Price Trend

Water Scarcity Issue in Taiwan Boosts Local PV Cell Production Costs

published: 2015-04-16 17:48

Water scarcity issue in Taiwan has begun to affect some of the local cell manufacturers. If cell manufacturers decide to purchase water, cell production costs will increase. This week, polysilicon prices remained low due to... more

EnergyTrend Anticipates Declines in PV Prices to End in Q2 as Demands in China Return

published: 2015-04-09 22:46

A recent study by the International Energy Agency states that the Asia-Pacific region ranks in first place in the amount of PV system installed for two years in a row. EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, projects that th... more

Trend of PV Products’ Spot Prices Remains Flat

published: 2015-04-02 23:02

During this week, the PV supply chain performed a wait-and-see attitude like previous weeks, and the trend of spot prices of PV products remained flat. Through the recent downturn of the price trend, PV manufacturers have f... more

PV Prices Continue Dropping Due to Weak Demand and Surplus Supply

published: 2015-03-27 16:36

The first quarter of 2015 is coming to the end, yet spot prices of PV products have been dropping for almost three months. The stock clearance at the end of this quarter and weak demand are mainly blamed for declines of the... more

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

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