Smart Domestic Installations Workshop
Belfast 8th July 2015
Contents
•Company overview
•Manufacturing Overview
•Solis Inverter Range
•Summary
Company History
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Ginlong Technologies founded in the UK back to 2003 from the University Startup
R&D company – Manufacturers of Solis Inverters
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Ginlong founded by Yiming (Jimmy) Wang in 2005
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Born in Shanghai in 1981
MSc (University of Edinburgh), PhD study (University of Bristol)
Committee member of IEC 61400-2 standard
PhD supervisor and invited researcher of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Ningbo)
Distinguished Professor and group leader at Shanghai University of Electric Power
Listed as 4040 by Recharger (40 global renewable energy leader under 40 years)
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Part of the China “The Recruitment Program of 1000 Global Experts” - expert in
PV inverter technologies
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Renowned R&D team and government authorized research lab
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Over 50 world class engineers from different countries
Over 200 employees
Shipping to over 30 countries worldwide on all continents
Company Overview
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One of the earliest manufacturers of grid tie inverters in the world
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Over 12 years of design and supply history
One of the earliest companies to achieve UK G83 certification in 2006
First Chinese company to achieve UL1741 certification in 2009
Second Chinese company to achieve AS4777/AS 3100 certification in 2009
July 2013 – First domestic inverter manufacturer to receive Chinese Government investment – 10% shareholding
acquired. Financial Strength
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Leading WORLDWIDE Distribution •
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Segen – Leading UK PV distributor
Sunrun– USA Top 3 Free PV installer
AGL Energy – Australia Top 4 National Utility Company
Carbomat – Belgium No. 1 PV distributor
Libra – Netherlands No.1 PV distributor
Solar Depot, Exelsolar, Powerstein, etc. – Almost all top Mexican PV companies
Worldwide support offices
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China, USA(2010), Australia (2010), UK (2013) ,Central America(2013), Europe(2014)
Factory Overview
Factory Overview
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Relocated in 2008 – Large investment in high quality manufacturing equipment and
also acquired local land
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400,000sqft facility
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ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 1400:2004 certified
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Factory regularly audited by international Technical Audit (TA) companies –
DNVGL, TUV
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Solar Insurance and Finance (SolarIF) Insured Warranty Approved
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Production currently @ 10,000 inverters per month – Potentially 20,000p/m
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In-house manufacturing, assembly and QC
Quality Products
Step to delivering quality inverters…
•1 - Design
•2 - Components
•3 - Manufacturing
Design
•Internal specialist R+D team
•9 years of research, development and operation
•Long term operation allows for actual lifetime information
•All transformer-less technology – Lightweight
•High output efficiency
•Cost efficient design/cost engineering
Components
•Leading Brands –
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TDK
Infineon
Nippon
Weiland
Avago
•Direct purchasing from Manufacturer
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International Distributor (EBV)
•No local sourcing
•Avoid grey market
Manufacturing
•Unique – Complete full-chain design, manufacture and supply
•Adopt Vertical Integrated strategy to ensure quality and control cost.
•Invested in advanced equipment and automation for consistent product
quality and scalable production capacity
•In-house manufacturing from SMT (surface mounting technology), wave
soldering and protective coating to the final assembly and duration testing of
inverters
•Fully audited and certified
SMT Board Production
Wave Soldiering
PCB Protective Coating
Assembly Line
Quality Management Program
Auditing
The factory is regularly audited by
international TA audit companies –
DNVGL, TUV, Solar Buyer
Quality Management
QC management ex Foxconn
Certified to ISO 9001:2008 standard:
• Quality Manual
• Quality Organization
• Standard Operation Procedures
• Records
QC + Duration Testing
Quality Control
Rigorous testing prior to product sign off and dispatch
300 Unit Test station - 24hr duration testing before dispatch = (2hrs @ 50deg/ 22hrs @ 40deg)
Reliability Testing
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Low air density testing
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Input voltage shock testing
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UV testing
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Salt spaying testing
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Confined space testing
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Dusting testing
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Rainfall test in high temperature
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Extreme thermal shock testing ( 1500 cycles, -40 ℃ to 70 ℃)
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Ice testing
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Extreme site testing (High salty area, desert, high altitude, rainforest)
Solis Inverter Range
Solis PV Inverter Range 0.7-30kW
Solis Mini
Solis 1ph Inverter
Solis 3ph Inverter
NEW Solis 3ph Inverter
Product Overview – Solis MINI
Solis MINI
Solis Mini - 0.7kW, 1kW, 1.5kW, 2kW
NEW – 2.5kW (July 2015)
New Compact and lightweight design –
44% Smaller
47% lighter - 5.2 – 5.6kgs
Solis Mini
Ultra low startup voltage – MPPT from 50v – 2 panel
installation. Commercial installations
G83/2 certified
IP65 certified for external installations
Solis Wifi compatible
Product Overview – Solis 1PH
Solis Single Phase-2G
2.5kW Upwards - All include dual MPPT
trackers as standard
Range - 2.5kW, 3kW, 3.6kW, 4kW, 5kW
Single MPPT options – 3K + 3.6K
Wide voltage range enables flexible string
configurations – i.e. 4/12 panel configurations
Solis Single Phase
Compact and lightweight – 14kg
G83/2 Certified
Solis Wifi compatible
Product Overview – Solis 3PH
Solis Three Phase
Range - 6kW, 10kW, 15kW
Dual MPPT - with Dual DC Inputs/MPPT
10 Year Warranty Included as Standard
G59/3 Certified
G83/2 +1 available for 6/10kW
Solis Three Phase
Compact and lightweight – only 27kg
Solis Wifi compatible
Product Overview – NEW Solis 3PH
NEW Solis Three Phase
Range - 20kW, 25kW, 30kW
4 MPPT with Dual DC Inputs/MPPT
7” Display
Compact and lightweight – only 50kg!
10 Year Warranty Included as Standard
NEW Solis Three Phase
Most cost effective Solis inverters
G59/3 Certified - G83/2 +1 available for 6/10kW
Monitoring – Solis WIFI
•Solis WIFI - Low cost Plug-in WIFI dongle available across range
•One unit for all Solis range (0.7-30K)
•Combine up to 10 wifi sticks for mutli-inverter installs
•Free Web/App options
•Installer Level logins to view al Solis installations
•Demo of monitoring website –
– URL - www.ginlongmonitoring.com
– Use DEMO account
•Wired Ethernet version available
Monitoring – Web Interface
Monitoring– APP Interface
Summary
•Comprehensive Solis range from 0.7kW – 30kW* meeting most requirements
•Wide DC input voltage range make inverters versatile for installers
•Varied range of product certification allows for flexible configurations
•Market leading cost effective solution supported by LOW warranty rates – SEGEN <0.1%
•Continuity of supply with Segen
•Market share within Segen – 45%
•As brand grows installers being to request product more
•New innovative products will help growth
•UK and European Based Support
*Q2 2015
Solis Inverters now on Eiffel Tower