{"id":85898,"date":"2019-06-04T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/?p=85898"},"modified":"2019-12-09T13:59:51","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T18:59:51","slug":"hybrid-inverters-prep-solar-arrays-retrofit-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/2019\/06\/hybrid-inverters-prep-solar-arrays-retrofit-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"Hybrid inverters prep solar arrays for retrofit storage <br><span style='color:#404040;font-weight:600;font-size:15px;'>2019 Trends: A Solar Power World special feature<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BYD-Ingeteam.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-85162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BYD-Ingeteam-500x325.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BYD-Ingeteam-500x325.png 500w, https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BYD-Ingeteam-368x238.png 368w, https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BYD-Ingeteam.png 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Storage may still be<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> too expensive for many residents and companies today, but current solar customers might one day want to add it to their systems when it becomes more economical. Hybrid or battery-based inverter solutions give solar customers the option to plug and play storage at the time of installation or at a later date. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"> While traditional inverters are being required to shut down completely in a grid outage, hybrid inverters connected to batteries can simply switch to an off-grid mode temporarily and continue to power the home or business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"> Giving solar customers the option for batteries is important as utilities shift rate structures \u2014 allowing time-of-use arbitrage \u2014 and extreme weather events increase the probability of blackouts. Combining a hybrid inverter with even a small amount of battery backup can allow homeowners to self-supply power to keep crucial household items running, avoid demand charges and still get high value for solar systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Still, installers should be strategic when considering shifting to hybrid offerings, said Ed Heacox, general manager of CPS America. Installers that decide to sell hybrid solutions to be paired with storage must fully commit to the new business and not take it on as a hobby. The value proposition must make sense to the specific clientele, usually in places where utilities have instituted demand charges. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">In the past year, many inverter companies have rolled out new hybrid inverter solutions, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/2018\/09\/darfon-rolls-out-new-hybrid-inverter-batteries-spi\/\">Darfon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/2019\/03\/kaco-new-energy-releases-hybrid-inverter\/\">KACO new energy<\/a> and more. Thirteen of 19 inverter companies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/global-inverter-manufacturing-locations\/\">surveyed<\/a> by <i>Solar Power World<\/i> indicated they sell a hybrid inverter, and that number will likely continue to grow. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_85899\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Inverter-revenues-stagnated.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85899\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Inverter-revenues-stagnated.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Inverter-revenues-stagnated.png 498w, https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Inverter-revenues-stagnated-368x201.png 368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-85899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IHS Markit<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">In IHS Markit&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ihs.com\/www\/pdf\/0219\/IHS-Markit-Predictions-for-the-PV-industry-2019.pdf\">Predictions for the PV industry in 2019<\/a>,&#8221; the group finds PV inverter suppliers are being forced to diversify to continue to battle against stagnating revenues. One way they can diversify is by selling battery-based inverters. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">&#8220;Energy storage inverters are a particularly natural expansion to the activities of PV inverter suppliers, given the similar technology and sales channels to their existing business, so nearly all have already followed this avenue,&#8221; the study found. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Dynapower\u2019s inverters are specifically designed for the energy storage market. The company\u2019s newest products are bundled all-in-one solutions that make it easy for contractors to purchase everything they need for C&amp;I and larger solar-plus-storage systems without much hassle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cThe primary reason we&#8217;ve expanded our scope is just because of the value that&#8217;s offered by being that kind of one-stop-shop for a lot of different pieces and components that people are having trouble finding in the marketplace,\u201d said Tim Varhue, product manager at Dynapower.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">The industry will likely see more inverter manufacturers partnering with battery providers on hybrid solar-plus-storage solutions too, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/2019\/03\/ingeteam-hybrid-inverter-compatible-with-byd-hv-battery\/\">Ingeteam and BYD<\/a>&#8216;s announcement that BYD&#8217;s Battery-Box is now compatible with Ingeteam&#8217;s INGECON SUN STORAGE 1Play hybrid inverter. The future of solar is solar-plus-storage, and hybrid inverters make that marriage easy. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Storage may still be too expensive for many residents and companies today, but current solar customers might one day want to add it to their systems when it becomes more economical. 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