Sun power PV inverter will bring new exhibition debut

September 10, Asia's largest PV inverter manufacturer Sunshine Power Co., Ltd. will bring its U.S. market developed 500kW photovoltaic power inverter - SG500LV debut American International Solar Energy Exhibition (SolarPowerInternational2012). U.S. customers for high-power photovoltaic inverter http://www.gridtiepowerinverteronline.com/ will have more good choices.

It is understood, SG500LV sun power against the United States (North America) market research and development, mainly used in medium and large-scale photovoltaic power plants. The product has a highly efficient and stable power generation capacity, CEC efficiency of up to 98% efficient cooling system designed to achieve lower power consumption than similar cooling products.

In terms of the ability to adapt to the environment, the use of outdoor products, protection class NEMA3R, wide operating temperature range, temperature 55 ° without derating design can improve overall profitability of photovoltaic power plants; and has industry-leading smart grid interface and zero voltage (ZVRT) across functions. Meanwhile, SG500LV system more simple and compact design, easy installation, maintenance and transportation, performance, and price is very competitive.

According to the North American branch of sun power in market statistics, after SG500LV upcoming news, reacted strongly to the North American market. In the client's pre-trial process, many customers superior functionality and high cost of this product fully affirmed "comprehensive cost areas beyond the local brand." It also enhances the influence of the sun supply the North American market.

As Asia's largest optical invertermanufacturers, sun power focused on photovoltaic inverter for 15 years, has 10 years of experience in running large-scale grid-connected inverters in China with more than a third of the market share, and successfully entered the European , Australia, America and other international markets, has been widely recognized by customers, the total global installed capacity has reached 2GW. At the same time, the sun power production base in Canada has also been built, professional and efficient local service team will open up the North American market to build a good foundation.

From the PV inverter market can be seen glimpse photovoltaic industry

In the new energy industry, the photovoltaic industry has become a bright star in a short period of time, formed a complete industrial chain, led the development of a large number of upstream and downstream enterprises. China's photovoltaic power generation technologies and applications only at the lower level position in the world, and its essence but also due to the basic raw material in the photovoltaic industry - lack of polysilicon purification technology, which directly led to the high cost of domestic photovoltaic power generation, it is precisely because For this reason, the photovoltaic power generation can not be widely available.

In the upstream industry chain, the PVinverter core technology has reached the world level, a number of inverter enterprises gradually expose edge in the international market. Nevertheless, domestic inverter, but still can not embark on the road of internationalization, China inverter always have an advantage in terms of price, but overall the entire solar inverter system costs only 7%.

Reliance on local products to local customers thinking largely crowded out foreign companies and local companies may be on product performance and price are slightly inferior to foreign products, one chip, but after already prejudiced in the minds of customers have formed a local brand. China's enterprises in order to further the inverter market, we must first make the product popular, breaking customer conventional thinking.

And the crucial components inside the inverter selection, quality and conversion rates as expected, it is necessary to ensure the stability of the product, to establish a stable relationship with an excellent component suppliers can not be ignored, and the current domestic inverter element Device selection mostly lack of internationally renowned supplier of the product in the eyes of foreign customers will be greatly reduced.

Meanwhile strong R & D team and whether or not the level of product technology is also blood interlinked, as part of the electronic products industry, stable or not, and the conversion efficiency of the sine wave inverter also requires a strong level of technical support.

Looking at the international brand products, their R & D team is undoubtedly the top, it also ensures the product quality. And because many companies lack the relevant offices in foreign markets, so that the service is the lack of advantage, while, products and market development will not localized, low trust in the minds of local customers. China inverter companies should do is to adopt a strategic cooperation model with local upstream and dow

IHS Research: Energy Storage is the fastest growing demand

IHS Research report shows that the global PV inverter buyers, is the fastest growing storage needs. Although the technology is still relatively immature, but IMS Research for the global PV inverter four hundred customer survey showed that nearly a third of respondents expect that by 2015, over 40% of the solar energy system installed to enable them energy storage technology.

Germany, Italy and the UK respondents emphasized that the future of photovoltaic solar grid tie inverter  the energy storage is more important than any other needs. When asked about the use of the main factors driving forces storage of customers' most common answer is to reduce the price of the battery, which helps reduce system price, so that the storage economically viable.

