Huawei Digital Power, Huawei’s energy technology business unit, plans to increase prices by 5% to 15% across several solar and energy storage product lines. The proposed changes cover residential solar-plus-storage products, commercial and industrial systems, and utility-scale solar inverters and related equipment. Grid-forming utility-scale storage solutions, including power conversion systems, would see increases of 5% to 10%.
The company outlined the proposed increases in a customer notice dated Oct. 20, which Chinese industry media reported on Oct. 29. Huawei did not give an implementation date, saying adjustments would be negotiated with customers individually.
Huawei Digital Power said it had absorbed some manufacturing cost increases through internal efficiency measures, but could no longer maintain current prices without affecting product quality, delivery reliability or service commitments. It cited rising costs for commodities, printed circuit boards and memory components since 2025.
The planned changes come amid higher copper prices and tighter supplies of electronic components. Copper is used in power electronics such as busbars, cables, magnetic components and transformers, while printed circuit boards and semiconductors are essential to inverter controls and power conversion systems.
Huawei is the latest Chinese inverter and storage equipment supplier to announce price increases since August. Sungrow, Growatt, KSTAR, Inovance Technology and Kehua Digital Energy have also announced increases for some products, with the proposed rates varying by company and product line.
The increases for inverters and power conversion equipment contrast with ongoing price pressure in China’s solar module market, where some quotations fell further in October. The difference reflects varying supply-demand conditions and manufacturing costs across the two product categories.
Sources: pv magazine.