Solar PV inverter manufacturer Satcon Technology (NASDAQ: SATC) has said that the first quarter of 2012, new orders ring than a 130% increase in orders worth about $ 45 million. The company claims this is the best first quarter of the order situation in the past four quarters, the book to bill ratio reached 1.9:1.

satcon while sales expectations for the first quarter was $ 22 million to $ 25 million from $ 22 million to $ 28 million adjustment. "Satcon this quarter to continue the implementation of the strategy to help companies both improve in both revenue and market share." Satcon's CEO Stephen Rhodes (Steve Rhoades).

"Second five" first year, PV development has a special meaning in the history of the year, but also the year of the change in the situation of the photovoltaic industry, the competitive landscape. In recent years, the domestic and international energy giants have competing solar photovoltaic power generation, new energy investment is one important direction. The 2011 PV winter warming With the rapid opening of the domestic PV inverter charger market, the core of the device as a solar PV system inverter market demand.

PV inverter, also known as the power regulator, the power adjustment means is composed of a semiconductor device, mainly for converting the DC power into AC power. PV inverter can be divided into high-power inverters and small and medium-sized power inverter. Still general consulting electronic industry analysts believe that the PV inverter as the impact of the PV system long-term stable operation of the core components of PV companies want a foothold in the highly competitive international market, we must strictly control the development cycle to protect product quality. Currently, some domestic photovoltaic inverter enterprises to reduce R & D links to purchase the drawings produce products quickly enter the market, while the lack of research and development aspects of the manufacturing enterprise is bound to face a double test of the technology and product quality.

Europe is the first rise of the global photovoltaic PV inverter technology is a world leader. China's solar the terminal market starts late, the smaller domestic PV inverter manufacturers. At present, the domestic manufacturers to enter the field more small and medium power inverter, technical level and foreign manufacturers at the same level, and building fast due to the production of domestic enterprises, relatively low labor costs, small and medium power inverter competitive advantage, but the threshold for high-power inverter technology is much higher than the small power inverter, there is a big gap between the high-power domestic PV inverter technology, performance and stability with foreign products.

Still general consulting released "2011-2016 China inverter market analysis report shows that, in order to maintain growth, companies must focus on certain areas makes the inverter. Because the solar adjustment of national policy, the growth of the European market will slow down, and the new markets of the Americas, Asia and Central and Eastern Europe will provide more opportunities for the expansion of the market in recent