Price Trend

PV Prices to Stabilize Following NEA’s Announcement of 17.8GW Installation Target in China, Expects EnergyTrend

published: 2015-03-20 14:26

China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) announced on March 16 that it has revised the country’s overall PV installation target from the original 15GW to 17.8GW. Additionally, the government will increase its efforts to... more

High-Efficiency PV Module Export Ratio Increases Following Booming Demand

published: 2015-03-12 18:01

PV demand has started to increase this month, according to EnergyTrend’s observation. End-market demand for high-efficiency cells/modules has also reflected an uptrend. In the end of 2014, 250W 60-cell multi-si module remai... more

Power Battery and Energy Storage System to Take Center Stage in 2015

published: 2015-03-09 18:23

The rise of the urban population in different countries stimulates energy demand day by day. Overall cylindrical battery demand will increase 32% YoY from 882 million to 1171 million (figure 1); energy storage market will also gro... more

Orders Return but Prices Remain Weak for the Erratic March PV Market

published: 2015-03-06 14:16

On Feb.24th, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced it will make a substantial cut to the PV rate in its feed-in tariff (FiT) program for renewable energies. The rate of return for the PV syste... more

Spot Prices Continue Dropping due to the Off-season Market before the Chinese New Year

published: 2015-02-13 11:31

As it enters into February, the off-season market before the long Chinese New Year vacation leads spot prices of certain solar PV products such as polysilicon, wafer and PV cells to drop. Prices of PV modules remain relativ... more

Taiwanese PV Cell Makers Set a New Shipment Record of Over 10GW

published: 2015-02-05 16:29

Due to increases in both shipments and conversion efficiency, Taiwanese PV cell makers experienced a record shipment growth in 2014, according to the latest report by EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce. This growth was in spite... more

Taiwanese PV Makers to Establish More Overseas Markets under US’s Punitive Duties

published: 2015-01-30 16:51

The final determination of the US’s anti-dumping and countervailing (AD/CVD) duties against certain Chinese and Taiwanese solar PV products has been announced this month, and Taiwanese makers are suffering from more severe ... more

Japan Announces Revision of Renewable Energy FIT

published: 2015-01-22 16:49

The Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) of Japan recently presents a revised draft for Feed-in Tariff (FIT) scheme and proposes new power output solutions, aiming to provide the maximum amount of renewable energy instal... more

Costs, Intensive Sunlight, and Policies Lead to High Potential for MENA Solar Market

published: 2015-01-16 18:01

The MENA region is widely recognized as a high potential solar market, and 2015’s first solar-related exhibition - World Future Energy Summit 2015 (WFES), will take place in Abu Dhabi on January 19. Lower costs for large-sc... more

TrendForce is Optimistic about 2015 Market for Lithium Cell as Q4 in 2014 Shows Moderate Price Fall

published: 2015-01-12 18:29

The overall demand for lithium batteries for the 2014 cycle was steady despite some turbulences. The first half of the year saw a strong promotion for power banks. This was followed by a push for prismatic laptop batteries as well... more

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