尚德今天报道尽管损失了1.749亿美元，但是公司说市场对其产品的需求仍比较强劲，前景看好， 2010年第二季度收入上涨95%达到6.251亿美元。
亏损是由于重新分配花销和资产减值引起的。在很大程度上，是由于花销超出了预算。
尚德受此次经济下坡的影响很大，但目前销售开始良好势头发展，这个季度光伏电池和组件的发货量是去年同期的3倍还高。高需求刺激了增大了生产量，增长了200MW，总计为1.5GW的发货量。公司预期还要投入3—3.5亿美元的投入。
尚德还要计划扩大北美的出口通过网络设备经销商。仅在中国，公司已经有13个光伏农场，作为国家雄厚的光伏开发路线图。
Chinese solar equipment maker Suntech Power Holdings today reported a loss of $174.9 million despite a 95 percent increase in revenue to $625.1 million in the second quarter of 2010. Still, the company says demand for its products is way up, boding well for the future.
It attributed the loss it incurred to reorganization costs and write-downs. And, for the most part, the results exceeded analysts’ forecasts.
Suntech was hit hard by the economic downturn, but now sales are finally rebounding. Shipments of solar cells and modules for the quarter were three times higher than they were a year ago. The demand motivated the company to raise its expectations by 200 megawatts, to 1.5 gigawatts shipped for 2010. Meeting this demand is anticipated to cost $300 – $350 million.
Suntech says it already has plans to expand its shipments in North America via its network of equipment dealers. In China alone, the company has the potential to win contracts for up to 13 solar farms, as part of the country’s ambitious solar development roadmap.
In addition to being a major player in China’s solar ascent, Suntech exemplifies another big trend in the industry: the shift away from thin-film solar technology. Earlier this year, Applied Materials scrapped its thin-film solar equipment business and 500 jobs along with it. Suntech has also axed its thin-film manufacturing plans in order to pour all of its resources into silicon solar cells — accounting for a $55 million write-down.
Based in Jiangsu, Suntech previously raised $102 million from Jiangsu Shunda Semiconductor Development.
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