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Market Research Report

Photovoltaic Solar Panel Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010 to 2016

Published by WinterGreen Research, Inc.
Published March, 2010 Product code 114764
Content info 700 PAGES 306 TABLES AND FIGURES
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Photovoltaic Solar Panel Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010 to 2016 published by WinterGreen Research, Inc. in March, 2010. This report consists of 700 PAGES 306 TABLES AND FIGURES and the price starts from US $ 3500.

Introduction

Abstract

LEXINGTON, Massachusetts (February 26, 2010) - WinterGreen Research announces that it has a new study on Photovoltaic Solar Strategies, Technologies And Opportunities: Market Shares and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010 - 2016. The 2010 study has 700 pages, 306 tables and figures.

Large solar farms are more popular initially, but solar is anticipated to be built out on commercial roof tops in increased quantity. The electricity generated will be fed to local substations and distributed to homes from there. The electricity generated will be used for both stationary power and to charge electric vehicles. Photovoltaics PV market growth depends on volume production to achieve economies of scale.

Solar energy market driving forces relate to the opportunity to harness a cheap, long lasting, powerful energy source. Solar energy can be used to create electricity in huge quantity. Solar panels are mounted in a weatherproof frame, are mounted in areas with direct exposure to the sun to generate electricity from sunlight.

Solar power systems are comprised of solar modules, related power electronics, and other components. Solar panels are used in residential, commercial and industrial applications. Solar compositions of arrays that comprise electric utility grids appear to be the wave of the future.

The demand for solar energy is dependent on a lower prices for solar and higher prices for petroleum. A combination of economies of scale being realized in the manufacturing along with increases in the current prices for petroleum will drive solar energy adoption.

The overall solar market has attained enough critical mass to boost competitive technologies of thin film and monocrystalline, polycrystalline, and multicrystalline silicon based systems.

First Solar, the market leader, in commercial systems is participating in the solar markets at a level of $1.9 billion of a total 2009 market of $19.6 billion for 2009. First Solar is well positioned to gain significant market share over the next five years. First Solar basically does monolithic integration on glass, making things on the module level.

First Solar PV modules are thin film PV modules. The achievement of reaching 1GW of modules in installations bodes well for the entire industry, bringing credibility to the solar energy effort. To support the growing demand, First Solar continues to push the limits on volume manufacturing. First Solar is integrating each production step.

Sharp, the market leader, has achieved remarkable penetration of residential markets. Mass production of tandem - type thin - film solar cells means two types of cells are offered - crystalline types suitable for colder temperatures at high latitudes, and thinfilm types better suited to warmer regions. Sharp is a unique manufacturer in that they offer both types.

Key market transitions are being made relative to smart grid, the increasing centrality of the local power substation, and implementation of the smart grid as a distribution center for electricity generated by solar power.

Solar energy is being adopted because the petroleum reserves are facing depletion. Solar offers plentiful, cheap energy source with panels that have a 25 year life and payback within 10 years. The payback is within 8 months if the solar electricity generated is used to charge an electric vehicle.

Thin film batteries and new utility level electricity storage are evolving. Thin film batteries are expected to power electric vehicles and sit on the ground outside homes and apartment buildings to store the electricity generated by solar. Thin film batteries provide the bridge to offer electricity when the sun it not shining.

Thin film batteries fuel growth in solar markets. These markets are set to evolve even faster than anyone has thought. Sharp, First Solar, Trina Solar, Suntech, and Ascent Solar Technologies are among the companies anticipated to benefit from the build out of solar energy. These are the companies positioned to leverage solar energy market growth. These market participants continue to be very aggressive in both internal innovation commitments, as well as partnership and acquisition strategies.

According to Susan Eustis, President of WinterGreen Research, "Worldwide solar markets are poised to achieve significant growth as solar energy is widely adopted, creating economies of scale and funding new technology efficiencies. Manufacturing efficiencies are expected to create new uses and permit users to leverage existing ones. Costs of solar panels are expected to decrease rapidly in response to the continuing economies of scale. Market strategies of the leaders Sharp First Solar, and Trina are compelling in their innovation and flexibility"

Emerging markets depend on 100 successful trials and reference accounts. Solar energy has now surpassed that magic number and is poised for rapid growth. The reference accounts are in place, the prices of the solar modules are decreasing at a faster pace than the industry had predicted, grid parity has been achieved in some places and is on track to be achieved everywhere.

Investment in solar energy is anticipated to continue. Participants will come and go, industry consolidation and high growth patterns will alternate until the nascent industry stabilizes, but solar energy is here to stay.

Solar energy is in place. It works, it is no longer a dream or a long shot, it is real. Read the study, look at the pictures of the large number of installations, this is an amazing market, emerging long after early efforts to bring these technologies to reality: Why is it here now? Solar energy is evolving because the price of gasoline in going to continue to climb.

Solar energy markets are big. At $19.6 billion in 2009 solar panels are anticipated to reach$125.5 billion by 2016. Market growth comes because the technology has caught the imagination of everyone, consumers, vendors, governments, politicians, oil producers, and the utility industry. The technology works, its benefits have a positive ROI over the useful life of the panels, even a significant payback. Solar provides the cheap, clean, dependable energy source needed to drive industrial growth, available.

Table of Contents

Photovoltaic Solar Executive Summary

SOLAR TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

  • Solar Energy Market Driving Forces
  • Solar Energy Market Shares
  • Photovoltaic Solar Energy Market Forecasts
    • Solar Industry Outlook
    • 100 Successful Trials And Reference Accounts
    • Solar Utility Market Driving Forces
  • Commercial Solar

