What to expect of 2019 with one caveat; it can all change in an instant

At the beginning of 2018, expectations were high for another high growth year. Pundits expected over 110 GWp of PV installations, perhaps as high as 130 GWp. Manufacturers confidently announced capacity expansion plans based on the assumption that strong growth was a certainty. It was not to be.

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Paula Mints is the Founder and Chief Analyst of global solar market research firm SPV Market Research. Paula began her career in 1997 with Strategies Unlimited. In 2005 she joined Navigant, where she continued as a Director in Energy Practice until October 2012, when she founded SPV Market Research. Paula’s areas of expertise include: global markets and applications for solar products, cell and module cost and price analysis, system and system component analysis (including inverters, trackers, and other BOS components, and trend analysis.

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