MR. SHANTANU SIRSATH
Q. Kindly brief us about Growatt?
Growatt was established in 2010 by a group of pioneers in the global PV industry with a vision to build a green and sustainable future. Specializing in sustainable energy generation, storage and consumption, as well as energy digitalization, the company designs, develops and manufactures PV inverters, energy storage products, EV chargers, smart energy management system and others.Favored by global customers, Growatt ranks among the global top three PV inverter suppliers. In particular, the company is ranked the number one residential inverter supplier globally as well as the world's largest supplier of user-side energy storage inverters in terms of shipment volume.
Q. Can you shed some light on your current inverters and solutions in India and global?
India has been being Growatt’s strategic developing market since 2012 and being leading in rooftop segment. Growatt continuously brings product and technology innovations to Indian market. Currently we provide the full range of PV inverters with capacity from 1kW to 253kW and with BIS certificates covering residential, C&I, and utility-scale diverse scenarios. Featuring AFCI and Type II SPD on both AC and DC sides, Growatt’s residential PV inverters arm the solar system with ultra-protections, reassuring a reliable and safe operation. As for utility-scale solutions, outstanding features such as 15 MPP trackers and compatibility with 15A high power modules are made available in order to maximize the system yields, thus helping realize a better transformation to a de-carbonized business model.Towards global emerging energy storage markets, as the world's No.1 user-side storage inverter supplier, Growatt offers a whole set of solar energy storage solutions, including storage inverters, battery energy storage systems (BESS) and monitoring solutions, and it also provides one-stop technical support services and whole system warranty, delivering excellent customer experience.
Q. What are Growatt's preparation and plans for REI-2022?
REI is one of the best platforms for us to interact with the EPCs, distributors and end users directly. Apart from last two years (due to COVID-19 pandemic), Growatt participated mostly in all edition of REI. Basically every year Growatt has a huge and classy booth to showcase our upcoming and presently available products, where all the visitors can interact with our pre-sales, sales and after- sales team for technical clarification or requirement of product. We are expecting to have a record breaking visitors this year and make “Growatt” be a household name in coming years.At this REI, Growatt will bring the new product WIT 50-100KTL3-H/A, the commercial hybrid inverter to cover India’s energy storage market for commercial and industrial applications. This new product features scalable system configuration up to 300kW, EPS function and black start, 100% unbalanced load when backup and 110% continuous AC overloading capacity, remote control of DG, multiple MPPTs input and grid-support.
Q. How do you think the key factors which support Growatt's success in India market?
Localization is always one of our core strategies to expand our business. To date, we have deployed local team of more than 25 employees with two service centers, one is in Hyderabad and another one is in Ahmedabad, providing dedicated fast and effective support for local customers. We are also seriously scrutinizing various options for manufacturing in India.Another reason behind Growatt success is our products’ safety and reliability. Quality is the lifeline of Growatt. Thanks to Growatt’s strong R&D capabilities and stringent quality control system, we are able to ensure product quality and provide advanced and reliable products for customers, through which Growatt has earned widespread popularity across India even in the world.
