Omron, whose main strength is cutting edge technology, is a Top Five supplier in solar inverter industry, with more than 1 million inverter sold
Omron, worldwide leader in industrial automation, confirms its strong commitment in photovoltaic business, and remains, according to IHS Research, a Top Five global supplier in inverter industry.
The Japanese company consolidates the leading position in its home market, where residential sector is booming for solar business, and confirms its presence in international market, with main focus in Italy, in Spain and in emerging solar markets , such as Ukraine, Turkey, Lebanon and South Africa.
Omron’s strong experience in the solar Japanese market is the base for the expansion in Europe and in new emerging markets. One of the main strength of the company, innovation technology, is a key issue for Japanese residential market, where government security requests for grid connection are very strictly.
A good example at this regard is AICOT, Omron’s technology to prevent “Islanding”, the condition in which a Solar power generation systems continue to generate electricity even when electric power supplied by the grid is interrupted. In that cases rapid detection of power outages is mandatory, to shut down the Inverter, thus preventing damage on the grid and ensuring safety of the workers repairing power lines who doesn’t expect that some lines are still powered.
