Featured in Keep on tracking – 12-2010

Spot market for PV panels // Drop in demand

Module prices: German demand declined more sharply than anticipated and suppliers have responded with price reductions. Prices will presumably continue to drop since stocks are to be cleared by the end of the year.

Recent forecasts regarding the construction of additional photovoltaics installations in Germany have been adjusted to the diminished demand. The talk now is of six gigawatts of new capacity in the year 2010. This cooling off is welcomed with relief by many participants in the industry. Next year amendment of the German Renewable Energies Act for …

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