1) US solar installations to grow by almost 60% in 2012 over 2011 making it the 3rd largest country
2) After utility scale solar plants, Softbank gets into distributed solar rooftop generation in Japan
3) China could levy 30-50% tariff on polysilicon imports to preemt European AD duties
Which would mean that:
4) Spot poly prices could go up to $20/kg from $15/kg
5) Koreans join in the Japanese solar boom party
6) Siliver to continue to dominate the solar conductive paste market
7) Louisiana rethinks 50% tax credit for solar power systems
8) Another Solar Bankruptcy – Guess who
9) US duties on Chinese solar imports could go higher
10) Juwi and Activ Solar are 2 of the 4 biggest global solar energy developers
11) Suntech reduces 2012 shipments like others, no longer the No.1 module producer
12) Lux Research is being conservative on solar panel prices prediction like others