Featured in Keeping your powder dry – 03-2016

A gathering storm

Module prices: Fresh clouds are gathering on the PV horizon as difficult market conditions for modules persist, exacerbated by an unwieldy, if well-intentioned, take-back and recycling scheme.

In January, module prices of products from Asia climbed by a few percentage points across the board. Only the figures of the few remaining German and European products remained stable. The local market, mainland Europe at least, is still inadequately supplied with cheap modules. A disproportionate amount of goods are still ending up in the …

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