Featured in Distributed bliss – 06-2022

Inverted ambition

Inverter makers in Europe continue to ship a healthy proportion of the world’s premium string and central inverters, despite shrinking margins as Chinese competition grows. But the Europeans aren’t simply waiting around…

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Tristan Rayner

24 Jun 2022

Gamesa Electric manufactures components for the wind and solar industries, which gives the Spanish company an advantage in terms of production volume. | Image: Gamesa Electric

A picture of inverter maker struggles was painted at this year’s Intersolar Conference by Marc Dalderup, director of business development at mounting solutions company Esdec. In a guide to the current supply chain issue, Dalderup echoed key talking points: inverters have been an especially severe pain point within the solar supply chain. Unusually, some rooftop solar …

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