Photovoltaic Solar Market Description And Market Dynamics

1. SOLAR TECHNOLOGY MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS

  • 1.1 Solar Technologies
    • 1.1.1 Research Initiatives
    • 1.1.2 Thin Film Material Layers
  • 1.2 Photovoltaic Conversion Of Sun Light
    • 1.2.1 Solar Panel Orientation
  • 1.3 Thin Film Solar Materials
  • 1.4 Sunlight Intensity in Various Regions
    • 1.4.1 Sunshine Index
    • 1.4.2 Economics of PV
  • 1.5 Variety of Solar Panel Installations
    • 1.5.1 Off-Grid Systems:
  • 1.6 Solar Technology
    • 1.6.1 Cost-Competitive Solar
    • 1.6.2 Crystalline-Silicon Panels
    • 1.6.3 Thin-Film Solar
    • 1.6.4 Silicon or CIGS
  • 1.7 World' s Largest PV Installation German Solar
  • 1.8 The Basics of Solar Electricity
  • 1.9 Utility Power Positioning
    • 1.9.1 Utility Solar Decision Making
  • 1.10 U.S. Building Construction Industry
  • 1.11 Silicon Panels Harvest More Energy
    • 1.11.1 Solar Real Estate
  • 1.12 Smart Electric Grid Overhaul: Utility
    • 1.12.1 IBM Smart Grid
    • 1.12.2 U.S. Electric Grid Needs Major Overhaul: Utility
    • 1.12.3 Flexible Solar Cells With Silicon Wires
  • 1.13 Competition and Advanced PV Technologies
  • 1.14 Parts Of The Solar Cell Manufacturing Process
    • 1.14.1 Silicon Crystal Growing or Casting Plants
    • 1.14.2 Solar Cell Plants
    • 1.14.3 Module Assembly Plants
    • 1.14.4 Systems Assembly
  • 1.15 Greenhouse Gases
  • 1.16 Productionizing Technologies
  • 1.17 Era Of Cheap Energy
    • 1.17.1 Unprecedented Level Of Development Worldwide
    • 1.17.2 Population Increases
  • 1.18 Tackling Climate Change
  • 1.19 Power From the Sun
    • 1.19.1 PV Industry
    • 1.19.2 SGS Solar Services

Photovoltaic Solar Market Shares And Market Forecasts

2. SOLAR TECHNOLOGY MARKET SHARES AND FORECASTS

  • 2.1 Solar Energy Market Driving Forces
  • 2.2 Solar Energy Market Shares
    • 2.2.1 First Solar Thin Film Monolithic Integration On Glass
    • 2.2.2 Sharp Solar Cells
    • 2.2.3 Sharp Increasing The Size Of The Output To Maintain Leading Market Share
    • 2.2.4 Trina Solar Limited Square Monocrystalline Cell
    • 2.2.5 SolarWorld Residential
    • 2.2.6 Suntech Solar Cells
    • 2.2.7 Canadian Solar
    • 2.2.8 BP Solar Core Markets Monocrystalline And Multicrystalline Cells
    • 2.2.9 LDK 2-14
    • 2.2.10 Yingli 2-15
    • 2.2.11 CIGS 2-15
    • 2.2.12 Q-Cells CIGS Module Positioning
    • 2.2.13 Ascent Solar Semiconductor Deposition
    • 2.2.14 NanoSolar and MiaSole Thin Film Technology
    • 2.2.15 Ascent Solar Thin Film Photovoltaic Devices CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Selenide).
    • 2.2.16 Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics Manufacturing Solar Lighting 2-18
  • 2.3 Photovoltaic Solar Energy Market Forecasts
    • 2.3.1 Solar Industry Outlook
    • 2.3.2 100 Successful Trials And Reference Accounts
    • 2.3.3 Solar Utility Market Driving Forces
    • 2.3.4 Grid Parity
  • 2.4 Multiple, Large, Working Solar Energy Installations
  • 2.5 Commercial Solar
    • 2.5.1 Residential Solar
    • 2.5.2 Government, Enterprise, and Capital Market Funding of Solar Energy Initiatives
    • 2.5.3 President Obama' s Energy Plan
    • 2.5.4 Crystalline Modules vs. Thin Film Solar
    • 2.5.5 Monocrystalline Modules
    • 2.5.6 CdTe Thin Film Technology
    • 2.5.7 CIGS Thin Film Technology Photovoltaic Effect
    • 2.5.8 CIGS On Glass
    • 2.5.9 Thin Film Vs. Monocrystalline or Polycrystalline
    • 2.5.10 Solar Market Transitions
    • 2.5.11 Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency
    • 2.5.12 Solar Energy Megawatts Shipped
    • 2.5.13 Solar Energy Cost per Watt
    • 2.5.14 Solar Manufacturing Capacity
    • 2.5.15 Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics Manufacturing Capacity
    • 2.5.16 Solarfun 2010 Capacity Expansion
    • 2.5.17 Solar Manufacturing Run Rate
    • 2.5.18 Solar Module Conversion Efficiency
  • 2.6 PV Technology, Production and Cost, 2009 Forecast

Photovoltaic Solar Product Description

3. SOLAR PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

  • 3.1 Commercial Solar
  • 3.2 First Solar Commercial Systems
    • 3.2.1 First Solar Positioning
    • 3.2.2 First Solar Energy High Performance. High Volume
    • 3.2.3 First Solar Commercial-Scale Solutions
    • 3.2.4 First Solar Largest Solar Power Plant Built In China by Americans 3-12
  • 3.3 Trina Solar
  • 3.4 Energy From Trina Solar Modules
    • 3.4.1 Trina Solar Monocrystalline Modules
    • 3.4.2 Trina Solar TSM-PC05, 215W to 235W Multicrystalline Module
  • 3.5 Q Cells
    • 3.5.1 Q-Cells CIGS Modules
    • 3.5.2 Q Cells Cdte Solar Modules
  • 3.6 Sharp 3-50
    • 3.6.1 Sharp Solar Cell With The Highest Efficiency Of Conversion In The World
    • 3.6.2 Sharp Mass Production Of Solar Cells
  • 3.7 Mia Sole
    • 3.7.1 Mia Sole Thin Film CIGS Solar
    • 3.7.2 MiaSole' s CIGS Solar Cell
    • 3.7.3 Miasole CIGS-Based Thin Film Solar Panel Manufacturing
  • 3.8 Nanosolar
    • 3.8.1 Nanosolar Commercial Production
  • 3.9 Palios Flexible Glass
  • 3.10 BYD
    • 3.10.1 China BYD to invest $3.3 billion in solar battery plant
  • 3.11 Armageddon Energy
  • 3.12 United Solar Ovonic
  • 3.13 NuvoSun
    • 3.13.1 Dow Chemical / NuvoSun
  • 3.14 Kyocera
  • 3.15 SunWize Technologies
  • 3.16 Sanyo
    • 3.16.1 Sanyo Hit Solar Panels
  • 3.17 REC
  • 3.18 Canadian Solar
  • 3.19 GE Solar Panel
  • 3.20 BP Solar
    • 3.20.1 British Petroleum BP Solar Panels
  • 3.21 SolarWorld
  • 3.22 Suntech
    • 3.22.1 Suntech HiPerformaTM Modules
    • 3.22.2 Suntech Solar Cells
  • 3.23 Uni-Solar
  • 3.24 HelioVolt
  • 3.25 Ascent Solar
  • 3.26 Ascent Solar
  • 3.27 Solarion Process
  • 3.28 Global Solar
  • 3.29 JA Solar
  • 3.30 Suniva Solar Cells Set For Aerotropolis Atlanta
    • 3.30.1 Suniva
    • 3.30.2 SunivaR Intersection Of High Efficiency And Low Cost
    • 3.30.3 Suniva Collaborating in Solar
    • 3.30.4 Suniva Product Offerings:
    • 3.30.5 Suniva Intersection of High Efficiency and Low Cost
  • 3.31 Utility-Scale Solar Solutions
  • 3.32 First Solar Utility-Scale Solutions
  • 3.33 Trina Solar Utility
  • 3.34 Kyocera Solar Utility
  • 3.35 Sharp Utility Solar Installation
    • 3.35.1 Sharp Utility-Scale Products
  • 3.36 Scatec Solar
    • 3.36.1 Scatec Solar Utility Project Development Phase
  • 3.37 Residential Solar
  • 3.38 Sharp Residential
    • 3.38.1 Sharp OnEnergy"! Roof-Mounted Solar Electric Systems
    • 3.38.2 Sharp High-Power Monocrystalline Residential Solar Modules
  • 3.39 First Solar U.S. Residential and Small Commercial Solutions
  • 3.40 SolarCity
  • 3.41 Scatec Solar Residential
  • 3.42 Solar Energy Initiatives
  • 3.43 SolarWorld Residential
  • 3.44 Consumer Solar
  • 3.45 G24 Innovations
    • 3.45.1 G24 The Solar Power Lamp
  • 3.46 Smart Grid
  • 3.47 Petra Solar Pole Based Solar Collectors

