SPAM-LOW: Pics of PV in Germany [RE-wrenches]

Jim Duncan ntrei at earthlink.net
Sun Mar 13 18:21:28 PST 2005


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Keith Cronin wrote:
> 
> So this is why we can't get modules!
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I have a feeling that we won't see the module deficit lasting much 
longer. Solarbuzz.com lists the number of PV module mfgrs worldwide at 
33. Germany has 14 of them.
So it's to their advantage to kick up their domestic production to 
full-tilt and save a bundle of Euros. Save the shipping and handling not 
to mention the premium prices they pay to the rest of the planets module 
makers. Their domestic prices drop and so do the prices for everyone 
else’s modules. 
Why? because other mfgrs gradually find themselves with excess capacity 
and slumping sales. In order to keep their profits propped up, they have 
to lower prices or add incentives. The only other huge potential market 
in the US. And we're big, potentially. But only if the $/Wp slides a bit 
lower. By then the silicon 'shortage' should be disappearing too.
But prices will only go lower if: (1) another 'Germany' doesn't come 
along and start hogging all the product and (2) there isn't really a 
conspiracy.
By the way, those Germans use a LOT of tile roofs. How do they attach 
their racks?

Jim Duncan
North Texas Renewable Energy Inc
Fort Worth, Texas

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