Utilities Go Green Worldwide Utility Solar Market Shares Forecasts, and Strategies, 2008-2014
The single most significant economic factor driving adoption of solar utility initiatives is the prospect of carbon use surcharges. As coal, gas, and oil usage are taxed to help prevent pollution and stimulate use of renewable energy sources, solar energy becomes more attractive to the utility grid electricity providers. The environmental impact of energy use choices promises to be an ongoing factor in energy grid supply.
Large scale solar electric power plants are being developed and planned worldwide as an alternative to fossil fuel, or nuclear power generation. These large scale power plants (solar farms) are typically greater than 100 kW in power output and grow in capacity to well over 1 MW. Both Germany and Canada have announced solar farm power plants that will be sized at 40 MW. PV module price decreases continue to drive the growth of large scale solar farm development worldwide.
The speed with which solar system can be put in place by a utility company is a major factor in deciding what kinds of systems to put up. Solar utility systems can be put in place within six months.
The ability to create an operational system in six months instead of 20 years for nuclear systems is significant. Just the cost of capital weighs heavily in favor of solar utility installations. The advantage brought by having paying customers sooner is a major factor supporting implementation of solar systems for generation of utility grid electricity.
Utility vendor electricity solar equipment markets at $10 billion in 2007 are anticipated to reach $78.7 billion by 2014. Growth is a result of using utility electricity solar systems to power the grid. With .3% of the grid powered by solar in 2007, huge growth is set to occur as 6% of the grid power is anticipated to come from solar by 2014, with rapid shifts to solar energy after that. This will come through massive trillion dollar investments in grid capable solar energy systems that are financed throughout the life of the solar installation.
Adoption of solar energy has a simple market driving force. If people do not adopt solar energy, the planet will become unfit for human habitation. The fossil fuels are warming the planet at an increasing rate that makes life unsustainable if something does not change. Global warming drives solar markets. Solar is perceived as the best, perhaps the only widespread solution to global warming.
Every large enterprise has adopted a social responsibility strategy that makes a nod toward solving the issues of global warming and embraces renewable energy. Every person in the world is aware of the problems that global warming is bringing.
Growth comes not only because solar power is the cheapest power source which it will be in many cases, but because it fulfills a variety of convenience needs, not the least of which is a way to attack global warming. Every large enterprise has adopted a green strategy in response to public demand for better energy solutions.
Large scale solar electric power plants are being developed and planned worldwide as an alternative to fossil fuel, or nuclear power generation. These large scale power plants (solar farms) are typically greater than 100 kW in power output and grow in capacity to well over 1 MW. Both Germany and Canada have announced solar farm power plants that will be sized at 40 MW. PV module price decreases continue to drive the growth of large scale solar farm development worldwide.
The speed with which solar system can be put in place by a utility company is a major factor in deciding what kinds of systems to put up. Solar utility systems can be put in place within six months.
The ability to create an operational system in six months instead of 20 years for nuclear systems is significant. Just the cost of capital weighs heavily in favor of solar utility installations. The advantage brought by having paying customers sooner is a major factor supporting implementation of solar systems for generation of utility grid electricity.
Utility vendor electricity solar equipment markets at $10 billion in 2007 are anticipated to reach $78.7 billion by 2014. Growth is a result of using utility electricity solar systems to power the grid. With .3% of the grid powered by solar in 2007, huge growth is set to occur as 6% of the grid power is anticipated to come from solar by 2014, with rapid shifts to solar energy after that. This will come through massive trillion dollar investments in grid capable solar energy systems that are financed throughout the life of the solar installation.
Adoption of solar energy has a simple market driving force. If people do not adopt solar energy, the planet will become unfit for human habitation. The fossil fuels are warming the planet at an increasing rate that makes life unsustainable if something does not change. Global warming drives solar markets. Solar is perceived as the best, perhaps the only widespread solution to global warming.
Every large enterprise has adopted a social responsibility strategy that makes a nod toward solving the issues of global warming and embraces renewable energy. Every person in the world is aware of the problems that global warming is bringing.
Growth comes not only because solar power is the cheapest power source which it will be in many cases, but because it fulfills a variety of convenience needs, not the least of which is a way to attack global warming. Every large enterprise has adopted a green strategy in response to public demand for better energy solutions.
SOLAR UTILITY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Global Market For Energy
Prospect Of Carbon Use Surcharges
Construction Cost Parity With Coal Plants
Speed of Revenue Generation from Solar Utilities
Thin Film Solar Technology
Era Of Cheap Energy Is Over
Unprecedented Level Of Solar Product Development Worldwide
Wireless Handsets
Population Increases
Tackling Climate Change
Benefits of Solar For Utility Electricity Markets
Solar Utility Electricity Market Shares
Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Cell and Panel Shipments