Photovoltaic Solar Technology

4. SOLAR STRATEGY, TECHNOLOGY, AND INDUSTRY SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS

  • 4.1 Solar Panel Technologies
    • 4.1.1 Thin Film Solar Cells Amorphous Silicon
    • 4.1.2 Thin Film Solar Cells Cadmium Telluride
    • 4.1.3 Thin Film Solar Cells CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Selenide)
    • 4.1.4 Miasole Copper-Indium-Gallium-Diselenide Films Conversion Efficiency Confirmation From NREL
    • 4.1.5 Thin-Film On Glass Substrate
    • 4.1.6 Ascent Solar Putting CIGS On A Polymeric Or Plastic Substrate 4-5
    • 4.1.7 First Solar Monolithic Integration On Glass
    • 4.1.8 Substrate Discussion
    • 4.1.9 First Solar Modules Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) Semiconductor Material
  • 4.2 Trina Solar Silicon Panels
  • 4.3 Q Cells Technology
  • 4.4 SunTech
  • 4.5 CIGS Photovoltaic Effect
    • 4.5.1 Crystalline Silicon Indirect Band-Gap Semiconductor
    • 4.5.2 Solar Thin Film Substrates
    • 4.5.3 Gettering in Large-Grained Thin Polycrystalline Silicon Films on Glass Substrate
    • 4.5.4 EPV Solar Contracts Deliver 300 Megawatts Of Thin-Film Panels Through 2012.
    • 4.5.5 Nanosolar
    • 4.5.6 HelioVolt
    • 4.5.7 First Solar
    • 4.5.8 Photovoltaic Technologies: Single Crystal, Polycrystalline and Thin Film
    • 4.5.9 Single Crystal and Polycrystalline
    • 4.5.10 Thin Film Panels
  • 4.6 Shading
  • 4.7 Third-Generation Thin-Film Solar Applications
  • 4.8 Flexible Glass Solar Panels
  • 4.9 Polysilicon Producers
    • 4.9.1 Emerging Global Solar Polysilicon Producers
  • 4.10 Inverter and Micro Inverter Markets

