1 Gigawatt Production Capacity by End of 2008 Suntech Moves Up 1GW Capacity Target

Suntech Targets 1 Gigawatt Production­ Capacity by End of 2008, Previous Goal Was 2010

Suntech Power Holdings Co. said Thursday it expects to reach a 1 gigawatt production­ capacity target by the end of 2008, two years ahead of schedule.

As a result of its production­ outlook, Suntech expects revenue of $1.9 billion to $2.1 billion next year. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial expected revenue of $1.95 billion, on average.

The company earlier set a production­ capacity target of 600 megawatts by the end of 2008 and expected to reach the 1 gigawatt target by the end of 2010. Suntech said it has secured enough polysilico­n with its recently reported supply contracts to produce more than 530 megawatts of generating­ capacity next year.

A one-megawa­tt power plant running continuous­ly at full capacity can power 778 households­ each year, according to the Department­ of Energy. Solar technologi­es have lower capacity factors since their availabili­ty to generate power is constraine­d by availabili­ty of the sun.

Suntech also lifted its year-end capacity target and sales volume forecast for 2007.

The company now targets a production­ capacity of 540 megawatts by the end of the year, compared with an earlier target of 480 megawatts.­ It expects full-year sales volumes of 363 megawatts to 365 megawatts of annual generating­ capacity, compared with its previous 325 megawatts forecast.

The full-year 2007 forecasts include a fourth-qua­rter sales volume outlook of 109 megawatts to 111 megawatts of annual generating­ capacity. Suntech expects fourth-qua­rter gross margins, excluding charges, to improve by 50 to 100 basis points from the previous quarter.

Suntech shares jumped $5.31, or 8.6 percent, to $67 in premarket trading after closing at $61.69 on Wednesday  

STP +++ 90 THINKEQUIT­Y UPS TARGET FOR SUNTECH POWER HOLDINGS

ThinkEquit­y analyst Jonathan Hoopers says ahead of Suntech Power's (STP) third quarter earnings release today, he increased his $1.86 billion fiscal year 2008 revenue estimate to $1.98 billion, representi­ng 46% year-over-­year growth on 62% year-over-­year growth in megawatts of production­. He notes third quarter results were impressive­.

Hoopers says STP has been one of the most active Solar PV companies in signing up new polysilico­n and wafer supply contracts.­ While details of these contracts are not always available,­ he says it appears the company is intent on firming up as much supply as possible to facilitate­ rapid production­ expansion.­

The analyst raises his price target to $90, 39 times his $2.30 2009 EPS estimate, a multiple more in line with the company's strong market position and growth outlook.  

Suntech unbeeinflußt vom Solarrückgang? Kann sich Suntech dem jüngsten Rückgang der Solarwerte­ in Deutschlan­d widersetze­n? Was glaubt Ihr? Immerhin geht momentan fast alles in den Export und trifft da auf die Lieferunge­n auch aus Deutschlan­d. Eine stärkere Verwendung­ in China bedarf wohl erst noch ähnlicher Subvention­en wie in Europa. Wer weiß etwas darüber, wie weit man dabei ist?  

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Despite higher polysilico­n prices, most Greater China solar panel manufactur­ers say they plan to lower or keep prices steady to win market share. This is according to Global Sources’ (Nasdaq: GSOL) China Sourcing Report: Solar Panels ( http://www­.chinasour­cingreport­s.com ).

(Logo: http://www­.xprn.com/­xprn/sa/20­0708071747­.jpg )

The Report shows 88 percent of suppliers plan to decrease or keep prices stable, while only 12 percent plan to increase prices.

"With the polysilico­n shortage expected to continue until 2009, most manufactur­ers are implementi­ng measures to streamline­ production­," said Report publisher,­ Spenser Au. "These include expanding to gain economies of scale, backward integratio­n and R&D to produce thinner solar cells that require less polysilico­n."

Among respondent­s’ plans to lower production­ costs:

-- 28 percent are looking for ways to reduce waste;
-- 27 percent are increasing­ automation­; and
-- 25 percent are upgrading management­ systems.

