Recently, the vice governor of Hubei Xiangyang segment wheel a high-tech zones to research to understand the new energy photovoltaic technology and new energy electric car batteries and other industrial research and development, production and market sales. City leaders Yu flag, and high-tech district leadership Chenwan Bo Wang Binbin, Zhanchang Zhong accompanied by research.

     Round one paragraph first came to New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Hubei chase, to understand the company's photovoltaic inverters and electric vehicle charging machine R & D situation. When you hear the technical staff of the company will introduce solar photovoltaic technology for electric vehicle smart charging, truly electric vehicle "zero pollution, zero emissions, zero noise, more energy", the section of round one's face smile.

He hoped that the company's persistent efforts to develop more new energy saving products for the comprehensive promotion of new energy technologies and applications contribute. Subsequently, the segment round one has to understand the Chunichi Dragons electromechanical industrial robot company and products R & D, manufacturing and marketing conditions.

     Castle in Hubei country through new energy tech companies, paragraph walked round a state of the art "lithium iron phosphate batteries" workshop to learn more about the battery every production process and advanced technology performance and market prospects.

    Through the introduction of Japan's "Tokyo Environmental Design Corporation" and "Nagano Energy Research Institute," the world's leading lithium battery technology, Hubei country through Aoyama has developed a unique cathode materials Mixing formulations and electrolyte formula, re-developed with the domestic advanced large-capacity lithium iron phosphate batteries. The battery is also the first time through Hubei, check the strength of the electric vehicle battery, is now supporting Dongfeng Wagon Limited production of "Dongfeng Tianyi" pure electric bus.

   Currently, Hubei country through the company is accelerating the expansion of the Castle Peak lithium iron http://www.gridtiepowerinverteronline.com/ phosphate battery industrial scale, has invested a total of 120 million yuan. Planned for this year in June before the re-investment 200 million yuan, the new high-tech zones in the two power battery automated production lines, so that battery power can reach 200,000 Nissan AH, AH annual capacity of 60 million or more.

Illinois WestChicago Siemens factories have completed the upgrade, to begin production of photovoltaic inverters. Siemens has invested about $ 10 million to the two plants into this upgrade, which one will be used to support the rapid growth of the U.S. solar power market.

Currently, Siemens is located WestChicago SINVERTPVS photovoltaic wind turbine inverter being produced for the U.S. Southwest 20ME use solar power plants. Early 2011, Siemens has made this multi-million dollar contract. Under the agreement, Siemens will be delivered in October this year before all products.

Siemens Energy and Automation division vice president RajBatra AMD, said: "For Siemens, today is a proud day, because we are located WestChicago plant will continue to maintain its leading position in the solar industry, and further as the new U.S. energy markets provide efficient products we manufacture in the United States has gradually inverter will this work by the blue-collar jobs to green collar shift. "

Siemens WestChicago plant consists of two plants constitute an area of ​​200,000 square feet, 350 employees. In addition to the production of photovoltaic inverters, Siemens also manufactures motor control centers, motor starters, switchboards and control cabinets. Siemens on the plant was renovated, modernized operations, adopted a number of recommendations of employees, increase productivity and efficiency.

Siemens control and system engineering business unit vice president DaleLangston said: "Since the 1950s, Siemens began committed to the development of solar energy. Now through local manufacturing plants and a broad product portfolio to give customers a better service."

Siemens solar PV inverters in the process of playing a very important role. Through the grid connected inverter solar array can generate direct current into alternating current into the grid after. WestChicago factory capable of producing 500MW of photovoltaic inverters.

In the United States, the solar industry is one of the fastest growing industries in 2010 with annual sales of more than 6 billion U.S. dollars, the national PV capacity reached 2.6GW.

Recently, a foreign mergers and acquisitions news that the already jittery atmosphere more tense domestic photovoltaic industry: Global PV Inverter giant - the German company SMA to 160 million yuan price, the acquisition of a leading domestic manufacturer of photovoltaic inverters - Jiangsu Zhao volts love Faso New Energy Co., Ltd. 72.5% stake. This case is considered to be ultra-low-cost acquisition caused some industry concerns, and some even expressed on this acquisition, "discontented feelings," because this way, foreign enterprises will openly enjoy the Chinese government on the industry investment and subsidies, especially in foreign markets have on us, "close the door" when.

In fact, worry can be understood, displeased was certainly not necessary. Because this is just a normal phenomenon of industry consolidation, deepening of economic globalization today, cross-border M is normal behavior of a market-oriented, no need to have any mental imbalance. The same thing is also doing domestic enterprises. January 9, Hina Holdings, headquartered in Beijing officially announced the completion of MiaSolé - a technology leader in the U.S. solar technology company mergers and acquisitions, thereby surpassing the United States First Solar (FirstSolar), to become the world's largest thin-film solar business. Survival of the fittest, which is the most basic rules of market economy.

