and reliable.
+Added: our Power Optimizers, our inverters are designed to withstand harsh environmental conditions.
+Added: We currently offer single-phase inverters
+Added: designed to address the residential market (3 kilowatt (“kW”) to 11.4 kW) three-phase inverters designed to address the residential
+Added: and commercial markets (4 kW to 120 kW), and three-phase inverters designed to address the ground mount market (300kW to 330kW).
+Added: SolarEdge released the 330kW inverter coupled with new H-Series Power Optimizers for distributed and centralized inverter configurations.
+Added: This inverter is designed for small-scale utility installations, agriculture or Agri-PV sites that harvest crops and solar energy on the
+Added: same farmland, and Community Solar installations which bring smart energy savings to households, businesses and public organizations.
+Added: The SolarEdge Home Battery 400V, our DC-coupled, 10kWh, single phase battery integrates with our SolarEdge Home Hub
+Added: family of inverters.
+Added: When connected with our SolarEdge Home Backup Interface (BUI), the SolarEdge Home Battery provides homeowners the
+Added: ability to power their homes even when the grid is off for anywhere from several hours to many days, depending on use of loads and available
+Added: sunlight during the outage.
+Added: The battery also works in tandem with the SolarEdge ONE energy optimization system to optimize the use of
+Added: solar energy in places with different types of import and export tariffs scenarios (such as time of use, or TOU and dynamic rates).
+Added: the SolarEdge backup solution, power is stored in a battery and can be used during a power outage to power essential devices such as refrigerators,
+Added: communication devices, lighting, and AC outlets for anywhere from several hours to many days, depending on use of loads and available
+Added: sunlight during the outage.
+Added: SolarEdge sells EV chargers for residential applications which allow the homeowner to redirect excess PV energy to power
+Added: their electric vehicles.
+Added: This enables consumer to increase their self-consumption of clean energy.
+Added: The SolarEdge ONE smart energy optimization
+Added: system can be programmed to automatically charge the vehicle using the most advantageous and economical times and rates.
+Added: Energy Products.
+Added: As the solar energy industry has evolved, SolarEdge has developed innovative solutions to further enhance smart
+Added: energy technology, including inverters that include compatibility with batteries for increased self-consumption for backup, backup interfaces
+Added: devices, smart meters, smart energy management devices (sockets, hot water controllers, wireless relay) and smart PV modules.
+Added: expansion has enabled us to increase average the revenue per installation, or ARPI.
+Added: Our SolarGik smart PV tracker is optimized for installations on constrained and sloped terrains, eliminating the need
+Added: for costly grading and construction.
+Added: Our trackers come with advanced software that is designed to optimize production, predict weather
+Added: changes, maximize bifacial gains and respond to remote commands.
+Added: The tracker solutions are light weight, which allows them to be installed
+Added: not only in regular ground mount projects, but also on rooftops, greenhouses, carports and agricultural fields.
+Added: Energy Management.
+Added: We have developed smart energy management software and capabilities that are offered with our hardware solutions
+Added: and enable system owners to store solar energy at cost-effective times, and also control the timing of their PV energy consumption in
+Added: order to increase their energy independence, take advantage of lower time-of-use rates, reduce electricity bills, and improve overall
+Added: we launched the SolarEdge Home smart energy ecosystem which enables homeowners to control and optimize their energy production, consumption
+Added: and storage with mySolarEdge app.
+Added: SolarEdge Home manages the home’s production and usage 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through the
+Added: SolarEdge ONE energy optimization system which analyzes a variety of external and internal data to minimize electricity costs and maximize
+Added: In addition to SolarEdge Power Optimizers, inverters and batteries, SolarEdge Home has capabilities enabling integration with
+Added: SolarEdge Home batteries, EV chargers, load controls and third party devices, to monitor and optimize the home energy production and usage.
+Added: The features are thus far available in the United States, in Germany and are being released elsewhere around the world over time.
+Added: addition, in April 2023, we completed the acquisition of all outstanding shares of Hark Systems Ltd.
+Added: ("Hark"), a UK-based energy IoT company
+Added: for the commercial and industrial ("C&I") sector.
+Added: Hark's platform is designed to enable commercial and industrial customers expanded
+Added: capabilities in energy management and connectivity, including identification of potential energy savings, detection of anomalies in assets’
+Added: energy consumption, and optimization of energy usage and carbon emissions through load orchestration and storage control.
+Added: Software Solutions.
+Added: We offer a variety of professional software tools to support the complete PV planning, installation, monitoring
+Added: and maintenance processes of our DC optimized inverter solutions:
+Added: The SolarEdge monitoring platform is a cloud-based monitoring platform which collects power, voltage, current and system
+Added: data sent from SolarEdge inverters and Power Optimizers and allows users to view the data for their SolarEdge site/s at the module level,
+Added: string level, inverter level and system level from most browsers and from most smart phones and tablets.
The monitoring software continuously
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The monitoring software includes features which are used on a routine basis by integrators,
−Removed: installers, maintenance staff, and system owners to improve a solar PV system’s performance by maximizing solar power harvesting
−Removed: and reducing O&M costs by increasing system up-time and detecting PV module performance issues more effectively.
−Removed: Connection to the
−Removed: monitoring server is completed during installation by the installer.
−Removed: The installer then receives full access to system data through the
−Removed: monitoring software and can select the amount of data to be shared with the system owner.
−Removed: Energy Management.
−Removed: are two separate energy technology industries that exist today:
−Removed: solar energy production and automation technology.
−Removed: Inverters are taking
−Removed: on an expanded role in energy management and automation and to address these market needs, we are developing and providing automation
−Removed: This line of products, when used with the SolarEdge PV solution, is designed to allow system owners to increase self-consumption
−Removed: by shifting energy usage to match peak solar PV production as well as offer a convenient, wireless control option over various building
−Removed: and/or home devices.
−Removed: An example of this solution would be using excess solar PV energy to heat water or the ability to remotely turn on/off
−Removed: certain power sources such as lighting or electrical appliances.
−Removed: The introduction of these products is dependent upon certification and
−Removed: region-specific needs and as such, these products are not yet available in all of the regions in which SolarEdge operates.
−Removed: As the use of PV and storage continues to proliferate around the
−Removed: world, energy production is transitioning from a centralized system to a distributed network model, where energy is produced close to
−Removed: the location in which it is consumed and stored.
−Removed: This model creates an opportunity for new interconnected and decentralized energy networks
−Removed: offering improved grid reliability and stability, new energy services, and the reduction of grid infrastructure costs.
−Removed: SolarEdge grid
−Removed: services deliver near real-time aggregative control and data reporting, enabling the pooling of distributed energy resources — PV
−Removed: systems, battery storage, electric vehicle chargers, and loads — in the cloud for the creation of virtual power plants ("VPP").
−Removed: SolarEdge grid services and VPP solution provide sophisticated management platforms to enable real-time, aggregated control of available
−Removed: energy resources to meet ever-changing supply needs and demand.
−Removed: Our distributed energy resources management system or DERMS application
−Removed: and application program interfaces ("APIs") are used by utilities for countering peak demand events.
−Removed: In 2022, SolarEdge continued to generate
−Removed: revenues from selling grid services in the U.S., Europe and Australia, including services provided to independent system operators, energy
−Removed: retailers, national installers and others.
−Removed: Product Roadmap
−Removed: Our products reflect the innovation focus
−Removed: and capabilities of our technology departments as well as the importance we place on creating value for our customers.
−Removed: Our core solar
−Removed: product roadmap is divided into five categories:
−Removed: Power Optimizers, inverters, software, energy storage, and smart energy management.
−Removed: We currently sell our third and fourth generations of
−Removed: Power Optimizers (P-Series and S-Series, respectively) which were designed for fully automated assembly and are based on our third and
−Removed: fourth generation ASICs, respectively.
−Removed: A key element of our reliability strategy and a significant differentiator relative to our competitors,
−Removed: is our use of proprietary ASICs to control, among other things, our Power Optimizer’s power conversion, safety features, and PV
−Removed: module monitoring.
−Removed: Instead of using large numbers of discrete components, our Power Optimizers uses a single proprietary ASIC, reducing
−Removed: the total number of components in an electrical circuit and improving reliability.
−Removed: In 2021, we launched our fourth generation Power Optimizers
−Removed: which uses fourth generation ASIC that provides higher efficiency and incorporates a new safety mechanism for PV systems called "the SolarEdge
−Removed: Sense Connect", that provides connector level fault detection.
−Removed: In 2022, we announced the launch of our next generation Commercial
−Removed: S-series Power Optimizers.
−Removed: Each new ASIC generation reduces the number of components required for any given functionality, adds more functions
−Removed: to the Power Optimizers, and meaningfully improves its efficiency.
−Removed: The efficiency improvement reduces the energy losses which in turn
−Removed: reduces the amount of heat dissipation.
−Removed: This enables design of a more cost-effective and usually smaller enclosure and also keeps the
−Removed: electronics cooler, thereby improving the Power Optimizer’s reliability.
−Removed: Our research and development teams continuously work to
−Removed: further improve our ASICs and release new generations of this innovative technology.
+Added: installers, maintenance staff, and system owners to improve a solar PV system’s performance.
+Added: The mySolarEdge application enables system owners to track their real-time system production and household energy consumption,
+Added: view their inverter and battery status for quick troubleshooting, and control the battery's back-up capabilities, all from their mobile
+Added: Our designer platform is a proprietary web-based tool that helps solar professionals plan, build and validate residential
+Added: and commercial systems from inception to installation.
+Added: application .
+Added: The mapper application provides SolarEdge installers with an efficient, streamlined process for registering the physical
+Added: layout of new PV sites installed with SolarEdge DC optimized inverter systems in the SolarEdge Monitoring Platform.
+Added: Installers can use
+Added: the Mapper application to scan SolarEdge Power Optimizer and SolarEdge inverter barcodes, creating a virtual map of the PV site in the
+Added: monitoring platform which can later help facilitate remote diagnostics thereby enabling enhanced customer support and reducing maintenance
+Added: costs for installers and SolarEdge system owners.
+Added: The SetApp application is used to activate and configure SolarEdge inverters
+Added: during commissioning directly through a smartphone, in order to simplify and expedite installations.
