Comments on: Solar Power Capacity Increased 54% in 2011 http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/09/solar-power-capacity-increased-54-in-2011/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 22:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Australian Tindo Solar panels aim to take on Chinese giants http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/09/solar-power-capacity-increased-54-in-2011/#comment-115992 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:25:14 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=34753#comment-115992 […] although a banner year for global solar PV installations, was a rough one for many solar power manufacturers. Multiple […]

]]> By: sola http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/09/solar-power-capacity-increased-54-in-2011/#comment-113098 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:37:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=34753#comment-113098 I remember everyone said that 2011 will be quite a flat year because of lesser demand.

Well, it turned out pretty much the opposite, although it is true that this year was probably fuelled by the drastic cuts at panel prices.

Producers probably cannot cut prices in 2012 like in 2011 because they are already at the thin line of profitability (Chinese producers are in fact accused of dumping)

Naturally, if new or improved technologies make their way into production, that may lower prices .

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