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Solar Cell Makers Pull Trigger On Price Increases
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012:
TAIWAN: According to EnergyTrend, given the preliminary ruling on the US anti-dumping and anti-countervailing case against China and the traditional peak season for solar installation, the orders have been pouring in and the price quotes from Taiwanese solar cell makers climbed. TrendForce states that the solar cell price has gone up to $0.5/Watt.
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According to TrendForce's research, in addition to high-efficiency products, prices of the products with a conversion efficiency of 16.6 per cent saw increase as well. According to TrendForce’s database, the 16.6 per cent products' prices ranged from $0.45/Watt and $0.48/Watt in 1H'May, but the latest price quotes became $0.49/Watt to $0.51, while price quotes of the high-efficiency products (with conversion efficiency of 17.2 per cent and above) hiked to $0.55/Watt and $0.6/Watt, representing an increase of 5-10 per cent.
According to TrendForce's survey, although the manufacturers said that at present Chinese clients have not assented to the price increase, with the pressure from the US anti-dumping and anti-countervailing case, they will eventually cave and accept the price increase.
Moreover, the price uptrend may even affect the upstream wafer makers. Upstream players stated that they have heard that the downstream players attempted to jack up prices, and they have tried to confirm if the price quotes were truly the closing prices.
On the other hand, wafer manufacturers also prepared to increase the price quotes, and have tested the market demand by increasing price quotes on certain clients but received negative feedback. The clients used the flat prices in China as an excuse to ask the wafer manufacturers not to increase prices.
TrendForce indicates the short-term market development is in Taiwanese solar companies' favor, therefore, the prices will likely go up. However, the preliminary ruling on the US anti-dumping and anti-countervailing case does not affect Chinese solar makers' solar modules, which limits the growth momentum. TrendForce projects that solar cell prices will rise by 5-10 per cent and wafer prices by 3-6 per cent, respectively.
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