And, for serious excess capacity in urgent need of industrial restructuring and upgrading of the domestic photovoltaic industry, this merger is a good thing. One is that China's PV market is attractive and investment value. In a series of favorable policies to stimulate national, the huge Chinese domestic market started to sensitive foreign capital sniff out business opportunities, which will strengthen the current plight of the domestic photovoltaic industry's confidence, and confidence is more important than gold, confidence and good industry is expected to have a future.

Other hand, the long-standing need of profound domestic photovoltaic gridtiepowerinverteronline industry mergers and acquisitions, eliminate backward production capacity, improve industrial concentration and competitiveness, which is the country where the clear policy point. Late last year the State Council executive meeting identified five major policy measures made it clear that, to give full play to the market mechanism, reduce government intervention to prohibit local protection, speed up industrial restructuring and technological progress, and take advantage of the market, "Forced mechanism" to encourage businesses mergers and acquisitions, eliminate backward production capacity, improve technology and equipment.

Some local governments excessive intervention and promotion is one of the reasons Xure photovoltaic industry. Therefore, the market return market, good industry guidance and market environment, to save rather than save enterprises have become the industry outside the industry consensus. That is, the survival of the fittest, optimize the combination of the industry reshuffle is inevitable, "Damn enterprises must die", and only then, can we truly achieve quality growth rather than a large scale, will form a more active, orderly, and there is competition advantage in the industry pattern.

According to the latest photovoltaic inverter IMSResearch research report predicts that in the 2012-2017 period, the PV inverter service and extended warranty market will grow by 110%. Although PV inverter hardware profit margins being squeezed, but after-sales service market is expected to more than double by 2017, reaching $ 1.7 billion, for the vendor provides a valuable additional source of profits.

Analysis showed that the main cause of this growth will be the driving force for utility-scale PV mounting system in the next five years is expected to be the fastest-growing areas. These PV mounting system usually uses large three-phase inverter, and the inverter will often buy these annual service plans to ensure optimal operation results.

In 2012, 26% of high-power three-phase pure sine wave power inverter are bundled with service plans, by 2017 this figure is expected to grow to 34%. In many cases, the banks and financial institutions will specify inverter service plans as required loan conditions to ensure the effective operation of the PV mounting system, and to ensure that the inverter downtime is minimized.

Although the PV inverter market will show service revenue growth trend, but at the same time, suppliers will face a variety of challenges, including the response to increasingly geographically dispersed photovoltaic markets.

"With the different countries where legislation provides for a different minimum length of the warranty period, suppliers have established service offices in emerging markets to provide customers with sufficient reaction time." IHS analyst CormacGilligan PV explained, "not just focus on the photovoltaic industry industrial inverters manufacturers may have the ability to start the new photovoltaic market to provide after-sales service,

Because they are usually set up in these areas existing business to serve other industries. The PV power inverter with charger single business manufacturers may cooperate with third-party service partners, until they are able in these emerging markets to establish a local service center. "

In a difficult market environment, the world's leading technology manufacturers inverters also appeared in 2012, sales dropped and losses. Nevertheless, SMA company or are profitable. Board of Directors has confirmed the 2013 projected. As the company sales have declined, the company does not rule out the possibility of a loss in 2013.

SMA Solar Technology company sales of 1.5 billion euros last year, basically meet expectations. But the company's operating profits have been halved. Company in 2011 was 240.3 million euros BEIT, with sales of 1.7 billion euros. In the Company will be held on May 23 Annual General Meeting, the Board recommends Dividend 0.6 euros per share.

In the inverter sales, sales declined from 2011 to 2012 of 7.6GW of 7.2GW. In 2012 the first nine months sales situation is good, this is due to solar subsidies in Europe and installation of large-scale adjustment Company purchased in advance inverter gridtiepowerinverteronline  caused. 2012 Q4 demand by reducing subsidies, especially in Germany, the impact of increased market uncertainty.

The entire European market for inverter manufacturers declined in importance, the proportion of foreign sales decline appeared slightly increased, reaching 56.3%. Although the data is also good, SMA company expects sales to decline in 2013, is expected to decline 900 million euros to 1.3 billion euros between. Company said: the company does not rule out the possibility of a loss in 2013.

2013 for the company will be very difficult year. PV market is now a huge change. But we the audience of the future energy requirements of the company's strategy. Company restructuring plan announced last fall. Under this plan, the company will lay off 450 permanent staff and 600 temporary employees.