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Thursday 16 February 2012
China taking blame for troubles at Germany solar firms, says report
Germany-based solar firms have been blaming China-based peers for the severity of the market, according to China news media outlet NE21. The report noted that some Germany-based...
Thursday 16 February 2012
Commentary: Solar supply chain in dire straits despite growing installations in 2011
According to European Photovoltaic Industry Association, the global solar PV system installations reached 27.7GW in 2011, up by 70% compared to 16GW in 2010. However, the solar industry...
Thursday 16 February 2012
Solar industry awaits possible incentive cuts in April in Germany
The government in Germany plans to meet up to discuss new solar PV incentive programs that will be initiated on April 1. The policies will affect the solar industry significantly...
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Snow causes delays in Germany solar PV system installations
Solar PV system installation firms have been eager to install systems before the April incentive cuts. However, the weather has been delaying projects. This will cause inventory levels...
Monday 13 February 2012
Commentary: Chances of PV price increase to depend on extent of incentive cuts
The oversupply in the solar market caused the prices to drop drastically in 2011. Solar firms have been hoping to revive the prices in 2012, but as various governments plan to make...
Monday 13 February 2012
Order surge of solar cells from Germany to level off in end of February
Germany plans to move the July solar incentive cuts to April, which will cause customers to rush into installation completions in March and result in solar cell demand fading off...
Monday 6 February 2012
Solar firms face numerous entry barriers in non-Europe markets
Germany, the world's largest solar market, continues to influence the solar industry with policies. The market suspects Germany to move mid-year incentive cuts to April 1, 2012. Germany...
Saturday 4 February 2012
Decrease in solar installation costs causes governments to make incentive cuts
The price of solar products decreased around 50% in 2011 due to a demand freeze and oversupply. This has caused the cost of installing solar PV systems to drop rapidly.
Saturday 4 February 2012
Digitimes Research: 2012 global solar installations to reach 28.5GW, higher than previous forecast
Digitimes Research forecast 2012 total installations to be 26.9GW. However, Germany announced fourth-quarter 2011 installations surpassed the predicted 4GW. Hence, Digitimes Research...
Tuesday 31 January 2012
Germany may cut solar incentives as early as April
Asia-based solar supply chains have been looking for a chance to increase prices, however, the reported decisions of governments in Europe to cut incentives during the Lunar New Year...
Tuesday 31 January 2012
Germany, Italy likely to end subsidies for ground-mounted solar PV systems
The Germany and Italy governments, in their plans to decrease feed-in tariff rates for installation of PV systems in April and July 2012 respectively, may delete subsidization for...
Tuesday 31 January 2012
Germany leads resurgent European growth late in 2011, says Solarbuzz
A 23% sequential rise in the fourth-quarter 20111 European photovoltaic market has created short-term optimism in the industry, which has been amplified by the slowdown in module...
Friday 20 January 2012
Excess PV installations in Germany may be due to investment from China-based makers
China's solar supply chain in 2011 invested a great deal to set up solar PV systems or small PV power plants in Europe in an attempt to use self-produced products, and this is likely...
Monday 16 January 2012
Digitimes Research: Global solar market share of Germany and Italy to decrease in 2012
Germany has announced that 2011 solar PV system installations totaled 7.5GW, and in particular the installations in the fourth quarter alone reached 4.15GW. This means more than 50%...
Monday 16 January 2012
Germany government said to be about to discuss additional solar incentive cuts
The unexpected high number of solar PV system installations in Germany in 2011 may ignite the possibility for the government to initiate incentive cuts. The latest possible version...