Energetica India Magazine nº88 March-April 2020

Mr. Yukun Hu Country Manager, Sungrow India “Sungrow has achieved 100% Y-o-Y growth in our string inverters sales consecutively for last two years. We launched our residential products during REI 2019 and we would also like to increase our footprint in this seg- ment as the demand grows” E nergetica I ndia : How do you see the solar inverter market in India for the year 2020? Y ukun H u : With a large-scale auction in previous years, significant capacity of PV projects is in pipeline to be executed in 2020 and 2021. Hence we see a very good prospect for solar inverter market in India for 2020. We are happy that we have already secured few big orders from some of the largest IPPs for their upcoming projects. E nergetica I ndia : What are your thoughts on growth of string or central inverters in India over the next few years? Y ukun H u : Central inverters are still hav- ing the majority share in large scale utility scale projects globally. However, in re- cent time, the adoption of String invert - ers in utility projects is also increasing. Sungrow being the first in the industry to cross 100GW, has already deployed both Central and String inverters glob - ally. We are uniquely positioned with our highest rated central inverter (5MW) and most powerful string inverter (250kW) at 1500Vdc to provide the desired solutions as per customer’s requirement and proj - ect need. Our wide product portfolio can cater to any project requirement for an optimized solution. E nergetica I ndia : It is said that Sun- grow’s 1500V SG250HX is one of the most powerful string inverter. Please share some of its USPs. Y ukun H u : Yes, Sungrow’s SG250HX-IN, is the most powerful 1500Vdc string in - verter in the market. Some of its USPs are as follow: a) With SG250HX-IN, larger and flexible Energetica India speaks to Mr. Yukun Hu, Country Manager, Sungrow India on the company’s inverter technology and his opinion for the year ahead. 18 energetica INDIA- March-April_2020 INTERVIEW