Japanese PV inverter market or to shortages

Thanks to the high tariff subsidies, many solar companies are very optimistic about the development prospects of the Japanese market . However, insiders pointed out that the vast majority of the Japanese Electrical Safety Environment Institute (JET) inverters are certified Japanese company , which means the inverter supply will be curtailed , perhaps appear inverter shortages.

As the Japanese government launched tempting 42 yen / kWh feed-in tariffs , the global solar companies have turned to the Japanese market. However, Japanese consumers tend to use local brands . Therefore, many international companies that rooftop solar PV systems market competition is greater than the large-scale solar power projects.

In addition, according to industry sources, ground and rooftop PV system inverters DC TO AC are required to obtain certification JET , and the present , the vast majority get JET certification standards are the Japanese mainland enterprises.

In recent years, due to higher production costs, Japanese solar companies have been uncompetitive. These companies do not have to expand production capacity , with the installed capacity of rapid growth in demand , the Japanese solar market is likely to occur sine wave inverter shortages.