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Sungrow exhibits at Solar & Storage Live UK 2024 with first UK appearances of several products

Sungrow is exhibiting at Solar & Storage Live UK 2024 at the NEC Birmingham, giving UK first appearances to its micro-inverter family, iHomeManager, PowerTitan 2.0 and PowerStack 200CS.

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The company said it would unveil a portfolio covering residential, commercial and industrial, and utility-scale applications, including its family of micro-inverters, the iHomeManager home energy management system, the PowerTitan 2.0 and the PowerStack 200CS, all marking their first appearance in the UK1. It also said it would show EV charging solutions1.

The booth covers over 200 square metres1. Sungrow is sponsoring the Solar & Storage Live Awards 2024 and is a nominee for the "Solar and/or Storage Product Innovation Award" for the PowerTitan 2.01. Its experts are giving three keynote presentations: "Storage and Batteries" on 24 September at 11:00 am, "Commercial & Industrial Solar" on 24 September at 2:00 pm, and "Everything Installer, Residential Scale" on 25 September at 11:00 am1. The company also has a dedicated space at the Installer Training Hub for sessions on its residential hybrid solutions1.

"Sungrow will be presenting a comprehensive portfolio of solutions, designed for residential, commercial & industrial (C&I), and utility-scale applications."
Sungrow, source1

Sungrow states that as of June 2024 it has installed 605 GW of power electronic converters worldwide, that it is recognised as world number one on PV inverter shipments by S&P Global Commodity Insights, and as the most bankable Asian energy storage company by BloombergNEF1. It says its products are used in over 170 countries, supported by 490 service outlets, and that it has worked in sustainable power solutions for over 27 years1.

Why it matters for households

The residential items in the line-up are the micro-inverters and the iHomeManager, which sit alongside Sungrow's existing home battery and inverter range and its residential solar inverters. Micro-inverters work panel by panel rather than through one central unit, a different architecture from the hybrid inverters that combine solar and battery handling in a single box. A home energy management system sits above the hardware, controlling when a battery charges and discharges and when appliances draw from the grid or from stored power. For a household, that control layer is what turns a battery from a store of electricity into a tool for using less imported power at peak times.

The PowerTitan 2.0 and PowerStack 200CS are utility-scale and commercial products, not domestic ones, so their UK debut does not change what is available for a house. What it does show is the breadth of a manufacturer that also supplies the residential market, which matters for buyers weighing inverter and battery brands against each other on service and longevity rather than on specification alone. Sungrow's stated service network of 490 outlets is a company figure and has not been independently verified in the announcement1.

No UK prices, availability dates or technical specifications for the micro-inverters or iHomeManager were given in the announcement, and these have not been reported1.

What happens next

Sungrow's keynote sessions take place on 24 and 25 September, and the Solar & Storage Live Awards 2024, which Sungrow is sponsoring, fall within the event1. No dates for UK retail availability of the newly shown products were given1.

Sources1 cited
  1. Solar & Storage Live UK 2024: Sungrow Ready to Showcase its Full Range of Solutions in the UK | SUNGROW - SUNGROW, sungrowpower.com