Solarbuzz Reports Record Year For Solar But Over Supply Remains
Major PV Country Markets (GW) Source: NPD Solarbuzz 2012 Marketbuzz The latest data from Solarbuzz suggests that global PV installations reached a blistering 27.4 GW in 2011 – up 40% from 2010. Previous estimates had put that number closer to a still impressive 26 GW. However, it appears that second half demand was boosted by an acceleration [...]
Solar Update: More Downside Risk Before Buying Opportunity Emerges
In the past month since we recommended taking profits on our Tier One Chinese Solar trade, the sector has been hit heavily – largely driven by margin erosion and a generally less than encouraging earnings season. The key question from here is whether or not we are once again at prices which offer a buying [...]
Solar: Taking Some Profits On a Blistering Trade
Source: Barchart Yesterday, the solar sector had a blistering day, with the overall Guggenheim Solar ETF (TAN) up 8%. Moreover, our three main stock recommendations, Yingl Green Energy (YGE), Trina Solar (TSL) and Suntech Power (STP) were up +20.4%, +18.6% and +8.6% respectively. As welcome as these moves are, they now raise the always tricky issue concerning where [...]
Tier One Chinese Solar To Continue To Outperform
TAN v STP, YGE and TSL Source: Barchart The chart above tells a particularly interesting story. Back in November of 2011, having been bearish on solar for some months, we argued that the market was finally beginning to see a process of rebalancing in the solar sector. A key component of this of course related to [...]
Solar: One Chart That Highlights The Adjustment In The Industry
Source: NPD SolarBuzz, SolarBuzz Quarterly. New survey-based data from SolarBuzz points very clearly to a very much needed ongoing adjustment to manufacturers planned module shipments. The chart above illustrates the issue very succinctly. In SolarBuzz´s survey conducted in Q2 of the current year, manufacturers were still planning on shipping just over 8 GW of modules in Q3 of [...]