1. SOLAR UTILITY MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS
1.1 Solar Power Gaining In Importance: Rethinking Among US Utility Energy Suppliers:
1.1.1 Solar Speed To Market
1.1.2 California Leads The American Photovoltaics Market
1.2 Solar-Thermal Power Plants In The Desert
1.2.1 Solar- Power Storage in Hydrogen Tanks and Use with Stationary Fuel Cells
1.2.2 Solar-Thermal Power
1.2.3 Ausra can Generate Electricity For 10 Cents A Kilowatt Hour
1.2.4 A Carbon Tax
1.3 Investments in Solar Technology
1.3.1 Masdar As An Extension Of Abu Dhabi Energy Leadership
1.3.2 Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar)
1.3.3 Government Subsidies, Economic Incentives And Other Support
1.4 Next Generation Of Solar Technology, Including CIS
1.5 Era Of Cheap Energy Is Over
1.5.1 Unprecedented Level Of Development Worldwide
1.5.2 Wireless Handsets
1.5.3 Population Increases
1.6 Tackling Climate Change
1.7 Power From the Sun
1.7.1 PV Industry
1.7.2 SGS Solar Services
1.8 Solar Air Conditioning
1.8.1 Solar Air Conditioning Sorbent
1.8.2 Solar Air Conditioning Adsorption
1.8.3 Refrigerant Circulation Systems Differentiated Processes
1.9 Go Solar California
1.9.1 Power The World From Desert
1.9.2 Understanding the Opportunity
1.9.3 Key Elements In A Solar Cell
2. SOLAR UTILITY VENDOR MARKET SHARES AND MARKET FORECASTS
2.1 Prospect Of Carbon Use Surcharges
2.1.1 Signet Solar / Solar Farms / Solar Panels
2.1.2 Construction Cost Parity With Coal Plants
2.1.3 Speed of Revenue Generation from Solar Utilities
2.1.4 Developing The Ability To Store Energy For 16 Hours
2.2 Solar-Thermal Power
2.3 Solar Conditions
2.3.1 Benefits of Solar For Utility Electricity Markets
2.3.2 Solar Energy Adoption Is A Green Decision
2.3.3 Solar Energy Market Driving Forces
2.3.4 Impact of Financial Market Capital Infusion On Solar Initiatives
2.4 Solar Market Shares
2.4.1 Solar Utility Electricity Market Shares
2.4.2 Q-Cells
2.4.3 Sharp Solar Panels
2.4.4 Kyocera
2.4.5 Sanyo
2.4.6 Suntech
2.4.7 GE
2.4.8 General Electric Brilliance Pre-Packaged Utility Electricity Systems
2.4.9 GE Energy Roof-Integrated Solar Systems
2.4.10 SunPower Utility Electricity Solar Roof Tiles
2.4.11 Suntech Power
2.4.12 Schott Solar
2.5 Solar Utility Electricity Market Forecast Analysis
2.5.1 Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Cell and Panel Shipments
2.6 Electricity Generation Power Source Market Segments
2.6.1 Industrialization Requires Sustainable, Highly Efficient Energy
2.7 Solar Utility Unit Shipments
2.8 Photovoltaic Demand And Prices Remain High; Industry Doubles Profit Margin
2.9 10.4 Gigawatt Solar Production in 2010
2.10 Cooling with Solar Heat: Growing Interest in Solar Air Conditioning
2.10.1 Signet Solar / Solar Farms / Solar Panels
2.10.2 Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar)
2.10.3 Self-Sustaining Local Solar Energy Market
2.10.4 SunPower 23.4 Percent Efficiency Prototype Solar Cell
2.10.5 Industry-Wide Shortage Of Polysilicon
2.10.6 Shortage Of Crystalline Silicon
2.10.7 Polysilicon Prices Going Up In Near Term Then Going Down
2.10.8 Solartech Pricing
2.10.9 Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells, Crystalline Silicon Solar Modules, And Thin Film Solar Modules
2.10.10 Miasolé
2.10.11 First Solar Materials and Product Design
2.10.12 Other Companies
2.10.13 Crystaline Silicon Wafers Vs Thin Film Amorphous
2.11 Utility Electricity Solar Competitive Analysis
2.11.1 Renewable Energy as Market Driving Force For Solar Power Adoption Worldwide
2.11.2 Small Scale PV Power Systems In Developing Areas
2.12 Incremental Use of Solar Systems in Utility Electricity Markets
2.13 Sunshine Index
2.14 Utility Electricity Solar Tech Pricing
2.15 Utility Electricity Solar Regional Analysis
2.15.1 Germany
2.15.2 Spain
2.15.3 US
2.15.4 Japan
2.15.5 SunTech Regional Revenues
2.15.6 Yingli Green Regional Analysis
2.15.7 First Solar
2.15.8 Kyocera
2.15.9 Solar Photovoltaic Industry Expands in Jiangxi
2.15.10 Solartech Regional Revenue Analysis
2.15.11 South Africa
2.15.12 Schott
3. SOLAR UTILITY PRODUCTS
3.1 Solar Plants The New Skyscrapers
3.2 Sharp / Sakai City, Kansai Electric Power
3.2.1 Mega Solar Power Generation Plan in Sakai City Waterfront
3.3 First Solar Modules
3.3.1 First Solar Customers
3.3.2 First Solar Thin Film Products
3.3.3
3.3.4 First Solar Large-Scale Solar Power Plants in Europe, the USA and Asia
3.3.5 First Solar to Build 10 MW Solar PV Power Plant for Sempra Generation
3.3.6 First Solar Thin Film PV Modules Cost-Effective Solutions For Grid
3.3.7 First Solar Modules Support Renewable Energy Projects
3.3.8 First Solar / EDF Energies Nouvelles
3.4 SunEdison Alamosa Solar Facility Begins Generating 3.6MW of Renewable Energy
3.5 Schott / Nevada Solar One / Acciona Energy
3.5.1 Schott / Arizona Utility Solar Power
3.6 Southern California Edison (SCE) Solar Programme For Commercial Roof Surfaces
3.6.1 Stirling Energy Systems and Utility Southern California Edison
3.7 Shell / 10 MW Solar Park In Pocking
3.8 4 kW Solar Power Plant On A Private Roof
3.9 Yingli Solar
3.9.1 YL175Wp, Yingli Solar
3.9.2 Yingli Solar Cell: High efficiency Crystalline Solar
3.10 Aleo Solar AG Solar in Spain for 2008
3.11 Kyocera / Avanzalia Solar Power Plant In Spain
3.12 Kyocera Commercial Grid-Tie Systems
3.12.1 Kyocera Telecommunications
3.12.2 Kyocera Government Initiatives
3.12.3 Kyocera Railroad Signaling
3.12.4 Kyocera Oil & Gas
3.12.5 Kyocera Industrial
3.13 PG&E Contracts For More Than 100 MW Of Solar Thermal-Biofuel Hybrid Power
3.14 Pacific Power, Mitsubishi Complete 1 MW Photovoltaic Installation
3.15 Clear Skies Solar To Build 8 MW California Project
3.16 SunPower
3.17 Japanese Shell Subsidiary Plans Solar-Panel Plant
3.18 PG&E 100 MW Of Solar Thermal-Biofuel Hybrid Power
3.19 Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (REC)
3.20 Google-Backs Solar With $130 Million
3.20.1 Google Solar Thermal Plant Rises in Israeli Desert
3.21 Abu Dhabi Torresol Energy Solar Thermal in Spain
3.21.1 Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar)
3.21.2 Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) Paradigm Shift In Solar
3.21.3 Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar)
