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We’ll sometimes get the question, “Can I use Enphase with UL 3741,” or “why isn’t SolarEdge listed on your website?”
They are perfectly good questions — SolarEdge themselves have touted being the first to UL 3741 compliance, since they were listed via Intertek in 2021, and Enphase got certified by UL around the same time. Just recently in May of 2025, Generac listed their inverter to UL 3741 compliance through Intertek. So why aren’t these inverters or systems listed on the website?
There are now dozens of solar structures, commonly referred to as racking, that are listed as PV Hazard Control Systems (PVHCS) under UL 3741. As time goes on, we’re seeing some differences in how listing bodies allow structures to be listed.
Terry Ko from PV Circonomy posted a video of the full process from beginning to end of their panel recycling machine. They say they can recycle 99% of the components of the panel. I’m a sucker for this kind of video, go watch it.
Looks like TikTok is going to be given zero opportunity to avoid a ban. I’m gaining some traction on YouTube and elsewhere, so losing those followers will ultimately have a small effect, but I’m deeply sad about losing this weird little app.
I wasn’t expecting to be this sad.
I know I talk a lot of shit on SolarEdge, but the Go app is genuinely great, and one of the best things they’ve done for installers in a while.
Tell me NEM 3.0 is really hitting your bottom line without telling me NEM 3.0 is really hitting your bottom line 😅
From PV Magazine USA:
The “Build it in America Act” contains cuts to the two cornerstone tax credits. The Act also makes cuts to the federal electric vehicle tax credit, both for new and used EVs.
This is the second attempt by a coalition of House members to overturn the Investment Tax Credit and the Production Tax Credit, two policies that are at the core of the United States push toward low cost, carbon-free electricity. The first attempt, which smuggled IRA cuts into the debt ceiling raise bill, was thwarted in negotiations that led to expedited environmental reviews for energy projects of all types.
Why. Just stop it. Get some help.