Sungrow Reaches 100 Gigawatts Of Inverter Shipments

Solar inverter manufacturing giant Sungrow announced yesterday it has reached a milestone of 100GW of shipped inverter capacity.

The final megawatt taking Sungrow to the 100 gigawatt mark was shipped to Southeast China where it will be used in a 200MW solar energy project. Sungrow says more than 79 GW of its inverters had been installed worldwide by the the end of last year and 2019 has proven to be another busy year for the firm.

The company was founded by Professor Cao Renxian in 1997. Professor Renxian was previously a teacher at China’s Hefei University of Technology and remains Chairman of Sungrow today. During its first full year of operations in 1998, Sungrow’s revenue was USD $87,000. Last year, Sungrow achieved revenue of over USD $1.5 billion and for the nine months ended 30 September 2019, its revenues were over USD $1 billion.

“Our success has always been underpinned by a 22-year track record in the industry and growing robust partnerships. We’re dedicated to strengthen international cooperation and make innovations in products and solutions so that more communities can be powered by clean energy in the future,” said Professor Renxian.

Sungrow Enjoys Success In Australia

The company claims it is now the largest supplier of string and central inverters in the Americas. Elsewhere, it says it has captured 15% of the Australian residential solar market and 30% market share in Southeast Asia.

Sungrow entered the Australian solar inverter market in 2012 and its Australian operations are based in North Sydney, New South Wales. The presence of a local office is an important consideration when choosing a solar inverter.

Reviews of Sungrow inverters by Australians have generally been favourable and the brand is currently listed on the SolarQuotes trusted solar inverter brands chart – it’s considered by SQ to be a good quality brand at the budget end of the spectrum.

Among the interesting projects where Sungrow inverters have been used is a 40MW floating solar facility in Huainan, China. The floating PV power station was constructed at a site that had been inundated as a result of coal mining activity – an area that had been otherwise deemed useless. It’s another example of solar power helping to address the mess that coal leaves behind.

In addition to solar inverters, Sungrow has branched out into energy storage, covering both home battery and large-scale storage solutions. Back in October, the company inked a deal involving the supply of a 15MW/32MWh fully integrated energy storage system for a project in Massachusetts, USA.