Smart Domestic Installations Workshop

Belfast 8th July 2015

•Company overview

•Manufacturing Overview

•Solis Inverter Range

•Summary

Contents

• Ginlong Technologies founded in the UK back to 2003 from the University Startup R&D company – Manufacturers of Solis Inverters

• Ginlong founded by Yiming (Jimmy) Wang in 2005 • Born in Shanghai in 1981• MSc (University of Edinburgh), PhD study (University of Bristol)• Committee member of IEC 61400-2 standard• PhD supervisor and invited researcher of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Ningbo)• Distinguished Professor and group leader at Shanghai University of Electric Power• Listed as 4040 by Recharger (40 global renewable energy leader under 40 years)

• Part of the China “The Recruitment Program of 1000 Global Experts” - expert in PV inverter technologies

• Renowned R&D team and government authorized research lab• Over 50 world class engineers from different countries• Over 200 employees• Shipping to over 30 countries worldwide on all continents

Company History

• One of the earliest manufacturers of grid tie inverters in the world

• Over 12 years of design and supply history• One of the earliest companies to achieve UK G83 certification in 2006• First Chinese company to achieve UL1741 certification in 2009• Second Chinese company to achieve AS4777/AS 3100 certification in 2009

July 2013 – First domestic inverter manufacturer to receive Chinese Government investment – 10% shareholding acquired. Financial Strength

• Leading WORLDWIDE Distribution -

• Segen – Leading UK PV distributor• Sunrun– USA Top 3 Free PV installer• AGL Energy – Australia Top 4 National Utility Company• Carbomat – Belgium No. 1 PV distributor• Libra – Netherlands No.1 PV distributor• Solar Depot, Exelsolar, Powerstein, etc. – Almost all top Mexican PV companies

• Worldwide support offices • China, USA(2010), Australia (2010), UK (2013) ,Central America(2013), Europe(2014)

Company Overview

Factory Overview

• Relocated in 2008 – Large investment in high quality manufacturing equipment and also acquired local land

• 400,000sqft facility

• ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 1400:2004 certified

• Factory regularly audited by international Technical Audit (TA) companies – DNVGL, TUV

• Solar Insurance and Finance (SolarIF) Insured Warranty Approved

• Production currently @ 10,000 inverters per month – Potentially 20,000p/m

• In-house manufacturing, assembly and QC

Factory Overview

Step to delivering quality inverters…

•1 - Design

•2 - Components

•3 - Manufacturing

Quality Products

•Internal specialist R+D team

•9 years of research, development and operation

•Long term operation allows for actual lifetime information

•All transformer-less technology – Lightweight

•High output efficiency

•Cost efficient design/cost engineering

Design

•Leading Brands – – TDK– Infineon– Nippon– Weiland– Avago

•Direct purchasing from Manufacturer or International Distributor (EBV)

•No local sourcing

•Avoid grey market

Components

•Unique – Complete full-chain design, manufacture and supply

•Adopt Vertical Integrated strategy to ensure quality and control cost.

•Invested in advanced equipment and automation for consistent product quality and scalable production capacity

•In-house manufacturing from SMT (surface mounting technology), wave soldering and protective coating to the final assembly and duration testing of inverters

•Fully audited and certified

Manufacturing

SMT Board Production

Wave Soldiering

PCB Protective Coating

Assembly Line

Auditing

The factory is regularly audited by international TA audit companies – DNVGL, TUV, Solar Buyer

Quality Management

QC management ex Foxconn

Certified to ISO 9001:2008 standard: • Quality Manual• Quality Organization• Standard Operation Procedures• Records

Quality Management Program

QC + Duration Testing

Quality Control

Rigorous testing prior to product sign off and dispatch

300 Unit Test station - 24hr duration testing before dispatch = (2hrs @ 50deg/ 22hrs @ 40deg)

Reliability Testing

• Low air density testing

• Input voltage shock testing

• UV testing

• Salt spaying testing

• Confined space testing

• Dusting testing

• Rainfall test in high temperature

• Extreme thermal shock testing ( 1500 cycles, -40 ℃ to 70 ℃)

• Ice testing

• Extreme site testing (High salty area, desert, high altitude, rainforest)

Solis PV Inverter Range 0.7-30kW

Solis Inverter Range

Solis 1ph Inverter Solis 3ph Inverter Solis Mini NEW Solis 3ph Inverter

Solis Mini

Solis MINI

Solis Mini - 0.7kW, 1kW, 1.5kW, 2kWNEW – 2.5kW (July 2015)

New Compact and lightweight design –

44% Smaller

47% lighter - 5.2 – 5.6kgs

Ultra low startup voltage – MPPT from 50v – 2 panel installation. Commercial installations

G83/2 certified

IP65 certified for external installations

Solis Wifi compatible

Product Overview – Solis MINI

Solis Single Phase-2G 2.5kW Upwards - All include dual MPPT trackers as standard

Range - 2.5kW, 3kW, 3.6kW, 4kW, 5kW

Single MPPT options – 3K + 3.6K

Wide voltage range enables flexible string configurations – i.e. 4/12 panel configurations

Compact and lightweight – 14kg

G83/2 Certified

Solis Wifi compatible

Solis Single Phase

Product Overview – Solis 1PH

Solis Three Phase Range - 6kW, 10kW, 15kW

Dual MPPT - with Dual DC Inputs/MPPT

10 Year Warranty Included as Standard

G59/3 Certified

G83/2 +1 available for 6/10kW

Compact and lightweight – only 27kg

Solis Wifi compatible

Solis Three Phase

Product Overview – Solis 3PH

NEW Solis Three Phase Range - 20kW, 25kW, 30kW

4 MPPT with Dual DC Inputs/MPPT

7” Display

Compact and lightweight – only 50kg!

10 Year Warranty Included as Standard

Most cost effective Solis inverters

G59/3 Certified - G83/2 +1 available for 6/10kW

NEW Solis Three Phase

Product Overview – NEW Solis 3PH

Monitoring – Solis WIFI

•Solis WIFI - Low cost Plug-in WIFI dongle available across range

•One unit for all Solis range (0.7-30K)

•Combine up to 10 wifi sticks for mutli-inverter installs

•Free Web/App options

•Installer Level logins to view al Solis installations

•Demo of monitoring website – – URL - www.ginlongmonitoring.com– Use DEMO account  

•Wired Ethernet version available

Monitoring – Web Interface

Monitoring– APP Interface

•Comprehensive Solis range from 0.7kW – 30kW* meeting most requirements

•Wide DC input voltage range make inverters versatile for installers

•Varied range of product certification allows for flexible configurations

•Market leading cost effective solution supported by LOW warranty rates – SEGEN <0.1%

•Continuity of supply with Segen

•Market share within Segen – 45%

•As brand grows installers being to request product more

•New innovative products will help growth

•UK and European Based Support

*Q2 2015

Summary

Solis Inverters now on Eiffel Tower