+Added: As PV and storage continue to proliferate around the world, energy production is transitioning from a centralized system
+Added: to a distributed network model, where energy is produced close to the location in which it is consumed and stored.
+Added: This model creates
+Added: an opportunity for new interconnected and decentralized energy networks offering improved grid reliability and stability, new energy service
+Added: and reduction of grid infrastructure costs.
+Added: SolarEdge grid services deliver near real-time aggregative control and data reporting, enabling
+Added: the pooling of distributed energy resources - photovoltaic systems, battery storage and electric vehicle chargers — in the cloud
+Added: for the creation of virtual power plants (VPP).
+Added: The SolarEdge grid services and VPP solution provide management platforms to enable near
+Added: real-time, aggregated control of available energy resources to meet ever-changing supply needs and demand.
+Added: Our distributed energy resources
+Added: management system or DERMS application and application program interfaces (APIs) are used by utilities for countering peak demand events
+Added: and participating in various electricity markets.
+Added: In 2023, SolarEdge continued to sell grid services in the U.S., Europe and Australia,
+Added: including services provided to independent system operators, energy retailers, national installers and others.
+Added: from Non-Solar businesses.
+Added: The SolarEdge Energy Storage segment provides energy storage solutions which include battery cells,
+Added: modules, racks and containerized battery systems (BESS).
+Added: The proprietary technology of our cells and batteries is manufactured and assembled
+Added: in our own facilities in South Korea, which have production capacity of 2GWh.
+Added: lithium-ion technology packs high energy density into small footprints and supports high c-rate power throughputs, without compromising
+Added: the calendar and cycle life of the battery.
+Added: ESS solutions are used in different fields, such as stationary energy storage (EV charging, utility, commercial or industrial), energy
+Added: storage in transportation (trains, trams and marine-based transportation), different engineering, procurement and construction projects
+Added: in the grid and C&I energy space, and more.
+Added: products in the solar segment reflect the innovation focus and capabilities of our technology departments as well as the importance we
+Added: place on creating value for our customers.
+Added: Our core solar product roadmap is divided into five categories:
+Added: Power Optimizers, inverters,
+Added: software which supports our DC optimized inverter systems, batteries for PV applications, and smart energy management.
+Added: We currently sell our third and fourth generations of Power Optimizers (P-Series and S-Series, respectively) which
+Added: were designed for fully automated assembly and are based on our third and fourth generation ASICs, respectively.
+Added: We have launched H1300,
+Added: a Gen 4 based power optimizer, as a part of the SolarEdge 330kW inverter solution.
+Added: This is our first optimizer equipped with high frequency
+Added: DC power line communications technology which allows communication with larger numbers of optimizers for ground mount applications as
+Added: well as improved remote software upgrade capabilities, allowing larger installations to support Ground Mount applications, as well as
+Added: improved remote upgrade.
+Added: We are in the process of launching our fifth generation S1400 Series Power Optimizers.
+Added: A key element of our reliability
+Added: strategy, and a significant differentiator relative to our competitors, is our use of proprietary ASICs to control, among other things,
+Added: our Power Optimizer’s power conversion, safety features, and PV module monitoring.
+Added: Instead of using large numbers of discrete components,
+Added: our Power Optimizer uses a single proprietary ASIC, thus reducing the total number of components in an electrical circuit and thereby
+Added: improving reliability.
+Added: new ASIC generation reduces the number of components required for any given functionality, adds more functions to the Power Optimizer,
+Added: and meaningfully improves the efficiency of the Power Optimizer.
+Added: The efficiency improvement reduces the energy losses which in turn reduces
+Added: the amount of heat dissipation.
+Added: This enables design of a more cost-effective and usually smaller enclosure and also keeps the electronics
+Added: cooler, thereby improving the Power Optimizer’s reliability.
+Added: Our research and development teams continuously work on further improving
+Added: our ASICs and releasing new generations of this improved technology.
Our inverter roadmap includes both new products as well as additional capabilities for existing inverters.
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by integrating additional functionality required in certain installations in order to reduce costs of additional hardware and subcontractors’
−Removed: and (iv) improve the inverter's functionality to serve as a hub for home energy management, integrating, controlling and
−Removed: optimizing the main home energy sources and loads.
−Removed: We continue to expand our software offering by introducing new tools and features.
−Removed: This includes both professional web-based software
−Removed: and system owner applications such as the fleet management platform, the site designer tool, the mySolarEdge consumer app, and installer
−Removed: applications.
−Removed: Our cloud-based monitoring platform is continuously
−Removed: growing by the amount of data aggregated.
−Removed: We are continuously developing tools to accommodate our growth and further enhance our service
−Removed: We plan to continue developing algorithms that detect and pinpoint problems that can impact power production in installed systems.
−Removed: We further plan to add more capabilities through our public API to allow users to integrate our system into their own systems and build
−Removed: and share useful applications based on monitoring data gathered by our software.
+Added: and (iv) improve the residential inverter's functionality to serve as a hub for home energy management, integrating, controlling
+Added: and optimizing the main home energy sources and loads.
+Added: We continue to expand our software offering with the introduction of new tools and features.
+Added: This includes both professional web-based
+Added: software and system owner applications such as fleet management, the site designer tool, the mySolarEdge consumer applications, all of
+Added: which are offered to our install base as complimentary to the sales of our hardware solutions.
+Added: Our cloud-based Monitoring
+Added: Platform is continuously growing by the amount of data aggregated.
+Added: We are continuously developing tools to accommodate our growth and
+Added: further enhance our service offering.
+Added: We plan to continue developing algorithms that detect and pinpoint problems that can affect power
+Added: production in field systems.
+Added: We further plan to add more capabilities through our public API to allow users to build and integrate our
+Added: system into their own systems and build and share useful applications based on monitoring data gathered by our software.
+Added: for PV applications.
Our residential storage solution, launched in 2021, is designed
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and ease of use for the homeowners.
−Removed: Our DC-coupled SolarEdge Home Battery are currently available in North America, Europe and Australia
−Removed: and are expected to be introduced to additional global markets.
−Removed: We expect to continue to expand our
−Removed: storage solutions to cover more applications, improve battery management, efficiency and integration with energy management systems.
+Added: We expect to continue to expand our storage solutions to cover more applications, improve battery
+Added: management, efficiency and integration with energy management systems.
Energy Management.
−Removed: Our smart energy management offering manages and controls
−Removed: PV production, home consumption, storage, and home generator and grid interaction.
−Removed: It is designed to automatically use excess PV power
−Removed: to increase self-consumption of solar energy, and reduce energy bills and carbon footprints.
−Removed: The offering controls electrical loads such
−Removed: as, pool pumps, fans, lighting and other home appliances by using our smart energy devices such as smart sockets, smart switch relays
−Removed: and more, and is able to divert excess solar energy to heat water.
We are developing new features and capabilities for the smart energy
−Removed: suite which is constantly evolving.
−Removed: Specifically, we have current plans to add the ability to control additional energy loads and are
−Removed: developing capabilities for the commercial segment.
−Removed: We also plan on expanding the availability of our smart energy products, including
−Removed: smart energy management devices, to new geographies and use cases.
−Removed: Products from Non-Solar
−Removed: Since introducing our DC optimized inverter
−Removed: solution in 2010, we have expanded our activity to other areas of smart energy solutions, both through organic growth and through acquisitions.
−Removed: These include product offerings in the areas of energy storage systems or ESS and backup including our own lithium-ion cells and electric
−Removed: vehicle also knows as EV components .
−Removed: More specifically, in 2022, we continued to supply
−Removed: full electrical powertrain units and batteries for the production of the "E-Ducato" light commercial vehicle in Europe.
−Removed: In addition, we
−Removed: began producing and shipping cells from Sella 2, our own Li-Ion cell and battery factory in Korea in the end of 2022.
−Removed: The factory is expected
−Removed: to reach full manufacturing capacity during 2023.
−Removed: Our non-solar businesses allow us to offer a variety of products and solutions in addition
−Removed: to the SolarEdge solution, in adjacent markets.
+Added: management solutions, which are constantly evolving, such as our SolarEdge Home Local Controller, which will enable the homeowner to run
+Added: and manage their most energy-intensive devices on excess solar energy.
+Added: We are also introducing smart energy management and fleet management
+Added: to the commercial segment.
+Added: We also plan on expanding the availability of our smart energy products, including smart energy management
+Added: devices, to new geographies and use cases.
Products or Product Categories.
−Removed: continuously evaluate opportunities to expand our product offerings and services to our customers.
−Removed: We may from time to time develop new
−Removed: products or services that are a natural extension of our existing business, or may engage in acquisitions of businesses or product lines
−Removed: with the potential to strengthen our market position, enable us to enter attractive markets, expand our technological capabilities, or
−Removed: provide synergistic opportunities.
−Removed: Sales and Marketing Strategy
−Removed: Our solar business strategy is to focus on
−Removed: penetrating new geographic regions and increasing our market share.
−Removed: More specifically, we focus on markets where electricity prices, irradiance
−Removed: and government policies make solar PV installations economically viable.
−Removed: Our solar products have been installed in 133
−Removed: We target our sales and marketing efforts
−Removed: to the largest distributors, electrical equipment wholesalers, EPC contractors and installers in each of the countries where we operate.
−Removed: We anticipate that an increasing percentage of solar PV equipment sales will also occur through electrical equipment wholesalers who sell
−Removed: to a broad range of electrical contractors, and we are focused on cultivating these global relationships.
−Removed: As of December 31,
−Removed: 2022 , based on the number of installer accounts on our monitoring portal, over 53,000 installers around the world have installed
−Removed: SolarEdge solar PV systems.
−Removed: We also sell our Power Optimizers pre-installed onto several PV module s
−Removed: for manufacturers that offer Smart Modules to ease and accelerate installation.
−Removed: Additionally, as further detailed below, we
−Removed: have a number of programs focused on educating installers and other industry professionals about our technology, and we use a combination
−Removed: of road shows, webinars, and partner trainings to educate them how best to design, sell, and implement our technology in their projects.
−Removed: Most of these activities wer e converted to online platforms since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic
−Removed: to enable continued training, education and marketing.