3.21.4 Torresol Energy Builds Three Solar Power Plants In Spain
3.22 Solar-Fabrik Completes Greek PV System
3.23 Evergreen Solar
3.24 Spain A Leader In Solar Power
3.25 Europe North Africa and the Middle East Desert Solar Power
3.25.1 TREC
3.25.2 TREC Reaching Across The Sea
3.26 Parabolic Trough Solar Thermal System
3.27 Parabolic Trough Solar Power Plants At Kramer Junction California
3.28 Gollmer / Solar Millennium AG
3.29 SunPower
3.30 GE Energy Solar Electric Modules
3.30.1 GE / Abengoa Group Spain
3.31 Applied Materials
3.31.1 Applied Materials Thin Film Solar Modules
3.31.2 US Plant Developer Applied Material and the Swiss Oerlikon Group
3.32 Solar Millennium AG
3.33 Ausra
3.34 Signet Solar / Solar Farms / Solar Panels
3.35 Ecostream and City Solar Grid Installations in Spain
3.36 SunPower Completes 1.4 MW Solar Electric System In South Korea
3.37 Solel Closes Deal With Ibereolica For 190,000 Solar Receivers
4. UTILITY SOLAR TECHNOLOGY
4.1 Concentrating Solar Power Basics
4.2 How Solar Cells Work
4.2.1 90% Of Solar Cells Made From Silicon
4.2.2 Solar Cells Convert Sunlight to Electricity
4.2.3 Intensity Of The Photon Flow
4.3 Solar Technologies
4.3.1 SunPower Technology
4.3.2 Types of PV Technologies
4.3.3 Crystalline Silicon
4.3.4 Thin-Film PV Technology
4.3.5 Thin film PV Modules Technology
4.3.6 Amorphous and Thin Film Silicon
4.3.7 Highly Efficient Thin-Film Solar Cells
4.3.8 Developing Technologies: Electrochemical PV cells
4.4 Filsom Technology
4.4.1 Dyesol DSC - Dye Solar Cell Technology
4.4.2 First Solar CdTe Technology
4.4.3 Copper Indium Diselenide
4.5 Amorphous Silicon
4.6 Regional Considerations
4.7 Solar Panel Standards
4.8 Batteries For Solar Energy Storage
4.8.1 Thin film batteries (TFB)
4.8.2 Flooded Lead Acid Batteries
4.8.3 Absorbed Glass Mat Sealed Lead Acid (AGM)
4.8.4 MK Gel Cell Batteries
4.8.5 MK Power-Tech Batteries
4.9 Solar Research and Development
4.9.1 Barrier Coatings And Stability Of Thin Film Solar Cells
4.9.2 High-Efficiency Amorphous Silicon And Nanocrystalline Silicon-Based Solar Cells And Modules
4.9.3 High Throughput, Low Toxic Processing Of Very Thin, High Efficiency CIGSS Solar Cells
4.10 Solar Utility Projects
4.10.1 Jefferson County Jail in Golden, Colo
4.10.2 Utility Application Of The Stirling Solar Dish
4.10.3 Yes! Solar PV Systems
4.10.4 Large Photovoltaic System In Connecticut
4.10.5 Arizona Community Solar PV Systems
4.10.6 Arizona State Installed 2 MW Of Solar Photovoltaics
4.10.7 Canadian Solar Delivers Building-Integrated Photovoltaics To Beijing
4.10.8 Amtech Solar Diffusion Processing Systems
4.10.9 Solar-Powered Affordable Housing
4.10.10 OptiSolar Xantrex GT500MV Grid-Tie Inverters
4.10.11 Amtech Solar Diffusion Processing Systems
4.10.12 Solar-Powered Affordable Housing
4.10.13 OptiSolar Selects Xantrex GT500MV Grid-Tie Inverters
4.10.14 Young Brothers To Purchase Power From Hoku Solar System
4.10.15 Yingli To Supply 9.19 MW Of Modules To EN-NEO
4.10.16 Timminco Enters Supply Relationship With CSI
4.10.17 ersol Thin Film Signs Module Supply Contract With Ralos Vertriebs
4.10.18 eSolar, SCE To Produce 245 MW Of Solar Power
4.10.19 Canadian Solar Signs Supply Agreement With Neo Solar Power
4.10.20 Solar Power Inc SPI Closes $20 Million Hardware Sale
4.10.21 Yingli Green Energy Signs New Sales Contract With S.A.G.
4.10.22 Kyocera Solar Teams With Zacher Homes, American Solar Electric
4.10.23 OPEL To Market Solarfun Panels In North America And Brazil
4.10.24 Solar Thin Films, China Singyes To Partner On 100 MW Of Photovoltaics
4.10.25 Napa Valley Winery Features Floating Photovoltaic Panels
4.10.26 SunEdison Puts 1.18 MW Of Solar Online At California Prison
4.10.27 Yingli Green Energy Contracts With Sailing New Energy Resources
4.10.28 Asola To Supply Sunworx With Solar PV Modules
4.10.29 XsunX Expands Relationship With Newport For Thin-Film Solar Manufacturing
4.10.30 ersol Signs Solar Cell Supply Contract With aleo solar
4.10.31 Spire To Provide Turnkey Solar Module Manufacturing Line To BTCP
4.10.32 Evergreen Solar Signs Two Large Sales Contracts
4.10.33 Nanosolar Highlights 1 GW CIGS PV Production Tool
4.10.34 Schuco Introduces S SPU-4 Series Of Polycrystalline Solar PV Modules
4.10.35 Genasun Offering GV-3 Solar Charge Controller
4.10.36 Solar Monkey Installs 3 MW Of Solar PV
4.10.37 Pacific Power, Mitsubishi Complete 1 MW Photovoltaic Installation
4.10.38 Ecostream and City Solar Grid Installations in Spain
4.10.39 SunPower Completes 1.4 MW Solar Electric System In South Korea
4.10.40 Solel Closes Deal With Ibereolica For 190,000 Solar Receivers
5 UTILITY SOLAR COMPANY PROFILES
5.1 Major Photovoltaics Companies
5.1.1 Top Five global Photovoltaics Producers In 2007
The top five global photovoltaics producers in 2007 accounted for more than half of world production.
These companies were:
* Sharp Solar (Japan)
* Q-Cells (Germany)
* Kyocera (Japan)
* Suntech (China)
* Sanyo (Japan)
