The Middle East, a region full of resources, boasts vast and sunny desert land, large PV installation capacity benefiting from scale economy, supportive policies from governments and public sectors, friendly financing environment., which provide attractive conditions for PV plant building. This market now is becoming a coveted region for global renewable enterprises to snag a spot.
Amid the fierce competition, Sungrow’s multi-faceted approach, namely the combination of central and string inverters, have proved successful in this promising market. Statistically, by the end of June 2021, the cumulative installation of Sungrow's inverter equipment in the Middle East and North Africa exceeded 3GW.
Challenging environmental aspects
Despite the policy makers’ support of solar plant construction in the Middle East, the environmental impacts are extremely challenging. Local desert environment experiences high temperatures, heavy amounts of dust, strong wind erosion, drought, and other complexities, resulting in high cost, difficult field construction, impaired power generation and taxing O&M.
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This region also has the world’s lowest PPA, making cost-reduction an even more demanding task. Moreover, this flourishing market also attracts a number of strong competitors from all over the world. Hence, struggling with the extreme geographical environment, ever-decreasing PPA and the fierce competition, how is a company to stand out and take the lead?
Combination of Central and String Inverters
Sungrow advocates a customized selection on the basis of each plant with central and string inverter solutions. The inverters are equipped with intelligent forced air-cooling technology, IP66 and C5 high protection capability, which ensure stable and safe operation without derating in harsh environments. Sungrow has also set up a robust O&M platform to streamline the management procedure. Besides that 24/7 hour customized service is essential.
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Examples of implemented projects include a 900MW project with Sungrow’s 6.25MW central inverter solution in Dubai Solar Park, a 526MW project with Sungrow’s 1500V SG250HX string inverter, an 800MW project in Qatar, a 2.1 GW project in Abu Dhabi. (hcn)
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