PV Panel prices going up soon?

[SolarRoofSols]

bloody great. 2 commercial jobs on the horizon. one needing planning permission, the other DNO approval (NPG!) both could be refused so i can't buy anything yet and when they get approved, there could be nothing to buy that has not been priced up to the hilt.

just as we breathed a sigh of relief that the FIT was being extended!

 

[Worcester]

@SolarRoofSols, it's not all doom and gloom.

We have managed to secure current prices protected from the threat of any potential retrospective duty until end of April, after that they are still exempt from the threat, though may go up by 1 or 2 p /W. We may well have panels available for resale, though I am sure that the majority of wholesalers will have put similar arrangements in place. So if you see large price rises or the threat of retrospective duties, then those wholesalere aren't as much on tyhe ball as we are

 

[jason121]

I rang my DNO, had 3 jobs approved within 24hrs, arty:chuuffed

 

[moggy1968]

just had a new price list from my supplier and prices have gone up, the available range meanwhile has gone down, it seems to be budget or nothing now!

price increase has cost me about £100.00 on a 3kW domestic job I have just signed on.

 

[JulianC]

Quoted a job last Tuesday with panels at XXp/W, ordered kit on Friday with same panels at XX+1p/W and out of curiosity, checked panel prices again today to find them at XX+2p/W

 

[moggy1968]

never mind, I'm sure the Government will increase the tariff to reflect the change in prices:lol:

 

[SRE]

Anyone noticed their credit being cut? Ours is in half - good job cashflow is ok otherwise we'd be goosed!

 

[JulianC]

XX+4p/W today!!!

 

[solarfred]

The HMRC imposed the Registration notice effective midnight last night. Any goods not cleared from the warehouse by then will be subject to and liable for any duty imposed which may not be agreed until June but inference is it could be 70%. That should please the Germans.

 

[Ian-LS]

The HMRC imposed the Registration notice effective midnight last night. Any goods not cleared from the warehouse by then will be subject to and liable for any duty imposed which may not be agreed until June but inference is it could be 70%. That should please the Germans.

A certain supplier has increased costs by as much as £20 per panel in a day. A 70 kW quote we did last week has no increased its price by £6,600

 

[solarfred]

This applies only to any goods received through the point of entry after midnight last night. If suppliers are raising prices then that is effectively supply and demand economics working but there is a point where it becomes profiteering. The duty is based on the landed cost not the resale price. Your call!

 

[Energetic]

The Manufacturers are supporting this tax, how many manufacturing jobs are there in the EU verses Installer jobs?

Once again, where are our trade bodies that take our subscriptions and are supposed to represent our interests?

Why can't the politicians just leave it alone, i'm getting a bit annoyed with these catastrophic changes every few months!

EU fires latest shot in solar trade war as customs official ordered to record Chinese imports - 06 Mar 2013 - News from BusinessGreen

 

[Worcester]

Seems like it was actually published on March 1st !!!

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:061:0002:0005:EN:PDF

Here's where the 60-70% comes from:

(18) The allegations in the complaint requesting the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation estimate an average dumping margin of around 60-70 % and an underselling margin of up to 125 % for the product concerned. The estimated amount of possible future liability is set at the level of dumping estimated on the basis of the anti- dumping complaint, i.e. 60-70 % ad valorem on the CIF import value of the product concerned.

and

(19) The allegations in the complaint requesting the initiation of an anti-subsidy investigation estimate the subsidisation margin of around 10-15 % and an underselling to represent of up to 125 % for the product concerned. The estimated amount of possible future liability is set at the level of subsidisation estimated on the basis of the anti-subsidy complaint, i.e. 10-15 % ad valorem on the CIF import value of the product concerned.

If they do, then based on the methodology of the Strategic FiT Review, I don't see that they have any choice other than too put the FiT rate UP!!!

 

[TedM]

AFAICS that EU Regulation has only come in to force from today.

At the end it says:

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union

And it was only published there 05/03/13 - yesterday: EUR-Lex - - EN

 

[SolarRoofSols]

A certain supplier has increased costs by as much as £20 per panel in a day. A 70 kW quote we did last week has no increased its price by £6,600

Same hear, though ours is a 10kW. Originally quoted in November, requoted end of Jan as the customer was still thinking about it but had flooding on this farm so needed to divert his attentions to that. Came back to me last night to say he wants to go ahead - checked this morning on the prices and whadya know - £15 more per panel!