5.1.2 Photovoltaic Industry Associations
5.2 Abengoa Group
5.3 Acciona SA
5.4 AES
5.5 Akuo Energy
5.6 Applied Materials
5.6.1 Applied Materials / Oerlikon Solar
5.6.2 Applied Materials / Baccini S.p.A. Acquisition
5.7 Ausra
5.8 BP Solar
5.8.1 BP Solar Integrated Energy Company
5.8.2 BP Business Strategy
5.8.3 BP Financials
5.8.4 BP Revenue
5.8.5 BP Customers and Testimonials
5.9 Colorado Instruments / SolarWorld
5.10 Concentrix
5.10.1 Concentrix Highly efficient Flatcon System
5.11 Cypress Semiconductor / Sunpower
5.11.1 Cypress Semiconductor / SunPower
5.12 Dyesol Limited
5.12.1 Dyesol Solar Cell (DSC) TechnologyPartnerships
5.13 Evergreen Solar
5.13.1 Evergreen Solar String Ribbon Technology
5.13.2 Evergreen Solar Contracts and Facilities
5.14 First Solar
5.14.1 First Solar 2008 Second Quarter Revenue
5.14.2 First Solar Revenue
5.14.3 First Solar 2007 Third Quarter Revenue
5.14.4 First Solar Advanced Thin Film Semiconductor Process
5.14.5 First Solar / AES
5.14.6 First Solar Acquisition of Turner Renewable Energy
5.14.7 First Solar Manufacturing Capacity
5.14.8 First Solar Financials
5.15 Flisom
5.15.1 Flisom CTI Technology Transfer for Low-Cost Manufacturing
5.16 GE
5.16.1 GE Participation In The Solar America Initiative
5.16.2 GE Energy
5.17 Global Solar Energy
5.18 Hitachi America Ltd.
5.19 Hoku Scientific
5.19.1 Hoku Scientific Customers
5.19.2 Suntech Purchases Shares of Hoku Scientific
5.19.3 Hoku Fuel Cells
5.20 Isofoton
5.20.1 Isofoton Revenue
5.20.2 Isofoton Strategies
5.20.3 Isofoton Partners
5.20.4 Isofoton Customers
5.21 Kyocera
5.21.1 Kyocera Revenue
5.21.2 Kyocera Segment Information
5.21.3 Kyocera Business Strategy
5.22 LDK Solar Co LTD
5.22.1 LDK Strategic Relationships
5.23 Mitsubishi
5.23.1 Mitsubishi Electric
5.23.2 Mitsubishi Electric Revenue
5.23.3 Mitsubishi Electric Business Strategy
5.23.4 Mitsubishi Electric Improving Performance Through Balanced Management
5.23.5 Mitsubishi Electric Promoting Business-Strengthening Strategies
5.23.6 Mitsubishi Electric Strengthening Management
5.23.7 Mitsubishi Electric Growth Strategies
5.24 Nanosolar
5.24.1 Nano Solar Power Innovation
5.24.2 Nanosolar Funding
5.25 PrimeStar Solar
5.25.1 GE Makes Strategic Investment In PrimeStar Solar
5.26 Q-Cells AG
5.26.1 Q-Cells AG Business and Sales Assessment
5.26.2 Q-Cells Germany
5.26.3 Q-Cells Revenue
5.26.4 Q-Cells Business Strategy
5.26.5 Q-Cells Partners
5.26.6 Q-Cells Customers
5.27 Sanyo
5.27.1 Sanyo Brand Vision
5.27.2 Sanyo Revenue
5.27.3 Sanyo Investors
5.28 SatCon
5.28.1 SatCon Revenue
5.29 Schott Solar Builds US Manufacturing Plant
5.30 Sharp
5.30.1 Sharp Solar Revenue
5.30.2 Sharp Solar Cells Revenue
5.30.3 Sharp Solar Partners
5.31 Signet Solar
5.31.1 Signet Solar / Solar Farms / Solar Panels
5.31.2 Signet Solar Commercial Installations
5.31.3 Signet Solar Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV)
5.31.4 Signet Solar Remote Habitation
5.32 Siemens
5.32.1 Siemens Revenue
5.32.2 Siemens Business Platform Strategy
5.33 Solaire Direct
5.34 Solarfun Power Holdings Co, Ltd.
5.35 Solar Integrated
5.35.1 Solar Integrated Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Roofing Systems
5.35.2 Solar Integrated Customers
5.36 SolarWorld AG
5.36.1 SolarWorld AG Revenue
5.36.2 SolarWorld AG Shell Acquisition
5.36.3 SolarWorld AG Business Strategy
5.37 Solartech
5.37.1 Solartech Develops Thin Film Silicon PV Cell Technologies
5.37.2 Solartech Solar Cell Efficiency
5.37.3 Solartech Revenue
5.37.4 Solartech Customers
5.38 Solon
5.39 Spectra Watt / Intel
5.40 Sun Edison
5.41 SunPower
5.41.1 Sunpower High-Efficiency Solar Cells And Multi-Megawatt Solar Power Systems
5.41.2 SunPower Financials
5.41.3 Cypress Semiconductor / SunPower
5.41.4 SunPower Solar Utility-Scale Power
5.41.5 SunPower 23.4 Percent Efficiency Prototype Solar Cell
5.41.6 SunPower Revenue
5.41.7 SunPower Partners
5.42 Suntech
5.42.1 Suntech Acquisitions
5.42.2 Suntech / Hoku Scientific
5.42.3 Suntech / Suntech Power (Korea)
5.42.4 Suntech / Nitol Solar
5.42.5 SunTech Revenue
5.42.6 Suntech Regional Revenue Analysis
5.43 Tenesol
5.44 Urbasolar
5.45 Yingli Green Energy
5.45.1 Yingli Green Energy Revenue
5.45.2 Yingli Business Strategy
5.45.3 Customers
6. SOLAR COMPANIES
6.1 Lists of Solar Companies
6.2 Note On Lists
Global Market For Energy
Prospect Of Carbon Use Surcharges
Construction Cost Parity With Coal Plants
Speed of Revenue Generation from Solar Utilities
Thin Film Solar Technology
Era Of Cheap Energy Is Over
Unprecedented Level Of Solar Product Development Worldwide
Wireless Handsets
Population Increases
Tackling Climate Change
Benefits of Solar For Utility Electricity Markets
Solar Utility Electricity Market Shares
Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Cell and Panel Shipments
1. SOLAR UTILITY MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS
1.1 Solar Power Gaining In Importance: Rethinking Among US Utility Energy Suppliers:
1.1.1 Solar Speed To Market
1.1.2 California Leads The American Photovoltaics Market
1.2 Solar-Thermal Power Plants In The Desert
1.2.1 Solar- Power Storage in Hydrogen Tanks and Use with Stationary Fuel Cells
1.2.2 Solar-Thermal Power
1.2.3 Ausra can Generate Electricity For 10 Cents A Kilowatt Hour
1.2.4 A Carbon Tax
1.3 Investments in Solar Technology
1.3.1 Masdar As An Extension Of Abu Dhabi Energy Leadership
1.3.2 Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar)
1.3.3 Government Subsidies, Economic Incentives And Other Support
1.4 Next Generation Of Solar Technology, Including CIS
1.5 Era Of Cheap Energy Is Over
1.5.1 Unprecedented Level Of Development Worldwide
1.5.2 Wireless Handsets
1.5.3 Population Increases
1.6 Tackling Climate Change
1.7 Power From the Sun
1.7.1 PV Industry
1.7.2 SGS Solar Services
1.8 Solar Air Conditioning
1.8.1 Solar Air Conditioning Sorbent
1.8.2 Solar Air Conditioning Adsorption
1.8.3 Refrigerant Circulation Systems Differentiated Processes
1.9 Go Solar California
1.9.1 Power The World From Desert
1.9.2 Understanding the Opportunity
1.9.3 Key Elements In A Solar Cell
2. SOLAR UTILITY VENDOR MARKET SHARES AND MARKET FORECASTS
2.1 Prospect Of Carbon Use Surcharges
2.1.1 Signet Solar / Solar Farms / Solar Panels
2.1.2 Construction Cost Parity With Coal Plants
2.1.3 Speed of Revenue Generation from Solar Utilities
2.1.4 Developing The Ability To Store Energy For 16 Hours
2.2 Solar-Thermal Power
2.3 Solar Conditions
2.3.1 Benefits of Solar For Utility Electricity Markets
2.3.2 Solar Energy Adoption Is A Green Decision
2.3.3 Solar Energy Market Driving Forces
2.3.4 Impact of Financial Market Capital Infusion On Solar Initiatives
2.4 Solar Market Shares
2.4.1 Solar Utility Electricity Market Shares
2.4.2 Q-Cells
2.4.3 Sharp Solar Panels
2.4.4 Kyocera
2.4.5 Sanyo
2.4.6 Suntech
2.4.7 GE
2.4.8 General Electric Brilliance Pre-Packaged Utility Electricity Systems
2.4.9 GE Energy Roof-Integrated Solar Systems
2.4.10 SunPower Utility Electricity Solar Roof Tiles
2.4.11 Suntech Power
2.4.12 Schott Solar
2.5 Solar Utility Electricity Market Forecast Analysis
2.5.1 Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Cell and Panel Shipments
2.6 Electricity Generation Power Source Market Segments
2.6.1 Industrialization Requires Sustainable, Highly Efficient Energy
2.7 Solar Utility Unit Shipments
2.8 Photovoltaic Demand And Prices Remain High; Industry Doubles Profit Margin
2.9 10.4 Gigawatt Solar Production in 2010
2.10 Cooling with Solar Heat: Growing Interest in Solar Air Conditioning
2.10.1 Signet Solar / Solar Farms / Solar Panels
2.10.2 Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar)
2.10.3 Self-Sustaining Local Solar Energy Market
2.10.4 SunPower 23.4 Percent Efficiency Prototype Solar Cell
2.10.5 Industry-Wide Shortage Of Polysilicon
2.10.6 Shortage Of Crystalline Silicon
2.10.7 Polysilicon Prices Going Up In Near Term Then Going Down
2.10.8 Solartech Pricing
2.10.9 Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells, Crystalline Silicon Solar Modules, And Thin Film Solar Modules