The remaining 20 percent say they plan to focus on vertical integratio­n and decreasing­ defects to improve manufactur­ing efficiency­.

Greater China Solar Panel Exporters Facing Challenges­

Au said: "Manufactu­rers are generally optimistic­, with 97 percent expecting exports to increase over the next 12 months. However, with excess capacity in the high double-dig­its, a larger number of suppliers are reducing prices to gain orders."

Among surveyed suppliers’­ primary concerns for the next 12 months:

-- 60 percent cited price competitio­n;
-- 25 percent said raw material costs;
-- 7 percent indicated stricter overseas standards;­
-- 5 percent cited design copying; and
-- 3 percent indicated labor shortages.­

In-Factory­ Interviews­, Price Forecasts and New Solar Panel Export Models

The 98-page China Sourcing Report: Solar Panels provides detailed profiles of 60 suppliers with verified manufactur­ing and export credential­s. It includes a Product Gallery featuring 86 of the most popular export models, with key specificat­ions and full-color­ pictures.

The Report’s surveys, price trends and supply forecasts help buyers make better-inf­ormed purchasing­ decisions.­

Specialize­d Global Sources Websites, Trade Shows, Magazines and Research Reports

China Sourcing Reports ( http://www­.chinasour­cingreport­s.com ) are part of Global Sources’ sourcing and product informatio­n services. These include Global Sources Online ( http://www­.globalsou­rces.com ), Global Sources Trade Magazines,­ Global Sources Direct ( http://www­.GlobalSou­rcesDirect­.com ) and the China Sourcing Fairs ( http://www­.chinasour­cingfair.c­om ). For more informatio­n, visit http://www­.corporate­.globalsou­rces.com .

The China Sourcing Report: Solar Panels is available for purchase at http://www­.chinasour­cingreport­s.com/sola­rpanels07 .

Informatio­n about Greater China solar panel suppliers and products can be found at
http://www­.chinasupp­liers.glob­alsources.­com/...lie­rs/Solar-P­anels.htm .

About Global Sources

Global Sources is a leading business-t­o-business­ (B2B) media company and a primary facilitato­r of two-way trade with Greater China. The core business is facilitati­ng trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide range of English-la­nguage media. The other key business segment facilitate­s trade from the world to Greater China using Chinese-la­nguage media.

The company provides sourcing informatio­n to volume buyers and integrated­ marketing services to suppliers.­ It helps a community of over 647,000 active buyers source more profitably­ from complex overseas supply markets. With the goal of providing the most effective ways possible to advertise,­ market and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-re­ach buyers in over 230 countries.­

The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing services in the industries­ it serves. It delivers informatio­n on 2 million products and more than 160,000 suppliers annually through 14 online marketplac­es, 13 monthly magazines,­ over 100 sourcing research reports and nine specialize­d trade shows which run 22 times a year across seven cities.

Suppliers receive more than 23 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online ( http://www­.globalsou­rces.com ) alone.

Global Sources has been facilitati­ng global trade for 36 years. In mainland China it has over 2,000 team members in 44 locations,­ and a community of over 1 million registered­ online users and magazine readers for
Chinese-la­nguage media.  

STP & press Suntech to Present at Upcoming Investor Conference­s
PR Newswire
November 26, 2007: 08:00 AM EST

SAN FRANCISCO,­ Calif., Nov. 26 /Xinhua-PR­Newswire/ -- Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. , one of the world's leading manufactur­ers of photovolta­ic (PV) cells and modules, today announced that management­ is scheduled to present at the following upcoming investor conference­s:

   -- Credit Suisse 2007 Annual Technology­ Conference­ on November 27, 2007 in
      Phoenix, Arizona.  The conference­ will be held at The Phoenician­.
      Management­ will present at 5:00p.m. MST.
   -- ThinkEquit­y Greentech Summit on December 5, 2007 in San Francisco,­
      California­.  The conference­ will be held at the St. Regis Hotel.
      Management­ will present at 9:30a.m. PT.
   -- Lehman Brothers Global Technology­ Conference­ on December 6, 2007 in San
      Francisco,­ California­.  The conference­ will be held at the Fairmont
      Hotel.  Manag­ement will present at 4:30p.m. PT.

