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Summary
This
month, Solarbuzz entered 1,042 online inverter retail prices
in to its inverter price database, down from last month's
1,050 price points.
The
July result returns to the trend that has been evident for
most of the last year. That trend is, of course, rising
prices as global manufacturers taken on the challenge of
rapidly rising demand.
Altogether
this month, there were 33 price decreases and 45 price increases
this month. In the previous month, there had been 41 price
decreases compared to 37 increases. The ratio between increases
to decreases was close enough to leave the US index value
unchanged this month.
The
All Inverter Index (see right) includes the full basket
of Inverters on the worldwide survey represented in US dollars
and European, Euros. Further segmentation of this data can
be accessed through our consultancy
services.
The Price Index (see right) is based on Prices per Continuous
Watt - which is a measure of the output power of Inverters.
The larger the Continuous Watt, the larger the power of
the Inverter.
The same calculation methodology applies to this Index as
the Solar Module index - i.e. it is based on the purchase
price for a single Inverter.
The
main difference in methodology between this Index and the
Solar Module Index is that all global inverter prices are
aggregated in to a single Index. Those aggregated products
are then simply translated from the local currency in to
either US dollars or European euros.
This
month, the dollar was unchanged against the euro. As a result,
euro index remained stable at 0.461
per continuous watt.
The mix of Inverter Retailers is still dominated by US Retailers.
Around 90% of the prices are quoted in US dollars.
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