2010年前半年，歐洲光伏市場由即將到來的年中光伏刺激計劃電價下調以及2009年的組件價格下調影響。根據Solarbuzz公司最近的歐洲市場調查顯示，“盡管終端市場有著極強的需求――2010年上半年德國市場需求比2009年下半年高1/3，但是光伏組件價格的提升僅在6月份出現過”solarbuzz公司的歐洲市場副總Alan Turner提示道。
即便是這樣，提升的價格也僅僅能夠抵消歐元貶值帶來的影響。而該影響也是供需增長的一個重要原因。

15.07.2010: The pace of the European solar photovoltaic (PV) market in the first half of 2010 was dominated by the impending mid-year incentive tariff reductions in Germany and conditioned by the lower module pricing that emerged through 2009, according to the latest from Solarbuzz(R) in Europe PV Markets 2010. “Despite the strength of end-market demand, which was one-third higher in Germany in the first half of 2010 than in the second half of 2009, the first PV module price increases of 2010 only emerged in June,” noted Alan Turner, Vice President of European Market
Research for Solarbuzz. “Even then, the increases in euro terms only partially compensated for the deteriorating price picture in dollar terms caused by the euro’s dramatic decline against the dollar. Such is the strength of supply growth in the PV industry.” …