PV inverters: differentiation to avoid price war

Polaris Solar PV Network News: "This was the best of times, it was the worst of times." To use a word to summarize the current situation of the PV inverter industry, perhaps this is the most appropriate as this. Newly released in 2012 "Golden Sun" project planning capacity will reach 1.7GW, plus the National Energy Board National Planning PV installed 3GW, 2012, the domestic PV market overall capacity will likely reach 6 ~ 7GW. This is undoubtedly enlarge the market demand for PV inverters.

At the same time, due to intense competition, market prices downward trend has not reversed, the price war or imminent, shuffle or has no potential free. From a policy perspective, also revealed by setting the access threshold to regulate the development of the industry's intentions. At the recent national financial work conference on energy saving, Deputy Minister of Finance Zhang Shaochun said it would PV modules, inverter with charger and other key equipment suppliers and product performance set a higher threshold conditions, guide enterprises to accelerate technical progress to promote industrial integration.

    Feedback information from the market point of view, and take the road of competitive differentiation has become quite a photovoltaic inverter enterprises to improve cost-effective magic. In early May, the Ministry of Finance, the National Energy Board and other ministries jointly issued the "2012 Golden Sun demonstration project directory", this year to obtain the total approved projects up to 1.71GW, far higher than 2011's 600MW, but also far beyond the market expectations.

    Although the "Golden Sun" project subsidy standard from the previous seven yuan down to 5.5 yuan, but because of special provisions not to allow extension of the project must be installed before the end of this year to complete. Thus, in some industry view, subsidy reduction should not affect the amount of the final completion of the project, 1.71GW project will successfully complete the installation.

    In addition to the "Golden Sun" project and the National Energy Board's plan, each of the local governments in fact are "game" local planning capacity. Previously, Gansu determine this year's installed capacity of 2.8GW, also beyond the industry's expectations of its 2GW.

    Total approved projects frequently than expected, no doubt greatly encouraged by the industry's confidence. In the opinion of many people in the industry, this year's total installed capacity of photovoltaic power plants will reach 6GW ~ 7GW. Benefit from price advantages in the domestic market enterprises occupy a major share of the inverter http://www.gridtiepowerinverteronline.com/ case, the expansion of domestic capacity will undoubtedly boost the domestic demand for PV inverters.