Featured in The Long Game – 02-2023

What PV installers expect in 2023

Solar module prices continued to fall in January, and there is no end in sight. The main drivers impacting prices are lower shipping rates from China and the further recovery of the euro-US dollar exchange rate. Martin Schachinger of pvXchange expects other effects, such as slowly falling energy costs or polysilicon and wafer prices, which are in freefall, to further strengthen the trend in the coming months.

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pv magazine

08 Feb 2023

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There was a slight distortion in the module market in early 2023 because of a recent patent infringement lawsuit in the Regional Court of Düsseldorf, brought by Hanwha Q Cells against Trina Solar. Hanwha and Trina announced, on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, they had reached a settlement in the dispute enabling “both parties to use each other’s solar …

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