SolarWorld AG announced consolidated earnings results for the year 2015. The company confirmed increase of its groupwide shipments by 33% to 1,159 (2014: 873) megawatts, which the company preliminarily announced on February 1, 2016. Consolidated revenue in 2015 also grew by 33% to EUR 763 million against EUR 573 million a year ago.

In 2015, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) totaled EUR 40.8 million and thus increased in comparison with preliminarily announced figures (preliminary EBITDA: EUR 35 million). In 2014, EBITDA amounted to EUR 1.6 million (adjusted for one-off effects). Loss before interest and taxes (LBIT) improved to EUR 4.2 (preliminary LBIT: 10) million in 2015.

In 2014, LBIT reached EUR 43.8 million (adjusted for one-off effects).