{"id":879,"date":"2012-01-17T12:59:59","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T03:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=879"},"modified":"2014-08-15T14:20:43","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T04:50:43","slug":"three-solar-inverter-companies-to-watch-out-for-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/three-solar-inverter-companies-to-watch-out-for-in-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"How long will SMA Inverters stay top dog in solar?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/three-solar-inverter-companies-to-watch-out-for-in-2012\/3inverters\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-881\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-881\" title=\"3inverters\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/3inverters.jpg\" alt=\"Solar Edge, Samil Power and SMA inverters\" width=\"500\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If, like me, you get turned on by Solar Inverters, then here are three companies doing very cool stuff that I think you should look out for in 2012:<\/p>\n<h1><!--more--><a title=\"SMA Australia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sma-australia.com.au\/en_AU.html\" target=\"_blank\">SMA Inverters<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>The great granddaddy of the solar inverter, that has been making top quality, german made, bulletproof inverters almost as long as the sun has been shining on this planet (OK &#8211; maybe I&#8217;m getting carried away now!). 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