The development path of China's photovoltaic inverter under the German system

International New Energy Network: It is reported that Omnik, an inverter expert with advanced German technology, will hold a new product launch conference at the "2013 China (Nanjing) International Distributed Energy and New Urbanization Forum" on November 1, and will launch a blockbuster new product - Omnik micro inverter. Regarding this launch, industry experts said that Omnik's German rigor and innovation have made the company's development path very smooth.

German management blossoms

The Germans are famous for their meticulousness. Omnik has very high requirements for the refinement of its craftsmanship. In order to ensure product quality, each design draft has to be discussed back and forth hundreds of times, and the final prototype also needs to undergo strict testing before it can be put into production. The Germans are famous for their rigorous thinking. From the CEO to the cleaner who sweeps the floor, everyone is conscientious. This is not done consciously, but completely out of habit.

Suzhou Omnik New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., a company dedicated to the R&D and manufacturing of photovoltaic inverters, is recognized by the industry as a "thriving" high-tech enterprise with numerous honors that are envied by its peers: Suzhou Industrial Park Science and Technology Leader, Suzhou Leader, Jinji Lake Double Hundred Talents, and China Entrepreneurship Dark Horse Competition Third Place...

Honors did not make Zhao Lei proud. Under the rigorous and innovative management model of Germany, high-quality products have blossomed in China. Omnik has achieved many "world's first/first" honors in the industry with its iron-like quality, more than 30 independent intellectual property rights, and the speed of obtaining more than 10 patents each year. For example, "In 2012, it was the first in the world to develop and create a built-in integrated WIFI monitoring system, realizing zero-cost monitoring of the entire photovoltaic power station" and "The company's flagship product Omniksol-2.0k-TL ranked first in the world in conversion efficiency below 3K after being tested by an authoritative organization."

Returning to China to start a business and realize personal ideals

Since December 2008, the central government has implemented the "Thousand Talents Plan" to attract high-level overseas talents. In order to realize the Chinese dream, all kinds of outstanding overseas talents have actively responded to the call of the motherland and contributed to the reform, opening up and modernization of the motherland after returning home. Minister Li Yuanchao once said that every "Thousand Talents Plan" expert has a "Chinese Dream" in his heart, and he is eager to integrate his own development into the tide of China's development one day.

Mr. Zhao Lei, General Manager of Omnik, returned from Germany in 2009 to promote the development of the domestic photovoltaic industry for the dream of "realizing the blue sky and white clouds of the motherland". He made full use of his 10 years of study and work experience in Germany, accumulated more advanced technologies, completed all international certifications in just one year, and became the first company in the world to integrate WIFI cards in inverters. This is the only company in China that has both string and micro inverters, and in 2013, customs data showed that the export volume ranked first in the country for many consecutive months.

Zhao Lei said: "My luckiest thing is that I can work in the field I studied." He studied renewable energy at the Technical University of Munich, and his graduation thesis happened to be on solar inverters. "Zhao Lei's thesis attracted the attention of a German inverter company, which offered him an olive branch and hired him as a research and development engineer. In a year and a half, Zhao Lei laid a solid foundation for all aspects of the inverter from beginning to end, and the inverter technology, which was very scarce in China before 2010, was no longer mysterious in Zhao Lei's eyes.

Before going abroad, this young man made a plan to discover Germany's core values ​​in different fields. So, after that German inverter company, Zhao Lei joined the German branch of Toshiba Electric and worked in sales. A year and a half later, due to his outstanding performance, Zhao Lei was favored by Bosch and worked in management until he returned to China in 2009. R&D, sales and management, three seemingly unrelated jobs, gradually made Zhao Lei understand the true "German value". "In fact, it was during the more than three years of management at Bosch that I thoroughly studied the core competitiveness of European companies, which is: system."

New products emerge one after another and the enterprise thrives

Take the micro inverter that Omnik is about to release as an example. This product is a perfect combination of German core technology and Chinese wisdom, and has obtained multiple national patent certifications. Omnik's micro inverter has: high power generation, high reliability, sophisticated intelligence, installation and safety advantages, etc., and relies on the company's strong after-sales service system to provide users with 24-hour worry-free service. This type of product is very suitable for users' home power stations. It is not only suitable for roofs of any structure, but also has strong advantages in protecting resources and the environment, saving users' electricity costs, bringing additional power supply benefits, and high safety.

Omniksol-3.0k/4.0k/5.0k-TL2, the pioneer series inverter of Omnik, adopts the latest design scheme, which greatly improves the power generation efficiency and can provide users with more flexible and convenient remote monitoring services. Each Omnik inverter is equipped with a standard GPRS built-in card. Its built-in WIFI monitoring design ensures that users can achieve zero-cost real-time monitoring of the entire photovoltaic power station through the WIFI network while installing the machine, thus solving the problem of "difficult and expensive monitoring". This design fills the technical gap in the photovoltaic industry in this regard and leads the development trend of inverters in the international market. In addition, the pioneer series inverter adopts an upgraded dual-channel MPPT access design, which is convenient for AC input wiring. It can be connected to solar panels in a single channel or in parallel in two channels. In the case of shadows, the two roofs operate complementary to each other, which can effectively reduce the interference caused by shadows. At the same time, the static accuracy of the Pioneer series inverters is as high as 99.9%, which will greatly improve the dynamic accuracy of the MPPT. Even if the weather changes, the machine can quickly track the maximum power and ensure that each channel can operate at maximum power, thereby increasing the power generation efficiency of the entire system by 20%, greatly improving the customer's investment return ratio.

Jiekou's reputation establishes market share

Omnik's good reputation is not only due to its excellent product quality, but also its extensive marketing network, which is an important reason for its global user praise and recognition. Omnik has service networks in the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, Germany, Canada, Mexico, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal and other countries. Its market share in the Netherlands even reached 40% at one time, and it was rated as the "inverter manufacturer with the greatest growth potential" by a Dutch industry magazine. In addition, Omnik's good corporate image of frequently supporting school education and devoting itself to public welfare has also added a lot of glory to the brand.

"In the future, we will compete on cost while ensuring quality. Therefore, products must be simple, reliable and low-cost," said Zhao Lei, general manager of Omnik. "We follow the German model in product management, project management, production management, etc., and also adopt a resource-sharing model for new employee training. Therefore, compared with other inverter brands, our inverter product return rate is less than one thousandth. Because we always insist on quality, we insist that 95% of the components of our products are directly imported, and our requirements are not just imported, but the best products in the world." The reporter deeply felt the popularity of Omnik products from Zhao Lei's words, and also foresaw a bright future for the micro inverter, Omnik's darling.