Summary
The order size is increasing with the growth in Solar industry.
Few companies have the capacity to serve these big orders.
Trina Solar, JA Solar, Canadian Solar, Renesola, Jinko Solar and Hanwha will be the winners.
The solar industry has seen an exponential increase in growth over the last 15 years. The growth has increased sharply post 2008, when Germany passed the EEG law giving fixed electricity tariffs for solar electricity generation......
The industry has grown at a furious pace over the last few years. This year is going to be no different, with
the industry size estimated to grow by more than 20% to 57 GW up from ~45 GW in the last year. The business case for solar energy keeps on improving with solar prices declining by the day, concerns over climate change rising and with coal power coming under pressure due to mercury poisoning. IEA Institute has predicted that solar energy could capture a 16% share of the global electricity market by 2050 up from 0.1% today. What this means is that more than 4500 GW of solar capacity could be installed by 2050. The massive growth in industry size means that some customers are looking to secure cheap suppliers.....
Trina Solar (NYSE:TSL), JA Solar (NASDAQ:JASO), Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ), Renesola (NYSE:SOL), Jinko Solar and Hanwha are some of the winners. These companies have the scale and experience to successfully deliver these giant orders. Many of them now have manufacturing bases around the world to skirt anti-dumping duties.....
Conclusion
The growth in the solar industry is starting to make headlines every day. Even now analysts such as IEA are underestimating the growth of the solar industry. With solar prices falling every year, it might become cheaper than coal. Lower solar prices will increase the overall size of the energy market, as demand grows with lower energy prices. The gigawatt solar panel orders are only going to increase in the future and there are only a few companies which can benefit from this change in the industry. I have rated most of these stocks as a buy and this new change makes their bull case even stronger.
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