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Thursday 5 April 2012
Global solar PV installations to grow by up to 21% in 2012, says IMS Research
Global solar PV installations will grow by at least 3.5% and up to 21% in 2012, according to IMS Research. The market analyst firm forecasts that despite incentive cuts in most of...
Thursday 29 March 2012
Booming China market creates great opportunities for PV inverter makers, says IMS Research
The China PV inverter market, driven by the introduction of the national feed-in-tariff (FIT), grew by over 400% in 2011 to reach more than 2.5GW in shipments, according IMS Research...
Wednesday 29 February 2012
Suntech tops 2011 solar PV module rankings, says IMS Research
Suntech Power was the largest supplier of solar PV modules by shipment volumes for the second consecutive year, according to IMS Research. For the first time, it was also joined by...
Friday 24 February 2012
Solar PV balance of system market to reach US$24 billion in 2016, says IMS Research
Solar PV balance of system (BOS) equipment revenues are projected to increase from US$17 billion in 2011 to close to US$24 billion in 2016, according to IMS Research. Whilst inverters...
Friday 17 February 2012
China tier-2 solar module prices fall below US$1/W in January 2012, says IMS Research
The average price of China-based tier-2 solar modules fell to US$0.96/W in January 2012, according IMS Research. Annualized price declines (ignoring seasonality) slowed to 22% in...
Monday 13 February 2012
20GW of solar PV manufacturing equipment to be replaced by 2016, says IMS Research
Despite the outlook for the solar PV manufacturing equipment market remaining bleak in 2012, there could be a 20GW opportunity for the upgrade or replacement of existing capacity...
Friday 20 January 2012
Solar PV module prices increased by 7% in December 2011, says IMS Research
Solar module prices increased by 7% in December 2011 due to a temporary pick-up in demand ahead of feed-in-tariff (FiT) reductions in a number of key markets, according IMS Research...
Friday 20 January 2012
Global NFC smartphone shipments to top 80 million units in 2012, says IMS Research
Global shipments of NFC-enabled smartphones are expected to reach 80 million units in 2012, up from 35 million units shipped in 2011, according to data compiled by IMS Research.
Tuesday 10 January 2012
China tier-two solar module utilization rate fell to record low in 4Q11, says IMS Research
The average production capacity utilization rate of China-based tier-two crystalline solar module manufacturers fell to just 35% in fourth-quarter 2011, according to IMS Research...
Tuesday 6 December 2011
China LED lamp prices tumble in November, says IMS Research
The global average retail price for LED lamps has steadily decreased on a monthly basis from US$30 in September to US$28 in Novembe, according to IMS Research
Wednesday 16 November 2011
Global PV installations to hit 24GW in 2011, says IMS Research
Global solar PV installations will reach 24GW in 2011 according to IMS Research. IMS Research found that despite the relatively weak start to the year, installations will rise by...
Tuesday 18 October 2011
Cellular smart electricity meter market to reach 9.5 million shipments in 2016, says IMS Research
Advanced electricity meters with integrated cellular communication modules are forecast to increase from 2.6 million shipments in 2010 to 9.5 million shipments annually in 2016, according...
Wednesday 14 September 2011
Microinverters and power optimizers grew 500% in 2010, says IMS Research
Use of disruptive technologies in the PV inverter industry grew strongly in 2010 with shipments of microinverters and power optimizers growing by well over 500%; however, they still...
Thursday 25 August 2011
Glimmers of hope in 2Q11 PV inverter market, but revenues still fall, says IMS Research
PV inverter suppliers continued to suffer in second-quarter 2011 with industry revenues falling by 1.3% on year, following sharp price declines, according to IMS Research. However...
Wednesday 10 August 2011
PV demand forecast for 2011 raises over 22GW, says IMS Research
Despite a very weak start to the year, IMS Research has recently increased its forecast for the full year by more than 1GW and predicts more than 22GW of new PV capacity will be added...