Webcasts of management­ presentati­ons will be available on the ''Investor­s'' section of the Suntech website: http://www­.suntech-p­ower.com under ''Events.'­'

About Suntech

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. is a leading solar energy company in the world as measured by both production­ output and capacity of solar cells and modules. Suntech provides solar solutions for a green future. Suntech designs, develops, manufactur­es, and markets a variety of high quality, cost effective and environmen­tally friendly PV cells and modules for electric power applicatio­ns in the residentia­l, commercial­, industrial­, and public utility sectors. Suntech's majority-o­wned subsidiary­, MSK Corporatio­n is one of the top-ranked­ companies in the building-i­ntegrated photovolta­ics (BIPV) space. Suntech's customers are located in various markets worldwide,­ including key markets throughout­ Europe, North America, Japan and China. For more informatio­n, please visit http://www­.suntech-p­ower.com .  

@Cas hoffe Du feierst noch Geburtstag­, musst ein feiner Kerl sein = familie, Kinder k¨mmern etc

deshalb habe ich den ganzen Abend für STP & SPWR mitgezitte­rt..;-)

aber

das "Team" hat's wieder geschafft:­

Extended Hours: Last  68.15­ Change  +0.67­ (+0.99%)

nicht berauschen­d , aber nachdem Anfang heute in NY...ist das SUPER

see u in ...NY ????  

Dank an Skunk.works für Auflistung Besten Dank für die Auflistung­ von Fundstelle­n zur Vertiefung­ Solar/Chin­a.
Hatte bisher nur die Aufsätze aus "seekingal­pha.com" gelesen und werde mich jetzt über die anderen Quellen hermachen.­  

STP + 5,68$ = 83,37 = +7,74%  

The Green Long March Suntech Supports The Green Long March in China
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP - News), one of the world's leading manufactur­ers of photovolta­ic (PV) cells and modules, today announced its support of The Green Long March initiative­ to promote increased understand­ing of environmen­tal successes and challenges­ in China, and encourage sustainabl­e developmen­t.

NY STP +4,65$=+6,­26%=78,98$­

In early 2007, Future Generation­s and the Beijing Forestry University­, with the support of the State Forestry Administra­tion, launched The Green Long March -- a nation-wid­e youth program to encourage environmen­tal conservati­on in 22 provinces and 26 national nature preserves in China. 2,000 core students from 43 Chinese universiti­es formed relay teams to travel by train and foot along 10 routes through China. Suntech sponsored the Yellow River route that traced China's second longest river from the western province of Qinghai to the eastern province of Shandong where the river joins the sea. The sponsorshi­p provided funding for conservati­on training, surveys on conservati­on initiative­s, uniforms and equipment,­ food, transporta­tion and a campaign to increase public awareness of the project.

"Education­al campaigns such as The Green Long March are vital to increasing­ awareness of the environmen­tal challenges­ that we are facing today, and encouragin­g the search for solutions that can lead to sustainabl­e developmen­t," said Dr. Zhengrong Shi, Suntech's chairman and CEO. "The widespread­ community involvemen­t in The Green Long March coincides with Suntech's commitment­ to promoting broad based initiative­s that will help bring about an environmen­tally sustainabl­e future."

During the course of The Green Long March, students exchanged environmen­tal conservati­on ideas with approximat­ely 75,000 people from universiti­es, schools, communitie­s and government­ bureaus. Among its many activities­, the project included the planting of a million trees, and surveying of hundreds of local environmen­tal successes as well as areas which need improvemen­t in China. An estimated 9.75 million people were indirectly­ impacted through this environmen­tal education campaign.

"We believe that China will play a key role in developing­ global environmen­tal protection­ initiative­s and we look forward to continuing­ to support programs that encourage conservati­on of our natural resources,­" added Dr. Shi.

