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Solar Industry and Burden of Debt, Q1 2012 Edition

Published in SPVI NEWS
Friday, 06 July 2012 18:00
As a peer group, the debt level increased by $150M and the combined debt level stands at $19B ...

India Solar Update

Published in SPVI NEWS
Wednesday, 04 July 2012 18:00
the Indian market is too big to be ignored. According to recent estimates, the demand for solar in the country will stand at 12GW cumulatively by 2016. With or without the DCR, the country will continue to attract foreign investment in its solar sector ...
According to GE, in 2014 the company will resume factory development with plans to build modules which will be expected to reach 15%, up from the current 13% conversion. Based on this announcement, chances are we will never hear about it again ...
In the case of Jinko, at least their ability to reduce cost has become a tangible asset and a critical tool of survival. In any other case, high debt and lack of cash, intertwined with the absence of competiveness, is a recipe for imminent disaster ...

Review of Intersolar EU 2012

Published in SPVI NEWS
Wednesday, 20 June 2012 18:00
Almost half, 45% (871 exhibitors), of the stalls were from the host country followed by China at 20% (388 exhibitors), Italy at 4% (78 exhibitors), Spain at 2.5% (48 exhibitors), and Taiwan and Austria at 2.4% each (46 exhibitors each) ...
The announcement of the new FiT is a shot in the arm for the solar industry, moreover for the greater investor public who continues to only see solar as a subsidized game ...

Chinese Solar Companies Still In Battle for The US Market

Published in SPVI NEWS
Saturday, 16 June 2012 00:16
A month after the anti-dumping ruling, module prices in the U.S. are falling. What is the cause? ...
Regardless of the location, the presence of European manufacturing may become soon a necessary factor to conduct business in Europe ...
With polysilicon priced in the mid $20s per kilogram, Hanergy’s a-Si production lines are likely to become obsolete the moment they come online ...

Conergy and Suntech enter Pakistan

Published in SPVI NEWS
Wednesday, 06 June 2012 18:00
Conergy, in collaboration with Chinese project developer Ensunt Holdings, will build Pakistan’s first and largest 50MW solar power plant. ...