Featured in More than just a number – 03-2018

Market up, prices flat

Module price index: The scarcity of low-cost multicrystalline modules in the “mainstream” class, evident since the beginning of the year, continues. The Trump decision in the USA has not yet had any visible impact, such as increasing module volumes for the European market due to lower demand on the other side of the pond.

Apparently, many U.S. installers seem already to have taken higher module prices into account. The cost-saving potential of other components and services seems almost to compensate for module prices, which are up to 30% higher, and the high demand so far this year and for future deliveries seems to be holding steady.For the domestic market …

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