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Its payback time

Industry ranking: Crystalline module manufacturers did not fare very well last year. The overcapacities were too large, and the prices that could be obtained were too low as a result. Most producers are hardly developing their capacities. Nevertheless, several of them are still planning on aggressive growth.

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pv magazine

02 Jul 2012

Producers are defending their positions, no matter what it costs. And that is to be taken quite literally. “The price pressure on module manufacturers continues to be very high,” says Henning Wicht, Director, PV Advanced Products at IHS iSuppli in Munich. “We are now seeing Chinese modules with prices around eighty U.S. cents per watt …

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