−Removed: Our battery business
−Removed: strategy focuses on utilizing our storage division's ’s battery technology in our residential and commercial solar products and
−Removed: using any remaining manufacturing capacity for generating revenues from the sale of battery cells, modules and systems to other applications
−Removed: including ESS, UPS, marine and other applications.
−Removed: In the future we intend to further integrate our batteries into other applications.
−Removed: Our Customers
−Removed: We derive a significant portion of our revenues
−Removed: from key solar distributors, electrical equipment wholesalers and large installers in the U.S.
−Removed: and worldwide.
−Removed: one of our customers, Consolidated Electrical Distributors Inc.
−Removed: represented 18.5% of our revenues.
−Removed: None of our other customers accounted for more than ten percent
−Removed: of our revenues in the year ended December 31, 2022 .
−Removed: Training and Customer Support
−Removed: We offer our installer base a comprehensive
−Removed: package of customer support and training services which include pre-sales support, ongoing trainings, and technical support before, during,
−Removed: and after installation.
−Removed: We also provide customized support programs to PV module manufacturers, large installers and distributors to help
−Removed: prioritize and track support issues, thereby enabling short cycle times for issue resolution.
−Removed: In 2022 we launched our new online customer
−Removed: training platform, Edge Academy.
−Removed: The platform is an advanced Learning Management System, capable of hosting thousands of online training
−Removed: sessions each month, allowing a self-paced, training approach.
−Removed: During 2022, the Edge Academy hosted over 124,000 learners.
−Removed: In 2022, we also enhanced our installer certification
−Removed: by allowing more installers to access the certification program on the new Edge Academy platform, as well as increasing accessibility
−Removed: by adding more languages for the content such that installers in more regions in which we operate can benefit from the content.
−Removed: 2022, over 13,000 installers completed our certification program.
−Removed: We also launched the SolarEdge battery
−Removed: certification program which was completed by more than 2,900 installers world-wide .
−Removed: In addition to the above, we support our commercial
−Removed: system customers with design consulting throughout their sales process and installation.
−Removed: Our technical support organization includes
−Removed: local expert teams, tech centers, an online service portal and live chat service.
−Removed: Our toll-free call and live chat centers are open Monday
−Removed: through Friday at least from 9:00 a.m.
+Added: We continuously evaluate opportunities to expand our product offerings and services to our customers.
+Added: We may from time to time develop new products or services that are a natural extension of our existing business, or may engage in acquisitions
+Added: of businesses or product lines with the potential to strengthen our market position, enable us to enter attractive markets, expand our
+Added: technological capabilities, or provide synergistic opportunities.
+Added: and Marketing Strategy
+Added: solar business strategy is to focus on penetrating new geographic regions and increasing our market share.
+Added: More specifically, we focus
+Added: on markets where electricity prices, irradiance and government policies make solar PV installations economically viable.
+Added: Our solar products
+Added: have been installed in over 140 countries.
+Added: our sales and marketing efforts to the largest distributors, electrical equipment wholesalers, EPC contractors and installers in each
+Added: of the countries where we operate.
+Added: Our products are carried and actively sold by most of the top solar PV distributors as well as the
+Added: largest electrical distribution companies.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, based on the number of installer accounts on our monitoring portal,
+Added: over 65,000 installers around the world have installed SolarEdge solar PV systems.
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: as further detailed below, we have a number of programs focused on educating installers and other industry professionals about our technology,
+Added: and we use a combination of road shows, webinars, and partner trainings to educate them how best to design, sell, and implement our technology
+Added: in their projects.
+Added: a significant portion of our revenues from key solar distributors, electrical equipment wholesalers and large installers in the U.S.
+Added: In 2023, two of our customers, Memodo GmbH and Krannich Solar GmbH & Co.
+Added: KG, represented 24.0% of our revenues.
+Added: our other customers accounted for more than ten percent of our revenues in the year ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: and Customer Support
+Added: our installer base a comprehensive package of customer support and training services which include pre-sales support, ongoing trainings,
+Added: and technical support before, during, and after installation.
+Added: We also provide customized support programs to large installers and distributors
+Added: to help prioritize and track support issues, thereby enabling short cycle times for issue resolution.
+Added: we revamped our first level certification, SolarEdge Fundamentals Training, a comprehensive training course for installers, with up-to-date
+Added: installation methodologies and practices.
+Added: During 2023, our training portal (Edge Academy) hosted over 222,000 learners.
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: in 2023, we enhanced our installer’s performance enablement by adding over 50 product-specific courses, as well as increasing accessibility
+Added: by creating a professional installation toolkit.
+Added: During 2023, over 19,000 installers completed our certification programs.
+Added: to the above, we support our commercial system customers with design consulting throughout their sales process and installation.
+Added: technical support organization includes local expert teams, tech centers, an online service portal and live chat service.
+Added: Our toll-free
+Added: call and live chat centers are open Monday through Friday at least from 9:00 a.m.
in every region in which we sell our products.
−Removed: In addition, customers can
−Removed: open and track support cases 24/7 utilizing our online portal.
−Removed: All support cases are monitored via a customer relationship management
−Removed: system in order to provide service, track closure of all customer issues and further improve our customer service.
−Removed: Our call centers have
−Removed: access to our cloud-based monitoring platform database, which enables real-time remote diagnostics.
+Added: In addition, customers can open and track support cases 24/7 utilizing our online portal.
+Added: All support cases are monitored via a customer
+Added: relationship management system in order to provide service, track closure of all customer issues and further improve our customer service.
+Added: Our call centers have access to our cloud-based monitoring platform database, which enables real-time remote diagnostics.
service and satisfaction continues to be a key component of our business offering and we consider it integral to our continued success.
−Removed: We maintain high levels of customer engagement through our call centers in California, Australia, Japan, Israel, India and Bulgaria.
−Removed: 2022, we added additional call centers in Brazil, Taiwan, Thailand and
−Removed: South Africa .
−Removed: addition to our call centers, we have field service engineers located in the geographies where we are active, and support our customers
−Removed: with commissioning of large projects, introduction of new technologies and features and on-the-job training of new installers.
−Removed: As of December 31,
−Removed: 2022 , our customer support and training organization consisted
−Removed: employees worldwide.
−Removed: Our Technology
−Removed: We have drawn on our expertise in the fields
−Removed: of power electronics, magnetic design, mechanical and heat dissipation, control loops and algorithms, power line communications and lithium-ion
−Removed: battery technology to design and develop what we believe to be the most advanced commercial solutions for harvesting power from solar
−Removed: PV, storage and energy management solutions for residential and commercial applications.
−Removed: These technologies are explained in more detail
−Removed: As part of our growth strategy, we have acquired
−Removed: companies that have technologies that can leverage our expertise in power electronics and power optimization.
−Removed: By combining acquired resources
−Removed: with our current research and development teams, we are expanding our activities into other areas such as e-Mobility, and energy storage
−Removed: Our Power Optimizers are DC/DC step up/step
−Removed: down (buck boost) converters designed and developed to operate in harsh outdoor environments at very high conversion efficiency.
−Removed: Optimizers include proprietary power electronics customized to efficiently convert power from the PV module to the inverter.
−Removed: A key factor in the performance of our Power
−Removed: Optimizer is determined by the digital control algorithms and closed-loop control mechanism.
−Removed: The Power Optimizer’s control is built
−Removed: into our advanced ASIC which is responsible for all critical digital control functions of the power optimizer, including detailed power
−Removed: analysis, digital control of the power conversion subsystem, power line communications and networking.
−Removed: Since each Power Optimizer handles
−Removed: the power and voltage of either a single or two modules, we are able to reach a high degree of semiconductor integration by leveraging
−Removed: low cost silicon in standard semiconductor packages.
−Removed: As a result, much of the of our Power Optimizer functionality can be integrated into
−Removed: a standard ASIC instead of requiring discrete electronic components, resulting in lower costs and higher reliability.
−Removed: The ASIC performs the critical power analysis
−Removed: and power conversion control functions of the Power Optimizer.
−Removed: The power analysis functions process the state and working parameters at
−Removed: the Power Optimizer’s input and output and, together with advanced digital control and state machine logic, control the power conversion
−Removed: In addition, our digital control system uses technology that allows the solar PV installation to anticipate and adapt to changing
−Removed: operating conditions, and to protect itself against system anomalies.
−Removed: In 2021, we incorporated our fourth generation ASIC in our new generation
−Removed: of Power Optimizers (S-series).
−Removed: In addition, we added cable temperature monitoring functionality, called the Sense Connect, to this new
−Removed: generation to improve their safety capabilities.
−Removed: Each Power Optimizer in the array is connected
−Removed: to the inverter by a power line communications networking link.
−Removed: Our power line communications link uses a proprietary networking technology
−Removed: that we developed, utilizing the existing DC wiring between the Power Optimizers and the inverter to transmit and receive data between
−Removed: these devices.
−Removed: Most of our inverters are designed for single-stage DC/AC
−Removed: Using our inverter in combination with the Power Optimizers allows the inverter control loop to maintain a regulated DC voltage
−Removed: level at its input, thereby enabling the inclusion of long, uneven, and multi-faceted strings of solar modules while also enabling custom,
−Removed: cost efficient, and reliable inverter design and component selection.
−Removed: All of the power components, as well as the main magnetic components
−Removed: for our inverters, can then be optimized for DC/AC inversion at high efficiency.
−Removed: Our inverters’ digital control algorithms
−Removed: are implemented using programmable digital signal processors which allow for flexibility and adaptation of control loops for various grids
−Removed: and for the requirements and standards of different grid operators across geographies.
−Removed: We have already implemented the control mechanisms
−Removed: necessary to support advanced grid codes and standards that are required to support high penetration of solar energy into utility grids.
−Removed: We continue to develop and manufacture our own DSP (ASIC) in our inverters which enables us to improve our control loops, increase our
−Removed: cost savings and be less dependent on third party suppliers in our manufacturing process.
−Removed: The DSP (ASIC) performs the critical power analysis
−Removed: and power conversion control functions of the inverter.
−Removed: The power analysis functions process the state and working parameters at the power
−Removed: inverter’s input and output, and together with advanced digital control and state machine logic controls the power conversion function.
−Removed: In addition, our digital control system uses technology that allows the inverter to anticipate and adapt to changing operating conditions,
−Removed: and to protect itself against system anomalies as well as comply with applicable regulations in the different regions in which we operate.