More than 60 percent of respondents said the system price includes energy storage technology to improve 10-29% is "acceptable", although nearly a third of respondents said they are ready to pay a higher premium. IHS Power and Energy Research Manager Sam Wilkinson (Sam Wilkinson), said: "For photovoltaic systems, energy storage is becoming more and more important, if the supplier can deliver the product in line with industry expectations, photovoltaic energy storage market can remarkable development over the next two years. "

The survey also asked customers about their using micro photovoltaic inverter  display relatively high price of this technology to become a widespread disorder. But the survey also revealed that in 2012 compared to 2011, compared to enable micro-inverter proportion of customers has increased by ten percentage points. Respondents stressed that they have the ability to fight the effects of occlusion, additional design flexibility using micro inverters become the most common cause.

Wilkinson said: "Due to the advantages and features they provide, micro inverters are becoming more widely accepted, but the price to make a major disadvantage, the majority of respondents micro-inverter is not currently represented purchases For them, the need to reduce the price by more than 50% before considering they enable. "

Sunshine Power Series Power PV inverter by VDE Testing

Recently, Sun Power Corporation power PV inverter series products SG15KTL, SG20KTL and SG30KTL passed the German VDE (Association of German Electrical Engineers) product reliability testing, becoming Europe's first batch of tests by the Asian inverter products.

VDE focus on reliability testing of dc to ac converter and other electronic equipment design, process, rationality and reliability of the test operation mode, including components power, current and temperature stress test each product to be gone through three long months of testing, the testing process rigorous and comprehensive, longer test time. The tests provide quality assurance by the VDE test employees worldwide products, product reliability testing, if passed VDE, it indicates that the product has been tested to prove the long-term reliability of the authority's operating performance.

As Asia's largest professional manufacturer of inverters, the power of the sun power inverter since listing, with its excellent performance, has passed the TüV, CE, BDEW, VDEARN4105, CGC and many other certification authority, which 15kW, 30kW, etc. models of a variety of dc ac converter products also have access to PHOTON double A rating. In many practical applications of photovoltaic projects at home and abroad, the series also with reliable, stable operation and high electricity customer has won wide recognition. The reliability of the test by VDE, once again verified the sun's high-reliability power inverters, home users to choose the more firm confidence sun power inverter.

"VDE certification is the reliability of our products on the stability and reliability of long-running recognition, PHOTON double-A rating is the high conversion efficiency of our products is certainly, it is the sun power for 16 years focusing on photovoltaic inverter development, production Another promising results obtained, is the industry authority on the full recognition of our product quality. "Sunshine said Wang Weijun, vice president of supply," Our team will continue to be a world-class renewable energy equipment manufacturer standards, committed to providing customers provide more quality products and services. "

Sunshine Power SG800MX PV inverter through the North American CSA certified

Recently, the Sun Power Corporation's latest self-developed high-power PV inverter SG800MX passed the North American CSA certified, made to enter the North American photovoltaic United States, Canada and other markets, "green card." In recent years, based on U.S. and Canadian market policies and potential applications of the drive, the North American PV market heat rising. As the North American market permits - CSA certification must be crossed when the PV inverter enterprises to enter the United States, Canada and other North American market "threshold."

It is reported that a certified SG800MX sun power the latest version of the new North American launch. Which products are based on open-circuit voltage 1000Vdc design, power is 800kW, the overall protection level of NEMA3R (IP54), can be used outdoors, the use of intelligent speed cooling solution, equipped with night SVG features LVRT, zero voltage crossing ability, calm respond to a variety of complex grid environment, the grid around the clock in response to the instruction dispatch, higher power generation efficiency;

In terms of reliability using dual power supply scheme and equipped with comprehensive protection and early warning systems, but also has a strong overload capacity, better able to adapt to high temperatures, high altitude and other complex and harsh environments. With excellent design and excellent performance, the product in the CSA agency certification test, successfully passed all certification testing program.

To meet the needs of the global market, the sun continued to increase R & D investment in innovation power, has introduced new products, at present, for the North American market, which has been developed SG100KC, SG250KC, SG250KU, SG500LV and other products, and has passed the authoritative certification, while achieving volume sales; coupled with the certified SG800MX, the company has formed a relatively complete product Front in the North American market, the follow-up of the power and morepower inverters and one integrated product is also steadily . Sun power will be more extensive product portfolio to meet the North American photovoltaic United States, Canada and other markets customer needs and strive to expand its market share in North America.

