Power Measurements of Solar Modules





September 3, 2010

Index Value

2,467

Company
Stock price
% since 01/01/10
% since 08/27/10
Country Industry
Canadian Solar $12.20 -57.7% 6.2%* Canada Modules
centrotherm photovoltaics €34.00 -19.4% 2.7% Germany Production equipment
DelSolar $67.00 TWD 33.5%* -1.5% Taiwan Cells, Modules
E-Ton Solar $35.55 TWD 48.3%* -27.4% Taiwan Cells
First Solar $136.45 0.8% 5.9% USA Thin-film modules
GCL Poly Energy Holding $1.92 6.1%*** _ USA Silicon, Wafers
Gintech Energy $97.10 TWD 4.0% -0.3% Taiwan Cells
Green Energy Technology $79.00 TWD -4.8% -3.7% Taiwan Wafers
GT Solar International $8.78 57.9% 14.0% USA Production equipment
JA Solar $6.39 12.1% 6.3% China Cells
Jinkosolar $27.38 9.3%*** _ USA Wafers, Cells, Modules
LDK Solar $7.83 11.7% 12.3% China Wafers
Meyer Burger Technol. AG 29.10 CHF 10.2% 11.9% Switzerland PV wafer saws
Motech Industries $132.00 TWD -13.2% 3.1% Taiwan Cells
Neo Solar Power
$86.00 TWD
6.4% 1.9% Taiwan Cells
NPC Inc. JP1,554.00 -35.3% -10.4% Japan Cells, modules
Q-Cells €5.33 -53.6% 0.8% Germany Cells
Renesola Ltd. $3.10 8.3%* 19.9% China Silicon, wafers, cells. modules
Renewable Energy Corp. 18.17 NOK -51.6% 11.3% Norway Silicon, wafers, cells, modules
Roth & Rau AG €20.59 -32.7% 1.4% Germany Production equipment
Sino-American Silicon Pr. $106.00 TWD 20.3% -0.5% Taiwan Wafers
SMA Solar Technology AG €84.79 -8.3% 1.5% Germany Inverters
Solarfun Power Holdings $11.68 53.1% 9.6% China Cells, modules
SolarWorld AG €9.46 -38.1% 4.2% Germany Wafers, cells, modules, wholesale
STR Holdings $21.86 39.7% 4.1% USA Foils for encapsulation of solar cells
SunPower $11.47 -51.6% 2.2% USA Cells, modules
Suntech Power $8.91
-46.4% 12.5% China Cells, modules
Trina Solar $27.74 2.8% 8.8% China Wafers, cells, modules
Woongjin Energy KRW16,300.00 -4.1%** -1.5% Republc of Korea Ingots, Wafer
Yingli Green Energy $11.74 -25.7% 4.7% China Wafers, cells, modules
PPVX 2,467.00 -4.1% 3.5%

* since March 1, 2010; ** since July 19, 2010, *** since Aug. 30, 2010

Weekly summary

The PPVX has increased by 3.5% to 2,467 points, and the NYSE Arca Oil by 3.9%. Since the beginning of 2010 the PPVX of -4.1% (currency levelized) is around 8 percentage points behind the oil index (+3.6%). The top three of 2010 are Renesola (+81% since PPVX re-entry), GT Solar (+58%) and Solarfun Power (+53%). The biggest weekly winners were Renesola (+20%) and GT Solar (+14%), while E-Ton Solar (-27%) and NPC (-10%) lost most this week. PPVX market capitalization added up to around €36.4 billion ($46.6 billion).

Remarks

Index calculation: The PPVX is a weighted index so that the stocks of a few highly capitalized companies do not exert too much influence. It is divided into six classes, with different weighing points (WP) based on the companies' market capitalizations. A capitalization of less than €50 million has 1 WP; between €50 million and €200 million, 2 WP; between €200 million and €800 million, 3 WP (Canadian Solar, Centrotherm, Conergy, Delsolar, E-Ton, Gintech, Green Energy Technology, GT Solar, JA Solar, Jinkosolar, LDK Solar, Meyer Burger Technology, Neo Solar Power, NPC, Q-Cells, ReneSola, Roth & Rau, Sino-American Silicon Products, Solarfun Power, STR Holdings, Woongjin Energy); between €800 million and €3.2 billion, 4 WP (Motech, Renewable Energy Corp., SolarWorld, SunPower, Suntech Power,Trina, Yingli); between €3.2 billion and €12.8 billion, 5 WP (First Solar and SMA Solar Technology).

Michael Schmela
© PHOTON International, September 3, 2010