Big names face doom before PV cull ends, analyst claims

Conergy is one the PV groups GTM says is worthy of a takeover

Up to 180 PV module makers are set to disappear by 2015, and only an elite handful stand a chance of being acquired by a stronger rival, according to GTM Research.

GTM suggests that the savage wave of consolidation that has already swept across the PV manufacturing sector is only a warm up, because – with a few key exceptions – most of the names that have gone under are merely small players, whose overall capacity is of negligible consequence to the broader industry.

The largest player GTM deems likely to disappear is SolarWorld, with 950MW of capacity on line in the US and Germany.

After that comes a long list of well-known names, including Spain’s Siliken (280MW), Germany’s Conergy and Spain’s Log in to read complete article.

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