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Six trends that will shape the inverter landscape in 2018

Inverter overview: As 2017 drew to a close following a record-breaking year for solar, pv magazine sat down to discuss the global inverter landscape with Cormac Gilligan, Senior Solar Analyst at IHS Markit. With China dominant, India’s soaring solar market still very much up for grabs, and technical innovation a perennial route to market leadership, these are the six trends that we believe will shape the solar inverter landscape this year.

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Ian Clover

16 Jan 2018

China’s Huawei was among the market leaders in both China and India last year, which are two of the industry’s most dynamic markets. Huawei’s string-at-scale approach is finding favor the world over.

1 Chinese dominance to continueIHS Markit’s solar installation forecast for 2018 projects global solar PV capacity to grow by a further 108 GW, with China accounting for nearly 50% of that figure. For inverters specifically, Cormac Gilligan, IHS Markit’s Senior Solar Analyst, believes that 104 GW will be shipped next year where, once again, China …

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