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The Future of Solar Power: Key Technologies and Drivers for a Solar Future
Business Insights, July 2008, Pages: 114
This report analyses the future of solar power generation- It looks at the key technologies, and examines the efficiency and economics of the different solar power generation systems. It looks specifically at a range off issues affecting the costs, efficiency and take up of solar photovoltaic power generation and solar thermal power generation as well as a brief consideration of other and emerging solar generation technologies. Drawing on over 30 separate sources, the report analyses the most current thinking on solar power generation. It gives the most comprehensive view on the drivers and resistors of solar power capacity growth and its impact on the power generation landscape.
Key questions answered by this report...
-How fast is the market for solar power growing?
-What are the key drivers and resistors of growth for solar power generation?
-Which countries lead manufacturing and installation of solar power?
-What are the leading manufacturers of solar cells?
-What new solar thermal plants are in the pipeline and what impact might they have?
-How competitive is solar power compared to other power generation technologies?
-How will the economics of solar power change in the short and mid-term?
Key issues examined by this report...
-Incentives. Due to the uncompetitive economics of solar power, incentives will be necessary to make it more attractive for commercial development.
-Economies of scale. Solar power is still expensive, but high growth in manufacturing of photovoltaic cells and the construction of larger capacity sites is creating economies of scale.
-Prevailing technologies. Several technologies are still at the experimental stage including solar towers, parabolic troughs and solar chimneys. Commercial solar power generation has yet to be dominated by one best in class technology.
-Energy storage. Widespread uptake of commercial solar power generation will require significant investment in energy storage. These technologies remain quite immature although new thermal solar power plants feature storage systems to retain generated heat.
-The cost of solar power. Rises in the price of oil and gas and the continuing fall in the cost of installing solar power is affecting the comparitive cost of solar power as commercial uptake increases.
This new report will enable you to...
-Understand the applications for solar power generation current and future power generation markets with this report’s examination of the key solar photovoltaic and solar thermal power generation technologies.
-Assess the growth prospects for solar power generation using this report’s analysis of capacity growth for solar cells and the leading countries in terms of manufacturing and installation.
-Benchmark key solar power generation technologies against other renewable and fossil fuel technologies in terms of their efficiency and costs.
-Predict when solar power generation will become competitive based this report’s examination of how solar power generation uptake and technological developments are affecting the economics of solar power.
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