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The likelihood of encountering a central inverter on a project increases with project size and age. Utility-scale projects above ~10 MW are the most common application today. Large C&I and smaller utility-scale projects from just a few years ago are likely to have central inverters as well, for reasons we’ll touch on in the next section.
Ironically enough, the drawbacks of early central inverters (mismatch losses, inflexible system design) led to the development of module-level microinverters. The PV inverter market of this era had two bookends: microinverters for residential and small commercial projects and increasingly large central inverters for everything else.
There are three primary tiers of PV inverters: microinverters, string inverters, and central inverters. Since microinverters are not rated for utility-scale voltages, we will largely ignore them in this article. String inverters convert DC power from “strings” of PV modules to AC and are designed to be modular and scalable.
Inverter manufacturers are expected to release new products in 2025 to drive costs down further. String inverters with power rating greater than 400 kW are likely to be released at major trade shows in 2025.
Integrated solutions that have batteries and power conversion systems (PCS) or as we call it at S&P Global Commodity Insights – ‘energy storage inverter’ combined as a complete device simplify installation to under 30 minutes and are expected to gain market share in 2025.
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