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Researchers at the China University of Science and Technology have developed a new topology for a bi-directional UPS (uninterruptible power supply). The design of this inverter,

Huawei wants to develop the three aspects of the intelligent photovoltaic business: R & D, the extension of the commercial network around the world, and the integration of 5G, AI and cloud in solar and storage. Huawei uses digital technologies

The global PV solar inverter market is expected to exceed $9.1 billion in 2019 (38% from Asia, 31% from Europe, 30% from the Americas) according to IHS Markit. This sets a new record.

SMA will supply the inverters for Australia's largest solar power plant, 400 MW-ac.

The study compares five listed inverter manufacturers, SolarEdge, SMA, Sungrow, Enphase and Ginlong. They all achieved significant sales gains in 2019, in stark contrast to several years of volatile fluctuations.

Huawei plans to use artificial intelligence to enable real-time data collection and decision making. This involves transforming inverters into intelligent PV controllers, developing AI inference modules and creating an AI training and inference platform.

According to Wood Mackenzie, the inverter market grew by 18% in 2019. Huawei, Sungrow and SMA remained the market leaders in solar inverters for the fifth consecutive year.

An Estonian company has combined a microinverter and an optimizer (the Optiverter) for panels up to 350 W. It claims that

The largely obsolete and faulty 600 V central inverters formerly installed in PV power plants are regularly failing. Their replacement creates a technical problem because they are no longer produced and the technology has changed. The optimizer manufacturer Alencon offers a substitute product. For more technical information, read :

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2020/03/13/solutions-to-replacing-aging-and-failing-inverters/

PV Magazine of 13 March

ABB has finalised the sale of its solar inverter business to the Italian company Fimer SpA. This transaction allows ABB's electrification business to further focus its portfolio of activities on priority growth markets and to increase the commercial opportunities for solar inverters within Fimer.

China's Growatt presents new TL-XH inverter series

APsystems wins the "Top Brand PV" seal in the inverter category in the French market.

Tecsol of 19 February

Fronius inaugurates its Lyon branch (ZAC des Prés Secs in Lozanne)

Tecsol of 13 February

Global demand for replacement inverters is likely to increase by almost 40% in 2020 to reach

Sungrow is the world's second largest inverter manufacturer behind Huawei. In December 2019, cumulative inverter shipments exceeded 100 GW, making it the first inverter manufacturer in the world to reach this milestone.