PV inverter market center of gravity eastward shipments fell for the first time in seven quarters

According to the professional industry research firm IHS latest research report that the European market by the negative impact of declining demand , the second quarter of 2013 , the global solar grid tie inverter shipments fell 5 percent , to 8.3GW-- since the third quarter of 2011 the first decline since . According to the report, " 2013 Global PV inverter market," the report said , given the market focus gradually move to a cheaper markets in Asia and Europe, the market price erosion in the second quarter , the global PV inverter shipments MoM fell 10 % to 8.3GW. Decline in shipments in the second quarter and the price of the common causes PV inverter revenue fell 18% to $ 1.6 billion .

PV senior market analyst at IHS Cormac Gilligan said: "Germany, Italy, the European key markets such shipments inverter cuts out faster than expected, some of these countries this year, the inverter market will exceed 70 percent reduction ."

" Part of the inverter suppliers have been very dependent on traditional large-scale market, but now vendors are deploying inverter new markets to expand in China , the United States , Japan and India, such high- growth countries in market share ."

Golden Sun Project boost Chinese market

IHS said the second quarter, the China market inverter shipments increased significantly , reaching 2GW.IHS said Golden Sun projects driven by Chinese manufacturers rush to complete the project construction

Gilligan said: "Although the second quarter, China sine wave inverter shipments nearly tripled , but the Chinese market is still mainly dominated by local suppliers , although a sizable market , but for overseas suppliers , the Chinese market is still challenging In addition, China inverter prices fell 14 percent , as low as $ 0.07 per watt

European market, " Losing country"

With the market focus moved to the East , the European inverter market gradually , " eclipsed ." Second quarter of 2013 , only three European Inverter Suppliers supplier among the world's top ten ( ranked by market share ) , compared to half of the country last year .

Gilligan said: " for the individual PV inverter market certification delays , declining sales and open up new barriers to market both the inverter supplier to Europe pose a serious challenge Furthermore , Chinese suppliers of these markets to compete foreign competitors and market inverter is increasing prices will further exacerbate the decline in sales . "

EMEA market demand reduction

According to the report revealed that the first half of 2013 , Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region of the PV inverter shipments 10GW compared to the same period last year dropped over 40% , to 6GW. IHS said the global average price of regular inverter was sustained downward trend . Compared to the first quarter , second quarter, prices fell 10% , mainly due to the Asian market and the gradual decline in the cost of mature solar market price erosion . Based on this, in the second quarter , the global inverter sector revenue fell 18% to $ 1.6 billion .

Given prices, the European market most costly . The second quarter, sales declined in Europe inverter sector over 50 percentage points , of which Germany, Italy fell more than 60 percent of these markets .

Outlook

According to IHS forecasts, 2013 in the second half , the inverter shipments will grow significantly , annual shipments expected to reach 34.5GW. In addition, the vast majority of the inverter demand from the U.S. and Asia will remain , which is that there is no foundation in the American market pressure inverter suppliers .

IHS said that given the market focus shifted , is expected in 2013 Inverter suppliers ( in particular Sungrow, Omron, Tabuchi and TMEIC kind of Chinese and Japanese companies ) market share increased significantly , by contrast, the market share of European suppliers continued to cut .

New energy for the power device market has brought new business opportunities

Power semiconductors increasingly wide range of applications , devices for different applications have different requirements , which makes the vendor solutions for the industry began to move toward the road . International Rectifier (IR) Pan Dawei, vice president of sales for Asia Pacific said power devices and terminal application development needs are closely linked, in some specific application requires a specific technology to meet specific system requirements , IR will no longer develop can be applied solutions for all applications , whether for automotive transmission , solar grid tie inverter , or processor power , etc. , IR are tailor-made for these new devices industry in order to achieve optimal system efficiency and application results.

For example, in the electric vehicle market , as more and more car manufacturers will be hybrid vehicles (HEV) and electric vehicles (EV) into its product platform , so to automotive powertrain electronic progresses, aimed at promotion of electronic components to meet more stringent emission regulations and goals. Vehicle-specific power semiconductor devices and packages will help to achieve electronic transmission cost, size control, and improve system reliability.

Currently IR has developed a complete set of automotive high-power semiconductor platforms, including innovative automotive IGBT 600V platform (CooliRIGBT), the design for the electric vehicle (EV) and hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) in a wide range of fast switching applications covering DC-DC converters, motor drivers and battery chargers. New devices can be the same with the MOSFET fast switching frequency , while the high current levels to provide higher frequencies. In addition , IR has also launched a series of meet customer demand for the automotive industry COOLiRFET MOSFET, can include electronic power steering (EPS), braking systems and other internal combustion engines (ICE) and micro- hybrid vehicle platforms , including large load applications provide a baseline on-resistance (Rds (on)); 22AEC-Q101 series also provides low conduction losses and strong avalanche performance.

