The Italian energy company Energy Time has announced that it has strengthened its collaboration with the Chinese company Huawei, mainly known for smartphones, smartwatches, and telecommunications equipment but also very active in the inverter market.
Inverters are electronic devices that allow converting current and varying the frequency of the energy produced by solar panels and wind turbines, in order to align it with the values required by the electrical system: they are therefore essential for connecting renewable plants to the grid.
WHAT THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ENERGY TIME AND HUAWEI CONSISTS OF
Between 2024 and 2025 Energy Time has built photovoltaic plants with a capacity of 100 megawatts using Huawei technologies. “The collaboration,” explains the company, “continues also in 2026, with 70 MW of new inverter and power station orders already registered as of May 31.”
Moreover, in Energy Time’s backlog of orders there are projects equipped with Huawei technology with a total capacity of 150 MW.
EUROPEAN RESTRICTIONS ON CHINESE INVERTERS
According to Energy Time’s CEO, Marco Pulitano (in the photo), “the collaboration with Huawei represents a structural element of our growth path in photovoltaics.”
However, starting November 1, the European Commission will introduce restrictions on public funding for solar projects using Chinese inverters, for security reasons: the fear is that inverters could be exploited by China to steal sensitive data or to deactivate energy plants and cause blackouts.
According to the European Solar Manufacturing Council, an industry association, over 200 gigawatts of solar energy production capacity at the community level are linked to inverters built in China.
NUMBERS, SHAREHOLDERS AND BUSINESS OF ENERGY TIME
Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Campobasso, Molise, Energy Time operates in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sector: it designs and installs solar plants for businesses, as well as providing solutions – including mini-wind and cogeneration – for efficiency improvement and consumption containment.
The company is publicly listed and its CEO is Marco Pulitano. Pulitano is also the largest shareholder through the vehicle Keep Calm, which owns over 87 percent of the voting share capital.
Last month Energy Time announced the approval of the 2025 financial statements: the production value was 25.3 million euros (almost 42 percent higher year-on-year), net profit amounted to 2.9 million (+85 percent) and EBITDA to 4.6 million (+47 percent). Net financial debt improved by 49 percent compared to 2024, while equity exceeded 14.5 million.