−Removed: Our DSP (ASIC) is also in charge of the power
−Removed: line communications ("PLC") networking link.
−Removed: Our PLC uses a proprietary networking technology that we developed, utilizing the existing
−Removed: DC wiring between the Power Optimizers and the inverter to transmit and receive data between these devices.
−Removed: We have developed and continue to develop
−Removed: in-house design and manufacturing capabilities for magnetic components in order to decrease dependence on suppliers, reduce costs and
−Removed: have better control over our production processes.
−Removed: In 2021, we released our first lithium-ion residential batteries for sale in the U.S.
+Added: We maintain high levels of customer engagement through our call centers in California, Australia, Japan, Israel, India, Bulgaria, Brazil,
+Added: Taiwan, Thailand, South Africa, Philippines and Poland.
+Added: In addition to our call centers, we have field service engineers located in the
+Added: geographies where we are active, and support our customers with commissioning of large projects, introduction of new technologies and
+Added: features and on-the-job training of new installers.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, our customer support and training organization consisted
+Added: of 659 employees worldwide.
+Added: drawn on our expertise in the fields of power electronics, magnetic design, mechanical and heat dissipation, control loops and algorithms,
+Added: power line communications and lithium-ion battery technology to design and develop what we believe to be the most advanced commercial
+Added: solutions for harvesting power from solar PV, storage and energy management solutions for residential and commercial applications.
+Added: technologies are explained in more detail below.
+Added: of our growth strategy, we have acquired companies that have technologies that can leverage our expertise in power electronics and power
+Added: optimization.
+Added: By combining acquired resources with our current research and development teams, we are expanding our activities into other
+Added: areas such as energy IoT and energy storage systems.
+Added: Power Optimizers are DC/DC step up/step down (buck boost) converters designed and developed to operate in harsh outdoor environments at
+Added: very high conversion efficiency.
+Added: Our Power Optimizers include proprietary power electronics and control loops customized to efficiently
+Added: convert power from the PV module to the inverter.
+Added: factor in the performance of our Power Optimizer is determined by the digital control algorithms and closed-loop control mechanism.
+Added: Power Optimizer’s control is built into our advanced ASIC which is responsible for all critical digital control functions of the
+Added: power optimizer, including detailed power analysis, digital real-time control of the power conversion subsystem, power line communications
+Added: and networking.
+Added: Since each Power Optimizer handles the power and voltage of either a single or two modules, we are able to reach a high
+Added: degree of semiconductor integration by leveraging low-cost silicon in standard semiconductor packages.
+Added: As a result, much of the Power
+Added: Optimizer functionality can be integrated into a standard ASIC instead of requiring discrete electronic components, resulting in lower
+Added: costs and higher reliability.
+Added: ASIC performs the critical power analysis and power conversion control functions of the Power Optimizer.
+Added: The power analysis functions
+Added: process the state and working parameters at the Power Optimizer’s input and output and, together with advanced digital control and
+Added: state machine logic, control the power conversion function.
+Added: In addition, our digital control system uses technology that allows the solar
+Added: PV installation to anticipate and adapt to changing operating conditions, and to protect itself against system anomalies.
+Added: Power Optimizer in the array is connected to the inverter by a power line communications networking link.
+Added: Our power line communications
+Added: link uses a proprietary networking technology that we developed, utilizing the existing DC wiring between the Power Optimizers and the
+Added: inverter to transmit and receive data between these devices using scalable technology supporting a wide range of installation sizes, from
+Added: small residential to large commercial installations.
+Added: of our inverters are designed for single-stage DC/AC conversion.
+Added: Using our inverter in combination with the Power Optimizers allows the
+Added: inverter control loop to maintain a regulated DC voltage level at its input, thereby enabling the inclusion of long, uneven, and multi-faceted
+Added: strings of solar modules while also enabling custom, cost efficient, and reliable inverter design and component selection.
+Added: power components, as well as the main magnetic components for our inverters, can then be optimized for DC/AC inversion at high efficiency.
+Added: inverters’ digital control algorithms are implemented using programmable digital signal processors which allow for flexibility and
+Added: adaptation of control loops for various grids and for the requirements and standards of different grid operators across geographies.
+Added: have already implemented the control mechanisms necessary to support advanced grid codes and standards that are required to support high
+Added: penetration of solar energy into utility grids.
+Added: We continue to develop and manufacture our own DSP (ASIC) in our inverters which enables
+Added: us to improve the performance of our control loops, increase our cost savings and be less dependent on third party suppliers in our manufacturing
+Added: The DSP (ASIC) performs the critical power analysis and power conversion control functions of the inverter.
+Added: The power analysis
+Added: functions process the state and working parameters at the power inverter’s input and output, and together with advanced digital
+Added: control and state machine logic controls the power conversion function.
+Added: In addition, our digital control system uses technology that allows
+Added: the inverter to anticipate and adapt to changing operating conditions, and to protect itself against system anomalies as well as comply
+Added: with applicable regulations in the different regions in which we operate.
+Added: DSP (ASIC) is also in charge of the power line communications ("PLC") networking link towards the optimizers.
+Added: Our PLC uses a proprietary
+Added: networking technology that we developed, utilizing the existing DC wiring between the Power Optimizers and the inverter to transmit and
+Added: receive data between these devices.
+Added: developed and continue to develop in-house design and manufacturing capabilities for several major passive components, such as magnetic
+Added: components, in order to decrease dependence on suppliers, improve component performance, reduce costs and have better control over our
+Added: production processes.
+Added: for PV applications
+Added: we released our first lithium-ion residential batteries for sale in the U.S.
and Europe through our solar distribution channels.
−Removed: Our batteries are composed of lithium cells, a battery management system ("BMS"), bi-directional DC/DC high efficiency converter that
−Removed: allows charge and discharge of the battery, as well as user interface.
−Removed: Our DC/DC converter uses digital control algorithms, which are
−Removed: implemented using a programmable digital signal processor.
−Removed: Therefore, both the battery and Power Optimizers are connected to the
−Removed: same DC bus, allowing the battery to be directly charged by the DC current generated by the Power Optimizers and bypassing the AC conversion.
−Removed: Our efficient DC-coupled battery is designed
−Removed: to connect with our inverters (up to three batteries per inverter).
−Removed: Our batteries can be connected to our cloud‑based monitoring
−Removed: platform, reporting information on the battery status, solar production, and self-consumption data.
−Removed: In 2022, we launched the 5 kW three phase
−Removed: Home Battery for the European market.
+Added: Our batteries
+Added: are composed of lithium cells, a battery management system, or BMS, bi-directional DC/DC high efficiency converter that allows charge
+Added: and discharge of the battery, as well as user interface.
+Added: Our DC/DC converter uses digital control algorithms, which are implemented using
+Added: a programmable digital signal processor.
+Added: Our power products, inverter, Power Optimizers and battery are connected to the same DC bus,
+Added: allowing the battery to be directly charged by the DC current generated by the Power Optimizers and bypassing the AC conversion, thereby
+Added: reducing the rounding efficiency of PV generated power towards the AC loads.
+Added: DC-coupled battery is designed to connect with our inverters, allowing up to three batteries per inverter.
+Added: Our batteries can be connected
+Added: to our cloud‑based monitoring platform, reporting information on the battery status, solar production, and self-consumption data.
Manufacturing
−Removed: We have designed our manufacturing processes
−Removed: to produce high quality products at competitive costs.
+Added: designed our manufacturing processes to produce high quality products at competitive costs.
The strategy is threefold:
−Removed: outsource, automate, and localize.
−Removed: We currently contract
−Removed: to have our solar products manufactured by two of the world’s leading global electronics manufacturing service providers, Jabil
−Removed: Circuit, Inc.
+Added: outsource, automate,
+Added: and localize.
+Added: We currently contract to have our solar products manufactured by two of the world’s leading global electronics manufacturing
+Added: service providers, Jabil Circuit, Inc.
(“Jabil”) and Flex Ltd.
−Removed: By using contract manufacturers, we are able to access advanced
−Removed: manufacturing equipment, processes, skills and capacity on a relatively “ capital light ”
−Removed: Our contract manufacturers are responsible for funding the capital expenses incurred in connection with the manufacture of our
−Removed: products, except with regard to end-of-line testing equipment and other specific manufacturing equipment utilized in assembling our products
−Removed: or sub-components which are financed and owned by the Company.
−Removed: We expect to continue this funding arrangement in the future, with respect
−Removed: to any expansions to such existing lines save for circumstances where the direct purchase by us of non-specific manufacturing equipment
−Removed: will result in a substantial reduction in costs in which case we will consider financing such non-specific manufacturing equipment ourselves.
−Removed: Further, contracting with global providers, such as Jabil and Flex, gives us added flexibility to manufacture certain products in China
−Removed: and Vietnam, closer to target markets in Asia and the North American west coast, as well as other products in Hungary, closer to target
−Removed: markets in Europe and the North American east coast, in each case, potentially increasing responsiveness to customers while reducing costs
−Removed: and delivery times.
−Removed: In addition, as part of our manufacturing regionalization efforts, we are expanding our manufacturing capabilities
−Removed: with a new manufacturing site in Mexico, which is expected to finalize its ramp-up phase in the first half of 2023.
−Removed: Once ramped, we believe
−Removed: this site will significantly increase our capacity and give us further flexibility to manage growing demand .
−Removed: In light of recent Inflation Reduction Act legislation in the United States which incentivizes the local manufacturing of
−Removed: renewable energy products by providing benefits to installers for the purchase and installation of US-manufactured products, as well as
−Removed: by incentivizing manufacturers of such products domestically, we are planning to establish manufacturing capabilities in the United
−Removed: States either by using contract manufacturers or by establishing our own manufacturing facility or a combination of both.
−Removed: During 2021, we reached full manufacturing
−Removed: capacity in our manufacturing facility located in the North of Israel “Sella 1”, from which we began commercial shipments
−Removed: of optimizers and inverters in 2020.
−Removed: The proximity of Sella 1 to our R&D team and labs enables us to accelerate new product
−Removed: development cycles as well as define equipment and manufacturing processes of newly developed products which can then be adopted by our
−Removed: contract manufacturers worldwide.