Photovoltaic Solar Company Profiles

5. SOLAR COMPANY PROFILES

  • 5.1 Selected Solar Companies
  • 5.2 A-Power
  • 5.3 Abengoa Solar
  • 5.4 Anwell Technologies
  • 5.5 Areva / Ausra
    • 5.5.1 Areva New Strategy
  • 5.6 Ascent Solar Technologies
    • 5.6.1 Ascent Solar Technologies Completed Construction Of A 1.5 MW Production Line
  • 5.7 BP 5-7
    • 5.7.1 BP brands
    • 5.7.2 BP Solar Revenue
    • 5.7.3 BP Solar
    • 5.7.4 TATA BP Solar
  • 5.8 BYD 5-14
  • 5.9 China Sunergy
  • 5.10 Canadian Solar
  • 5.11 China Guangdong Nuclear Wind Power Company
  • 5.12 Conergy AG -
    • 5.12.1 Conergy Solar System Integration
    • 5.12.2 Conergy Sale of Solar Water Pump Division to Innovative Solar Solutions
    • 5.12.3 Conergy and MEMC Agreement
  • 5.13 Corning
    • 5.13.1 Corning A Growth Company
    • 5.13.2 Corning Worldwide LCD TV
    • 5.13.3 Other Corning Businesses
    • 5.13.4 Corning 2010 Market Strength
    • 5.13.5 Corning Specialty Materials Segment Gorilla Scratch-Resistant Cover Glass
    • 5.13.6 Corning Fourth-Quarter Revenue
  • 5.14 Developers Diversified Realty (DDR)
  • 5.15 Daqo New Energy
  • 5.16 Dow Chemical
    • 5.16.1 Dow Chemical / NuvoSun
  • 5.17 Dyesol
  • 5.18 Energy Conversion Devices / United Solar Ovonic
    • 5.18.1 Energy Conversion Devices Revenues
    • 5.18.2 Energy Conversion Devices 1.87 Megawatt Uni-
  • Solar Installation on Flanders Expo Hall in Belgium
    • 5.18.3 Energy Conversion Devices Integrated And Commercial Rooftop Photovoltaics
  • 5.19 ET Solar
    • 5.19.1 ET Solar Vertically Integrated Solar Energy
    • 5.19.2 ET Solar / USE:
  • 5.20 Evergreen Solar
    • 5.20.1 Evergreen Solar' s Quarterly Loss Widens
    • 5.20.2 Evergreen Solar String Ribbon"! Solar Panels
  • 5.21 First Solar
    • 5.21.1 First Solar Comprehensive Photovoltaic (PV) System Solutions 5-41
    • 5.21.2 PNM Electric Utility, First Solar Contract for 22 Megawatts of Utility Scale Solar Power for New Mexico
    • 5.21.3 First Solar Competitive Positioning in Thin Film
    • 5.21.4 First Solar Revenue
    • 5.21.5 First Solar Partners
    • 5.21.6 First Solar Strategy
  • 5.22 G24
    • 5.22.1 G24I Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Technology Platform
  • 5.23 GreenWing
  • 5.24 HelioVolt
  • 5.25 Hoku Scientific
    • 5.25.1 Hoku Scientific
  • 5.26 Honda
    • 5.26.1 Honda Solar Power
    • 5.26.2 Honda Soltec
  • 5.27 JinkoSolar
  • 5.28 Juwi
  • 5.29 Kyocera
    • 5.29.1 Kyocera Solar
    • 5.29.2 Kyocera Supplies. 40 MW at Large-Scale Solar Power Plants in Spain
  • 5.30 LDK Solar
    • 5.30.1 LDK Solar Revenue 5-83
    • 5.30.2 LDK Solar and Q-Cells Continuation of Supply Contract 5-86
  • 5.31 Masdar PV 5-89
    • 5.31.1 Masdar PV Si thin film module 1,4m2 5-91
  • 5.32 MEMC 5-92
    • 5.32.1 MEMC Electronic Materials / SunEdison 5-93
    • 5.32.2 MEMC / SunEdison and Developers Diversified Realty National Rooftop Solar Program. 5-93
    • 5.32.3 MEMC / SunEdison' s REIT Solar Program Power Hosting 5-94
  • 5.33 MiaSole 5-95
    • 5.33.1 Miasole Technology Problems Fixed: 5-95
    • 5.33.2 Miasole Financing & Underwriting 5-98
    • 5.33.3 MiaSole Commercial Shipments to Multiple Customers 5-99
  • 5.34 Mitsubishi Solar Panels 5-100
  • 5.35 Oerlikon Solar 5-103
    • 5.35.1 Oerlikon Coating 5-103
    • 5.35.2 Oerlikon Coating Business Units / Market Areas / Applications 5-105
  • 5.36 Petra Solar 5-105
  • 5.37 PNM 5-106
  • 5.38 Q Cells 5-106
    • 5.38.1 Q-Cells Revenue Development 5-111
  • 5.39 Ranking Solar 5-113
  • 5.40 Samsung 5-114
  • 5.41 Sanyo 5-114
  • 5.42 Scatec Solar 5-115
    • 5.42.1 Scatec Solar Engaging In Rural Electrification In Emerging Markets 5-118
  • 5.43 Schott 5-118
    • 5.43.1 Schott Business 5-119
  • 5.44 Sharp 5-120
    • 5.44.1 Sharp LCD 5-120
    • 5.44.2 Sharp Solar Cell Plant 5-121
    • 5.44.3 Sharp Thin-Film Solar Cell Facilities 5-122
    • 5.44.4 Sharp Revenue 5-124
  • 5.45 Shell Oil 5-126
  • 5.46 Solar Energy Initiatives 5-129
  • 5.47 Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics 5-130
  • 5.48 Singulus Technologies 5-136
  • 5.49 SMA Solar Technology AG 5-136
  • 5.50 SMA Solar 5-137
  • 5.51 Solyndra 5-138
    • 5.51.1 Solyndra: 1.9 MW Project Installed 5-139
  • 5.52 Staples (SPLS) 5-140
  • 5.53 Solarfun 5-141
    • 5.53.1 Solarfun Third Quarter 2009 Revenue 5-142
  • 5.53.2 Solarfun Revenue First Quarter 2009 5-143
  • 5.53.3 Solarfun PV Module Contracts Total 12.65 MW in China 5-144
    • 5.53.4 Solarfun 2010 Capacity Expansion 5-145
  • 5.53.5 Solarfun to Build 100MW Solar Power Plant in Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province 5-145
  • 5.54 Solar Fusion Power 5-146
  • 5.55 SolarWorld 5-148
    • 5.55.1 Solar World Revenue
    • 5.55.2 SolarWorld' s Sun Modules
    • 5.55.3 Solar World Revenues
  • 5.56 Sun Fields Europe
  • 5.57 SolFocus
    • 5.57.1 SolFocus GreenWing Energy Has Agreement with Utility Scale Deployments of Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) Systems
    • 5.57.2 SolFocus Raises over $77 Million
  • 5.58 Stirling Solar
  • 5.59 Suniva Inc.
  • 5.60 SunTech
  • 5.61 SunPower
    • 5.61.1 SunPower Revenue
    • 5.61.2 SunPower Revenue
    • 5.61.3 SunPower Acquires SunRay
  • 5.62 Telio Solar / Telconord - Agencia de Energias Renovables
  • 5.63 Tianwei
  • 5.64 Trina Solar
    • 5.64.1 Trina Solar Photovoltaics (PV) Modules
    • 5.64.2 Trina Solar Net Revenues
    • 5.64.3 Trina Solar Customers
    • 5.64.4 Trina Solar Production Process
  • 5.65 Yingli
    • 5.65.1 Yingli Green Energy Revenue
    • 5.65.2 Yingli Addresses U.S. Solar Market
  • 5.66 Xinjiang Goldwind
  • 5.67 Solar Energy Dealers
  • 5.68 Solar Energy Companies
    • 5.68.1 Top 10 Solar Panel Manufacturers in USA
    • 5.68.2 Solar Companies

Photovoltaic Solar Regional Analysis

6 SOLAR REGIONAL ANALYSIS

  • 6.1 Photovoltaics Solar Regional Analysis
  • 6.2 U.S. PV Market Becomes Global Demand Leader by 2012:
  • 6.3 Solar Regional Markets
    • 6.3.1 US Solar Regional Initiatives
    • 6.3.2 Denver Airport Plans Solar Power For Its Fuel Farm
    • 6.3.3 Texas Citizens Want More Renewable Energy
    • 6.3.4 Edison Utility Takes Part in Large Solar Power Projects
    • 6.3.5 German Solar Subsidies
    • 6.3.6 Germany Cuts Its Solar Feed-In Tariff
    • 6.3.7 German Solar Cell Producers
    • 6.3.8 Solar Market in Germany
    • 6.3.9 Italian Solar Market
    • 6.3.10 French Solar Market
    • 6.3.11 EDFEN & First Solar To Build 100-MW Solar Manufacturing Plant in France
    • 6.3.12 European Solar Project Developer Epuron
    • 6.3.13 Japanese Utilities Switching to Solar Power Sources
    • 6.3.14 Australian Electricity Generated 1/5 From Green Sources By 2020
    • 6.3.15 Largest Solar Power Plant Built In China by Americans
    • 6.3.16 China Solar Positioning
    • 6.3.17 Solar Roadside Electric Charging Stations In Brazil
    • 6.3.18 India 6-36
    • 6.3.19 New Zealand National Electricity Generator Buys a US Solar Power Plant

Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)

7 CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER (CSP)

  • 7.1 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
    • 7.1.1 Components Of A CSP System
    • 7.1.2 Parabolic Trough
    • 7.1.3 Parabolic Dish
    • 7.1.4 Central Tower
    • 7.1.5 Solar Furnace
    • 7.1.6 Solar Radiation Types Of Receiver
  • 7.2 Uses Of CSP Technology
  • 7.3 Decentralised Generation
  • 7.4 Solar Air Conditioning
    • 7.4.1 Solar Air Conditioning Sorbent
    • 7.4.2 Refrigerant Circulation Systems Differentiated Processes
  • 7.5 Go Solar California
    • 7.5.1 Power The World From Desert
  • 7.6 Key Elements In A Solar Cell
    • 7.6.1 Emcore Magnifies Solar Energy
    • 7.6.2 CPV Utility Positioning

Photovoltaic Large Utility Solar Plants

8. LARGE UTILITY SOLAR PLANTS

  • 8. Solar Strategy, Technology, And Industry Specific Applications

List of Tables and Figures

Photovoltaic Solar Executive Summary

  • Table ES-1 Solar Energy Market Driving Forces
  • Figure ES-2 Solar Energy Panel Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009
  • Figure ES-3 Solar Panel Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016

Photovoltaic Solar Market Description And Market Dynamics

  • Figure 1-1 Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
  • Figure 1-2 Flisom thin-film technology for flexible CIGS solar cells
  • Figure 1-3 Solar Panel Azimuth Angle and Magnetic Declination
  • Figure 1-4 Nanocrystalline Silicon Layers
  • Figure 1-5 Average Solar Irradiance
  • Figure 1-6 Regional Power Output Levels Per kw Of Generation Using GE Solar Electric Power Systems
  • Figure 1-7 Map of Solar Electricity Potential In Europe
  • Figure 1-8 Sunshine Index, U.S.
  • Figure 1-9 US Average Daily Solar Energy Received By A Latitude Tilt Photovoltaic Cell
  • Figure 1-10 Solar Covered Roof
  • Table 1-11 Solar Energy Generated as a Function of Installation Type
  • Figure 1-12 Alternative Siteing of Solar Panels
  • Figure 1-13 Arizona Springerville Generating Station Solar System28- Acre Field Of PV Panels
  • Figure 1-14 PV In Standalone Devices Solar Parking Meter
  • Figure 1-15 Phases of Migration to Sustainable Solar Markets
  • Figure 1-16 Public Policy to Encourage Sustainable Economics
  • Table 1-17 Sustainable Solar Energy Market Aspects
  • Figure 1-18 Australian Government Solar Technology Testing
  • Figure 1-19 Germany' s Biggest Solar Installation, in Lieberose. German Tariff Cuts To Solar
  • Figure 1-20 Solar Energy Module
  • Table 1-21 Building And Construction Market Shifts Around Solar Energy
  • Table 1-22 Parts Of The Solar Cell Manufacturing Process
  • Table 1-23 Description Of Solar Services
  • Figure 1-24 High-Tech Solar Cell Production at Deutsche Cell GmbH; Freiberg/Saxony
  • Figure 1-25 High-Tech Solar Production At Deutsche Cell GmbH; Freiberg/Saxony

