Building-Integrated Photovoltaics Markets 2009 and Beyond published by NanoMarkets in August, 2009. This report consists of 93 Pages and the price starts from US $ 995.
Abstract
This report analyzes and quantifies the current and future markets for BIPV
products. These products have traditionally consisted mostly of solar panels
designed to lie flush and appear unobtrusive on a structure. But the BIPV
market has changed in the past year or so, with exciting new products that
incorporate PV cells into actual building materials like siding, windows, and
roofing shingles.
Last year, NanoMarkets produced one of the first reports on BIPV and this
year' s report builds on our success and experience with this earlier study.
This time, our focus is on the next generation BIPV products just mentioned
and we set out in this report, just where and when they are likely to be a
success.
Of course, the arrival of new BIPV products on the market is not the only
thing that has changed since last year. With the huge downturn in the economy,
the PV market has taken a double hit. First, the bottom has dropped out of the
construction market, so the addressable market for BIPV is significantly
smaller than it was a year ago. With this in mind, the report focuses on how
BIPV technologies can break into the market now and how planners at BIPV firms
can ensure that their products will do well once the new construction market
begins to stabilize and how they can also best meet the demands of the
retrofit market.
The other problem that all PV products faces is the decline in energy prices,
which means that PV in general does not prove in economically to the same
degree as in the past. With this in mind, this report discusses how BIPV
specific factors -- notably aesthetics -- can help the PV industry move
forward in a difficult industry. The earliest adopters of PV devices, often
simply mounted panels on rooftops with little or no regard for appearance. The
next wave of PV adopters, we believe, will require that the PV system be
architecturally integrated into the building structure and look good. There is
also a large proportion of potential adopters who do not want any
attention--favorable or not. Modern BIPV is likely to allow this potential
market to install PV systems "incognito."
The report also discusses the materials and technology aspect of BIPV. We look
at how traditional crystalline silicon firms PV can best fit their products
into the new BIPV environment and how the new TFPV and OPV/DSC technologies --
with their light weight and flexibility -- can be leveraged for BIPV
applications. The report also goes into depth on the market, policy and
technology factors that make BIPV more popular in some regions versus others.
Finally, our eight-year forecasts of the BIPV market quantify the
opportunities in BIPV by region and by product type.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
- E.1 PV' s Place in the Building Materials Market
- E.1.1 Types of BIPV Materials
- E.1.2 BIPV for Residential vs. Commercial Buildings
- E.2 Economics and BIPV
- E.2.1 PV vs. Conventional Energy
- E.2.2 BIPV vs. Conventional PV
- E.2.3 Incentives and Policy
- E.3 Opportunities for Building Materials Firms
- E.4 Opportunities for PV Panel Firms
- E.5 Opportunities for Construction Firms
- E.6 Summary of Eight-Year Forecasts of BIPV Markets
Chapter One: Introduction
- 1.1 Background to this Report
- 1.1.1 PV Mounted on Buildings
- 1.1.2 A More Aesthetic Approach: PV Incorporated Into Building Materials
- 1.1.3 Implications for the PV Industry Overall
- 1.2 Objectives and Scope of this Report
- 1.3 Methodology of this Report
- 1.4 Plan of this Report
Chapter Two: BIPV Technology, Materials, and Approaches
- 2.1 The Case for Building Integration
- 2.2 PV Technology as it Relates to BIPV
- 2.2.1 Crystalline Silicon PV and Building Integration
- 2.2.2 Thinner, Lighter, More Flexible: Thin-Film PV and Building
Integration
- 2.2.3 Keeping the Lights On: System Requirements beyond the Panels
- 2.3 Integration of Conventional PV Panels: Evolution of Approaches
- 2.3.1 Stick It on the Roof
- 2.3.2 Hide It on the Roof
- 2.3.3 The Panel Is the Roof
- 2.4 PV Incorporated Into Building Materials
- 2.4.1 Roof Tiles
- 2.4.2 Solar Shingles
- 2.4.3 Cladding and Facades
- 2.4.4 What To Do With the Rest of the Light: PV Windows
- 2.5 BIPV as it Impacts PV Performance
- 2.5.1 Orientation of the Panels
- 2.5.2 Weather and BIPV
- 2.5.3 Impact of Building Integration on PV Panel Life
- 2.6 BIPV as it Impacts Building Material Performance
- 2.6.1 Impact of PV Panel Incorporation on Building Material Life
- 2.7 Key Points Made in this chapter
Chapter Three: BIPV Markets
- 3.1 The Appeal of BIPV
- 3.2 The Conventional Building Materials Market: The Competition
- 3.3 The Overall PV Market As It Relates To BIPV
- 3.4 Construction, BIPV, and the Economy
- 3.4.1 Impact of the Current Economic Crisis
- 3.4.2 When to BIPV: New Construction Vs. Retrofits
- 3.4 Location, Location, Location: Geography, Policy, and BIPV Viability
- 3.4.1 Following the Sun: Geographical Insolation Impact on Viability
- 3.4.2 Savings: Impact of Conventional Energy Cost
- 3.4.3 Incentives: Subsidies and Other Policy Impacts by Region
- 3.4.4 Successful PV Markets: Japan, Germany, California
- 3.4.5 Manufacturing Follows the Market
- 3.5 Building Types and Users: Residential Vs. Commercial
- 3.6 Key Points Made in this Chapter
Chapter Four: Eight-Year Forecasts of BIPV Markets
- 4.1 Forecasting Methodology
- 4.1.1 Data Sources
- 4.1.2 Scope of Forecast
- 4.1.3 Alternative Scenarios and Other Factors Taken into Consideration
- 4.2 Forecasts of BIPV Markets by Region
- 4.2.1 BIPV in North America
- 4.2.2 BIPV in Europe
- 4.2.3 BIPV in Asia
- 4.2.4 BIPV in Other Regions
- 4.3 Forecasts of BIPV Markets by Product Type
- 4.3.1 Conventional, Architecturally Mounted PV Panels
- 4.3.2 PV Roof Tiles
- 4.3.3 PV Shingles
- 4.3.4 PV Cladding and Facades
- 4.3.5 PV Windows
