iSuppli: 2009 global sales of solar cells to reduce the 32%

ISuppli forecasts the United States, in 2009 the global solar cell system the overall import volume will be reduced 32 percent over the previous year, fell to 3.5GW. Solar cells is expected to bring the system into the global sales of 40.2 percent year-on-year reduction, to 18.2 billion U.S. dollars. This result is caused mainly due to the solar cell system of the decline in average price-per-watt.

"In the past few years, the solar cell market has been an average annual growth rate of about 40% continue to grow. Therefore, more manufacturers enter the market, and hopes to further expand access to the share of production capacity. But in the end lead to overproduction, as it is expected that the demand for The decrease in sales in 2009 will be substantially reduced. "iSuppli senior director and chief analyst Dr. Henning Wicht, but, according to iSuppli analysis, the market slowdown may change the current pattern of solar cell market. Is expected to most manufacturers of new production capacity will slow the pace of expansion in order to maintain balance between supply and demand.

iSuppli analysis of the market slowdown in 2009 caused the biggest reason is that Spain has declined by a solar cell system into the volume. Spain in 2008 of the solar cell into a whole accounts for 50% of the world. However, due to re-purchase the solar power system "Feed In Tariff", the Spanish market in 2009 is expected to be down there mate. Although the United States and Japan and other countries to encourage the establishment of money into solar cell systems, France, Italy, the Czech Republic and Greece and other countries for a positive investment, it was still difficult to make up for the reduction of part of Spain. Spanish market is expected to slow down on the impact of the global market will continue until 2010.

However, according to Wicht forecast, "the sales of solar systems will be restored after 2010, than in 2011 increased 57.8 percent over the previous year, and in 2012 the growth rate in 2013 will maintain this level. As a result of the next solar system is expected to gain a substantial return on investment (ROI), thus maintaining the growth trend will continue. "

But overall, the decline of solar energy photovoltaic industry is beneficial to the whole thing, it will make the entire industry throughout the supply chain become more mature and orderly.

Source: windosi.com Apr. 22, 2009