2.10.10 Miasolé
2.10.11 First Solar Materials and Product Design
2.10.12 Other Companies
2.10.13 Crystaline Silicon Wafers Vs Thin Film Amorphous
2.11 Utility Electricity Solar Competitive Analysis
2.11.1 Renewable Energy as Market Driving Force For Solar Power Adoption Worldwide
2.11.2 Small Scale PV Power Systems In Developing Areas
2.12 Incremental Use of Solar Systems in Utility Electricity Markets
2.13 Sunshine Index
2.14 Utility Electricity Solar Tech Pricing
2.15 Utility Electricity Solar Regional Analysis
2.15.1 Germany
2.15.2 Spain
2.15.3 US
2.15.4 Japan
2.15.5 SunTech Regional Revenues
2.15.6 Yingli Green Regional Analysis
2.15.7 First Solar
2.15.8 Kyocera
2.15.9 Solar Photovoltaic Industry Expands in Jiangxi
2.15.10 Solartech Regional Revenue Analysis
2.15.11 South Africa
2.15.12 Schott
3. SOLAR UTILITY PRODUCTS
3.1 Solar Plants The New Skyscrapers
3.2 Sharp / Sakai City, Kansai Electric Power
3.2.1 Mega Solar Power Generation Plan in Sakai City Waterfront
3.3 First Solar Modules
3.3.1 First Solar Customers
3.3.2 First Solar Thin Film Products
3.3.3
3.3.4 First Solar Large-Scale Solar Power Plants in Europe, the USA and Asia
3.3.5 First Solar to Build 10 MW Solar PV Power Plant for Sempra Generation
3.3.6 First Solar Thin Film PV Modules Cost-Effective Solutions For Grid
3.3.7 First Solar Modules Support Renewable Energy Projects
3.3.8 First Solar / EDF Energies Nouvelles
3.4 SunEdison Alamosa Solar Facility Begins Generating 3.6MW of Renewable Energy
3.5 Schott / Nevada Solar One / Acciona Energy
3.5.1 Schott / Arizona Utility Solar Power
3.6 Southern California Edison (SCE) Solar Programme For Commercial Roof Surfaces
3.6.1 Stirling Energy Systems and Utility Southern California Edison
3.7 Shell / 10 MW Solar Park In Pocking
3.8 4 kW Solar Power Plant On A Private Roof
3.9 Yingli Solar
3.9.1 YL175Wp, Yingli Solar
3.9.2 Yingli Solar Cell: High efficiency Crystalline Solar
3.10 Aleo Solar AG Solar in Spain for 2008
3.11 Kyocera / Avanzalia Solar Power Plant In Spain
3.12 Kyocera Commercial Grid-Tie Systems
3.12.1 Kyocera Telecommunications
3.12.2 Kyocera Government Initiatives
3.12.3 Kyocera Railroad Signaling
3.12.4 Kyocera Oil & Gas
3.12.5 Kyocera Industrial
3.13 PG&E Contracts For More Than 100 MW Of Solar Thermal-Biofuel Hybrid Power
3.14 Pacific Power, Mitsubishi Complete 1 MW Photovoltaic Installation
3.15 Clear Skies Solar To Build 8 MW California Project
3.16 SunPower
3.17 Japanese Shell Subsidiary Plans Solar-Panel Plant
3.18 PG&E 100 MW Of Solar Thermal-Biofuel Hybrid Power
3.19 Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (REC)
3.20 Google-Backs Solar With $130 Million
3.20.1 Google Solar Thermal Plant Rises in Israeli Desert
3.21 Abu Dhabi Torresol Energy Solar Thermal in Spain
3.21.1 Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar)
3.21.2 Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) Paradigm Shift In Solar
3.21.3 Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar)
3.21.4 Torresol Energy Builds Three Solar Power Plants In Spain
3.22 Solar-Fabrik Completes Greek PV System
3.23 Evergreen Solar
3.24 Spain A Leader In Solar Power
3.25 Europe North Africa and the Middle East Desert Solar Power
3.25.1 TREC
3.25.2 TREC Reaching Across The Sea
3.26 Parabolic Trough Solar Thermal System
3.27 Parabolic Trough Solar Power Plants At Kramer Junction California
3.28 Gollmer / Solar Millennium AG
3.29 SunPower
3.30 GE Energy Solar Electric Modules
3.30.1 GE / Abengoa Group Spain
3.31 Applied Materials
3.31.1 Applied Materials Thin Film Solar Modules
3.31.2 US Plant Developer Applied Material and the Swiss Oerlikon Group
3.32 Solar Millennium AG
3.33 Ausra
3.34 Signet Solar / Solar Farms / Solar Panels
3.35 Ecostream and City Solar Grid Installations in Spain
3.36 SunPower Completes 1.4 MW Solar Electric System In South Korea
3.37 Solel Closes Deal With Ibereolica For 190,000 Solar Receivers
4. UTILITY SOLAR TECHNOLOGY
4.1 Concentrating Solar Power Basics
4.2 How Solar Cells Work
4.2.1 90% Of Solar Cells Made From Silicon
4.2.2 Solar Cells Convert Sunlight to Electricity
4.2.3 Intensity Of The Photon Flow
4.3 Solar Technologies
4.3.1 SunPower Technology
4.3.2 Types of PV Technologies
4.3.3 Crystalline Silicon
4.3.4 Thin-Film PV Technology
4.3.5 Thin film PV Modules Technology
4.3.6 Amorphous and Thin Film Silicon
4.3.7 Highly Efficient Thin-Film Solar Cells
4.3.8 Developing Technologies: Electrochemical PV cells
4.4 Filsom Technology
4.4.1 Dyesol DSC - Dye Solar Cell Technology
4.4.2 First Solar CdTe Technology
4.4.3 Copper Indium Diselenide
4.5 Amorphous Silicon
4.6 Regional Considerations
4.7 Solar Panel Standards
4.8 Batteries For Solar Energy Storage
4.8.1 Thin film batteries (TFB)
4.8.2 Flooded Lead Acid Batteries
4.8.3 Absorbed Glass Mat Sealed Lead Acid (AGM)
4.8.4 MK Gel Cell Batteries
4.8.5 MK Power-Tech Batteries
4.9 Solar Research and Development
4.9.1 Barrier Coatings And Stability Of Thin Film Solar Cells
4.9.2 High-Efficiency Amorphous Silicon And Nanocrystalline Silicon-Based Solar Cells And Modules
4.9.3 High Throughput, Low Toxic Processing Of Very Thin, High Efficiency CIGSS Solar Cells
4.10 Solar Utility Projects
4.10.1 Jefferson County Jail in Golden, Colo
4.10.2 Utility Application Of The Stirling Solar Dish
4.10.3 Yes! Solar PV Systems
4.10.4 Large Photovoltaic System In Connecticut
4.10.5 Arizona Community Solar PV Systems
4.10.6 Arizona State Installed 2 MW Of Solar Photovoltaics
4.10.7 Canadian Solar Delivers Building-Integrated Photovoltaics To Beijing
4.10.8 Amtech Solar Diffusion Processing Systems
4.10.9 Solar-Powered Affordable Housing
4.10.10 OptiSolar Xantrex GT500MV Grid-Tie Inverters
4.10.11 Amtech Solar Diffusion Processing Systems
4.10.12 Solar-Powered Affordable Housing
4.10.13 OptiSolar Selects Xantrex GT500MV Grid-Tie Inverters
4.10.14 Young Brothers To Purchase Power From Hoku Solar System
4.10.15 Yingli To Supply 9.19 MW Of Modules To EN-NEO
4.10.16 Timminco Enters Supply Relationship With CSI
4.10.17 ersol Thin Film Signs Module Supply Contract With Ralos Vertriebs
4.10.18 eSolar, SCE To Produce 245 MW Of Solar Power
4.10.19 Canadian Solar Signs Supply Agreement With Neo Solar Power
4.10.20 Solar Power Inc SPI Closes $20 Million Hardware Sale
4.10.21 Yingli Green Energy Signs New Sales Contract With S.A.G.
4.10.22 Kyocera Solar Teams With Zacher Homes, American Solar Electric
4.10.23 OPEL To Market Solarfun Panels In North America And Brazil
4.10.24 Solar Thin Films, China Singyes To Partner On 100 MW Of Photovoltaics
4.10.25 Napa Valley Winery Features Floating Photovoltaic Panels
4.10.26 SunEdison Puts 1.18 MW Of Solar Online At California Prison
4.10.27 Yingli Green Energy Contracts With Sailing New Energy Resources
4.10.28 Asola To Supply Sunworx With Solar PV Modules
4.10.29 XsunX Expands Relationship With Newport For Thin-Film Solar Manufacturing
4.10.30 ersol Signs Solar Cell Supply Contract With aleo solar
4.10.31 Spire To Provide Turnkey Solar Module Manufacturing Line To BTCP
4.10.32 Evergreen Solar Signs Two Large Sales Contracts
4.10.33 Nanosolar Highlights 1 GW CIGS PV Production Tool
4.10.34 Schuco Introduces S SPU-4 Series Of Polycrystalline Solar PV Modules
4.10.35 Genasun Offering GV-3 Solar Charge Controller
4.10.36 Solar Monkey Installs 3 MW Of Solar PV
4.10.37 Pacific Power, Mitsubishi Complete 1 MW Photovoltaic Installation
4.10.38 Ecostream and City Solar Grid Installations in Spain
4.10.39 SunPower Completes 1.4 MW Solar Electric System In South Korea
4.10.40 Solel Closes Deal With Ibereolica For 190,000 Solar Receivers
5 UTILITY SOLAR COMPANY PROFILES
5.1 Major Photovoltaics Companies
5.1.1 Top Five global Photovoltaics Producers In 2007
The top five global photovoltaics producers in 2007 accounted for more than half of world production.
These companies were:
* Sharp Solar (Japan)
* Q-Cells (Germany)
* Kyocera (Japan)
* Suntech (China)
* Sanyo (Japan)
