SMA Solar Technology obtains JET certification for inverters

SMA Solar Technology has received Japan Electrical Safety and Environment Technology Laboratories (JET) certification, the company has announced. The company has opened sales and service subsidiaries in Japan at the beginning of 2012 and has obtained the JET certification for its Sunny Boy 3500TL-JP-22 and Sunny Boy 4500TL-JP-22 inverters. SMA will commence selling the two inverters on the Japanese market from October this year. The PV inverters have been modified for the Japanese market and for the requirements of Japanese PV plants.

“JET certification for the Sunny Boy inverters, which have been customized for the requirements of the Japanese market, represents yet another milestone for SMA in Japan,” Pierre-Pascal Urbon, speaker of the managing board and chief financial officer of SMA Solar Technology, commented. “Thanks to our strategic and forward-looking planning, we have developed a competitive advantage over our significantly smaller competitors for the foreseeable future. Last Monday, the Japanese government introduced a feed-in tariff for solar power which will take effect July 1, 2012, thus underlining Japan's desire to establish itself as a major market for photovoltaics worldwide. In the coming years, we expect strong growth not just in the area of PV rooftop systems, but also in commercial and industrial solar projects.”