Photovoltaic Solar Market Shares and Market Forecasts

  • Table 2-1 Solar Energy Market Driving Forces
  • Figure 2-2 Solar Energy Panel Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009
  • Table 2-3 Solar Energy Photovoltaic Panel Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009
  • Figure 2-4 Suntech Solar Cells
  • Table 2-5 Q-Cells CIGS Module Positioning
  • Figure 2-6 Solar Panel Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016
  • Table 2-7 Photovoltaic Solar Panel Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars, 2010-2016 (Next Page)
  • Table 2-8 Solar Energy Market Competitive Strengths
  • Figure 2-9 Solar Energy Utility Panel Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009
  • Table 2-10 Solar Utility Panels Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009
  • Figure 2-11 Solar Panel Utility Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Worldwide, Dollars, 2010-2016
  • Figure 2-12 Utility Solar Panel Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Worldwide, Units, 2010-2016
  • Table 2-13 Photovoltaic Solar Panel Utility Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars, 2010-2016
  • Figure 2-14 First Solar Module Roadmap to Grid Parity
  • Figure 2-15 Photovoltaic Solar Gigawatts Installed Forecasts, Worldwide, Megawatts, 2010-2016
  • Figure 2-16 Photovoltaic Solar Megawatts Shipped Forecasts, Worldwide, Megawatts, 2010-2016
  • Figure 2-17 Dollars per Kilowatt Hour Solar Shipment When Looked At Over 25 Years Forecasts, Worldwide, Dollars, 2010-2016
  • Figure 2-18 Photovoltaic Percent Advantage Solar Panel Amortized Costs vs. Retail Grid Electricity Prices to Customers, Return on Investment, 25 Year Life, Market Forecasts, Percent, Worldwide, 2010-2016
  • Table 2-19 Solar Photovoltaic Dollars per Megawatt per 25 Year Expected Life of EquipmentShipments, Worldwide, 2009-2016
  • Table 2-20 Solar Photovoltaic Dollars per Megawatt per Year Over Useful Life of Equipment Shipments, Worldwide, 2009-2016
  • Figure 2-21 Photovoltaic Solar Grid Parity Electricity Costs Market Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016
  • Figure 2-22 Price Parity for Sustainable Markets
  • Table 2-23 Commercial Solar Energy Market Driving Forces
  • Table 2-24 Commercial Solar Energy Market Driving Forces
  • Table 2-24 (Continued) Commercial Solar Energy Market Driving Forces
  • Table 2-24 (Continued) Commercial Solar Energy Market Driving Forces
  • Figure 2-25 Solar Energy Commercial Panel Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009
  • Table 2-26 Solar Commercial Panels Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009
  • Figure 2-27 Solar Panel Commercial Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Worldwide, Dollars, 2010-2016
  • Figure 2-28 Commercial Solar Panel Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Worldwide, Units, 2010-2016
  • Table 2-29 Photovoltaic Solar Panel Commercial Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars, 2010-2016
  • Figure 2-30 Photovoltaic Solar Lighting Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009
  • Table 2-31 Solar Lighting Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009
  • Figure 2-32 Solar Panel Lighting Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Worldwide, Dollars, 2010-2016
  • Figure 2-33 Lighting Solar Panel Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Worldwide, Units, 2010-2016
  • Table 2-34 Photovoltaic Solar Panel Lighting Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars, 2010-2016
  • Figure 2-35 Solar Energy Residential Panel Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009
  • Table 2-36 Solar Residential Panels Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009
  • Figure 2-37 Residential Solar Panel Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016
  • Figure 2-38 Residential Solar Panel Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Worldwide, Units, 2010-2016
  • Table 2-39 Photovoltaic Solar Panel Residential Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars, 2010-2016
  • Table 2-40 President Obama' s Energy Plan Calls For:
  • Table 2-40 (Continued) President Obama' s Energy Plan Calls For:
  • Table 2-41 Driving Forces for Solar to Replace Oil As The Primary Fuel
  • Figure 2-42 Thin Film vs. Crystalline Solar Panel Segment Shipments, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009
  • Figure 2-43 Thin Film vs. Crystalline Solar Panel Segment Shipments, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009
  • Table 2-44 Photovoltaic Monocrystalline, Poly-Crystalline, and Multicrystalline vs. Thin Film CIGS and CdTe Solar Panel Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016
  • Figure 2-45 Solar Panel Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016
  • Table 2-46 Photovoltaic Solar Panel Total Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars, 2010-2016
  • Figure 2-47 Photovoltaic Solar Monocrystalline, Poly-Crystalline, and Multicrystalline Panels, Market Shares, 2009-2015
  • Table 2-48 Photovoltaic Solar Monocrystalline, Poly-Crystalline, and Multicrystalline Technology Panel Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009
  • Figure 2-49 Photovoltaic Monocrystalline, Poly-Crystalline, and Multicrystalline Solar Panel Market Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016
  • Figure 2-50 Solar Thin Film Technology Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009
  • Table 2-51 Solar Thin Film Technology Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009
  • Figure 2-52 Thin Film CIGS and CdTe Solar Panel Market Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010-2016
  • Table 2-53 Photovoltaic Monocrystalline, Poly-Crystalline, and Multicrystalline vs. Thin Film CIGS and CdTe Solar Panel Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016
  • Figure 2-54 MiaSole CIGS Thin Film Solar Panel
  • Figure 2-55 First Solar Sustainable Cost Transition Through Technology and Automated Process
  • Table 2-56 Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency
  • Table 2-56 (Continued) Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency
  • Table 2-56 (Continued) Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency
  • Table 2-57 Solar Energy Megawatts Shipped
  • Figure 2-58 Photovoltaic Solar Panel Installed Capacity European Market Segments, Megawatts, 2009
  • Table 2-59 Photovoltaic Solar Panel Installed Capacity European Market Segments, Megawatts, 2009
  • Table 2-60 Solar Energy Cost per Watt
  • Table 2-61 Solar Manufacturing Capacity
  • Table 2-61 (Continued) Solar Manufacturing Capacity
  • Table 2-62 Solar Energy Capacity Company Ranking, 2009
  • Table 2-63 Solar Manufacturing Run Rate
  • Table 2-64 Solar Module Conversion Efficiency
  • Table 2-64 (Continued) Solar Module Conversion Efficiency
  • Figure 2-65 Solarfun Modules Efficiencies
  • Figure 2-66 kWh Comparison at Installation Site Operated by Desert Knowledge Australia Solar Centre
  • Figure 2-67 Capital Cost per Watt
  • Figure 2-68 Solar Panel Sustainable Competitive Cost Advantage Targets, $ per Watt