−Removed: During 2023, we plan to expand the manufacturing capacity of
−Removed: Sella 1 to add an additional inverter line.
−Removed: We have developed propriety automated assembly
−Removed: lines for the manufacturing of our power optimizers.
−Removed: These assembly lines, currently operating in all of our manufacturing facilities,
−Removed: enable the manufacturing of more than 6 ,000 optimizers per manufacturing line per day .
+Added: By using contract manufacturers, we are
+Added: able to access advanced manufacturing equipment, processes, skills and capacity on a relatively “asset light” budget while
+Added: remaining flexible in our manufacturing operations and are able to enjoy the CM’s global reach and access to different manufacturing
+Added: Our contract manufacturers are responsible for funding some of the the capital expenses incurred in connection with the manufacture
+Added: of our products, except with regard to some of the automated optimizer assembly lines, our proprietary end-of-line testing equipment and
+Added: other specific manufacturing equipment utilized in assembling our products or sub-components which are financed and owned by the Company.
+Added: We expect to continue this funding arrangement in the future, with respect to any expansions to such existing lines save for circumstances
+Added: where the direct purchase by us of non-specific manufacturing equipment will result in a substantial reduction in costs in which case
+Added: we will consider financing such non-specific manufacturing equipment ourselves.
+Added: Further, contracting with global providers, such as Jabil
+Added: and Flex, gives us added flexibility to enjoy such manufacturers' global reach and access to different regions such as China and Vietnam,
+Added: where we are able to manufacture closer to target markets in Asia, as well as Hungary, closer to target markets in Europe, in each case,
+Added: potentially increasing responsiveness to customers while reducing costs and delivery times.
+Added: In light of recent Inflation Reduction Act
+Added: legislation in the United States which incentivizes the local manufacturing of renewable energy products by providing benefits to installers
+Added: for the purchase and installation of US-manufactured products, as well as by incentivizing manufacturers of such products domestically,
+Added: we have begun manufacturing inverters in Texas and are currently establishing additional manufacturing capabilities in Florida for optimizers
+Added: and inverters.
+Added: With the ramp-up of these new sites and due to a decrease in demand for our products, we have reduced capacity in our manufacturing
+Added: site in China and discontinued manufacturing of our products in Mexico.
+Added: third quarter of 2020, we began commercial shipments from our own manufacturing facility in the North of Israel, “Sella 1".
+Added: proximity of Sella 1 to our R&D team and labs enables us to accelerate new product development cycles as well as define equipment
+Added: and manufacturing processes of newly developed products which can then be adopted by our contract manufacturers worldwide.
+Added: 2023, we expanded the manufacturing portfolio available for manufacturing in Sella 1.
+Added: 2022, we opened our own manufacturing facility, “Sella 2”, a 2GWh Li-Ion cell factory in Korea.
+Added: “Sella 2” began
+Added: producing and shipping cells at the end of 2022 and is expected to gradually increase manufacturing capacity during 2024, slightly behind
+Added: the original plan.
+Added: We also have an additional smaller lithium-ion cells and batteries facility in South Korea that has the capacity to
+Added: manufacture up to 150 MWh per annum.
+Added: developed propriety automated assembly lines for the manufacturing of our power optimizers.
+Added: These assembly lines, currently operating
+Added: in all of our manufacturing facilities, enable the manufacturing of more than 6,000 optimizers per manufacturing line per day.
resources in additional automated assembly lines as well as in automated machinery for subassembly and self-manufacturing of certain components
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capital expenses associated with these automated assembly lines and other machinery is funded out of our cash flows.
−Removed: We source our raw materials through various
−Removed: component manufacturers and invest resources in continued cost-reduction efforts as well as verifying second and third sources so as to
−Removed: limit dependence on sole suppliers.
−Removed: Our Korean subsidiary (formerly Kokam), has
−Removed: a manufacturing facility for lithium-ion cells and batteries that has the capacity to manufacture up
−Removed: to 150 MWh per annum .
−Removed: In 2020, we began construction of “Sella 2”, a 2GWh Li-Ion battery factory in Korea.
−Removed: factory was constructed to meet the growing global demand for Li-Ion batteries, specifically in the energy storage system (ESS)
−Removed: Sella 2 began producing and shipping cells in the end of 2022 and is expected to reach full
−Removed: manufacturing capacity during 2023 .
−Removed: SolarEdge e-Mobility has a manufacturing and
−Removed: assembly facility in Umbertide, Italy, for our e-Mobility division.
−Removed: Reliability and Quality Control
−Removed: Our power optimizers are either connected
−Removed: to each PV module by installers, or embedded in each PV module by PV module manufacturers.
−Removed: Our power optimizers are designed to be as
−Removed: reliable as the PV module itself and capable of withstanding the same operating and environmental conditions.
−Removed: Our reliability methodology includes a multi-level
−Removed: plan with design analysis, sub-system testing of critical components by Accelerated Life Testing, and integrative testing of design prototypes
−Removed: by Highly Accelerated Life Testing and large sample groups.
−Removed: As part of our reliability efforts, we subject components to industry standard
−Removed: conditions and tests including in accelerated life chambers that simulate burn-in, thermal cycling, damp-heat, and other stresses.
−Removed: also conduct out of box audits (OBA) on our finished products.
−Removed: In addition, online reliability tests (ORT) are conducted on our optimizers
−Removed: and we test complete products in stress tests and in the field.
−Removed: Our rigorous testing processes have helped us to develop highly reliable
−Removed: In order to verify the quality of each of
−Removed: our products when it leaves the manufacturing plant, each component, sub-assembly, and final product are tested multiple times during
−Removed: These tests include Automatic Optical Inspection, In-Circuit Testing, Board- Functional Testing, Safety Testing, and Integrative
−Removed: Stress Testing.
−Removed: We employ a serial number-driven manufacturing process auditing and traceability system that allows us to control production
−Removed: line activities, verify correct manufacturing processes and to achieve item-specific traceability.
−Removed: As a part of our quality and reliability approach,
−Removed: failed products from the field are returned and subjected to root cause analysis, the results of which are used to improve our product
−Removed: and manufacturing processes and design and further reduce our field failure rate.
+Added: our raw materials through various component manufacturers and invest resources in continued cost-reduction efforts as well as verifying
+Added: second and third sources so as to limit dependence on sole suppliers.
+Added: of the Company’s decision to discontinue its LCV e-Mobility activity, we began ramping down manufacturing of e-Mobility components
+Added: in our facility in Umbertide, Italy, towards the end of 2023.
+Added: We are still using this facility for Automation Machines, refurbishment
+Added: of batteries and support of the e-Mobility project.
+Added: and Quality Control
+Added: Power Optimizers are connected to each PV module by installers, and are designed to be as reliable as the PV module itself and capable
+Added: of withstanding the same operating and environmental conditions.
+Added: reliability methodology includes a multi-level plan with design analysis, sub-system testing of critical components by Accelerated Life
+Added: Testing, and integrative testing of design prototypes by Highly Accelerated Life Testing and large sample groups.
+Added: As part of our reliability
+Added: efforts, we subject components to industry standard conditions and tests including in accelerated life chambers that simulate burn-in,
+Added: thermal cycling, damp-heat, and other stresses.
+Added: We also conduct out of box audits (OBA) on our finished products.
+Added: In addition, online
+Added: reliability tests (ORT) are conducted on our optimizers and we test complete products in stress tests and in the field.
+Added: Our rigorous testing
+Added: processes have helped us to develop highly reliable products.
+Added: to verify the quality of each of our products when it leaves the manufacturing plant, each component, sub-assembly, and final product
+Added: are tested multiple times during production.
+Added: These tests include Automatic Optical Inspection, In-Circuit Testing, Board-Functional Testing,
+Added: Safety Testing, and Integrative Stress Testing.
+Added: We employ a serial number-driven manufacturing process auditing and traceability system
+Added: that allows us to control production line activities, verify correct manufacturing processes and to achieve item-specific traceability.
+Added: part of our quality and reliability approach, failed products from the field are returned and subjected to root cause analysis, the results
+Added: of which are used to improve our product and manufacturing processes and design and further reduce our field failure rate.
Certifications
−Removed: Our products and systems comply with the applicable
−Removed: regulatory requirements of the jurisdictions in which they are sold as well as all other major markets around the world.
−Removed: These include
−Removed: safety regulations, electromagnetic compatibility standards and grid compliance.
−Removed: Research and Development
−Removed: We devote substantial resources to research
−Removed: and development with the objective of developing new products and systems, adding new features and reducing unit costs of our products
−Removed: Our development strategy is to identify software and hardware features, products, and systems that reduce the cost and improve
−Removed: the effectiveness of our solutions for our customers.
−Removed: We measure the effectiveness of our research and development by metrics including
−Removed: product unit cost, efficiency, reliability, power output, and ease of use.
−Removed: We have a strong research and development
−Removed: team with wide ranging experience in power electronics, semiconductors, power line communications and networking, chemical, mechanical
−Removed: and software engineering.
−Removed: In addition, many members of our research and development team have expertise in solar technologies.
−Removed: As of December 31,
−Removed: 2022 our research and development organization had a headcount of 1,428 employees.
−Removed: Intellectual Property
−Removed: The success of our business depends, in part,
−Removed: on our ability to maintain and protect our proprietary technologies, information, processes, and know-how.
−Removed: We rely primarily on patent,
−Removed: trademark, copyright and trade secrets laws in the U.S.
−Removed: and similar laws in other countries, confidentiality agreements and procedures
−Removed: and other contractual arrangements to protect our technology.
+Added: products and systems comply with the applicable regulatory requirements of the jurisdictions in which they are sold as well as all other
+Added: major markets around the world.
+Added: These include safety regulations, electromagnetic compatibility standards and grid compliance.
+Added: and Development
+Added: substantial resources to research and development with the objective of developing new products and systems, adding new features and reducing
+Added: unit costs of our products and systems.
+Added: Our development strategy is to identify software and hardware features, products, and systems
+Added: that reduce the cost and improve the effectiveness of our solutions for our customers.
+Added: We measure the effectiveness of our research and
+Added: development by metrics including product unit cost, efficiency, reliability, power output, and ease of use.
