Solar Wafer Trends: Market Research Report

December 2013 | 21 pages | ID: SBB3210325FEN
Global Industry Analysts, Inc

Abstracts

Solar Wafers or photovoltaic panels have been used for a long time to generate green energy from sunlight. Photovoltaic units are made of materials that can be electrically activated on the exposure of sunlight. The global solar wafer market is attracting increasing R&D investments and the new functionalities along with technical innovations are driving the market growth.

The report analyzes and presents an overview of Solar Wafers market worldwide and also provides a review of market trends in several regional markets including China, the United States, and Europe. The report also discusses various strategic industry activities of major companies witnessed by the industry over the last few years. In addition, 52 companies operating in the Solar Wafers arena worldwide including GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd., LDK Solar Hi-Tech Co. Ltd., ReneSola Ltd., SolarWorld AG, Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd., and others are profiled.

Contents

1. SOLAR WAFERS – MARKET OVERVIEW

Solar wafers - An Introduction
China - The Leading Force in Global Solar Energy Industry
Profit Margins to Inflate in PV Market
Cast-Mono Technology to Witness Increasing Adoption in Solar Wafer Production
Chinese Solar Manufacturers to Expand Manufacturing Bases
Market Constrains for Chinese Solar Producers
Global Demand
Oversupply
New Regulations
Regional Policy Impact
Effect of Natural Calamities

2. REGIONAL MARKETS

US

Solar Power Installations Post Strong Growth
Europe
Europe Commission to Impose Anti-dumping Duties on Chinese Solar Products
Competition

Table 1. Top 5 Solar Wafer Manufacturers Ranked By Their Annual Production Capacities (GW)

3. RECENT INDUSTRY ACTIVITY

1366 TECHNOLOGIES ESTABLISHES 25MW SOLAR WAFER PRODUCTION FACILITY IN MASSACHUSETTS

LDK Solar Inks Supply Agreement with Realforce Power
Panasonic to Discontinue Manufacturing of Solar Wafers at Oregon Facility
Sino-American Silicon Products to Take Over Sino-Solar
Spectrolab Unveils Advanced Solar Wafer
Henan Xindaxin Materials to Take Over Solar Units of LDK Solar
IQE Receives Contract from Solar Junction to Supply CPV Solar Wafers
IDEA Polysilicon Signs Agreement with Centrotherm Photovoltaic
OSM Solar and LDK Solar Sign Deal
Panasonic Energy Malaysia Establishes New Photovoltaic Facility
ReneSola Inks Agreement with E. ON Climate & Renewables to Supply Solar Modules
ReneSola Inks Agreement with Solar Planet Power to Sell 255W Poly Modules
ReneSola Receives Contract to Supply Virtus Solar Modules to BIG SOLAR
SCHOTT Solar to Establish Joint Venture with WACKER Chemie
First Philec Solar and Nexolon Sign Joint Venture Agreement
GCL-Poly Signs Agreement with China Sunergy to Supply 4. 4MW Solar Wafers
Green Energy Technology Enters into Joint Venture with Taiwan Polysilicon and Motech Industries
JA Solar Holdings Takes Over Silver Age Holdings
LDK Solar to Acquire Majority Stake in Solar Power
LDK Solar Establishes New Cell Manufacturing Facility
Sino-American Silicon Products and Solartech Energy to Form Strategic Alliance
Comtec Solar Secures Orders for Monocrystalline Solar Wafers
First Philec Solar to Expand Manufacturing Facility in Batangas
JA Solar Holdings Signs Supplemental Polysilicon and Wafer Supply Agreement with GCL-Poly Energy Holdings
LDK Solar to Take Over Crystalline Module Production Unit of Best Solar
LDK Solar Inks Supply Contact with Shanxi Lu'an Photovoltaic Technology
LDK Solar Inks Sales Agreement with BYD
LDK Solar Obtains Contract for Solar Modules from Enel
LDK Solar Inks Module Supply Agreement with ABB Group
ReneSola Enters into Wafer Supply Agreement with Neo Solar Power and Solartech Energy
ReneSola Enters into Solar Module OEM Agreement with Leading Solar Company
Solargiga Energy Holdings Forms Joint Venture with Liaoning Oxiranchem for Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Wafers and Ingots Project
SolarWorld Establishes New Multicrystalline Wafer Production Plant in Freiberg

4. PRODUCT LAUNCHES

Eversol Launches High-Efficiency Solar Wafers
ReneSola Launches Virtus V-grade Wafers and PV Modules in North and South America
Twin Creeks Technologies Unveils Hyperion Solar Wafer Production System

5. MARKET PARTICIPANTS

1366 TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (USA)

Advantec Co. , Ltd. (Japan)
Advantiv Technologies, Inc. (USA)
AU Optronics Corporation (AUO Crystal) (Taiwan)
Canadian Solar, Inc. (Canada)
CETC Solar Energy Holdings Co. , Ltd. (China)
Chongqing Daqo New Energy Co. , Ltd. (China).
CNPV Solar Power SA (Luxembourg)
Comtec Solar (China)
Deutsche Solar GmbH (Germany)
ET Solar Group (China)
Eversol Corporation (Taiwan)
GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)
Golden Concord Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)
Green Energy Technology, Inc. (Taiwan)
Hanwha SolarOne Co. , Ltd. (China)
IDEA Polysilicon Company (Saudi Arabia)
JA Solar Holdings Co. , Ltd. (China)
Jiangxi Sornid Hi-Tech Co. , Ltd. (China)
Jinkosolar Holding Co. , Ltd. (China)
Just Solar Co. , Ltd. (China)
Kemi Silicon, Inc. (USA)
LDK Solar Co. , Ltd. (China)
Maharishi Solar Technology Ltd. (India)
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (USA)
Microsys International (S) Pte. , Ltd. (Singapore)
NorSun AS (Norway)
Osung LST Co. , Ltd. (Korea)
PV Crystalox Solar PLC (UK)
Qatar Solar Technologies (Qatar)
ReneSola Ltd. (China)
Rexor (Korea)
Schott Solar Wafer GmbH (Germany)
SemSil Technologies Pvt. , Ltd. (India)
Silicon Valley Microelectronics, Inc. (USA)
Sino-American Silicon Products, Inc. (Taiwan)
Solargiga Energy Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)
SolarWorld AG (Germany)
SolarWorld Asia Pacific Pte. , Ltd. (Singapore)
Spectrolab (USA)
Swiss Wafers AG (Switzerland)
Targray Technology International, Inc. (Canada)
TIANWEI New Energy Holdings Co. , Ltd. (China)
TKX Corporation (Japan)
The SolarWorld Group (USA)
Utech Solar Corporation (Taiwan)
Wacker Schott Solar GmbH (Germany)
Wanfeng PV Co. , Ltd. (China)
Yash Birla Group - Birla Surya Ltd. (India)
Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. , Ltd. (China)
Zhenjiang Rietech New Energy Science Technology Co. , Ltd. (China)
ZNShine Solar (China)

6. APPENDIX