5.1.2 Photovoltaic Industry Associations
5.2 Abengoa Group
5.3 Acciona SA
5.4 AES
5.5 Akuo Energy
5.6 Applied Materials
5.6.1 Applied Materials / Oerlikon Solar
5.6.2 Applied Materials / Baccini S.p.A. Acquisition
5.7 Ausra
5.8 BP Solar
5.8.1 BP Solar Integrated Energy Company
5.8.2 BP Business Strategy
5.8.3 BP Financials
5.8.4 BP Revenue
5.8.5 BP Customers and Testimonials
5.9 Colorado Instruments / SolarWorld
5.10 Concentrix
5.10.1 Concentrix Highly efficient Flatcon System
5.11 Cypress Semiconductor / Sunpower
5.11.1 Cypress Semiconductor / SunPower
5.12 Dyesol Limited
5.12.1 Dyesol Solar Cell (DSC) TechnologyPartnerships
5.13 Evergreen Solar
5.13.1 Evergreen Solar String Ribbon Technology
5.13.2 Evergreen Solar Contracts and Facilities
5.14 First Solar
5.14.1 First Solar 2008 Second Quarter Revenue
5.14.2 First Solar Revenue
5.14.3 First Solar 2007 Third Quarter Revenue
5.14.4 First Solar Advanced Thin Film Semiconductor Process
5.14.5 First Solar / AES
5.14.6 First Solar Acquisition of Turner Renewable Energy
5.14.7 First Solar Manufacturing Capacity
5.14.8 First Solar Financials
5.15 Flisom
5.15.1 Flisom CTI Technology Transfer for Low-Cost Manufacturing
5.16 GE
5.16.1 GE Participation In The Solar America Initiative
5.16.2 GE Energy
5.17 Global Solar Energy
5.18 Hitachi America Ltd.
5.19 Hoku Scientific
5.19.1 Hoku Scientific Customers
5.19.2 Suntech Purchases Shares of Hoku Scientific
5.19.3 Hoku Fuel Cells
5.20 Isofoton
5.20.1 Isofoton Revenue
5.20.2 Isofoton Strategies
5.20.3 Isofoton Partners
5.20.4 Isofoton Customers
5.21 Kyocera
5.21.1 Kyocera Revenue
5.21.2 Kyocera Segment Information
5.21.3 Kyocera Business Strategy
5.22 LDK Solar Co LTD
5.22.1 LDK Strategic Relationships
5.23 Mitsubishi
5.23.1 Mitsubishi Electric
5.23.2 Mitsubishi Electric Revenue
5.23.3 Mitsubishi Electric Business Strategy
5.23.4 Mitsubishi Electric Improving Performance Through Balanced Management
5.23.5 Mitsubishi Electric Promoting Business-Strengthening Strategies
5.23.6 Mitsubishi Electric Strengthening Management
5.23.7 Mitsubishi Electric Growth Strategies
5.24 Nanosolar
5.24.1 Nano Solar Power Innovation
5.24.2 Nanosolar Funding
5.25 PrimeStar Solar
5.25.1 GE Makes Strategic Investment In PrimeStar Solar
5.26 Q-Cells AG
5.26.1 Q-Cells AG Business and Sales Assessment
5.26.2 Q-Cells Germany
5.26.3 Q-Cells Revenue
5.26.4 Q-Cells Business Strategy
5.26.5 Q-Cells Partners
5.26.6 Q-Cells Customers
5.27 Sanyo
5.27.1 Sanyo Brand Vision
5.27.2 Sanyo Revenue
5.27.3 Sanyo Investors
5.28 SatCon
5.28.1 SatCon Revenue
5.29 Schott Solar Builds US Manufacturing Plant
5.30 Sharp
5.30.1 Sharp Solar Revenue
5.30.2 Sharp Solar Cells Revenue
5.30.3 Sharp Solar Partners
5.31 Signet Solar
5.31.1 Signet Solar / Solar Farms / Solar Panels
5.31.2 Signet Solar Commercial Installations
5.31.3 Signet Solar Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV)
5.31.4 Signet Solar Remote Habitation
5.32 Siemens
5.32.1 Siemens Revenue
5.32.2 Siemens Business Platform Strategy
5.33 Solaire Direct
5.34 Solarfun Power Holdings Co, Ltd.
5.35 Solar Integrated
5.35.1 Solar Integrated Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Roofing Systems
5.35.2 Solar Integrated Customers
5.36 SolarWorld AG
5.36.1 SolarWorld AG Revenue
5.36.2 SolarWorld AG Shell Acquisition
5.36.3 SolarWorld AG Business Strategy
5.37 Solartech
5.37.1 Solartech Develops Thin Film Silicon PV Cell Technologies
5.37.2 Solartech Solar Cell Efficiency
5.37.3 Solartech Revenue
5.37.4 Solartech Customers
5.38 Solon
5.39 Spectra Watt / Intel
5.40 Sun Edison
5.41 SunPower
5.41.1 Sunpower High-Efficiency Solar Cells And Multi-Megawatt Solar Power Systems
5.41.2 SunPower Financials
5.41.3 Cypress Semiconductor / SunPower
5.41.4 SunPower Solar Utility-Scale Power
5.41.5 SunPower 23.4 Percent Efficiency Prototype Solar Cell
5.41.6 SunPower Revenue
5.41.7 SunPower Partners
5.42 Suntech
5.42.1 Suntech Acquisitions
5.42.2 Suntech / Hoku Scientific
5.42.3 Suntech / Suntech Power (Korea)
5.42.4 Suntech / Nitol Solar
5.42.5 SunTech Revenue
5.42.6 Suntech Regional Revenue Analysis
5.43 Tenesol
5.44 Urbasolar
5.45 Yingli Green Energy
5.45.1 Yingli Green Energy Revenue
5.45.2 Yingli Business Strategy
5.45.3 Customers
6. SOLAR COMPANIES
6.1 Lists of Solar Companies
6.2 Note On Lists
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
Table ES-1 Benefits Of Solar For Utility Electricity Markets
Figure ES-2 Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Cells and Panels Shipments Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2008
Figure ES-3 Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Cell and Panel Shipments, Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014
Table 1-1 Companies Working to Generate Electricity For 10 Cents A Kilowatt Hour
Figure 1-2 Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition Improve Solar Economics
Table 1-3 Description Of Solar Services
Figure 1-4 High-Tech Solar Cell Production at Deutsche Cell GmbH; Freiberg/Saxony
Figure 1-5 High-Tech Solar Production At Deutsche Cell GmbH; Freiberg/Saxony
Figure 1-6 Main Components Of The System At The University Clinic Of Freiburg: Adsorption Refrigeration Machine
Figure 1-7 Solar Thermal System
Table 1-8 Key Elements In A Solar Cell
Table 1-9 Key Main Categories Of Technology In A Solar Cell
Table 2-1 Benefits Of Solar For Utility Electricity Markets
Table 2-1 (Continued) Benefits Of Solar For Utility Electricity Markets
Table 2-2 Utility Electricity Solar Energy Market Driving Forces
Table 2-2 (Continued) Utility Electricity Solar Energy Market Driving Forces
Figure 2-3 Worldwide Solar Cells and Panels Market Shares, First Three Quarters 2008
Figure 2-4 Worldwide Solar Market Shares, Dollars, 2007
Table 2-5 Worldwide Solar Cell and Panel Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars 2007 and First Three Quarters 2008
Figure 2-6 Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Cells and Panels Shipments Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2008
Figure 2-7 Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Cells and Panels Shipments Market Shares, Dollars, 2007
Table 2-8 Worldwide Solar Utility Product and Solar Component Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars,2007 and First Three Quarters 2008
Figure 2-9 Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Cell and Panel Shipments, Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014
Figure 2-10 U.S. Electricity Generation Power Source Market Segments, 2013
Figure 2-12 Worldwide Electricity Generation Power Source Market Segments, 2006
Figure 2-13 Worldwide Grid and Off Grid Electricity Generation Power Source Market Segments, 2013
Figure 2-14 2-34 Worldwide Grid And Off Grid Electricity Generation Power Source Market Segments, 2018
Table 2-15 Worldwide Electricity Generation Power Source Market Segments, 2006, 2013, and 2018
Table 2-16 Market Driving Forces for Energy Shifts: Micro Generation Of Energy Stored in Thin Film Batteries, Nuclear and Stationary Fuel Cells
Table 2-17 Market Driving Forces for Energy Shifts
Figure 2-18 Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Installations Shipments, Market Forecasts, Units, 2008-2014
Table 2-19 Worldwide Total Utility Electricity Solar Installations Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars, 2008-2014
Figure 2-20 2-45 TREC’s Vision Of Solar Energy For Europe From the North Africa Desert
Figure 2-21 Utility Electricity Crystalline Silicon vs. Thin Film Solar Cells
Figure 2-22 Sunshine Index, U.S.
Figure 2-23 Regional Solar Market Segments, 2007
Table 2-24 Regional Solar Market Segments, 2007
Figure 2-25 Schott Sales By Region
Figure 3-1 Overview of Kansai Electric Power Mega Solar Power Generation Plan (1/2)
Figure 3-2 View of Kansai Electric Power Mega Solar Power
Figure 3-3 Sharp Kansai Electric Power Power Generation Plant
Figure 3-4 Overview of Kansai Electric Power Mega Solar Power Generation Plan (2/2)
Figure 3-5 Sharp Electric Power Generation Complex
Figure 3-6 First Solar Thin Film Modules
Figure 3-7 First Solar Ground Mounted Solar Park Baar Thin Film Modules
Figure 3-8 First Solar Mainbernheim, Germany, 176kW
Table 3-9 First Solar PV Modules Features
Table 3-9 (Continued) First Solar PV Modules Features
Figure 3-10 First Solar FS Series 2 PV Module
Figure 3-11 Open-Space Photovoltaics Power Plant With An Output Of 8.22 MW in Alamosa (Colorado).
