Tariffs alone won’t save photo voltaic manufacturing in Europe, wrote Marian Willuhn. Jürgen Reinert, CEO of inverter producer SMA, says that value is essential for elements similar to sustainability, sturdiness, high quality and entry to uncooked supplies. Policymakers want to remain in energy for this, Reinert stated. Funding safety is greatest applied when packages are in place for a number of years.
The SMA boss is eager on the European Web-Zero Trade Act. The appropriate indicators are being despatched, even when this system in its present kind offers much less cash on to corporations than President Biden’s IRA. “If it is finished rationally and checked out over the long run, then we must always have the ability to obtain the identical successes because the IRA,” Reinert stated.
It is crucial for funding to make sure that the worth chain as a lot as doable additionally advantages Europe. SMA is at present doubling its era capability from 20 GW to 40 GW. Reinert says that it’ll not solely create 250 jobs in Kassel, at SMA, however about 3 times as many roles at suppliers.
That’s significantly better for the economic system than assembling an inverter developed in Asia and solely put collectively in Europe.
SMA additionally introduced a brand new growth from Kassel at Intersolar. The brand new single-phase hybrid inverter Sunny Boy Good Vitality is available in 4 energy sorts from 3.6 kW to six kW.
Sunny Boy Good Vitality has three MPPs [maximum power point] trackers and a “Shade-Repair” operate for optimized yields. The hybrid inverter is suitable with excessive voltage batteries from many producers.
For the primary time, SMA additionally launched its personal battery, the SMA Dwelling Storage product. The unit is out there with capacities from 3.2 kWh to 16.2 kWh. An emergency energy outlet is out there within the storage system and a separate circuit may be outlined for units that must proceed working within the occasion of an influence outage.
As well as, the SMA inverter can straight, repeatedly management warmth pumps from Stiebel Eltron, Vaillant, and Tecalor.
Each merchandise shall be obtainable from the fourth quarter.