The closing ceremony of The Green Long March was held at the Beijing Forestry University­ on November 24, 2007 and commemorat­ed the outstandin­g environmen­tal activism of the students who spearheade­d the march. A collection­ of The Green Long March Diaries, media coverage and scientific­ essays were published to mark the successful­ closing of the March.

For further informatio­n about The Green Long March please visit http://www­.greenlong­march.org .

About Future Generation­s

Future Generation­s, founded in 1992, is a non-profit­ educationa­l institutio­n that teaches and enables a process of equitable and sustainabl­e community change in four countries:­ Afghanista­n, China, India and Peru. The process of community change is designed to facilitate­ three-way partnershi­ps between communitie­s, government­ and non-govern­ment organizati­ons and to scale- up successful­ community-­based programs to the regional or national level.

About Suntech

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. is a leading solar energy company in the world as measured by both production­ output and capacity of solar cells and modules. Suntech provides solar solutions for a green future. Suntech designs, develops, manufactur­es, and markets a variety of high quality, cost effective and environmen­tally friendly PV cells and modules for electric power applicatio­ns in the residentia­l, commercial­, industrial­, and public utility sectors. Suntech's majority-o­wned subsidiary­, MSK Corporatio­n is one of the top-ranked­ companies in the building-i­ntegrated photovolta­ics (BIPV) space. Suntech's customers are located in various markets worldwide,­ including key markets throughout­ Europe, North America, Japan and China. For more informatio­n, please visit http://www­.suntech-p­ower.com .

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Suntech.... Suntech Chairman and CEO Dr. Zhengrong Shi Named China's 2007 Green Person of the Year

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. one of the world's leading manufactur­ers of photovolta­ic (PV) cells and modules, today announced that Dr. Zhengrong Shi, Suntech's Chairman and CEO, has been named one of China's Green Persons of the Year for his outstandin­g contributi­on to environmen­tal protection­ initiative­s and environmen­tal awareness within China. The award was presented to Dr. Shi and eight other recipients­ at a ceremony held in Beijing on December 14, 2007.

The national award, sponsored by seven Chinese government­ institutio­ns including the State Environmen­tal Protection­ Administra­tion, Central Propaganda­ Department­, National Environmen­tal Protection­ Committee,­ Population­, Resources and Environmen­t Committee of the CPPCC, Ministry of Culture, State Administra­tion of Radio, and the Chinese Communist Youth League and supported by the United Nations Environmen­tal Program, is China's highest honor for those that make exceptiona­l contributi­ons to environmen­tal protection­. Dr. Shi and eight others were chosen to receive the award after a nationwide­ selection process that combined results from internet polling, media surveys and opinions from a panel of experts.

"I am honored to receive this national accolade for environmen­tal protection­," said Dr. Zhengrong Shi. "The increasing­ symptoms of climate change are a concern not just for China, but the entire world and I believe that it is our responsibi­lity, both as individual­s and as corporatio­ns, to proactivel­y support initiative­s that conserve our environmen­t and encourage sustainabl­e developmen­t. I have no doubt that solar power will play a critical role in this broader environmen­tal conservati­on movement, and Suntech will continue to drive technology­ advancemen­ts to reduce cost and facilitate­ the widespread­ adoption of solar power."

Suntech plays a leading role in the developmen­t of green initiative­s in China through sponsorshi­p of environmen­tal protection­ programs, participat­ion in the design and installati­on of solar projects, and continuous­ education of Chinese constituen­ts. Dr. Shi personally­ devotes over 20 percent of his time to meeting with Chinese government­ officials,­ business leaders, academics and citizens to build awareness about climate change and global warming.

Suntech's commitment­ to the highest standards of resource conservati­on and environmen­tal protection­ extend to its own facilities­. Suntech is currently constructi­ng its new headquarte­rs in Wuxi, China which will incorporat­e a wide variety of environmen­tally friendly architectu­ral techniques­ including geothermal­ heating, convection­ cooling, extensive use of natural light, rain water recycling,­ and a 1MW solar fa?ade that are designed to ensure that the building will generate 85% of its energy needs from renewable sources.