+Added: a strong research and development team with wide ranging experience in power electronics, semiconductors, power line communications and
+Added: networking, chemical, mechanical and software engineering.
+Added: In addition, many members of our research and development team have expertise
+Added: in solar technologies.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023 our research and development organization had a headcount of 1,525 employees.
+Added: success of our business depends, in part, on our ability to maintain and protect our proprietary technologies, information, processes,
+Added: and know-how.
+Added: We rely primarily on patent, trademark, copyright and trade secrets laws in the U.S.
+Added: and similar laws in other countries,
+Added: confidentiality agreements and procedures and other contractual arrangements to protect our technology.
As of December 31, 2023, SolarEdge
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Our issued patents are scheduled to expire between 2024 and 2042.
−Removed: We continually assess opportunities to seek
−Removed: patent protection for those aspects of our technology, designs, and methodologies and processes that we believe provide significant competitive
−Removed: We rely on trade secret protection and confidentiality
−Removed: agreements to safeguard our interests with respect to proprietary know-how that is not patentable and processes for which patents are
−Removed: difficult to enforce.
−Removed: We believe that many elements of our manufacturing processes involve proprietary know-how, technology, or data that
−Removed: are not covered by patents or patent applications, including technical processes, test equipment designs, algorithms, and procedures.
−Removed: All of our research and development personnel
−Removed: are required to enter into confidentiality and proprietary information agreements with us.
−Removed: These agreements address intellectual property
−Removed: protection issues and require our employees to assign to us all of the inventions, designs, and technologies they develop during the course
−Removed: of employment with us.
−Removed: Our customers and business partners are required
−Removed: to enter into confidentiality agreements before we disclose any sensitive aspects of our technology or business plans.
−Removed: The markets for our solar products are competitive,
−Removed: and we compete with manufacturers of traditional inverters, as well as manufacturers of other MLPE systems.
−Removed: The principal areas in which
−Removed: we compete with other companies include:
+Added: We continually
+Added: assess opportunities to seek patent protection for those aspects of our technology, designs, and methodologies and processes that we believe
+Added: provide significant competitive advantages.
+Added: on trade secret protection and confidentiality agreements to safeguard our interests with respect to proprietary know-how that is not
+Added: patentable and processes for which patents are difficult to enforce.
+Added: We believe that many elements of our manufacturing processes involve
+Added: proprietary know-how, technology, or data that are not covered by patents or patent applications, including technical processes, test
+Added: equipment designs, algorithms, and procedures.
+Added: of our research and development personnel are required to enter into confidentiality and proprietary information agreements with us.
+Added: agreements address intellectual property protection issues and require our employees to assign to us all of the inventions, designs, and
+Added: technologies they develop during the course of employment with us.
+Added: customers and business partners are required to enter into confidentiality agreements before we disclose any sensitive aspects of our
+Added: technology or business plans.
+Added: markets for our solar products are competitive, and we compete with manufacturers of traditional inverters, as well as manufacturers of
+Added: other MLPE systems.
+Added: The principal areas in which we compete with other companies include:
product and system performance and features;
−Removed: total cost of ownership;
+Added: total cost of ownership (TCO);
reliability and duration of product warranty;
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local sales and distribution capabilities;
−Removed: compliance with applicable certifications and grid codes;
+Added: compliance with applicable certifications and
size and financial stability of operations;
size of installed base.
−Removed: Recent market trends show an increased focus on
−Removed: safety features in rooftop installations, and the emergence of standards that are evolving to address such concerns.
−Removed: In particular, the
−Removed: arc fault detection and interruption (AFDI) and rapid shutdown (RSD) standards in the US market, have led to the introduction of module-level
−Removed: rapid-shutdown devices from our competitors.
−Removed: We believe the existence of rapid shutdown capabilities built into our Power Optimizers positions
−Removed: us well in this regard, and could serve as a competitive advantage.
−Removed: Additionally, in 2020 we have seen PV module manufacturers introduce
−Removed: larger PV modules with higher power levels reaching over 600W.
−Removed: This market trend, which comes as a result of PV cell manufacturers introducing
−Removed: larger cell sizes such as M10 and M12 as well as different module build configurations, leads to market interest in higher power rating
−Removed: Power Optimizers, micro inverters, and other MLPE devices.
−Removed: The increasing demand for storage and battery solutions is an additional
−Removed: noteworthy market trend which is expected to increase the attachment rate of storage to PV installations in the coming years.
−Removed: Our DC optimized inverter system competes
−Removed: principally with products from traditional inverter manufacturers, such as SMA Solar Technology AG, ABB Ltd.
−Removed: and Huawei Technologies
+Added: market trends show an increased focus on safety features in rooftop installations, and the emergence of standards that are evolving to
+Added: address such concerns.
+Added: In particular, the arc fault detection and interruption (AFDI) and rapid shutdown (RSD) standards in the US market,
+Added: have led to the introduction of module-level rapid-shutdown devices from our competitors.
+Added: We believe the existence of rapid shutdown capabilities
+Added: built into our Power Optimizers positions us well in this regard, and serves as a competitive advantage.
+Added: Additionally, we have seen PV
+Added: module manufacturers introduce larger PV modules with higher power levels reaching over 600W.
+Added: This market trend, which comes as a result
+Added: of PV cell manufacturers introducing larger cell sizes such as M10 and M12 as well as different module build configurations, leads to
+Added: market interest in higher power rating Power Optimizers, micro inverters, and other MLPE devices.
+Added: The increasing demand for storage and
+Added: battery solutions is an additional noteworthy market trend which is expected to increase the attachment rate of storage to PV installations
+Added: in the coming years.
+Added: DC optimized inverter system competes principally with products from traditional inverter manufacturers, such as SMA Solar Technology
+Added: AG, Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd.
+Added: and Huawei Technologies Co.
as well as from other Chinese inverter manufacturers.
−Removed: In the North American residential market, we compete with traditional inverter
−Removed: manufacturers, as well as microinverter manufacturers such as Enphase Energy, Inc.
−Removed: In addition, several new entrants to the MLPE
−Removed: market, including low-cost Asian manufacturers, have recently announced plans to ship or have already shipped similar products.
−Removed: that our DC optimized inverter system offers significant technology and cost advantages that reflect a competitive differentiation over
−Removed: traditional inverter systems and microinverter technologies.
−Removed: The markets for our energy storage division
−Removed: products are competitive as well, and we compete with global cell and battery manufacturers in the ESS market.
−Removed: Our energy storage solutions
−Removed: compete with products from global manufactures such as LG Energy Solutions, Samsung SDI, CATL, BYD and Panasonic.
−Removed: Our residential lithium-ion batteries compete
−Removed: with global manufacturers of both lithium-ion and other residential battery storage solutions such as Tesla, LG Energy solutions, BYD
−Removed: and Enphase Energy.
−Removed: The vehicle e-Mobility
−Removed: component market is dominated primarily by manufacturers such as Robert Bosch GmbH, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Dana Incorporated and Magna
−Removed: International.
−Removed: As the global e-Mobility market expands, major automotive manufacturers, such as Toyota, Honda, Tesla, General
−Removed: Motors, and Ford, have increased their investments in the electric and hybrid vehicle components in order to increase their market
−Removed: Government Incentives
−Removed: federal, state,
−Removed: and local government bodies as well as non-U.S.
−Removed: government bodies, provide incentives to owners, end users, distributors, and manufacturers
−Removed: of solar PV systems to promote solar electricity in the form of rebates, tax credits, lower VAT rate and other financial incentives such
−Removed: as system performance payments, payments for renewable energy credits associated with renewable energy generation, and exclusion of solar
−Removed: PV systems from property tax assessments.
−Removed: The market for on grid applications, where solar power is used to supplement a customer’s
−Removed: electricity purchased from the utility network or sold to a utility under tariff, often depends in large part on the availability and
−Removed: size of these government subsidies and economic incentives, which vary from time to time by geographic market.
−Removed: In August 2022, the U.S.
−Removed: government enacted the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”), which includes several incentives intended to promote
−Removed: clean energy, battery and energy storage, electrical vehicles, and other solar products and is expected to impact our business and operations.
−Removed: As part of such incentives the IRA, will among other things, extend the investment tax credit (“ITC”) through 2034 and is
−Removed: therefore expected to increase the demand for solar products.
−Removed: The IRA is expected to further incentivize residential and commercial solar
−Removed: customers and developers due to the inclusion of a tax credit for qualifying energy projects of up to 30%.
−Removed: Since these regulations are
−Removed: new and their implementation is still pending administrative guidance from the Internal Revenue Service and U.S.
+Added: American residential market, we compete with traditional inverter manufacturers such as Tesla Motors Inc., as well as microinverter manufacturers
+Added: such as Enphase Energy, Inc.
+Added: In addition, there are several new entrants to the MLPE market, including low-cost Asian manufacturers.
+Added: believe that our DC optimized inverter system offers significant technology and cost advantages that reflect a competitive differentiation
+Added: over traditional inverter systems and microinverter technologies.
+Added: markets for our Energy Storage division products are competitive as well.
+Added: The competition ranges from other cell manufacturers, both of
+Added: Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC) and of Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP), which are also vertically integrated and provide a partial or complete
+Added: storage system as well as from integrators that are acquiring cells from different vendors and assemble their own storage system.
+Added: competitors include global manufacturers such as LG Energy Solutions, Samsung SDI, CATL, BYD etc.
+Added: residential lithium-ion batteries for PV applications compete with global manufacturers of both lithium-ion and other residential battery
+Added: storage solutions such as Tesla, LG Energy solutions, BYD and Enphase Energy.
+Added: federal, state, and local government bodies as well as non-U.S.
+Added: government bodies, provide incentives to owners, end users, distributors,
+Added: and manufacturers of solar PV systems to promote solar electricity in the form of rebates, tax credits, lower VAT rate and other financial
+Added: incentives such as system performance payments, payments for renewable energy credits associated with renewable energy generation, and
+Added: exclusion of solar PV systems from property tax assessments.
+Added: The market for on grid applications, where solar power is used to supplement
+Added: a customer’s electricity purchased from the utility network or sold to a utility under tariff, often depends in large part on the
+Added: availability and size of these government subsidies and economic incentives, which vary from time to time by geographic market.
+Added: 2022, the U.S.
