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•§Financial Times Deutschland quotes state secretary Katherina Reiche from the German Environment Ministry that there will be no mid-year subsidy cut given low registration volumes during the reference period. We were expecting only a marginal 3ppt tariff cut on 1 July. Investors should be aware that the Federal Grid Agency ("Bundesnetzagentur") has not yet published the official statement on 2H11 subsidies, but is likely to do so over the next few days. Germany is still the most important solar market with c. 40% of annual new global installations. Impact
•§Ms. Reiche is quoted as saying that there were only ~700MW of registered solar installations during the period from 1 March 2011 until 30 May 2011. Annualised - simply multiplied by four and not adjusted for seasonality - this is equal to 2,800MW. The critical threshold which would trigger subsidy declines is 3,500MW.
•§It is important to note that the estimate for market size is made according to preliminary data on registrations. Typically, this lags actual installations by several weeks. Thus, it is likely that the clear pick-up in demand in Germany over recent weeks is not yet reflected in this data. There is no regulatory mechanism to allow for an adjustment of tariff levels during 2H11 once final data is available in a few months time.
•§As a consequence of unchanged subsidies, but significantly declined module prices, economies for installing systems are already well above historical averages and are improving further. Levered equity IRR levels of up to 10% can now be achieved in the German commercial roof-top segment, which represented 50-55% of the German market in 2009 and 2010. This should drive an installation boom in 2H11.
•§However, we remain concerned about 1H12 as subsidy levels in Germany could face an unprecedented rate of decline by 18-24% on 1 January.
•§Let us remind ourselves that 1H12 subsidy declines are calculated according to installations during a reference period that began on 1 October 2010 and will end on 30 September 2011. So far, some 2,900MW have been installed during this reference period according to the preliminary data available. There are four seasonally strong months yet to come, and there might be revisions - likely upwards - to some preliminary data.
•§Again, there is the critical 3,500MW level that will trigger subsidy declines in addition to the 9ppt base rate cut. Installations in excess of 3,500MW but below 4,500MW will trigger an additional 3ppt tariff cut. For every 1GW above 3,500MW there will be another 3ppt slash of subsidies on top. Cumulatively, the maximum tariff cut is 24%. We are forecasting an 18-21% reduction. Action and recommendation
•§2H11 installations in Germany could surprise consensus on the upside. We reiterate our trading call upgrade of Phoenix Solar (PS4 GY, Outperform, TP €22, CP €17.74) on a strong 2H domestic market. It is highlighted that if Phoenix was to sell all its inventories and call in all receivables, it could pay off all debt and still be left with a cash balance equal to market cap. Thus, investors currently ascribe zero value to the business franchise that has been established for almost two decades and last year traded close to 2% of global solar shipments.
•§Overall, we remain concerned about 1H12 though as subsidy levels in Germany and other major markets such as Italy are set to decline markedly.
•§We reiterate our long-standing Underperform ratings on Q-Cells (QCE GY, TP €1.50, CP €1.67) and SolarWorld (SWV GY, TP €6.50, CP €9.36). The latter company's CEO was quoted on Reuters on 14 June that its 2Q11 sales would rise by one-third over 1Q11 levels of €233m. This would be a clear disappointment to consensus, which stands at €393m, a growth of 69% qoq. |