Featured in Testing the waters – 07-2011

Chinese panels dominate the winners podium

Industry ranking: Chinese crystalline module manufacturers have further developed their dominant position. They are scoring big through size and less expensive production. But even they are facing new difficulties: manufacturing is becoming more expensive and it is not at all certain that they will be able to sell the amount of modules that they plan to produce.

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pv magazine

28 Jun 2011

The U.S. business magazine Forbes again this year named the richest people in the world, with China rapidly climbing the list: in 2010 the country had 69 billionaires (in dollars), in 2011 it is now at 115, an increase of 66 percent in one year. Incidentally, the world’s top solar billionaire was, and is, Chinese: …

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