Photovoltaic Solar Product Description

  • Table 3-1 Commercial Project Classifications
  • Figure 3-2 First Solar Capacity Expansion Plan
  • Figure 3-3 First Solar Commercial Projects
  • Figure 3-3 (Continued) First Solar Commercial Projects
  • Figure 3-4 First Solar Commercial Rooftops
  • Figure 3-5 First Solar Modules
  • Figure 3-6 First Solar Modules Manufacturing
  • Figure 3-7 First Solar Installations
  • Figure 3-8 Trina Solar $/kWh
  • Figure 3-9 Trina Solar Australian Daily Solar Output by Month - Average.
  • Table 3-10 Trina Solar Product Benefits
  • Table 3-11 Trina Solar Product Features
  • Table 3-11 (Continued) Trina Solar Product Features
  • Table 3-12 Trina Solar Products
  • Table 3-12 (Continued) Trina Solar Products
  • Figure 3-13 Trina Solar Modules
  • Figure 3-14 Trina Solar Commercial Installations
  • Figure 3-14 (Continued) Trina Solar Commercial Installations
  • Figure 3-14 (Continued) Trina Solar Commercial Installations
  • Figure 3-14 (Continued) Trina Solar Commercial Installations
  • Figure 3-14 (Continued) Trina Solar Commercial Installations
  • Figure 3-14 (Continued) Trina Solar Commercial Installations
  • Figure 3-14 (Continued) Trina Solar Commercial Installations
  • Table 3-15 Examples of the Enereco Trina Solar Projects
  • Table 3-16 Examples of Trina Solar Gestamp Asetym and Other Solar Projects
  • Figure 3-17 Trina Solar Commercial Installations
  • Figure 3-17 (Continued) Trina Solar Commercial Installations
  • Figure 3-17 (Continued) Trina Solar Commercial Installations
  • Table 3-18 Q-Cells CIGS Module Positioning
  • Table 3-19 Q-Cells High Energy Yields For Cost-Efficiency
  • Figure 3-20 Q Cells CIGS Solar Modules
  • Table 3-21 Q-Cells Solar Panel Solid Quality ' Made in Germany'
  • Table 3-22 Q-Cells Strengths of SL1 Modules:
  • Table 3-23 Q-Cells CIGS Solar Panel
  • Table 3-23 (Continued) Q-Cells CIGS Solar Panel
  • Figure 3-24 Q-Cells CIGS Solar Panel
  • Table 3-25 Q-Cells Solar Panel CIGS Key Features:
  • Figure 3-26 Sharp Solar panels
  • Figure 3-27 Sharp Commercial Solar Installation
  • Figure 3-28 Sharp Panel
  • Figure 3-29 Miasole Cross Section of CIGS Material
  • Figure 3-30 MiaSole CIGS Solar Cell Aspect
  • Figure 3-31 MiaSole' s CIGS Solar Cell
  • Table 3-32 Kyocera Solar Panels
  • Figure 3-33 Kyocera Solar Panels
  • Figure 3-34 Kyocera' s d.Blue Module Technology
  • Figure 3-35 Sanyo HIT Solar Cell
  • Figure 3-36 Sanyo Solar Panels
  • Figure 3-37 REC Solar Panels
  • Figure 3-37 Canadian Solar Panels
  • Figure 3-38 BP Solar Panels
  • Table 3-39 Suntech Pluto"! Cell Technology Key Features
  • Table 3-40 Suntech HiPerformaTM Modules
  • Figure 3-41 Suntech Solar Panel
  • Table 3-42 Suniva Product Offerings:
  • Figure 3-43 Suniva ARTisun Product Offerings Benefits:
  • Table 3-44 SunivaR ARTisunR 2bus Cells Benefits:
  • Table 3-45 Suniva Typical Cell Electrical Properties:
  • Table 3-46 Suniva Typical Cell Temperature Coefficients:
  • Table 3-47 Suniva ARTisunWafer and Cell Specifications and Geometry
  • Figure 3-48 Suniva ARTisun Cell Current Voltage a Function of Insulation
  • Table 3-49 SunivaR ARTisunR Series 3bus Cell Benefits:
  • Figure 3-50 Solarion' s Copper-Indium-Gallium-(Di)Selenide Photovoltaic Cells On A Plastic Substrate
  • Figure 3-51 First Solar Utility Project Profiles
  • Figure 3-52 First Solar Large Installations
  • Figure 3-53 First Solar US Utility Market
  • Figure 3-54 Trina Solar Onnuri PV Plant Naju Korea
  • Figure 3-55 Trina Solar Utility Installations
  • Figue 3-56 Kyocera Avanzalia Has Inaugurated Two New Spanish Solar Power Plants
  • Figure 3-57 Kyocera Planta Solar de Don Quijote
  • Figure 3-58 Sharp Utility Solar Installation
  • Table 3-59 Sharp Solar Products
  • Table 3-60 Sharp Utility-Scale Solar Modules
  • Figure 3-61 Sharp Utility Scale Solar Installation
  • Figure 3-62 Scatec Solar Grid Connected Installation
  • Table 3-63 Scatec Solar Utility Project Development Phase
  • Table 3-64 Scatec Solar Utility Ground-Based Power Plant Components
  • Figure 3-65 Sharp Residential Solar Panels
  • Figure 3-66 First Solar Residential Installation
  • Figure 3-67 First Solar Residential Installation
  • Figure 3-68 First Solar Residential Installation
  • Figure 3-69 First Solar Residential Installations
  • Figure 3-70 Norwegian Prime Minister, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg Visits the Rural Electrification Project in India
  • Figure 3-71 Solar Energy Initiatives Home Solar System
  • Table 3-72 Solar Energy Residential Initiatives
  • Figure 3-73 Solar World Solar Module
  • Figure 3-74 Solar World Residential Modules
  • Figure 3-75 Solar Energy Solar Park Development
  • Table 3-76 G24 Sun Light"!:Functions
  • Figure 3-77 G24 Solar Powered Light.

Photovoltaic Solar Technology

  • Figure 4-1 Cross Section of Typical CIGS Solar Cell
  • Figure 4-2 Photovoltaic PV Theoretical Limits
  • Table 4-3 Fist Solar Technology Advantages
  • Figure 4-4 First Solar Technology Pathways to Improved Solar Conversion Efficiency
  • Figure 4-5 PV Module Technology & Manufacturing
  • Figure 4-6 First Solar Top Down Efficiency of CdTe Technology
  • Figure 4-7 Bottom Up Efficiency of CdTe
  • Figure 4-8 CdTe Capabilities vs. First Solar Requirements
  • Figure 4-9 First Solar Comparison of CdTe to Other Technologies
  • Figure 4-10 Tuson Arizona Electric Use of Solar Power
  • Figure 4-11 First Solar Improvements in Module Conversion Efficiencies
  • Table 4-12 First Solar Roadmap
  • Figure 4-13 First Solar Module CdTe Efficiency Gains vs. Crystalline Silicon >3x
  • Figure 4-14 Trina Solar Silicon Technology
  • Figure 4-15 SunTech Pluto Technology
  • Figure 4-16 Thin film Panels
  • Figure 4-17 Effect of Shading on Solar Panel Efficiency
  • Table 4-18 Polysilicon Producers
  • Figure 4-19 Polysilicon Feedstock to Module Competitive Cost Structure

