KACO's Net Zero Emissions Manufacturing

KACO has for a long while been stressing the importance of high quality manufacturing processes in the production of our inverters. Now we'd like to showcase the tireless dedication of our German management and owner to the principles of carbon reduction and sustainable manufacturing techniques. KACO has been a leader in the PV inverter field for many years and as an industry leader has found it necessary to provide guidance to other manufacturers that have not yet realized that in the business of solar according to KACO president Ralf Hofmann

"it's not just about what you do - but how you do it"

KACO has redesigned all of the manufaturing facilities to ensure proper implementation of sustainability oriented manufacturing principles. All manufacturing takes place in Germany, where we have direct control over the environmental impact of our operations. The president of KACO has commented that it is of utmost importance to him and to the company that KACO provide clean energy producing products made from clean energy.

The employees at KACO in Germany are encouraged to ride public transportation whenever possible and are given free train tickets for personal use if they ride public transportation on business trips. The group has been given a fleet of bicycles and small electric cars to travel between our separated facilities, located within the same town. Tree planting days near the factories are common place to help capture local CO2 emissions.


Components for the inverters are sourced from the most environmentally ethical of business partners. KACO insists on using PV and a combined heat and power facility to provide the warm water and the electricity they consume. KACO uses no fossil fuel or nuclear generated energy to make their inverters. The onsite PV system now generate over 350,000 kWh of electricity annually.


This has made KACO one of the few manufacturers on the planet that can rightly claim a net zero carbon footprint for their business operations.

KACO US operates out of San Francisco's Presidio near the Golden Gate bridge and is officially a "San Francisco Green Certified Business". After facility tours and many weeks of collaboration with SF Environment our office is now proven to be one of the greenest in the Bay Area.


We've also brought online a 22kW system on the Grass Valley facility using four of our 3601xi inverters, a 1502xi inverter and two of our 2502xi inverters. We are now producing solar energy with KACO inverters on our own facility. This is something that KACO US is extremely happy to share with you and we hope that you will share this with your partners and friends.