Renewable Energy


July 20, 2026

Solar Industry Update – Storage Is Booming; That’s the Problem (are Headwinds Emerging for the Solar Battery Bulls?)

By Gordon L. Johnson II

A European solar market update and a fireside chat with the head of EU sales for Huawei — battery-price deflation is the bull case, the bear case, and the 2Q26 earnings setup. BOTTOM LINE Europe’s…

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July 15, 2026

GLJ SOLAR PRICING UPDATE – 7/15/2026: Supply-Wafers / Poly Down as PV Supply Chain Prices Accelerate Toward a Bottom

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Polysilicon Futures Spot Contract Price (CNY$35,160/ton = $4.99/kg) – down 0.9% w/w Note: Adjusted for CNY exchange rate and 13% VAT.Source: Guangzhou Futures exchange. Solar Pricing Metrics – 7/15/2026 Note: EnergyTrend discontinued slurry saw price…

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July 10, 2026

Global Solar Update + China SNEC Conference Channel Check/Fireside Chat Takeaways: The Music Stopped in May in China… Somebody Tell the Bulls

By Gordon L. Johnson II

China May installs -91% y/y; Prices Below Cash Cost Across the Chain; Reiterate SELL on JinkoSolar (-39.3% YTD), Canadian Solar (-36.9% YTD) & Daqo New Energy (-58.4% YTD) The Bottom Line. There are slowdowns, and…

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July 1, 2026

GLJ SOLAR PRICING UPDATE – 7/1/2026: Cost Support Weakens, Downward Price Pressure Persists Across the Solar PV Supply Chain

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Please see bottom of report for important disclosures Gordon L. Johnson/GLJ Research LLC ————————————————– Polysilicon Futures Spot Contract Price (CNY$35,820/ton = $5.07/kg) – down 1.8% w/w Note: Adjusted for CNY exchange rate and 13% VAT….

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June 30, 2026

US Solar Inverter Industry Update: Right Headline, Wrong Stocks

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Washington is drafting a ban on Chinese inverters. ENPH (+12%) and SEDG (+10%) are ripping in the pre-market. One problem: the ban targets the one part of the market these two barely touch (i.e., utility-scale)….

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June 24, 2026

GLJ SOLAR PRICING UPDATE – 6/24/2026

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Please see bottom of report for important disclosures Gordon L. Johnson/GLJ Research LLC ————————————————– Polysilicon Futures Spot Contract Price (CNY$36,485/ton = $5.15/kg) – down 0.1% w/w Note: Adjusted for CNY exchange rate and 13% VAT….

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June 17, 2026

Fireside Chat w/ Large US Solar Distributor Sheds Light on Solar’s “State of the Union” Ahead of 2Q26E Results as 25D Sunsets and the July 4 Safe-Harbor Cliff Comes Into View

By Gordon L. Johnson II

What Is the Channel Seeing Three Weeks Ahead of the July 4 Safe-Harbor Deadline? Below, we provide a Q&A we had today with Krannich — one of the largest global distributors of solar products, with…

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June 17, 2026

GLJ SOLAR PRICING UPDATE – 6/17/2026: Solar Price Collapse Accelerates as: Silver Price Fall + Still Weakening Global Demand = Price “Nightmare on Elm Street” Scenario

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Please see bottom of report for important disclosures Gordon L. Johnson/GLJ Research LLC ————————————————– Polysilicon Futures Spot Contract Price (CNY$36,525/ton = $5.18/kg) – up 1.2% w/w Note: Adjusted for CNY exchange rate and 13% VAT….

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June 11, 2026

SEDG/ENPH/RUN – Consensus Forecasts “Sunny Skies” in 2H26 for Resi Solar; Wood Mackenzie Says Down ~40%; One of them is Wrong; we Rate all Three SELL

By Gordon L. Johnson II

The Thesis, in One Breath Wood Mackenzie and SEIA forecast U.S. residential solar installations fall -21% y/y in 2026 (link). Therefore, when incorporating the consensus forecast that installs rise +5% y/y in 2Q26 — demand…

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June 10, 2026

GLJ SOLAR PRICING UPDATE – 6/10/2026: Solar Prices (across all substrates) Implode Coming out of China’s SNEC 19th Int’l PV Power Generation & Smart Energy Conf. June 3rd-5th

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Please see bottom of report for important disclosures Gordon L. Johnson/GLJ Research LLC ————————————————– Polysilicon Futures Spot Contract Price (CNY$36,100/ton = $5.11/kg) – down 1.4% w/w Note: Adjusted for CNY exchange rate and 13% VAT.Source:…

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June 3, 2026

GLJ SOLAR PRICING UPDATE – 6/3/2026

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Please see bottom of report for important disclosures Gordon L. Johnson/GLJ Research LLC ————————————————– Polysilicon Futures Spot Contract Price (CNY$36,605/ton = $5.18/kg) – down 0.3% w/w Note: Adjusted for CNY exchange rate and 13% VAT….

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June 2, 2026

California Solar Initiative — April 2026 Data: The February Scare Was (Mostly) Noise

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Volumes rebounded to 208MW. Tesla’s storage share snapped back to 61%, fully retracing the February dip. And the inverter duopoly has split cleanly in two — Enphase owns what’s left of residential, SolarEdge survives only…

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May 28, 2026

Solar Weekly – China Installs Fall -78.9% Y/Y; APsystems Channel Check Confirms US “Down More Than 50% Nationwide”; OBBBA July 4 Cliff Looms — Reiterate Cautious Global Solar Fundamental View

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Bottom Line We have covered the solar complex across three full cycles — the 2011–2013 polysilicon bust, the 2018–2019 China “531” subsidy collapse, and the 2023–2024 distributor inventory disaster. The pattern is repeating. China telegraphs…

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May 27, 2026

GLJ SOLAR PRICING UPDATE – 5/27/2026

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Please see bottom of report for important disclosures Gordon L. Johnson/GLJ Research LLC ————————————————– Polysilicon Futures Spot Contract Price (CNY$36,730/ton = $5.19/kg) – down 0.9% w/w Note: Adjusted for CNY exchange rate and 13% VAT….

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May 20, 2026

GLJ SOLAR PRICING UPDATE – 5/20/2026

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Please see bottom of report for important disclosures Gordon L. Johnson/GLJ Research LLC ————————————————– Polysilicon Futures Spot Contract Price (CNY$37,055/ton = $5.22/kg) – down 0.4% w/w Note: Adjusted for CNY exchange rate and 13% VAT….

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