Installation booms around the world, especially in China and certain emerging markets. Some manufacturers launch additional production capacities to meet the foreseeable demand climb in the future, while some introduce new technologies or solutions for solar-related applications such as energy storage, integrated module solution, and PV cells with higher conversion efficiency. The installation boom drives improvements of the whole solar industry.
To the solar value chain, the price quotes are expected to slide moderately due to capacity expansions. Although the global demands would remain stronge till March 2016, the supply will turn from short to sufficient and to slightly excessive because of PV plants declines, resulting in a downturn trend of next year’s price trend. Yet the trend could appear since the second quarter when some solar FiTs are reduced, expected EnergyTrend.
Companies are releasing their financial results for the third quarter of 2015 and some has published guidance for the fourth quarter of for the full year 2015. Most of them expects a profitable quarter for the last three months of this year, yet the revenue and net income/loss are highly related to their respective business strategies and global deployment actions.