+Added: government enacted the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”), which contains several provisions intended
+Added: to accelerate U.S.
+Added: manufacturing and adoption of clean energy such as solar, wind, hydrogen and electric vehicles and therefore is expected
+Added: to impact our business and operations.
+Added: Some of the applicable provisions in IRA that are expected to positively impact the market for
+Added: renewable energy include the extension of the investment tax credit (“ITC”) and the Production Tax Credit (“PTC") through
+Added: The IRA also further incentivizes residential and commercial solar customers and developers through the inclusion of a tax credit
+Added: for qualifying energy projects of up to 30%.
+Added: These provisions of the law are new and regulations and guidance concerning their implementation
+Added: are gradually being published by the U.S.
Treasury Department.
−Removed: we will be examining the benefits that may be available to us, such as the availability of tax credits for domestic manufacturers,
−Removed: in the coming months.
−Removed: We have also announced our plans to establish manufacturing capabilities in the United States during 2023.
+Added: We continue to monitor the benefits that may be available to us.
+Added: 45X of the IRA offers advanced manufacturing production tax credits, that incentivize the production of eligible components within the
+Added: United States.
+Added: To that end, we have established manufacturing capabilities in the United States in 2023 and announced additional capacity
+Added: expected during 2024.
extent that tax benefits or credits may be available to competing technology and not to our technology, our business could be adversely
disadvantaged.
−Removed: Import Tariffs
−Removed: Escalating trade tensions between the United
−Removed: States and China have led to increased tariffs and trade restrictions, including tariffs applicable to some of our products.
−Removed: 2019, the U.S.
−Removed: trade representative (“USTR”) imposed import tariffs of 25% on a long list of products imported from China,
−Removed: including inverters and power optimizers.
−Removed: On January 15, 2020, the United States and China entered into an initial trade deal, which preser ves
−Removed: the initial tariffs from 2018 and indicates additional sanctions may be imposed if China breaches the terms of the deal.
−Removed: In order to mitigate
−Removed: the negative effect of increased tariffs, we increased our manufacturing capabilities at our Vietnam manufacturing
−Removed: We reached full manufacturing capacity in our manufacturing facility in Israel, Sella 1, and are manufacturing in Mexico
−Removed: where achievement of full manufacturing capacity is expected in the first half of 2023.
−Removed: In addition, as mentioned above, we are
−Removed: planning to establish manufacturing capabilities in the United States.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31,
−Removed: 2022, the majority of our products being imported to the U.S.
−Removed: were manufactured in Mexico, Vietnam, Israel and Hungary and were therefore
−Removed: not subject to the aforementioned tariffs .
−Removed: The solar energy market is subject to seasonal
−Removed: and quarterly fluctuations affected by weather.
−Removed: For example, during the winter months in Europe and the northeastern U.S.
−Removed: where the climate
−Removed: is particularly cold and snowy, it is typical to see a decline in PV installations and this decline can impact the timing of orders for
−Removed: our products.
−Removed: Sustainable, Responsible
−Removed: and Transparent Business Practices
+Added: Regulation and Import Tariffs
+Added: business activities are subject to numerous laws and regulations in the jurisdictions in which we operate.
+Added: Particularly, our exports and
+Added: imports are subject to complex trade and customs laws, tax requirements and tariffs set by governments through mutual agreements or unilateral
+Added: Countries duties, tariffs or other restrictions on our imports or adversely modify existing restrictions.
+Added: Changes in tax policies
+Added: or trade regulations, the disallowance of tax deductions on imported merchandise, or the imposition of new tariffs on imported products,
+Added: could have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
+Added: trade tensions between the United States and China have led to increased tariffs and trade restrictions, including tariffs applicable
+Added: to some of our products.
+Added: As of June 2019, the U.S.
+Added: trade representative (“USTR”) imposed import tariffs of 25% on a long list
+Added: of products imported from China, including inverters and power optimizers.
+Added: On January 15, 2020, the United States and China entered into
+Added: an initial trade deal, which preserves the initial tariffs from 2018 and indicates additional sanctions may be imposed if China breaches
+Added: the terms of the deal.
+Added: to mitigate the negative effect of increased tariffs, we increased our manufacturing capabilities at our Vietnam manufacturing facility.
+Added: We reached full manufacturing capacity in our manufacturing facility in Israel, Sella 1 .
+Added: In addition, as mentioned above, we established
+Added: manufacturing capabilities in the United States.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2023, the majority of our products being imported to
+Added: were manufactured in Mexico, Vietnam, Israel and Hungary and were therefore not subject to the aforementioned tariffs.
+Added: solar energy market is subject to seasonal and quarterly fluctuations affected by weather.
+Added: For example, during the winter months in Europe
+Added: and the northeastern U.S.
+Added: where the climate is particularly cold and snowy, it is typical to see a decline in PV installations and this
+Added: decline can impact the timing of orders for our products.
+Added: Responsible and Transparent Business Practices
2023, we continued making progress in our Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") performance and disclosure.
−Removed: ESG practices are guided by our social purpose:
−Removed: “To power the future of energy so we can all enjoy
−Removed: better living and a cleaner, greener future” and our social mission:
−Removed: “Shaping the future of sustainable energy production,
−Removed: energy storage and e-mobility through innovation”.
−Removed: We have crafted a comprehensive sustainability strategy with 2025 targets in
−Removed: several areas.
−Removed: Our fourth annual Sustainability Report, published in 2022, meets the requirements of leading global sustainability disclosure
−Removed: standards, GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) and SASB (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board) aligning our disclosure with leading
−Removed: corporations around the world and with the expectations of investors and other stakeholders.
−Removed: Our sustainability strategy, includes the
−Removed: following pillars:
−Removed: Powering Clean Energy :
−Removed: Accelerating the uptake
−Removed: of clean energy, delivering new smart energy, innovative solutions and improving the lifecycle impacts of our products.
−Removed: As a business
−Removed: founded upon the acceleration of clean energy, we strive to reduce our climate impact by minimizing GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions and
−Removed: transitioning to renewable electricity usage in our facilities.
−Removed: We have completed a lifecycle analysis for three of our key products,
−Removed: examining the carbon footprint of all product life stages and following the examination of the results of such analysis were able to highlight
−Removed: possible reduction opportunities.
−Removed: Furthermore, we have set a target of reducing 30% of our Scope 1+2 GHG emissions per revenue, by
−Removed: 2025 (compared with the 2020 basis).
−Removed: We have set another target of achieving near-zero e-waste to landfill by 2025.
−Removed: 2021 , a total of 71% of all waste at our owned and operated sites, was either recycled or recovered to energy.
−Removed: Maintaining leading responsible employment
−Removed: practices, upholding human rights and investing in communities.
−Removed: In 2022, we continued to expand our workforce to support SolarEdge’s
−Removed: business growth, and maintained responsible employment practices, including an enhanced focus on safety and on employee growth and development.
−Removed: We set quantitative targets and formulated multi-year programs to enhance gender equality within our workforce and to strengthen its inclusiveness
+Added: Our ESG practices are
+Added: guided by our social purpose:
+Added: “To power the future of energy so we can all enjoy better living and a cleaner, greener future”
+Added: and our social mission:
+Added: “Shaping the future of sustainable energy production, energy storage and e-mobility through innovation”.
+Added: We have crafted a comprehensive sustainability strategy with 2025 targets in several areas.
+Added: Our fifth annual Sustainability Report, published
+Added: in 2023, was prepared in alignment with leading global sustainability disclosure standards, GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) and SASB
+Added: (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board).
+Added: Our sustainability strategy includes the following pillars:
+Added: Powering Clean
+Added: Accelerating the uptake of clean energy, delivering new smart energy, innovative solutions and improving the lifecycle
+Added: impacts of our products.
+Added: As a business founded upon the acceleration of clean energy, we strive to reduce our climate impact by minimizing
+Added: GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions and transitioning to renewable electricity usage in our facilities.
+Added: We have completed a lifecycle analysis
+Added: for three of our key products, examining the carbon footprint of all product life stages and following the examination of the results
+Added: of such analysis were able to highlight possible reduction opportunities.
+Added: We have taken significant efforts to reduce energy and resource
+Added: consumption in our sites, reducing related GHG emissions.
+Added: We continue to act to recycle our e-waste.
+Added: We also act to minimize landfill
+Added: for all waste types, and in 2022, a total of 88% of all waste at our owned and operated sites was either recycled or recovered to energy
+Added: (2023 figures are currently in examination and will be published in our upcoming sustainability report).
+Added: Powering People:
+Added: Maintaining leading responsible employment practices, upholding human rights and investing in communities.
+Added: In 2023, we continued to expand
+Added: our workforce to support SolarEdge’s business growth, and maintained responsible employment practices, including an enhanced focus
+Added: on safety and on employee growth and development.
+Added: We set quantitative targets and formulated multi-year programs to enhance gender equality
+Added: in accordance with equal opportunities laws within our workforce and to strengthen its inclusiveness, including by reaching over 150 women
+Added: in management roles.
(see further details in "Human Capital" below).
−Removed: Also in 2022, we enhanced
−Removed: our community engagement program.
−Removed: Our updated program focuses on the advancement of renewable energy for environmental community value,
−Removed: encouraging STEM education and youth innovation and strengthening diverse populations.
−Removed: Maintaining and reinforcing ethical conduct
−Removed: throughout our value chain, advancing climate resilience, improving the efficiency of our resource consumption and ethical sourcing of
−Removed: raw materials and components.
−Removed: supplier code of conduct ("SCoC"), which includes provisions regarding, among others, ethics, safety, environmental protection, human
−Removed: rights, and fair employment.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, over 175 key suppliers
−Removed: have signed their acknowledgment of the SCoC terms.
−Removed: To date , we also conducted on-site audits of four contract manufacturers and
−Removed: two major raw material suppliers in connection with their compliance with the SCoC requirements, and are aiming to expand these efforts
−Removed: In addition, our conflict-minerals practices involve engaging our suppliers to evaluate the traceability of their upstream sources.
−Removed: We believe that our sustainability
−Removed: strategy aligns directly with 10 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and our products and activities are most critical
−Removed: to achievement of SDG #7, Affordable Clean Energy.