Professional PV inverter manufacturers will face a tough challenge

GTMResearch newly released report shows that in the next three years, leading PV inverter suppliers will be subject to changes in global demand, the market shift to low prices and fluctuating region squeeze. This change will promote the PV inverter prices continued to fall, from the 2012 global average of U.S. $ 0.22 / W in 2016 down to only $ 0.14 / W - annual average decreased by 10 percent.

GTMResearch report found that, with the expansion of global demand for photovoltaic systems, photovoltaic inverter is currently the top-ranking manufacturers market with low-cost competitors and the development of a diversified giants from Asia together eating up market share.

The report's rankings are based on a measure of each company's product supply, financing and key qualitative indicators derived growth prospects. Although this year the professional manufacturer of photovoltaic inverters ranked quite early, but these companies are facing due to the oversupply of the global PV demand, increasingly dispersed away from the European market as well as the commercialization of advanced technologies (such as modular power electronics (MLPE)) resulting from growing competitive pressures and falling profits.

"Although SMA continue to account for the dominance rank, but because it will compete with the emergence of new low-cost or capitalized suppliers, resulting in short-term growth will be a challenge." The report's author and GTMResearch said senior analyst MJShiao . "But even so, to defeat the leader SMA position and get global success is not an easy thing to do, while financing, reliability and maintainability and other factors are being transformed from a buzzword to core values. Additional market Demand is rapidly transferred to emerging markets, which will force the current severe barriers PV inverter business restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, or be eliminated. "

As recently Satcon Technology Company liquidation of assets, Diehl Controls and Siemens SMA strategic acquisitions and divestitures Zeversolar, the United States acquired the German REFUsol etc. Advanced Energy industry is undergoing a series of changes. In addition to insightful analysis of the PV inverter market competition overview, the report also mentioned MLPE technology vendor competitive landscape and ranking.

Suppliers have found the demand for micro-inverters and DC optimizer technology are on the explosive growth surged from 2009 to 2012 only 51MW of 785MW or more. Although most of the sales from the residential system, but small and large commercial systems have begun to join the camp.

In the market volume and terms of installed capacity, Enphase, SolarEdge and Tigo three companies account for approximately 93% market share. Enecsys, SolarBridge, PetraSolar and others far behind. However, with the SMA and Power-One inverters and other traditional businesses and promote the sustainable development of their MLPE product, then this inverter ranking list will be significant changes.

Sun Power photovoltaic power plant in India to obtain the MW-class orders

Recently, the reporter learned from the sun Power Corporation, its PV inverter success in the Indian PV market - a large amount of installed photovoltaic power plant in the northern province of India, Rajastan up 5MW. It is reported that this is the sun's power in the Indian market made the first MW-level orders.

According to reports, as Asia's largest and the world's third professional manufacturer of inverters, sun power conversion efficiency of the inverter series, such as product performance and quality has been in the industry-leading level, for harsh environments with a strong universal adaptability , has also been validated by the market.

It is understood that the inverter is installed in SG30KTL India Rajastan PV power plant is one of its main products launched in 2012, PHOTON Lab has received the "double A" grade evaluation results, known as "the test of the inverter is the top model ", has been successfully applied in Germany and other major PV markets.

Meanwhile, the product is the world's largest stand-alone wall-mounted photovoltaic power inverter with IP65 protection for outdoor application design, at 50 ℃ ambient temperature to achieve full power output, is very suitable for high temperature areas such as India, infrastructure is relatively weak application environment.

In addition, the product volume lightweight, full manual installation and maintenance, without any auxiliary hoisting machinery, power station owners to provide a very flexible, convenient, cost-saving installation, also very suitable for the initial stage in the development of the Indian PV market.

"India is optimistic about the global PV industry consensus emerging markets, its energy demand gap, rich light resources, attracting the world's leading supplier of photovoltaic Meanwhile, the Indian power infrastructure is weak, the relative lack of supporting resources, compared with year-round temperatures High, also applied to the inverter photovoltaic products in this market presents some new and higher requirements. "Sunshine Dr. Zhao Wei, vice president of power in India in recent years, several in-depth market research, the market for inverters application requirements clearly has a profound understanding and judgment.

"Therefore, in the Indian market, in addition to high efficiency and low failure rate of these general requirements, the off grid inverter must also be able to adapt to high temperatures all year round application environment, to have harmonious and friendly grid adaptation, the impact effect on the basis of the power grid facilities to try to do the minimum and these inverters is our advantage is that we start to enter the Indian market is the key to obtaining a 5MW such bulk orders. thank you very much for the Indian market, our trust. "Dr. Zhao Wei further said .