Northern Electric & Power Inc. (NEP) was founded in the United States. It has its R&D facility in San Jose, California, the heart of Silicon Valley. It established its subsidiaries: Qingdao Northern Electric and Power Co. Ltd in Qingdao, China and NEP Japan Inc, and NEP Micro Inverter Inc, both in Fukuoka, Japan. The mission of the company is to develop cutting-edge clean energy technologies and provide state-of-the-art solar inverter products to its customers.