In order to be closer to the market , the actual needs of the customer to make a timely response , AOS erected in the global market starting from the device to the system-level engineer support team. Especially for the Chinese market , AOS in Shanghai has powerful application development center, engineers have extensive experience in the design , they are in the system designer and power semiconductors as a bridge between , according to the needs of the system power level to provide customers suitable solution . For example , suitable for solar inverters, industrial motor drives , power factor correction or appliance control, and meets the requirements of the domestic manufacturer of welding 600-1200V IGBT devices ; can be used for efficient power converter , and to meet international standards ( such as " Energy Star " ) required 20-1000V MOSFET and so on.

The upper changjiang region village is "positive energy"

Which depend entirely on building integrated photovoltaic Power energy system  meet the electricity demand, realize all energy self-sufficient, get rid of the waste gas waste water produced by coal-fired power traditionally environmental pollution, such as improved from the aspects of environment by the people's health.

Interior is equipped with all kinds of electrical appliances have reached a higher level of energy conservation and environmental protection standards, the air conditioning system and hot water system for coupling, the waste heat recovery of air conditioning separate-bodied air-conditioners is back, used to heat hot water and to make full use of heat energy saving purpose.

It is understood that, the upper changjiang region in the form of the traditional folk houses in the village of design based on, and combined with modern architectural creation technique, the overall tone is very quiet and simple but elegant white wall tiles, will "courtyard" the culture express incisively and vividly.

Early in the design, the upper changjiang region village and combining modern culture and traditional art, to cater to the Chinese sons and daughters of the historical and cultural heritage blends in modern science and technology as well as in attachment.

It is understood that, the upper changjiang region the village has a great potential replication.

It expounds the concept of "people-oriented" properly - economic, comfortable, convenient, participation, and personality.

, according to one of the guiding teacher Hu Xiaojun international solar decathlon is initiated by the U.S. department of energy (doe) and the host, with a global university for the participating unit of solar building technology competition.

Purpose is to build fully functional, livable, energy saving and sustainable solar grid tie inverter energy residential space.

SD 2013 China since April 2011 start global tenders, in February 2012 announced the final list, a total of 36 universities from 13 countries of 23 team qualified for the final.

At the end of 2008, changan electronic (group) co., LTD

Anhui again for the restructuring and reorganization of anhui micro bo chang electronics co., LTD., a wholly owned subsidiary belong to institute of China electronics pure sine wave inverter group 38, inherit the complex military symbol.

At this point, the enterprise embark on a journey of second venture.

Micro bo chang electronics co., LTD., deputy party secretary beam, yu said proudly, a lot of people have thought that, in the old defence companies have production today, anhui micro bo chang 'an electronic co., LTD., are still committed to the development and production of military products.

In recent years, the company developed the production of large electronic equipment products for its superior performance successively participated in the Olympic Games, the National Day for major activities in countries such as security, independent development and production of plateau self-propelled kitchen in the 60th anniversary National Day military parade in the accepted state and people review, and repeatedly rescue of wenchuan, yushu earthquake, made a positive contribution to relief work.

Just by luan interviewed changan factory, or with memory before we came to the original site, which they have moved to new factory.

Overturned our concept of traditional factories there, beautiful multifunction office building, factory avant-garde design, is with "first-class mechanisms, first-class environment, first-class elements and first-class performance" of science and solar grid tie inverter park.

Chang 'an newspaper colleagues took us to the history of a factory showroom, said, pointing to a citation for bronze, that came from armed police frontier corps of hainan province, praised the company ship surveillance radar in boao Asia BBS annual meeting maritime security shoulder the task performance.

Ship surveillance radar is the micro bo chang an independent research and development of dual-use radar, since last July successfully shortlisted for the ministry of public security border protection organization radar bidding directory, smoothly after entering public security border and coastal areas, in March this year successfully access the armed police border forces alert shore-based radar surveillance network, to provide armed police frontier defense command center in hainan boao waters of ship's dynamic information.

HomePlug is an industry standardization alliance, stmicroelectronics is one of the main founder of the organization

The organization's mission is to promote the standardization of low-cost interoperability of family dc ac inverter line network and product development and application.

HomePlug technology completely accord with standard of IEEE1901 broadband power line network (media access control) and physical layer specifications, to provide customers with a complete interoperability technology ecological system, ensure to gigabit Ethernet service evolution.

HomePlug standard has two compatible version:

HomePlug GP (Green PHY), mainly used for smart grid and smart electric equipment products.

HomePlug AV (audio/video), is a consumer electronics home networking standards.

