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Market Research Report
Photovoltaic Market Trends
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This publication has been discontinued on May 12, 2011.
Abstract
DESCRIPTION
MARKET TRENDS
The exciting improvements in photovoltaic cell efficiencies tend to get most
of the attention from manufacturing companies but the rest of the maturing
solar infrastructure plays an equally important part in getting efficiencies
up and costs down to create a sustainable market. In its “PV Market
trends” report, Yolé Developpement looks at the trends towards more
sophisticated business strategies in order to maintain profit margins despite
the highly competitive climate. Government incentives, particularly Europe' s
feed-in tariffs, have been impressively successful in creating the $ 30
billion global solar market. But now that they' ve created a viable industry,
policy makers are moving to redesign their next generation of incentives to
better adjust to real market costs. While subsidies are decreasing, the
players have to reorganize them selves to remain cost competitive and on the
verge of the latest PV technology.
Cell/Module Production - Thin films
In the USA, many start ups were raising funds at the time of the crisis. Some of them are succeeding and are continuing their ramp up. However, the largest part is now having big problems to survive.
Asia is continuing to push thin films and raise its capacity market shares.
South Korean flat panel display manufacturers are also investigating the PV industry. Yole expects their entrance in the following years with large capacities.
KEY FEATURES OF THE STUDY
The objectives of the report are:
- To provide market trends on module prices, production and installation
forecasts with a breakdown by PV technology.
- To provide key business insights about future winning strategies and
challenges.
- To provide a deep understanding of current and future manufacturing
strategies to happen in the PV industry over the coming years: integrated
device manufacturers, fables companies, etc.
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