Featured in Moving in circles – 09-2024

Shipping panels is freighted with risk

Unpredictable shipping costs in the years before 2024 have broken the long-established link between factory gate prices in China and the price tag once products arrive at their destination.

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pv magazine

06 Sep 2024

The spread between prices of modules loaded in Asia and those delivered to the United States has widened recently. This reflects a global solar market grappling with volatile freight rates, trade policy minefields, and mismatched fundamentals.Global trade in solar modules has largely revolved around China’s dominance of solar manufacturing since 2014. That has meant import …

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