“There is enough inventory in the channel to keep projects going for a while,” Paula Mints, founder and chief analyst of SPV Market Research, said, implying that the U.S. market will most likely grow, instead of shrink. In fact, the “Global Analysis for the Markets for Solar Products and Five-Year Forecast 2016-20121” published by SPV Market Research shows upward trends in two scenarios.
For the Five-Year Forecast, there are three scenarios — low, conservative, and accelerated. According to Mints, for the low forecast, the impact of the decision including a significant increase in module and cell prices and low inventory was weighted more heavily, therefore showing a slight year-over-year decline.
Both conservative and accelerated scenarios for 2017, however, show an annual market growth of 36 percent and 46 percent, respectively. In these scenarios, available inventory in the channel and some panicked buying caused by the “tariff scare” were taken into consideration.
“Right now, there is still inventory in the channel. It will be worked off quickly for smaller participants and more slowly for large project participants,” Mints said.... Read More Here
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| Credit: SPV Market Research |