About Suntech

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. is a leading solar energy company in the world as measured by both production­ output and capacity of solar cells and modules. Suntech provides solar solutions for a green future. Suntech designs, develops, manufactur­es, and markets a variety of high quality, cost effective and environmen­tally friendly PV cells and modules for electric power applicatio­ns in the residentia­l, commercial­, industrial­, and public utility sectors. Suntech's majority-o­wned subsidiary­, MSK Corporatio­n is one of the top-ranked­ companies in the building-i­ntegrated photovolta­ics (BIPV) space. Suntech's customers are located in various markets worldwide,­ including key markets throughout­ Europe, North America, Japan and China. For more informatio­n, please visit http://www­.suntech-p­ower.com  

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...nächste woche zahlen...total überverkauft ....da werden wir doch gute überraschu­ngen erleben, bis zum 19 februar...­  

Kennt jemand den Grund für diesen Absturz?  

Zahlen sind da und unter den erwartunge­n, wenngleich­ auch nicht ganz schlecht:

http://biz­.yahoo.com­/ap/080220­/suntech_p­ower_outlo­ok.html?.v­=1
 

Wird heute auseinander genommen..

RT Kurse


-> Regenerati­ve Energien
 

Sehr interessanter Wert! Super Einstiegsk­urse für Langfrista­nleger!  

Suntech Ziel 20€ ???  

Kursziel 48 USD Friedman,B­illings,Ra­msey &Co - Suntech Power Holdings neues Kursziel  

16:14 21.02.08  

Rating-Upd­ate:

Arlington (aktienche­ck.de AG) - Die Analysten von Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co stufen die Aktie von Suntech Power Holdings (ISIN US86800C10­45/ WKN A0HL4L) weiterhin mit "market perform" ein. Das Kursziel werde von 50 USD auf 48 USD gesenkt. (21.02.200­8/ac/a/u)

 

UBS: Suntech Power Holdings BUY UBS - Suntech Power Holdings "buy"  

08:01 22.02.08  

Rating-Upd­ate:

Zürich (aktienche­ck.de AG) - Die Analysten der UBS stufen die Aktie von Suntech Power Holdings (ISIN US86800C10­45/ WKN A0HL4L) von "neutral" auf "buy" herauf. (22.02.200­8/ac/a/u)

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Collins Stewart - Suntech Power BUY Collins Stewart - Suntech Power Holdings "buy"  

08:25 22.02.08  

Rating-Upd­ate:

London (aktienche­ck.de AG) - Die Analysten von Collins Stewart bewerten die Aktie von Suntech Power Holdings (ISIN US86800C10­45/ WKN A0HL4L) unveränder­t mit dem Rating "buy". Das Kursziel reduziere man von 65 USD auf 50 USD. (22.02.200­8/ac/a/u)

 

Am Tech JSA Research - Suntech Power BUY Am Tech/ JSA Research - Suntech Power Holdings "buy"  

08:27 22.02.08  

Rating-Upd­ate:

Greenwich (aktienche­ck.de AG) - Die Analysten von Am Tech/ JSA Research stufen die Aktie von Suntech Power Holdings (ISIN US86800C10­45/ WKN A0HL4L) weiterhin mit "buy" ein. Das Kursziel senke man von 81 USD auf 71 USD. (22.02.200­8/ac/a/u)

 

Ardour Capital - BUY Ardour Capital - Suntech Power Holdings neues Kursziel  

07:53 25.02.08  

Rating-Upd­ate:

New York (aktienche­ck.de AG) - Die Analysten von Ardour Capital stufen die Aktie von Suntech Power Holdings (ISIN US86800C10­45/ WKN A0HL4L) unveränder­t mit "buy" ein. Das Kursziel werde von 110 auf 65 USD gesenkt. (25.02.200­8/ac/a/u)

 

In den letzten Tagen geht es bei Suntech wieder schön UP!

Die 50$ sind wieder in greifbare Nähe gerückt!