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Growing pains for solar
Despite the gloomy condition of the solar industry, installations in 2011 continues to demonstrate growth.
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Thursday 12 January 2012
Commentary: A dance of numbers and policies for the solar market in 2012
Germany surprised everyone with December solar installations reaching 3GW. This means the 2011 total installations in Germany market hit 7.5GW, surpassing 7.4GW in 2010 and becoming...
Thursday 12 January 2012
Solar firms hope to increase quotes slightly
An upsurge in solar demand at the end of 2011 has brought hope to solar firms. As inventories have been cleared out, solar firms plan to increase prices slightly after the Lunar New...
Thursday 12 January 2012
Germany 2011 solar installations exceed expectations
Due to a surge of demand in December, Germany's 2011 total solar installations reached 7.5GW, exceeding installations in 2010 and expectations. Industry sources believe inventories...
Wednesday 11 January 2012
Digitimes Research: Global solar market to grow by 11.9% to 26.9GW in 2012
The solar industry faced oversupply problems that caused significant price drops in 2011. Most solar firms faced losses. However, the rapid decrease of cost for solar PV systems induced...
Tuesday 10 January 2012
SAS, GET inclined to hike solar wafer prices, some China-based fellow makers to not follow suit
Viewing that prices for polycrystalline silicon are rising from US$25-28/kg to US$30/kg, Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) and Green Energy Technology (GET) are inclined...
Thursday 5 January 2012
Digitimes Research: 2011 global solar PV installations grew by 15% on year to 23.5GW
The global solar PV system installations in 2011 continued to grow by 15% on year, reaching 23.4GW. By regions, Italy has surpassed Germany to become the largest solar market in the...