Auswege und Nischen in der Solarkrise:http://gigaom.com/cleantech/how-next-ge ... gh-market/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/magaz ... wanted=all
http://www.4investors.de/php_fe/index.p ... k&ID=61059Für die Aktionäre der insolventen Q-Cells ist es nämlich ein erheblicher Unterschied, ob sich Hanwha lukrative Unternehmensteile von Q-Cells sichert, oder ein Kaufangebot für die Aktien vorlegt. Nur von letzterem werden Aktionäre profitieren – und genau das ist die mit Abstand unwahrscheinlichste Option.
Kosten fallen, aber immer noch hoch im Vergleich zu Kohle:BEIJING — China in recent years established global dominance in renewable energy, its solar panel and wind turbine factories forcing many foreign rivals out of business and its policy makers hailed by environmentalists around the world as visionaries.
But now China’s strategy is in disarray. Though worldwide demand for solar panels and wind turbines has grown rapidly over the last five years, China’s manufacturing capacity has soared even faster, creating enormous oversupply and a ferocious price war.
The result is a looming financial disaster, not only for manufacturers but for state-owned banks that financed factories with approximately $18 billion in low-rate loans and for municipal and provincial governments that provided loan guarantees and sold manufacturers valuable land at deeply discounted prices.
China’s biggest solar panel makers are suffering losses of up to $1 for every $3 of sales this year, as panel prices have fallen by three-fourths since 2008. Even though the cost of solar power has fallen, it still remains triple the price of coal-generated power in China, requiring substantial subsidies through a tax imposed on industrial users of electricity to cover the higher cost of renewable energy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/busin ... wanted=allThe average cost of electricity from solar panels in China works out to 19 cents per kilowatt-hour, said Mr. Li. That is three times the cost of coal-fired power. But it is a marked improvement from 63 cents per kilowatt-hour for solar power four years ago.
http://www.cash.ch/news/front/broker_se ... 225549-449Betreffend Durststrecke sind sich wohl fast alle Beobachter einig. Ich hoffe, ab Ende 2013 oder spätestens 2014/15 geht es wieder aufwärts mit den "Ueberlebenden" in der Solarbranche. Besser könnte es Installationsfirmen gehen, diese profitieren momentan von den Dumpingpreisen:Lange Durststrecke steht bevorErstmals seit dem Börsengang Ende 2006 schrieb das Unternehmen im ersetn Halbjahr 2012 denn auch rote Zahlen. Unter dem Strich resultierte ein Minus von gut 34 Millionen Franken. Der Umsatz sank um 46 Prozent auf knapp 308 Millionen Franken. Die Geschäfte der Solarbranche seien eingebrochen, teilte das Unternehmen mit und Konzernchef Peter Pauli sprach von einer "Durststrecke". Und diese könnte nach der Einschätzung des Helvea-Analysten Stefan Gächter noch einige Quartale andauern.Der Preiskampf unter den Solarherstellern ist mörderisch. In diesem Zusammenhang sind auch die jüngsten Massnahmen in Europa und den USA zu lesen. Am Donnerstag berichteten US-Medien, dass die USA hohe Strafzölle gegen Preisdumping bei Billig-Solarimporte aus China planen. Beim Dumping werden Waren oder Dienstleistungen unter Marktwert im Ausland verkauft, um Konkurrenten zu schaden.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddwoody/2 ... ess:energyAs more solar manufacturers stumble into bankruptcy, solar installers have been booming thanks to plunging prices for photovoltaic panels and the availability of cash to finance leases that allow homeowners to go green with little or no money down.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati ... s/1689177/Wie im Artikel geschrieben werden die Chinesen einfach mehr in anderen (asiatischen) Ländern herstellen lassen um die Strafzölle zu umgehen.Settling a year-long trade dispute, the U.S. government took the final step Wednesday toward imposing steep tariffs on solar panels imported from China. But will these tariffs make a difference?..The U.S. government had begun earlier this year to collect those tariffs, ranging from 24% to 36% on solar panels imported from five dozen Chinese manufacturers and up to 250% for other Chinese suppliers, but it was holding them as deposits until the final ITC ruling."This makes final what had already been happening," says Shayle Khan of GTM Research, a unit of GreenTech Media, arguing there won't be any immediate impact. Longer term, he says the impact may be blunted because the tariffs apply only to panels made up of Chinese-produced solar cells so Chinese companies to avoid them by assembling panels with cells made elsewhere.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-2 ... rices.html‘Irrational Pricing’
The company said its panel price declined sequentially without giving the figure. That was due in part to “the irrational pricing practices by some competitors,” Chief Executive Officer Gao Jifan said in the statement.
