robby
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A couple of months ago I had a conversation with a knowledgeable person in the ESS market and the Subject came up as to why battery companies are starting to jump into the Inverter Market and Vice Versa.
If you have not been following companies like Fortress Power are now starting to make their own Inverters and now Briggs & Stratton has bought out Simpliphi Batteries so they can couple the batteries to their new Inverters.
I am going to keep this short, so what I was told is that there are changes coming to the Industry. It seems like Solar has gotten the governments full attention and more rules and regulations are coming to every State. I am told that UL9540 is staring to be interpreted in a more specific way in that Battery and Inverters being certified to work together is being interpreted in a more literal way. Your Inverter must be UL certified to work with your battery and the two will only pass inspection if they are together. And I am told that this is not just a California thing.
BTW don't shoot the messenger, I am just as puzzled by this as you are. The person I spoke to did not have the time to go into to many details but he said there is more to this than he is willing to discuss and he said that I should expect to see more Tier 1 battery companies starting to sell Inverters under their brand name or merging with companies that make Inverters or vice versa. He did say that the days of mixing and matching components is going to slowly come to an end.
If you have not been following companies like Fortress Power are now starting to make their own Inverters and now Briggs & Stratton has bought out Simpliphi Batteries so they can couple the batteries to their new Inverters.
I am going to keep this short, so what I was told is that there are changes coming to the Industry. It seems like Solar has gotten the governments full attention and more rules and regulations are coming to every State. I am told that UL9540 is staring to be interpreted in a more specific way in that Battery and Inverters being certified to work together is being interpreted in a more literal way. Your Inverter must be UL certified to work with your battery and the two will only pass inspection if they are together. And I am told that this is not just a California thing.
BTW don't shoot the messenger, I am just as puzzled by this as you are. The person I spoke to did not have the time to go into to many details but he said there is more to this than he is willing to discuss and he said that I should expect to see more Tier 1 battery companies starting to sell Inverters under their brand name or merging with companies that make Inverters or vice versa. He did say that the days of mixing and matching components is going to slowly come to an end.
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