Corporations now depend on computing resources to handle everything from mission-critical financial transactions to storing vast amounts of patient information. Data center facilities are under pressure to flawlessly add significant, reliable computing power.

While blades have addressed some of these challenges, IT administrators are wondering, “Am I getting enough power to the blades?” “Do I have excess capacity?” and “Am I getting enough cooling to those racks?”

This detailed report, from Nth Power LLC, the veteran cleantech venture capital firm, and the Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE), offers a comprehensive description of the market dynamics creating green building opportunities, and it explains the contrarian view that the current residential and commercial market meltdowns are a positive "springboard for innovation."

The PV inverter market, once short of innovation, has seen a surge of investment in the last few years.  Spurred by startup advances, established firms like SMA, Satcon, and National Semiconductor are developing new distributed PV electronics technologies in-house or through acquisition. This Special Report from Greentech Media, sponsored by Enphase Energy, takes a look at the state of innovation in the inverter market, VC investment activity, and the emerging leaders in the $2.4 billion PV inverter market.