[RE-wrenches] Fronius USA available 2023 & 2024 ?

[Jason Szumlanski]

It is so interesting hearing about different markets and what products are
popular and well supported. My impressions of the Florida market is that
it's 85% Enphase, 10% SolarEdge, and 5% Other. I'm not a distributor, so
that's just my view from the bottom, but there isn't a significant
competitor left in my corner of Florida offering anything other than
Enphase except for some niche backup scenarios. Enphase absolutely
dominates. And I know SolarEdge is far out of favor because I am contacted
constantly by desperate system owners who can't find service anywhere it
seems. I can't remember the last time I saw a Fronius, and even SMA seems
few and far between after dominating in the pre-Enphase era.

I might take those percentages back because Tesla is of-and-on active and I
can't really gauge what market share they have here, but I don't run into
too many service scenarios for Tesla. Maybe that speaks to reliability or
maybe people just realize they are stuck going directly to Tesla for
service, particularly on batteries.

Jason Szumlanski
Principal Solar Designer | Florida Solar Design Group
NABCEP Certified Solar Professional (PVIP)
Florida State Certified Solar Contractor CVC56956


On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 8:42 AM Peter Giroux via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Mick
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>   Shame on the Greentech folks. Fronius is alive, well, has great
> inverters and their customer support is good. While most of our systems
> have been battery based for the last several year, when we need to do grid
> tied, Fronius is the go to product.
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> Thx
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> Peter Giroux
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> American Solar
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> *From:* RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org> *On
> Behalf Of *Mick Abraham via RE-wrenches
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 24, 2023 4:23 PM
> *To:* RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
> *Cc:* Mick Abraham <mick at abrahamsolar.com>
> *Subject:* [RE-wrenches] Fronius USA available 2023 & 2024 ?
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> Hi, Mechanix~ I asked a Greentech location about quantity four Fronius
> string inverter PRIMO 6.0-1. (6kW AC output, single phase 240 volt 60 hz)
> This p/n is in the Greentech portal but my particular branch hasn't done
> much with Fronius. Today the branch manager told me "Fronius no longer
> exists."
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> Can any of you confirm or correct this report? I have an off-grid
> opportunity for which I wish to AC couple some of the PV. If Fronius USA
> has indeed "left the building", are there other string inverters that can
> be selected for country code "off grid 60 hz"? I'd like for the PV
> inverters to only curtail their output wattage if there's a frequency shift
> from the grid forming inverter (frequency/watt). Schneider XW Pro units
> would be forming the grid. Schneider has a white paper # 990-6421 on AC
> coupling but this document is almost three years old & no help at all in
> finding compatible PV inverters. Rapid shutdown is not mandated for this
> gig & each array would be evenly illuminated. IIRC, the List hasn't been
> highly enamored with SolarEdge in recent years; is that still the consensus?
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> Thanks as always; the Wrench List is the Bomb!
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> Mick Abraham, Proprietor
> www.abrahamsolar.com
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> Landline: 970-731-4675
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