Tag Archives: shipments
The Current Adjustment In The Solar Industry
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 this year and almost 9 [...]
Tracking Module Shipments and the Effects of Rising Polysilicon Prices
In this month’s issue of PV News, the expert analysts at GTM Research dive into global module shipments.With a continuing boom in Germany, and rapidly developing markets inOntario, Canada, and the Czech Republic, the feature article is “ModuleShipment Trends: Whose Products Go Where?” Selling large volumes ofproduct into a new market is no small task, [...]
Inverter Shipments Reach Record Numbers
Solar inverter shipments reached 4.9 GW in the second quarter of 2010 (Q2 2010), growing by 284%, according to IMS Research’s recently released report on the global inverter market. More than half of these shipments were forinstallations in Germany, which grew by 388% in Q2, driving totalshipments up to more than 8 GW for the [...]
Trina Solar Beats With Record Revenues and Shipments $TSL
Trina Solar(TSL) reported record revenues and shipments this morning, beatinganalyst estimates in the process despite a $14 million forex hit. Thecompany posted and EPS of .66 on revenues of $336.8 million, which wasbetter than the analyst estimates of .61 and $328 million respectively. That’s good for a 155% jump in revenues over the year ago [...]
Global PV Inverter Shipments Fail To Meet Demand
GlobalPV inverter shipments totaled 3.1 GW in the first quarter of 2010 (Q12010) – the largest-ever first-quarter total for the industry and thesecond highest quarterly result on record, according to arecent report from IMS Research. Q12010 was an outstanding and unique quarter for PV inverter suppliers for two different reasons, the company says. All suppliers [...]
Shipments For PV Equipment Up 44% In 2009
Despite stagnant sales at the beginning of 2009, shipments ofphotovoltaic technologies grew 44% in 2009 to 7.9 GW, according to the Photovoltaic Manufacturer Shipments, Capacity & CompetitiveAnalysis 2009/2010 report recently released by NavigantConsulting Inc. "2009 was a challenging year for manufacturerswith low sales until the middle of Q2, followed by strong demand,crashing prices and low revenues," [...]
2009 PV Module Market – Installations and Shipments Up, Revenues Down
Contrary to many announcements byanalysts so far, IMS Research estimates that in 2009, the PV market –in terms of both new installations and shipments of PV modules andinverters — grew substantially. The latest results from our recently published report ‘The World Marketfor PV Cells and Modules’ reveal that PV module shipments grewconsiderably once again in [...]
MiaSole Begins Commercial Shipments
MiaSole, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based manufacturer of copper indium gallium diselenide thin-film photovoltaic modules, has started shipping modules from its California production facility. "Wehave now shipped modules to 30 customer sites in Germany, Italy, Spain,France, Portugal and various locations in the U.S.," states Dr. JosephLaia, CEO. "We now have commercial projects in the ground, underdevelopment [...]
Canadian Solar (CSIQ) Reports Record Profit, Shipments To Double In 2010
Canadian Solar (CSIQ) reported a strong Q3 EPSthis morning of $0.69 which was .14/share better than analyst estimatesand a more than 50% increase over the year ago quarter. It’s also anew record for the company. Revenues were below the year ago quarter byabout 15% at $213 million, but was better than what analysts expected. The [...]
PV Market Rebound in Q2?
Shipments of solar power (PV) equipment grew by 81 percent in thesecond quarter of 2009 from the first, according to latest analysisfrom IMS Research, indicating the worst of the industry’s downturn maynow be over. Latest quarterly data from IMS Research, whichtracks PV inverter and module shipments, revealed that in spite of thedifficulties the industry is [...]
Solarfun (SOLF) Shares Up After Earnings Beat
Solarfun (SOLF) is trading up about 5% premarket after beating bothon EPS and revenues. The company posted a non GAAP EPS of .08/share vsthe analyst estimate of a .04/share loss. Revenues also came in betterthan expected (about $8 million higher) at $125 million. Those numbersare still way off from the year ago quarter but a [...]
China Sunergy (CSUN) Provides Positive Guidance; Shipments and Margins Better Than Expected
China Sunergy (CSUN) is out with some positive comments about themost recent quarter, saying that solar cell shipments have slightlyexceeded the previously announced guidance of 35 – 40MW and grossmargins are expected to be closer to 9% rather than the low singledigits. They also expect a return to profitability. Said CEO Dr. Allen Wang, ”We [...]