Worldwide Solar Technology Market Shares, Forecasts, and Strategies, 2008-2014 - Market Research Reports

Contents:

SOLAR TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ES-1
Efficiency of Different Solar Technologies ES-1
CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Selenide) Thin Film Technology ES-1
Silicon Solar Panels (Mono And Poly Crystalline) ES-2
Screen-Printed Solar Cells ES-2
Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells, Crystalline Silicon Solar
Modules, And Thin Film Solar Modules ES-3
Prospect Of Carbon Use Surcharges ES-7
Signet Solar / Solar Farms / Solar Panels ES-7
Construction Cost Parity With Coal Plants ES-7
Applied Materials Crystalline-Silicon And Thin-Film Solar ES-8
Solar Market Shares ES-9

1. SOLAR TECHNOLOGY MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS 1-1
1.1 Solar Technologies 1-1
1.1.1 Research Initiatives 1-2
1.1.2 Thin Film Material Layers 1-3
1.2 Photovoltaic Conversion Of Sun Light 1-4
1.2.1 Solar Panel Orientation 1-6
1.3 Thin Film Solar Materials 1-8
1.4 Sunlight Intensity in Various Regions 1-9
1.4.1 Sunshine Index 1-13
1.4.2 Economics of PV 1-14
1.5 Variety of Solar Panel Installations 1-16
1.5.1 Off-grid systems: 1-21
1.6 Competition and Advanced PV Technologies 1-21
1.7 Parts Of The Solar Cell Manufacturing Process 1-22
1.7.1 Silicon Crystal Growing or Casting Plants 1-23
1.7.2 Solar Cell Plants 1-24
1.7.3 Module Assembly Plants 1-26
1.7.4 Systems Assembly 1-27
1.8 Greenhouse Gases 1-28
1.9 Productionizing Technologies 1-28
1.10 Era Of Cheap Energy Is Over 1-30
1.10.1 Unprecedented Level Of Development Worldwide 1-31
1.10.2 Population Increases 1-31
1.11 Tackling Climate Change 1-32
1.12 Power From the Sun 1-33
1.12.1 PV Industry 1-34
1.12.2 SGS Solar Services 1-35
1.13 Solar Air Conditioning 1-37
1.13.1 Solar Air Conditioning Sorbent 1-38
1.13.2 Solar Air Conditioning Adsorption 1-38
1.13.3 Refrigerant Circulation Systems Differentiated Processes 1-38
1.14 Go Solar California 1-41
1.14.1 Power The World From Desert 1-41
1.14.2 Understanding the Opportunity 1-42
1.14.3 Key Elements In A Solar Cell 1-42

