20 PV module suppliers accounted for 70% of the share in Q1 2013

Industry consolidation Chinese suppliers to expand overseas markets, but the United States and Japan market is still dominated by local suppliers. According to market research firm NPD Solarbuzz latest one component tracking quarterly report, the first quarter of 2013, the top 20 solar PV module suppliers accounted for 70% of the global PV shipments.

NPD Solarbuzz analyst Lian Rui explains: "home solar panels PV manufacturers continue to create opportunities for integration is a leading component suppliers 20 component suppliers market share in the first quarter of 2013, a substantial increase from the same period last year. an increase of 58% to 70%. "With the growing internationalization of end-market demand for the solar photovoltaic industry, a solar PV module supplier is implementing aggressive overseas marketing strategy to increase market share.

This situation is most evident in China's top 10 a PV module suppliers, such as miles of green energy, Trina, Artes Solar, Jinko and ReneSola. Chinese solar photovoltaic component suppliers continue to dominate the global supply territory, the last four quarters over 41% of the module shipments from China's top 10 tier suppliers. Had mainly produces solar cells nominated for a supplier such as JA Solar and Hareon, due to increased solar PV module shipments also increased market share.

Lian Rui added: "China's top ten suppliers in the event of a local component suppliers intense competition or the implementation of solar PV incentive policies less successful countries such as solar grid tie inverter PV market in the United States and Japan, local manufacturers are still among the local PV module shipments first. "Over the past four quarters, the components of photovoltaic manufacturer First Solar and SunPower in the U.S. market shipments ahead of other competitors. In Japan, the leading local PV module supplier, Sharp, Kyocera, Panasonic and Solar Frontier's performance

A PV module supplier in European countries, the situation of the emerging solar PV market as well as China and Australia dominance and export to the United States and Japan in stark contrast.
Image 1:2012 in the first quarter to the first quarter of 2013, Australia's market-leading solar PV module supplier

One of Europe's leading PV module supplier, Conergy and SolarWorld, continue to brand awareness and a higher price level in Europe and North America as a target market. However, this strategy at the expense of global penetration consideration their market share dropped from 10% in the first quarter of 2012 to 7.5% in the first quarter of this year, the first twenty component suppliers.

Solar PV module prices in the major PV terminal market swing, but the average selling price of the top twenty one supplier components in the first quarter of 2013 prices stabilized at $ 0.76 / W, compared to $ 1.03 / W.

Lian Rui said: "price stability components of the first quarter of 2013, mainly due to the geographical shift of the quarter end-market demand, Japan and other countries with higher component prices strong demand to prevent a further decline in global prices, however, each country's prices are still very different, the price of the components of the different types of technology there are also considerable differences. "

PV terminal market of trade disputes and domestic manufacturing incentives are the manufacturing import restrictions, the market share of the supplier and the country-specific price levels in the remaining time of 2013 led more and more a leading component vendor's global strategy.