Figure 3-12 Parabolic Trough Power Plant "Nevada Solar One" In The Mojave Desert
Figure 3-13 Nevada Solar One Site
Table 3-14 Schott / Arizona Utility Solar Power Technical Specifications
Figure 3-15 Schott Arizona Springerville Generating Station Solar System28-Acre Field Of PV Panels
Figure 3-16 Stirling Energy Systems Solar Dish and Utility Southern California Edison
Figure 3-17 10 MW Solar Park In Pocking
Figure 3-18 4 kW Solar Power Plant On A Private Roof
Figure 3-19 Yingli Solar
Figure 3-20 Large Solar Power Plant In Europe Use Modules From Yingli China Baoding Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd
Table 3-21 Yingli Solar 175 Watt Photovoltaic Module Features
Table 3-22 Yingli Solar 175 Watt Photovoltaic Module Specifications
Table 3-22 (Continued) Yingli Solar 175 Watt Photovoltaic Module Specifications
Table 3-23 Kyocera Oil & Gas Wireless Solar Electric Power Solutions
Figure 3-24 BrightSource Energy Tower, a Google.org Backed Startup
Figure 3-25 BrightSource Energy Mirrors, a Google.org Backed Startup
Figure 3-26 BrightSource Energy Tower Closeup, a Google.org Backed Startup
Figure 3-27 Abu Dhabi Torresol Energy Solar Thermal
Figure 3-28 TREC’s Vision Of A Energy For Europe
Figure 3-29 Jefferson County Jail In Golden, Colo., Parabolic Trough Solar Thermal System
Figure 3-30 Aerial view of the parabolic trough solar power plants at Kramer Junction in California
Figure 3-31 European Parabolic Trough Power Plant, Andasol 1,
Figure 3-32 European Parabolic Trough, Andasol 1,
Table 3-33 Applied Materials State-Of-The-Art Crystalline Silicon Production Solutions Benefits
Figure 3-34 Applied Materials Performance Systems
Figure 3-35 Applied Materials Solar Processors
Figure 3-36 Solar Millennium Solar
Figure 3-37 Solar Millennium Solar Installation
Figure 3-38 Ausra Solar Power Plant in New South Wales, Australia
Figure 4-1 SunPower Solar Panel
Table 4-2 Solar Photovoltaic Cell Types
Table 4-3 Solar CIS/CIGS Systems And Modules By Application
Table 4-4 Types of PV Technologies
Table 4-4 (Continued) Types of PV Technologies
Figure 4-5 Thin Film Solar Modules Cell Spectral Response
Table 4-6 Solar CIS/CIGS Systems And Modules By Application
Figure 4-7 Thin-Film Solar Technology
Figure 4-8 Green Dye Synthetic Chlorophyll
Figure 4-9 Basic Idea Of Cigs Solar Cell Manufacturing Using Roll-To-Roll Deposition Technology
Table 4-10 Kyocera Solar Power Applications
Figure 4-11 Regional Power Output Levels Per kw Of Generation Using GE Solar Electric Power Systems
Table 4-12 Solar Energy Generated as a Function of Installation Type
Figure 4-13 Alternative Siteing of GE Solar Panels
Figure 4-14 GE Solar Panel Pressure Clamp
Table 4-15 MK Power-Tech Battery Features:
Table 4-16 Stability Issues Related To Moisture Ingress
Figure 4-17 Jefferson County Jail in Golden, Colo
Figure 4-18 Utility Application Of The Stirling Solar Dish
Table 5-1 Top Five Global Photovoltaics Producers In 2007
Table 5-2 Recent Solar Company IPOs
Table 5-3 Other Solar Companies
Table 5-3 (Continued) Other Solar Companies
Table 5-4 Selected Photovoltaic Industry Associations
Figure 5-5 BP Solar Country Positioning
Figure 5-6 BP Drilling Platform
Table 5-7 BP Revenue First Half 2008
Table 5-8 Selected BP Solar Customers and Testimonials
Figure 5-9 SolarWorld Educational Kits
Figure 5-10 Flisom Thin Film Solar Positioning
Table 5-11 GE Partners In The Solar America Initiative
Figure 5-12 Isofoton Solar Cell
Figure 5-13 Mitsubishi Electric Group Challenging Targets
Figure 5-14 Mitsubishi Electric Group Framework for Balanced Management
Figure 5-15 Q-Cells AG Business and Sales Assessment
Figure 5-16 Q-Cells Employees
Figure 5-17 Sanyo Solar Revenue
Figure 5-18 Sanyo Revenue by Geographical Segment
Figure 5-19 Sanyo Overseas Revenue by Geographical Segment
Figure 5-20 Sanyo Revenue by Geographical Segment
Table 5-21 Schott Solar Integrated PV Wafers
Figure 5-22 Schott Solar Locations
Figure 5-23 Sharp Photovoltaic Power Systems
Figure 5-24 Sharp Photovoltaic Power Systems Capabilities
Figure 5-25 Sharp Photovoltaic Sun Power
Figure 5-26 Sharp Photovoltaic Capacity Enhancement of Solar Cells
Figure 5-27 Sharp Photovoltaic Capacity Enhancement of Solar Cells
Figure 5-28 Sharp C/O2 Reduction Effect of Solar Cells
Figure 5-29 Sharp C/O2 Reduction Effect of Solar Cells
Figure 5-30 Sharp C/O2 Reduction Effect of Solar Cells
Table 5-31 Sharp Solar Partners
Figure 5-32 SolarWorld AG Revenue
Figure 5-33 SolarWorld AG Sales by Region
Figure 5-34 SolarWorld AG Shareholder Structure
Table 5-35 Significant Factors That Directly Or Indirectly Affect Suntech Financial Performance
Table 6-1 Lists of Solar Companies
Table 6-2 Note On Lists
COMPANIES PROFILED
Q-Cells
Kyocera
BP Solar
First Solar
Isofoton
Sanyo
AES
Akuo Energy
Colorado Instruments / SolarWorld
Concentrix
Cypress Semiconductor / Sunpower
Dyesol Limited
Evergreen Solar
Flisom
GE
Global Solar Energy
Hitachi America Ltd.
Hoku Scientific
Isofoton
Kyocera
LDK Solar Co LTD
Mitsubishi
SolarWorld
SunPower
Suntech
Sharp Solar
Schott
Yingli Green Energy
Nanosolar
PrimeStar Solar
Q-Cells AG
Sanyo
SatCon
Signet Solar
Siemens
Solaire Direct
Solarfun Power Holdings Co, Ltd.
Solar Integrated
SolarWorld AG
Solartech
Solon
Spectra Watt / Intel
Tenesol
Urbasolar
Yingli Green Energy
Table ES-1 Benefits Of Solar For Utility Electricity Markets
Figure ES-2 Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Cells and Panels Shipments Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2008
Figure ES-3 Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Cell and Panel Shipments, Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014
Table 1-1 Companies Working to Generate Electricity For 10 Cents A Kilowatt Hour
Figure 1-2 Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition Improve Solar Economics
Table 1-3 Description Of Solar Services
Figure 1-4 High-Tech Solar Cell Production at Deutsche Cell GmbH; Freiberg/Saxony
Figure 1-5 High-Tech Solar Production At Deutsche Cell GmbH; Freiberg/Saxony
Figure 1-6 Main Components Of The System At The University Clinic Of Freiburg: Adsorption Refrigeration Machine
Figure 1-7 Solar Thermal System
Table 1-8 Key Elements In A Solar Cell
Table 1-9 Key Main Categories Of Technology In A Solar Cell
Table 2-1 Benefits Of Solar For Utility Electricity Markets
Table 2-1 (Continued) Benefits Of Solar For Utility Electricity Markets
Table 2-2 Utility Electricity Solar Energy Market Driving Forces
Table 2-2 (Continued) Utility Electricity Solar Energy Market Driving Forces
Figure 2-3 Worldwide Solar Cells and Panels Market Shares, First Three Quarters 2008
Figure 2-4 Worldwide Solar Market Shares, Dollars, 2007
Table 2-5 Worldwide Solar Cell and Panel Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars 2007 and First Three Quarters 2008
Figure 2-6 Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Cells and Panels Shipments Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2008
Figure 2-7 Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Cells and Panels Shipments Market Shares, Dollars, 2007
Table 2-8 Worldwide Solar Utility Product and Solar Component Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars,2007 and First Three Quarters 2008
Figure 2-9 Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Cell and Panel Shipments, Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014
Figure 2-10 U.S. Electricity Generation Power Source Market Segments, 2013
Figure 2-12 Worldwide Electricity Generation Power Source Market Segments, 2006
Figure 2-13 Worldwide Grid and Off Grid Electricity Generation Power Source Market Segments, 2013
Figure 2-14 2-34 Worldwide Grid And Off Grid Electricity Generation Power Source Market Segments, 2018
Table 2-15 Worldwide Electricity Generation Power Source Market Segments, 2006, 2013, and 2018
Table 2-16 Market Driving Forces for Energy Shifts: Micro Generation Of Energy Stored in Thin Film Batteries, Nuclear and Stationary Fuel Cells
Table 2-17 Market Driving Forces for Energy Shifts
Figure 2-18 Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Installations Shipments, Market Forecasts, Units, 2008-2014
Table 2-19 Worldwide Total Utility Electricity Solar Installations Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars, 2008-2014
Figure 2-20 2-45 TREC’s Vision Of Solar Energy For Europe From the North Africa Desert
Figure 2-21 Utility Electricity Crystalline Silicon vs. Thin Film Solar Cells
Figure 2-22 Sunshine Index, U.S.