Recently, HomePlug alliance received the electric vehicle charging interface coordination organization on behalf of the five German automaker about choose PLC IEEE1901 Profile Green PHY HomePlug (GP) as a plug-in electric car and charging piles between the communication technology of the confirmation letter.

Soon after, three auto giant gm, ford and Toyota also announced that choose this standard, HomepluGP has now become the electric car charging actual standard.

Electric vehicle to grid (V2G) power communication function will let between companies and consumers can manage the charging process of plug-in electric cars, electric power company can in peak season control grid electricity consumption.

New standard V2G will contain a common physical layer and data link layer communication technologies.

New IEEE P1905.1 low frequency (below 500kHz) narrowband power line communications standard benchmark is a new communication performance and reliability, as well as with the existing "PRIME" and the "G3 - PLC OFDM technology interoperability.

P1905.1 new standards define a common abstraction layer a variety of home network technology, integrated the P1901 and other home network technology standards.

P1905.1 abstraction layer for IEEE 1901, IEEE 802.11 and IEEE 802.3 standard 802.3 and MoCA heterogeneous home network technology and the P1905.

Ben hill said: "only the commission of complaint material, know the solar grid tie inverter list."

To press check, failed to get in touch with EU ProSun calls seeking comment.

German company Soventix toth, power inverter vines have no opinion of EU ProSun.

On February 18, after the commission hearing, toth vines in answering newspaper reporters' questions,power inverter pointing to the EU ProSun no facts according to the results of a survey, is "nonsense".

"To be"

Another European power inverter association AFASE also have to take counter measures. 

Germany Soventix company is the member of the enterprise.

Chief executive officer, teng told this newspaper AFASE some members of the enterprises have to consider to cancel the present supply contract in Europe, solar power inverter and to assess the loss.

AFASE advocated free trade more than 160 member enterprises, in addition to the three Chinese companies, the rest are European companies.

AFASE participated in the hearings held on February 18,solar power inverter the commission on,solar power inverter and submit the three punitive tariffs of 20%, 35% and 60% under scenario analysis report. 

Report concluded that for the eu's own interest,solar power inverter anti-dumping to China a lot of good. 

According to the hill, the hearing is very successful.

Ben hill emphasized "the European commission just work here," solar grid tie inverter torres vines are more sensitive to the political factor. "

We (the European photovoltaic enterprise) competitiveness has fall into the bottom, don't want to take any political pressure."

Toth, teng said. "in addition to an open market,solar grid tie inverter we don't need anything."

The European commission last year on September the anti-dumping investigation on Chinese solar panels, November began to investigate whether there is any illegal subsidies.

The commission will be in the latest three months after the June 6,solar grid tie inverter to decide whether temporary anti-dumping duties on Chinese products. 

Eventually determine imposed punitive tariffs on a deadline is December 5, but you need to vote on the eu member states.

Continue to fully support the International grid tie inverter Center in Shanghai

Shanghai is a never a lack of financial genes city. The origins of the modern financial and multiply, and seems to have a strong preference for the city. 1921, had set off a wave of an Exchange National 136 exchanges, including 112 in Shanghai, but the subject of most of these exchange-traded has nothing to do with the modern finance. Hopefully now in various parts of the cultural and trading center, wine sales stores, health care, Pavilion, will not be the same as the year, becoming a breeze, a campaign, over a period of time after disappeared.

In 1986, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of Jing'an business department began a stock counter transactions, creating a precedent for new Chinese grid tie inverter  development. As the originator of the establishment of the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 1990, today's Shanghai has become the most important financial Heights accumulation of national stocks, bonds, commodity futures, financial futures and foreign exchange, gold, currency trading institutions. June 1, 2012, Shanghai, Tokyo market to start direct trading of the yuan and the yen, which is of great significance for the internationalization of the RMB and the Shanghai international financial center construction. From a global perspective, a number of empirical studies have shown that the RMB convertible under capital, the actual progress than the theoretical status far as quickly. Shanghai into an international financial center worth the wait.

Shanghai has a unique advantage. Shanghai is a very open and cosmopolitan city, a large number of foreign and joint ventures in Shanghai, Shanghai's infrastructure and human capital are increasingly close to the international advanced cities. Which economically developed Yangtze River Delta region, solar grid tie inverter enterprises and the society is very strong demand for financial services. There are far more important, Shanghai's financial ecological good, honest level is relatively high, Shanghai taxi, the operation is very standardized, rarely take passengers detour. Vital to the development of the integrity of the financial markets, the opening of Shanghai has more than 200 years, the accumulation of good business and cultural traditions, we can say that this is one of the most important advantages of Shanghai.

