Responding to a potential decline in the German solar application market, executives from both Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) and Neo Solar Power are experiencing pressure to drop prices but solar cell vendors are still confident about prices.
SAS estimates that the average selling price (ASP) of silicon wafers may stay flat or shrink within a 3% range in the fourth quarter and that such a trend may persist through 2007. Neo Solar Power noted that the company is seeing more requests for price cuts for solar cells recently.
Motech Industries, however, indicated that it has not observed any price adjustment pressure yet. Rival Eton Solar Tech said any price adjustment will encourage demand and eventually stabilize prices, though the company did not comment specifically on any price trend.
Article translated by Esther Lam and edited by Eric Mah