Solar panel prices are starting to rise. They averaged 79 cents a watt on Nov. 5, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, up from 67 cents on Sept. 24, the lowest since the London-based research company began tracking the market in November 2010.
Trina may find it difficult to unilaterally hold its pricing ground, according to Gordon Johnson, an analyst with Axiom Capital Management in New York.
“The idea that somehow they’re going to determine pricing is just funny,” Johnson said in an interview. “They’ve said this before and they were wrong.”
It will be hard for the company to convince the rest of the industry to fall in line, he said.
“A cartel works when you have three or four guys,” Johnson said. “When you have 50 guys, it doesn’t work. Cartels don’t work in oversupplied, commodity markets.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-0 ... casts.htmlSolar manufacturers are contending with a global glut that’s driving down prices and cutting into margins as U.S. and European governments reduce support for the alternative energy. LDK received a bailout in July for part of its more than $3.5 billion in debt from the local authority in Xinyu.The company said on Oct. 16 it sold a 19.9 percent stake to Heng Rui Xin Energy Co., a company that’s partly owned by the authority.LDK’s net loss for the quarter widened to $136.9 million from $114.5 million in the year-earlier period. The company cut 2,563 jobs, about 16 percent of its workforce, from the prior quarter. Wafer production costs rose to 25 cents a watt from 17 cents as it reduced output.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/1059831 ... ation-direUnd lustige Geschichte auch hier wie stark regierungsnahe Stellen die Solarindustrie in China stützen, "Tatort Zug":http://www.cash.ch/news/im_fokus/wenn_c ... 247425-635LDK has a much higher cost structure in most solar segments. Its wafer processing cost is 25c/watt compared to 12c/watt for Renesola (NYSE:SOL), its polysilicon cost is around $30/kg compared to $23/kg for Renesola and $17/kg for GCL Poly. Given that even Renesola and GCL are making losses, the situation for LDK is dire. LDK has diversified into production of cells, modules as well as solar plant construction. However these efforts like the others have also failed spectacularly with its German acquisition also near bankruptcy.
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/k ... 58686.htmlSolarer Winter (in Deutschland)
12.11.2012 · Jetzt bröckeln selbst Solar-Bastionen, die bislang als stabil galten. Allen Sonnenuntergangsszenarien zum Trotz bietet aber gerade diese Krise, auch mit ihren jüngsten Zuspitzungen, noch Chancen.
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Bislang gingen sie in erster Linie von Unternehmen aus, die mit ihrer Produktion von Zellen und Modulen in Deutschland der asiatischen Billigkonkurrenz wenig entgegenzusetzen hatten. Auf diese Art und Weise rutschten Firmen wie Q-Cells oder Solon in die Insolvenz. Jetzt aber bröckeln selbst Solar-Bastionen, die bislang als stabil galten.
Fall eins: Der nordhessische Wechselrichterhersteller SMA Solar glaubt nicht mehr an einen Gewinn im kommenden Jahr und entlässt Mitarbeiter in großem Stil. Fall zwei: Der schwäbische Maschinenbauer Centrotherm hat Insolvenz angemeldet und hofft nun auf umfangreiche Zugeständnisse seiner Gläubiger. Fall drei: Beim Chemiekonzern Wacker minimiert die schwache Entwicklung der Solarsparte den Gewinn. Fall vier: Der Elektronikkonzern Siemens stößt seine vor erst drei Jahren übernommene Tochtergesellschaft Solel ab und beendet damit abrupt sein hoffnungsfroh gestartetes Solar-Engagement.