Forced inverter price pressures enterprise business model innovation

Since the second half of 2012 , the market price of the inverter complement the wave of rapid drop , cut by a high-power products about 0.8 yuan per watt to around the current 0.4 yuan . For a single watt inverter should not have high terms , so fast and up to 50% price cut , undoubtedly poses a severe challenge to its ability to control costs .

According to incomplete statistics , thedomestic inverter manufacturers already in 2011 to break 150 , and regardless of the number of 2012 new entrants , in 2011 alone, the industry has been so bloated data anomalies , these companies fighting over market cake Meanwhile, the often overlooked product quality and stability , low-cost competitive situation deteriorate further.

Since the inverter prices remain under pressure in 2013 , suppliers have become more innovative in how to save costs and create value for customers regard . Many vendors have released a new design of advanced features or new inverter . For them , the inverter manufacturer has released the latest outdoor and suite of products to help customers cut costs accordingly labor , installation costs as well as operation and maintenance .

" Siemens is currently taken in cooperation with system integrators in China , providing PV inverters from Siemens core component integrators to provide overall inverter mode to drive sales of the Chinese market . This business model can greatly reduce product prices , because of its high cost it can better meet the needs of the Chinese market . " Siemens ( China ) Co., Ltd. industry Sector is represented drives large Drives product Manager Qi Hong Biao told reporters .

In the Czech Republic seems to have been , independent research and development of domestic enterprises in the PV on grid inverter increasingly stringent cost control market advantage , with China as the core components of the inverter used to gradually get rid of dependence on imports , a large number of outstanding domestic the rapid rise of the PV inverter brand , becoming the PV inverter industry leaders .