SMA Solar UK Maintains High Market Share In The UK Following March ROC Deadline
SMA Solar UK estimates to have reached at least 35 percent market share in the UK, after successfully commissioning a massive number of UK PV plants, enabling its customers' to meet the ROC (Renewable Obligation Certificate) deadline.
"In the past 5 years we have taken substantial steps forward in the UK PV market. Totally committed to supporting our partners in the most efficient way, we're providing innovative technology that meets project-specific needs regardless of its size" noted Jan Van Laethem, Regional Manager SMA West Europe. " Our priority is to address our partners' needs and to provide them with solutions that will guarantee the largest possible return of their PV plants. With more than 35 gigawatts of installed global PV capacity, customers can rest assured knowing SMA is their single-source service provider. ", continued Mr. Van Laethem.
SMA Solar UK has tailored its business strategy to meet the requirements of the UK market by offering flexible and cost-effective solutions such as MV Power Stations, the ideal turn-key plug & play system for PV power plants in the UK, with the highest availability and efficiency in the industry at the lowest operating cost.
To further improve its operations and maintenance response times and customer service level, SMA UK has enhanced its large-scale service offering by establishing service hubs in Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire, Devon and Somerset. SMA Solar UK has also established a new dedicated technical Service Line to support its utility scale plants with SMA Sunny Central inverters.
"We owe our good standing in the UK market to all our employees and partners. Thanks to their contribution and their constant focus on quality, innovation, efficiency and credibility, we have gained the trust and appreciation of the photovoltaic market. This preference reinforces our commitment towards our increased installed capacity." said Jan Van Laethem.
The UK was the most important photovoltaic market in Europe in 2014. SMA is well positioned to efficiently respond to the new challenges of the UK PV market in 2015, by offering complete system solutions for increased self-consumption of solar power in households as well as a complete product portfolio for the upcoming commercial market.