The construction of Shanghai international financial center can not be separated from the development of the grid tie inverter. The financial center of the building is not simply a pile of financial institutions, the grid tie inverter is the most important financial center in the core elements. China Securities Regulatory Commission will continue to fully support and services for the construction of Shanghai international financial center, is also looking forward to Shanghai to take advantage of domestic and international resources and talent advantages, the introduction of various types of institutional investors,solar grid tie inverter the development of modern wealth management industry, cultivating outstanding analyst team companies, and so gave birth to believe in the long-term investment and value investment philosophy, deepen financial reform, accelerate structural adjustment, and the development of the transformation of the mode of the process, to play a greater role of the more creative.
March 1

U.S. Democratic and Republican parties can not be the issue of deficit reduction to bridge their differences, wind grid tie inverter the U.S. fiscal deficit reduction mechanism automatically officially launched this fiscal year will be forced to cut public spending of about $ 109 billion. Investors worry about the cost-cutting plan will affect the U.S. economic recovery, international oil prices fell sharply the day.

Eurostat data show that, in January of this year, wind grid tie inverter the euro area unemployment rate reached 11.9%, 11.8% higher than in December last year, Eurostat 1995, the highest value since the release of this data. The most serious unemployment situation in the EU countries Greece, Spain and Portugal.

The data released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, seasonally adjusted, Japan's unemployment rate in January was 4.2%, a decline of 0.1 percent. Completely the number of unemployed in Japan in January to 273 million, a year-on-year decrease of 18 million people

March 2

Tajikistan from the 2nd to become a full member of the WTO 159.

The three major U.S. car company General Motors, Ford and Chrysler released data show that, although high oil prices, weak U.S. economic recovery, the three companies in U.S. sales in February, have achieved good results,wind grid tie inverter energy-saving cars, pickups and sport utility vehicle sales momentum.

Policy and efficiency solar market and then take off the key factors

DRAMeXchange latest data released today [policy efficiency is still a key factor of the solar inverter take-off] Although the market situation is still grim, trade war worries have not been eliminated, but pointed out that according to the survey of the global market research organization TrendForce's research department EnergyTrend policy and efficiency is still a key factor in the market to take off again. Observed on 2013 PV Expo exhibition, the main products of the exhibitors are fully focused on efficient conversion products, and other peripherals, including materials, construction technology, manufacturing equipment, and other components such as emphasis on efficiency demands. On the other hand, under the subsidy policy continued under repair environment, the pursuit of grid parity for solar power and an early departure from government grants is still the industry's common goals. Efficiency today is no longer confined to a single field, but rather complement each other in the chain in order to continue to improve efficiency, so that the cost to achieve the best, only in this way, a huge potential market for global solar inverters will really turn into actual business opportunities.

On the other hand, the venue industry policies continue to play a key role in the growth of the global solar inverters. Although the industry's ultimate goal is to completely get rid of the policy grants, but there is still some way to go, so the stability of the policy is still huge at this stage, the impact of the global solar inverter. Related industry, said the market has revealed signs of reversal, the shadow of contingent recent trade war but detrimental to the recovery of the global market. Related industry, said the emerging markets in the next few years will become the main market growth started earlier contingent in Europe, America, Japan and other markets still support the foundation of the global solar grid tie inverter inverters industry, the existing trade between Europe and the United States and Asia friction, if not successful solution is still not conducive to the long-term development of the global market.

On the performance of the spot market, to buy gas after the end of the Lunar New Year holiday is still not fall, plus double reverse policy draft a delay in the industry, said the policy undecided before, prices still have room to rise, market trends also echoed the views of industry. Mainland market price of polysilicon average price rose to $ 140.56RMB/kg;solar grid tie inverter silicon wafer is part of the industry after another hike offer the the polysilicon wafer market average prices to about $ 6.15RMB/piece; single crystal silicon wafer The average price remained at $ 8.1MB/piece, but battery prices will remain unchanged. Dollars offer outgoing part of the mainland industry intends to return to work, but the downstream industry that still manufacturers as the main supplier, Lu plant products except line industry, mainly as accessories to use this week, the spot price is still $ 16.5USD / kg to $ 18USD/kg between the average price came to $ 17.0USD/kg for a slight hike of 0.44%; silicon wafer industry close to full capacity and efficient demand to enhance the favorable price increase this week, the average price of tune rose to $ 0.87USD/piece, or 1.87%; single crystal silicon wafer, the demand is still greater than the supply, so the rally has not yet subsided, this week,solar grid tie inverter the average price rose to $ 1.196USD/piece, or 1.36%. The battery manufacturers are still pushed up the price, plus the good orders of the situation is beneficial to the industry, this week, the average price rose to $ 0.363USD/Watt, or 0.83%.