−Removed: Human Capital
−Removed: We believe our success depends on our ability
−Removed: to attract and retain outstanding employees at all levels of our business.
+Added: Also in 2023, we continued to enhance our community engagement program.
+Added: Our updated program focuses on the advancement of renewable energy for environmental community value, encouraging STEM education and youth
+Added: innovation and strengthening diverse populations.
+Added: A prominent example is our long-term educational program, EDGEUcate, aimed to raise
+Added: awareness and educate children from a young age on sustainable practices and the role of solar energy on the global efforts of decarbonization.
+Added: Maintaining and reinforcing ethical conduct throughout our value chain, advancing climate resilience, improving the efficiency
+Added: of our resource consumption and ethical sourcing of raw materials and components.
+Added: Our supplier code of conduct ("SCoC"), includes provisions
+Added: regarding, among others, ethics, safety, environmental protection, human rights, and fair employment.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, over 280
+Added: key suppliers have signed their acknowledgment of the SCoC terms.
+Added: To date, we also conducted on-site audits of four contract manufacturers
+Added: and three major raw material suppliers in connection with their compliance with the SCoC requirements, and are aiming to further expand
+Added: these efforts in 2024.
+Added: In addition, our conflict-minerals practices involve engaging our suppliers to evaluate the traceability of their
+Added: upstream sources.
+Added: that our sustainability strategy aligns directly with 10 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and our products and activities
+Added: are most critical to achievement of SDG #7, Affordable Clean Energy.
+Added: our success depends on our ability to attract and retain outstanding employees at all levels of our business.
As of December 31, 2023,
we had 5,633 employees (full time and part time).
−Removed: Of these employees, 1,428
−Removed: were engaged in research and development, 649 in sales and marketing, 2,383
−Removed: in operations, production, Q&R, and support, and 466 in general and administrative capacities.
−Removed: Of our employees, 2,702 were based in Israel, 699 were based in Europe, 591 were based in Korea,
−Removed: 318 were based in the U.S and 616 were based in the remaining countries in which we operate including China, Vietnam, Mexico and others.
−Removed: Except for our SolarEdge Automation Machines
−Removed: employees and the employees of SolarEdge e-Mobility, none of our employees are represented by a labor union.
−Removed: We have not experienced any
−Removed: employment-related work stoppages, and we consider relations with our employees to be good.
+Added: Of these employees, 1,525 were engaged in research and development, 689 in sales and
+Added: marketing, 2,857 in operations, production, Q&R, and support, and 562 in general and administrative capacities.
+Added: Of our employees,
+Added: 3,160 were based in Israel, 746 were based in Europe, 725 were based in Korea, 326 were based in the U.S and 676 were based in the remaining
+Added: countries in which we operate including China, Vietnam, India, Mexico, Australia and others.
+Added: for our SolarEdge Automation Machines employees and the employees of SolarEdge e-Mobility, none of our employees are represented by a
+Added: We have not experienced any employment-related work stoppages, and we consider relations with our employees to be good.
As a rapidly growing business, we rely on the success of our recruitment efforts to attract and retain technically skilled people who
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role, welcoming all genders, nationalities, ethnicities, abilities and other dimensions of diversity.
−Removed: We aim to provide our employees with competitive salary and benefits
−Removed: that enable them to achieve a good quality of life and plan for the future.
−Removed: Our benefits differ according to local norms and market preferences,
−Removed: but typically include all salary and social benefits required by local law (including retirement saving programs, paid vacation and sick
−Removed: leave) and many additional benefits that go beyond legal requirements in local markets.
+Added: We aim to provide our employees with competitive salary and benefits that enable them to achieve a good quality of life
+Added: and plan for the future.
+Added: Our benefits differ according to local norms and market preferences, but typically include all salary and social
+Added: benefits required by local law (including retirement saving programs, paid vacation and sick leave) and many additional benefits that
+Added: go beyond legal requirements in local markets.
Training and Development:
−Removed: We aim to provide our employees with advanced
−Removed: professional and development skills, so that they can perform effectively in their roles and build their capabilities and career prospects
−Removed: for the future.
−Removed: We maintain a leadership program for managers and team leaders and deliver advanced professional training for sales, research
−Removed: and development and other functional teams as part of our extensive training program each year.
−Removed: Furthermore, we partner with local educational
−Removed: resources to offer formal learning programs on a variety of subjects for the personal development and advancement of our workforce.
+Added: We aim to provide our employees with advanced professional and development skills, so that they can perform
+Added: effectively in their roles and build their capabilities and career prospects for the future.
+Added: We maintain a leadership program for managers
+Added: and team leaders and deliver advanced professional training for sales, research and development and other functional teams as part of
+Added: our extensive training program each year.
+Added: Furthermore, we partner with local educational resources to offer formal learning programs on
+Added: a variety of subjects for the personal development and advancement of our workforce.
Equity and Inclusion:
−Removed: During the past three years,
−Removed: we have increased the total number of women in our organization by over 75%.
−Removed: We are striving to increase the presence of women in executive and management positions as part of our 2025 target to promote gender parity
−Removed: and equal pay.
−Removed: We are taking active steps to increase the
−Removed: diversity of our workforce and inclusiveness of our employee base.
−Removed: For example, we engaged in several partnerships with social organizations
−Removed: in Israel, designed to increase our recruitment of candidates from the Arab-Israeli population, ultra-orthodox women, and individuals
−Removed: with disabilities.
−Removed: Additionally, as part of our commitment to enhance gender equality within our workforce, we created designated development
−Removed: programs for female managers and women in tech roles.
−Removed: Over 50 female participants have successfully completed these programs in 2022.
+Added: We are striving to increase opportunities for women in executive and management positions as part of our
+Added: mission to promote gender parity and equal pay in accordance with equal opportunity laws.
+Added: taking active steps to increase the diversity of our workforce and promote inclusiveness among our employee base.
+Added: We have been providing
+Added: training and promoting education to create awareness and encourage inclusive practices across our global workplaces.
+Added: For example, we have
+Added: conducted foundational diversity and inclusion training for both managers and employees, training on the inclusion of people with disabilities
+Added: in the workplace, as well as hosting workshops, lectures, and webinars on various topics such as valuing diversity and fostering respectful
+Added: and positive interactions.
+Added: Additionally, as part of our commitment to enhance gender equality within our workforce, we maintained partnerships
+Added: with NGOs to enhance our pool of female candidates for tech roles and to encourage more women to take up tech-related careers.
+Added: an annual analysis of our gender pay gap to identify and work on closing any gaps, and we launched a global internal Women's Day campaign
+Added: called "Towards Gender Equality." The campaign included lectures by women in executive roles from SolarEdge and other global businesses
+Added: to empower and inspire women.
+Added: We also helped foster mentoring relationships among our female employees and managers across various professional
+Added: fields and geographical regions within SolarEdge.
+Added: Over 50 women from sites around the globe have successfully completed these programs
safety and health:
−Removed: We believe that all accidents and injuries at work are
−Removed: preventable and we strive to achieve a zero-injury culture across our offices and operations.
−Removed: We comply with applicable occupational health
−Removed: and safety regulations and are certified to Occupational Health and Safety Quality Management Standard ISO 45001:2018.
−Removed: Our safety practices
−Removed: nominated safety officers at each of our manufacturing or R&D sites, mandatory annual safety training for all employees,
−Removed: mandatory job-specific training for all employees in relevant roles (e.g., for those working in high-voltage labs), comprehensive safety,
−Removed: fire, and emergency drill programs to ensure our employees are well-versed with emergency procedures and root-cause assessments of incidents
−Removed: and corrective actions.
−Removed: Corporate Information
−Removed: We were incorporated in Delaware in 2006.
−Removed: Our principal executive offices are located at 1 HaMada Street, Herziliya Pituach 4673335, Israel and our telephone number at this address
−Removed: is 972 (9) 957-6620.
+Added: We believe that all accidents and injuries at work are preventable and we strive to achieve a zero-injury culture
+Added: across our offices and operations.
+Added: Our safety practices are designed to comply with applicable occupational health and safety regulations
+Added: and are certified to Occupational Health and Safety Quality Management Standard ISO 45001:2018.
+Added: Our safety practices include:
+Added: safety officers at each of our manufacturing or R&D sites, mandatory annual safety training for all employees, mandatory job-specific
+Added: training for all employees in relevant roles (e.g., for those working in high-voltage labs), comprehensive safety, fire, and emergency
+Added: drill programs so that our employees are well-versed with emergency procedures and root-cause assessments of incidents and corrective
+Added: incorporated in Delaware in 2006.
+Added: Our principal executive offices are located at 1 HaMada Street, Herziliya Pituach 4673335, Israel and
+Added: our telephone number at this address is 972 (9) 957-6620.
Our website is www.solaredge.com .
−Removed: We file annual, quarterly and current reports,
−Removed: proxy statements and other documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), pursuant to the Securities Exchange
−Removed: Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”).
−Removed: Our reports, proxy statements and other documents filed electronically with the SEC are
−Removed: available at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov .
−Removed: We use the Investor Relations portion of our
−Removed: website at www.solaredge.com , as a routine channel of distribution of important
−Removed: information such as press releases, analyst presentations, corporate governance practices and corporate responsibility information, financial
−Removed: information including our annual, quarterly, and current reports, our proxy statements, and, if applicable, amendments to those reports,
−Removed: filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically
+Added: annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”),
+Added: pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”).
+Added: Our reports, proxy statements and other documents filed
+Added: electronically with the SEC are available at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov .
+Added: the Investor Relations portion of our website at www.solaredge.com , as a routine channel of distribution
+Added: of important information such as press releases, analyst presentations, corporate governance practices and corporate responsibility information,
+Added: financial information including our annual, quarterly, and current reports, our proxy statements, and, if applicable, amendments to those
+Added: reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically
file such reports with, or furnish them to, the SEC.
−Removed: All such postings and filings are available
−Removed: on our Investor Relations website free of charge.
−Removed: Information contained on our website is not
−Removed: incorporated by reference into this Annual Report, and you should not consider information contained on our website as part of this Annual
+Added: All such postings and filings are available on our Investor Relations website free
+Added: contained on our website is not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report, and you should not
+Added: consider information
+Added: contained on our website as part of this Annual Report.
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