Solar Inverter Brands

One of the world's largest manufacturers of photovoltaic cells, Q CELLS has gained a reputation for high quality and high efficiency in all products they produce. Their headquarters are located in both Seoul, South Korea, and Thalheim, Germany, and with several internationally based manufacturing facilities, Hanwha Q CELLS is uniquely equipped to service the markets all around the globe. Their mission is to innovate on and apply their state of the art solar technology to all products they produce in order to help shape the emerging new era of solar energy within the energy industry.

SMA – Our recommended Premium option is the #1 European inverter manufacturer and comes in marginally more efficient and quieter than Fronius inverters. SMA is the big granddaddy of inverter manufacturers. Founded way back in 1981, the company is based in Germany, turns over billions and employs around 5000 people. Officially the second largest supplier of Inverters worldwide just behind Huawei.

SMA solar inverters were originally only produced in German factories, but the firm went through a period in 2017-2018 where they manufactured their single-phase “Sunny boy” inverters, which are used in home solar installations, in China. Then in December 2018, the company announced it intended to move manufacturing out of China. Subsequently, all inverter manufacturer is from their German facility.

Regardless of the country of manufacture, if you want a safe bet, you can’t go wrong with an SMA inverter. The only downside is that you tend to pay a premium for them.

GoodWe is a leading, strategically-thinking enterprise that focuses on the research and manufacturing of PV inverters and energy storage solutions. With an average monthly sales volume of 30,000 pieces in 2018 and 12 GW installed in more than 100 countries, GoodWe solar inverters have been largely used in residential rooftops, commercial systems, and energy storage systems. GoodWe ranked as World's Top 10 solar inverter manufacturers by Bloomberg, IHS & GTM.  GoodWe benchmarks its success on the success achieved by its customers by identifying and integrating the most advanced components and techniques available while offering unparalleled after-sales service.

GoodWe has set up an integrated service system for pre-sale, in-sale and after-sale and has established service centres worldwide. As a stable, bankable company, GoodWe has built its corporate reputation by achieving sustainable growth in every market it operates in. A prudent, step-by-step approach of strategic growth and consolidation offers longevity, profitable growth and increased market share; a business model also adopted by some of the world’s leading renewable companies.

• Founded in 2010
• 12 GW installed in 2018
• They Have Shipped More Than 5 GW of Panels
• Top 10 Inverter Manufacturers

FRONIUS is a European Inverter Manufacturer from Austria, Fronius as a company was originally established in 1948 with their inverters being widely used in Australia.

Despite being amongst the noisier inverters available due to internal and external fans for cooling they are regarded as a top Inverter brand. The Fronius Solar Inverter is a great product and is used extensively in residential and commercial applications in Australia since 2010. 

About the Company

Fronius are an Austrian company who are regarded as one of the top inverter manufacturers in the world. With more than half a million inverters installed in Australia, as a premium option this is the way to go. Fronius Inverters are recognised as providing high performance but to note are also noisy at 65 decibels maximum. As long as the inverter is positioned away from living areas this should not be a problem.

If you are looking for a high-end solar power System then Fronius will be one of the brands you are looking at.

Where Fronius does fall a bit short is cost and noise otherwise a premium highly reliable, highly effective inverter with low failure rates.