Photovoltaic Solar Company Profiles

  • Table 5-1 Canadian Solar Investment Highlights
  • Figure 5-2 Energy Conversion Devices Flanders Expo - Gent Facility
  • Table 5-3 Uni-Solar Manufacturing Facilities:
  • Figure 5-4 ET Solar Group
  • Figure 5-5 First Solar Headquarters
  • Figure 5-6 First Solar Key Messages
  • Figure 5-7 First Solar Research
  • Figure 5-8 First Solar Design
  • Figure 5-9 First Solar Factory Runrate
  • Figure 5-10 First Solar Modules Manufacturing
  • Figure 5-11 First Solar European Business Model
  • Figure 5-12 First Solar US Business Model
  • Figure 5-13 First Solar US Utility Business Model
  • Figure 5-14 First Solar Utility Market Progress
  • Table 5-15 First Solar Competitive Positioning in Thin Film
  • Figure 5-16 First Solar 2010 Guidance Overview
  • Figure 5-17 First Solar Contracted Pipeline in Gigawatts
  • Figure 5-18 First Solar Pipeline Growth
  • Figure 5-19 First Solar Partners
  • Figure 5-20 First Solar Sustainable Cost Advantage Through Technology
  • Figure 5-21 First Solar Technology Cost Advantage
  • Figure 5-22 First Solar Technology Value
  • Figure 5-23 First Solar Sustainable Cost Advantage Technology and Industry Model Migration
  • Figure 5-24 First Solar Sustainable Economic Advantage Through Technology
  • Figure 5-25 G24 Module Research
  • Table 5-26 G24 World Class Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Technology DSSC Manufacturing Operation:
  • Table 5-27 G24I Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Technology Platform Functions
  • Figure 5-28 Kyocera Sales By Segment
  • Figure 5-29 Kyocera Sales by Region
  • Figure 5-30 Kyocera Sales Trends
  • Table 5-31 Miasole Technology Problems Fixed:
  • Table 5-32 Oerlikon Coating Core Competencies
  • Figure 5-33 Q-Cells Regional Segments
  • Figure 5-34 Schott Sales By Region
  • Figure 5-35 Sharp Revenue
  • Figure 5-36 Sharp Sales By Product Group
  • Figure 5-37 Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics
  • Figure 5-38 Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics Laminating Machine
  • Figure 5-39 Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics Factory Line in Shenzhen
  • Figure 5-40 Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics Factory in Hubei:
  • Figure 5-41 Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics Solar Airport(Taxiway) Light Passed Test By "National Center Of Supervision & Inspection On Electric Light Source Quality (Shanghai)"Nov.28,2008
  • Figure 5-42 Solar World Revenue
  • Figure 5-43 SolarWorld Group Headquarters
  • Figure 5-44 Suntech 2009 Revenue Q3
  • Figure 5-45 SunTech Mainland China Activities
  • Figure 5-46 SunTech North American Activities
  • Figure 5-47 First Solar Sales Channels

Photovoltaic Solar Regional Analysis

  • Figure 6-1 Photovoltaic Solar Panel Installed Capacity European Market Segments, Megawatts, 2009
  • Table 6-2 Photovoltaic Solar Panel Installed Capacity European Market Segments, Megawatts, 2009
  • Table 6-4 Solar Regional Market Segments, Dollars, 2009
  • Figure 6-5 Solar World Regional Revenue
  • Figure 6-6 Solar World Regional Revenue
  • Figure 6-7 Canadian Solar Geographical Segmentation
  • Figure 6-8 US PV Demand Buildup by State, 2008-2012
  • Figure 6-9 Industry Demand Forecast By Country
  • Figure 6-10 Regional Growth Opportunities
  • Figure 6-11 Public Policies Driving Solar Transition Markets
  • Figure 6-12 German Solar Panel Installation
  • Table 6-13 Germany' s Largest Photovoltaic (PV) Power Plants
  • Figure 6-14 Mainland China Solar Positioning
  • Figure 6-15 Solar Emerging Markets
  • Figure 6-16 Solar Industry Outlook

Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)

  • Figure 7-1 Heliostat Sun Tracking Mirror
  • Table 7-2 Components Of A CSP System
  • Figure 7-3 Parabolic Trough Collectors Producing Superheated Steam
  • Figure 7-4 Solar Parabolic Dish With a Stirling Engine
  • Figure 7-5 Central Tower Installation Spain
  • Figure 7-6 Solar Furnace
  • Figure 7-7 Solar Chemical Reactor Under solar Operation
  • Figure 7-8 Main Components Of The System At The University Clinic Of Freiburg: Adsorption Refrigeration Machine
  • Figure 7-9 Solar Thermal System
  • Table 7-10 Key Elements In A Solar Cell
  • Table 7-11 Key Main Categories Of Technology In A Solar Cell

Photovoltaic Large Utility Solar Plants

  • Table 8-1 Large Utility Solar Plants
  • Figure 8-2 Large-Scale Photovoltaic Power Plants
  • Figure 8-3 Largest Solar Plants
  • Figure 8-4 Germany, Turnow-Preilack 54MW
  • Table 8-5 Solar Plants Under Construction Germany, Straskirchen
  • Figure 8-6 Spain, Puertollano 50MW
  • Figure 8-7 Portugal, Moura (Alentejo) 46MW
  • Figure 8-8 Germany, Brandis 40MW
  • Figure 8-9 Spain, Trujillo (Caceres) 35MW
  • Figure 8-10 Spain, Arnedo (La Rioja) 34MW
  • Figure 8-11 Spain, Merida (Extremadura) 30 MW
  • Figure 8-12 Spain, Casas de Los Pinos (Castila-La Mancha) 28MW
  • Figure 8-13 Spain, Fuente Alamo (Murcia) 26MW
  • Figure 8-14 Italy, Montalto di Castro (Lazio) 24MW
  • Figure 8-15 Korea, Sinan 24MW
  • Figure 8-16 Spain, Lucainena de las Torres (Almeria) 23.2 MW
  • Figure 8-17 Spain, Abertura (Caceres) 23.1 MW
  • Figure 8-18 Spain, Almaraz (Caceres) 22.06
  • Figure 8-19 Spain, El Coronil (Andalucia) 21.47
  • Figure 8-20 Spain, Calaveron 21.2 MW
  • Figure 8-21 Korea, Seoul 20 MW
  • Figure 8-22 Spain, Calasparra (Murcia) 20 MW
  • Figure 8-23 Spain, Beneixama (Alicante) 20MW

Press Release

Solar panels market expected to garner $125.5 billion by 2016

March 4th, 2010

Global Information would like to present a new market research report, "Photovoltaic Solar Panel Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010 to 2016" by WinterGreen Research, Inc..

The opportunity to harness a long lasting, cheap, powerful energy source is the central driving force behind the solar energy market. In short, solar energy has the potential to create electricity in enormous quantities. Solar power systems are compose of related power electronics, solar modules, and other components. Solar panel applications can be observed in commercial, industrial, and residential settings.

Demand for solar energy relies on the relationship between solar and petroleum prices, with the former holding low prices with the latter at higher prices. Increasing solar energy adoption in the future will depend on a combination of realizing economies of scale in manufacturing and production in addition to rising petroleum prices.

Solar energy is the future energy source because petroleum reserves are facing depletion. At 25-year life spans and approximately 10-year payback periods, Solar panels provide a plentiful and cheap way to harness energy. Although, payback can be achieved can be achieved in as few as 8 months if the solar electricity generated is used to charge an electric vehicle.

The solar panel market reached $19.6 billion in the year 2009; it is projected to reach $125.5 billion by the year 2016. Solar energy technology works and its many benefits have a positive return on investment over its lengthy life span.

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