Figure 2-23 Regional Solar Market Segments, 2007
Table 2-24 Regional Solar Market Segments, 2007
Figure 2-25 Schott Sales By Region
Figure 3-1 Overview of Kansai Electric Power Mega Solar Power Generation Plan (1/2)
Figure 3-2 View of Kansai Electric Power Mega Solar Power
Figure 3-3 Sharp Kansai Electric Power Power Generation Plant
Figure 3-4 Overview of Kansai Electric Power Mega Solar Power Generation Plan (2/2)
Figure 3-5 Sharp Electric Power Generation Complex
Figure 3-6 First Solar Thin Film Modules
Figure 3-7 First Solar Ground Mounted Solar Park Baar Thin Film Modules
Figure 3-8 First Solar Mainbernheim, Germany, 176kW
Table 3-9 First Solar PV Modules Features
Table 3-9 (Continued) First Solar PV Modules Features
Figure 3-10 First Solar FS Series 2 PV Module
Figure 3-11 Open-Space Photovoltaics Power Plant With An Output Of 8.22 MW in Alamosa (Colorado).
Figure 3-12 Parabolic Trough Power Plant "Nevada Solar One" In The Mojave Desert
Figure 3-13 Nevada Solar One Site
Table 3-14 Schott / Arizona Utility Solar Power Technical Specifications
Figure 3-15 Schott Arizona Springerville Generating Station Solar System28-Acre Field Of PV Panels
Figure 3-16 Stirling Energy Systems Solar Dish and Utility Southern California Edison
Figure 3-17 10 MW Solar Park In Pocking
Figure 3-18 4 kW Solar Power Plant On A Private Roof
Figure 3-19 Yingli Solar
Figure 3-20 Large Solar Power Plant In Europe Use Modules From Yingli China Baoding Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd
Table 3-21 Yingli Solar 175 Watt Photovoltaic Module Features
Table 3-22 Yingli Solar 175 Watt Photovoltaic Module Specifications
Table 3-22 (Continued) Yingli Solar 175 Watt Photovoltaic Module Specifications
Table 3-23 Kyocera Oil & Gas Wireless Solar Electric Power Solutions
Figure 3-24 BrightSource Energy Tower, a Google.org Backed Startup
Figure 3-25 BrightSource Energy Mirrors, a Google.org Backed Startup
Figure 3-26 BrightSource Energy Tower Closeup, a Google.org Backed Startup
Figure 3-27 Abu Dhabi Torresol Energy Solar Thermal
Figure 3-28 TREC’s Vision Of A Energy For Europe
Figure 3-29 Jefferson County Jail In Golden, Colo., Parabolic Trough Solar Thermal System
Figure 3-30 Aerial view of the parabolic trough solar power plants at Kramer Junction in California
Figure 3-31 European Parabolic Trough Power Plant, Andasol 1,
Figure 3-32 European Parabolic Trough, Andasol 1,
Table 3-33 Applied Materials State-Of-The-Art Crystalline Silicon Production Solutions Benefits
Figure 3-34 Applied Materials Performance Systems
Figure 3-35 Applied Materials Solar Processors
Figure 3-36 Solar Millennium Solar
Figure 3-37 Solar Millennium Solar Installation
Figure 3-38 Ausra Solar Power Plant in New South Wales, Australia
Figure 4-1 SunPower Solar Panel
Table 4-2 Solar Photovoltaic Cell Types
Table 4-3 Solar CIS/CIGS Systems And Modules By Application
Table 4-4 Types of PV Technologies
Table 4-4 (Continued) Types of PV Technologies
Figure 4-5 Thin Film Solar Modules Cell Spectral Response
Table 4-6 Solar CIS/CIGS Systems And Modules By Application
Figure 4-7 Thin-Film Solar Technology
Figure 4-8 Green Dye Synthetic Chlorophyll
Figure 4-9 Basic Idea Of Cigs Solar Cell Manufacturing Using Roll-To-Roll Deposition Technology
Table 4-10 Kyocera Solar Power Applications
Figure 4-11 Regional Power Output Levels Per kw Of Generation Using GE Solar Electric Power Systems
Table 4-12 Solar Energy Generated as a Function of Installation Type
Figure 4-13 Alternative Siteing of GE Solar Panels
Figure 4-14 GE Solar Panel Pressure Clamp
Table 4-15 MK Power-Tech Battery Features:
Table 4-16 Stability Issues Related To Moisture Ingress
Figure 4-17 Jefferson County Jail in Golden, Colo
Figure 4-18 Utility Application Of The Stirling Solar Dish
Table 5-1 Top Five Global Photovoltaics Producers In 2007
Table 5-2 Recent Solar Company IPOs
Table 5-3 Other Solar Companies
Table 5-3 (Continued) Other Solar Companies
Table 5-4 Selected Photovoltaic Industry Associations
Figure 5-5 BP Solar Country Positioning
Figure 5-6 BP Drilling Platform
Table 5-7 BP Revenue First Half 2008
Table 5-8 Selected BP Solar Customers and Testimonials
Figure 5-9 SolarWorld Educational Kits
Figure 5-10 Flisom Thin Film Solar Positioning
Table 5-11 GE Partners In The Solar America Initiative
Figure 5-12 Isofoton Solar Cell
Figure 5-13 Mitsubishi Electric Group Challenging Targets
Figure 5-14 Mitsubishi Electric Group Framework for Balanced Management
Figure 5-15 Q-Cells AG Business and Sales Assessment
Figure 5-16 Q-Cells Employees
Figure 5-17 Sanyo Solar Revenue
Figure 5-18 Sanyo Revenue by Geographical Segment
Figure 5-19 Sanyo Overseas Revenue by Geographical Segment
Figure 5-20 Sanyo Revenue by Geographical Segment
Table 5-21 Schott Solar Integrated PV Wafers
Figure 5-22 Schott Solar Locations
Figure 5-23 Sharp Photovoltaic Power Systems
Figure 5-24 Sharp Photovoltaic Power Systems Capabilities
Figure 5-25 Sharp Photovoltaic Sun Power
Figure 5-26 Sharp Photovoltaic Capacity Enhancement of Solar Cells
Figure 5-27 Sharp Photovoltaic Capacity Enhancement of Solar Cells
Figure 5-28 Sharp C/O2 Reduction Effect of Solar Cells
Figure 5-29 Sharp C/O2 Reduction Effect of Solar Cells
Figure 5-30 Sharp C/O2 Reduction Effect of Solar Cells
Table 5-31 Sharp Solar Partners
Figure 5-32 SolarWorld AG Revenue
Figure 5-33 SolarWorld AG Sales by Region
Figure 5-34 SolarWorld AG Shareholder Structure
Table 5-35 Significant Factors That Directly Or Indirectly Affect Suntech Financial Performance
Table 6-1 Lists of Solar Companies
Table 6-2 Note On Lists
COMPANIES PROFILED
Q-Cells
Kyocera
BP Solar
First Solar
Isofoton
Sanyo
AES
Akuo Energy
Colorado Instruments / SolarWorld
Concentrix
Cypress Semiconductor / Sunpower
Dyesol Limited
Evergreen Solar
Flisom
GE
Global Solar Energy
Hitachi America Ltd.
Hoku Scientific
Isofoton
Kyocera
LDK Solar Co LTD
Mitsubishi
SolarWorld
SunPower
Suntech
Sharp Solar
Schott
Yingli Green Energy
Nanosolar
PrimeStar Solar
Q-Cells AG
Sanyo
SatCon
Signet Solar
Siemens
Solaire Direct
Solarfun Power Holdings Co, Ltd.
Solar Integrated
SolarWorld AG
Solartech
Solon
Spectra Watt / Intel
Tenesol
Urbasolar
Yingli Green Energy
