Reflecting a major shift in the global solar market after four years of severe erosion, prices for solar modules in the key Europe market are rising due to number of factors, including the newly restored balance between supply and demand. ...
Tags: Solar Module Prices, Solar Module, Lighting
The solar cell glass market showed 6.8% de-growth in 2012 over last year. While the entire PV module production increased by about 5GW, the selling price of glass for solar cells declined by about 20%, causing market shrinkage. ...
Tags: solar cell glass, PV module production, 2012
Solar demand from the Asia Pacific (APAC) region is forecast to grow to 13.5GW in 2013, growing 50% on year, according to NPD Solarbuzz. China, Japan, India, and Australia remain dominant for solar demand in the APAC region, and they will ...
Amid rapidly falling prices, mounting losses and massive operational costs, the upstream solar photovoltaic (PV) supply chain is undergoing major consolidation, with the number of companies participating in the market expected to plunge by ...
Amid rapidly falling prices, mounting losses and massive operational costs, the upstream solar supply chain is undergoing major consolidation, with the number of companies participating in the market expected to plunge by 70% this year. ...
Tags: solar, solar panels, IHS, polysilicon
Average pricing in October for crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar modules declined in nearly all worldwide regions because of weak demand in Germany, according to IHS. The average price per watt for c-Si solar modules declined in a range of ...
Tags: crystalline silicon, weak demand, solar modules, c-Si
Production equipment order cancellations and push-outs by solar manufacturers during 2012 exceeded US$3 billion by the end of third-quarter 2012, according to NPD Solarbuzz. This has resulted in a significant reduction in order backlogs ...
Tags: PV solar equipment, Production equipment order, solar equipment
With production overcapacity of 82%,solar panel manufacturers need to acquire innovative production equipment in order to cut costs,increase margins,and differentiate their products from less expensive Chinese rivals,says market analysis ...
Even today some 3 to 4% of the glass produced worldwide is used in the solar industry. With average annual growth rates of 20% to 25% this proportion is set to rise consistently. Despite price dumping and excess capacities the prospects for ...
Tags: industry trends, Solar Glass
Reeling from a glut of production capacity,makers of solar panels need to acquire innovative production equipment in order to cut costs,increase margins,and offer differentiated products,according to research released today byLux Research. ...
Tags: solar panel, equipment, LR
The leading metrics influencing solar industry supply and demand(,supply and mamodule productionrket-demand)are forecast to come to within 8%of the second-half market demand of 17.2GW,according to Solarbuzz.This follows two years of ...
Tags: China, Europe, Solarbuzz, solar industry, Solar Prices, c-Si
The Berlin Competence Centre for Thin Film and Nanotechnology for Photovoltaics(PVcomB)–a joint initiative of the Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy(HZB)and the Technical University of Berlin–has started operation ...
Tags: CIGS, PV Modules, Thin-Film Silicon
In third-quarter 2011, the consolidated PV book-to-bill ratio fell to an all-time low of 0.44, according to Solarbuzz. This effectively signals an end point to the most recent PV equipment spending cycle: one that was characterized by ...
Tags: Market View, solar
Global PV equipment spending (including c-Si ingot-to-module and thin-film panels) is now projected to fall by more than 45% in 2012, down from an historic peak of US$13.1 billion in 2011, according to Solarbuzz . As a result, PV equipment ...
Tags: market view, PV equipment
With China expecting slower growth in regional solar markets such as Europe over the next few years, the government has set out to increase domestic demand during its 12th Five Year Plan period (2011-2015), and installed solar PV system ...
Tags: industry trends, solar PV system