2. SOLAR TECHNOLOGY MARKET SHARES AND MARKET FORECASTS 1
2.1 Efficiency of Different Solar Technologies 2-1
2.1.1 CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Selenide)
Thin Film Technology 2-1
2.1.2 Silicon Solar Panels (Mono And Poly Crystalline) 2-2
2.1.3 Screen-Printed Solar Cells 2-2
2.1.4 Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells, Crystalline
Silicon Solar Modules, And Thin Film Solar Modules 2-3
2.1.5 Prospect Of Carbon Use Surcharges 2-9
2.1.6 Signet Solar / Solar Farms / Solar Panels 2-9
2.1.7 Construction Cost Parity With Coal Plants 2-9
2.1.8 Speed of Revenue Generation from Solar Utilities 2-10
2.1.9 Developing The Ability To Store Energy For 16 Hours 2-10
2.2 Solar-Thermal Power 2-10
2.3 Solar Conditions 2-12
2.3.1 Benefits of Solar For Utility Electricity Markets 2-13
2.3.2 Solar Energy Adoption Is A Green Decision 2-14
2.3.3 Solar Energy Market Driving Forces 2-15
2.3.4 Impact of Financial Market Capital Infusion
On Solar Initiatives 2-17
2.4 Solar Market Shares 2-18
2.4.1 Solar Utility Electricity Market Shares 2-22
2.4.2 Q-Cells 2-25
2.4.3 Sharp Solar Panels 2-26
2.4.4 Kyocera 2-28
2.4.5 Sanyo 2-28
2.4.6 Suntech 2-29
2.4.7 GE 2-29
2.4.8 General Electric Brilliance Pre-Packaged
Utility Electricity Systems 2-30
2.4.9 GE Energy Roof-Integrated Solar Systems 2-30
2.4.10 SunPower Utility Electricity Solar Roof Tiles 2-31
2.4.11 Suntech Power 2-31
2.4.12 Schott Solar 2-32
2.4.13 Nanosolar 1 GW CIGS PV Production Tool 2-32
2.4.14 Nanosolar Nanoparticle Technology 2-33
2.4.15 Flisom 2-33
2.4.16 Miasolé 2-34
2.4.17 First Solar Materials and Product Design 2-37
2.4.18 Other Companies 2-37
2.4.19 Crystaline Silicon Wafers Vs Thin Film Amorphous 2-37
2.5 Residential Solar Market Shares 2-38
2.5.1 Solar Residential Market Shares 2-42
2.6 Campus Environments Have a Choice for Energy 2-45
2.6.1 Solar Conditions 2-45
2.6.2 Benefits of Solar For Commercial Markets 2-46
2.6.3 Solar Energy Adoption Is A Green Decision 2-48
2.6.4 Solar Energy Market Driving Forces 2-48
2.6.5 Impact of Financial Market Capital Infusion On
Solar Initiatives 2-51
2.7 Solar Market Shares 2-52
2.7.1 Solar Commercial Market Shares 2-56
2.7.2 Worldwide Commercial Solar Cell and Panel Shipments 2-57
2.7.3 Industry-Wide Shortage Of Polysilicon 2-62
2.7.4 Shortage Of Crystalline Silicon 2-62
2.7.5 Polysilicon Prices Going Up In Near Term
Then Going Down 2-63
2.7.6 Solartech Pricing 2-64
2.7.7 Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells, Crystalline
Silicon Solar Modules, And Thin Film Solar Modules 2-65
2.8 Solar Utility Electricity Market Forecast Analysis 2-67
2.8.1 Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Cell and Panel Shipments 2-68
2.9 Solar Residential Market Forecast Analysis 2-70
2.9.1 Worldwide Residential Solar Cell and Panel Shipments 2-71
2.10 Electricity Generation Power Source Market Segments 2-75
2.10.1 Power Costs 2-75
2.11 Renewable Energy Accounts For 30% Of Energy Supply 2-75
2.11.1 Grid Parity 2-76
2.11.2 Grid-Connected Systems: 2-78
2.11.3 Industrialization Requires Sustainable,
Highly Efficient Energy 2-86
2.12 Solar Utility Unit Shipments 91
2.13 Photovoltaic Demand And Prices Remain High;
Industry Doubles Profit Margin 2-94
2.14 10.4 Gigawatt Solar Production in 2010 2-96
2.15 Cooling with Solar Heat: Growing Interest in
Solar Air Conditioning 2-98
2.15.1 Signet Solar / Solar Farms / Solar Panels 2-98
2.15.2 Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) 2-100
2.15.3 Self-Sustaining Local Solar Energy Market 2-103
2.15.4 SunPower 23.4 Percent Efficiency Prototype Solar Cell 2-104
2.15.5 Industry-Wide Shortage Of Polysilicon 2-106
2.15.6 Shortage Of Crystalline Silicon 2-107
2.15.7 Polysilicon Prices Going Up In Near Term Then
Going Down 2-107
2.15.8 Solartech Pricing 2-109
2.15.9 Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells, Crystalline Silicon
Solar Modules, And Thin Film Solar Modules 2-109
2.15.10 Miasolé 2-112
2.15.11 First Solar Materials and Product Design 2-114
2.15.12 Other Companies 2-115
2.15.13 Crystaline Silicon Wafers Vs Thin Film Amorphous 2-115
2.16 Utility Electricity Solar Competitive Analysis 2-116
2.16.1 Renewable Energy as Market Driving Force For
Solar Power Adoption Worldwide 2-118
2.16.2 Small Scale PV Power Systems In Developing Areas 2-119
2.17 Incremental Use of Solar Systems in Utility
Electricity Markets 2-119
2.18 Sunshine Index 2-121
2.19 Utility Electricity Solar Tech Pricing 2-122
2.20 Utility Electricity Solar Regional Analysis 2-124
2.20.1 Germany 2-128
2.20.2 Spain 2-128
2.20.3 US 2-128
2.20.4 Japan 2-130
2.20.5 SunTech Regional Revenues 2-131
2.20.6 Yingli Green Regional Analysis 2-132
2.20.7 First Solar 2-136
2.20.8 Kyocera 2-137
2.20.9 Solar Photovoltaic Industry Expands in Jiangxi 2-138
2.20.10 Solartech Regional Revenue Analysis 2-139
2.20.11 South Africa 2-140
2.20.12 China Academy Maps Out Strategic Energy Plan 2-140
2.20.13 Schott 2-142

3. SOLAR TECHNOLOGY POSITIONING 3-1
3.1 Solar Plants The New Skyscrapers 3-1
3.2 Key Elements In A Semiconductor Solar Cell 3-1
3.3 Solar Concentrators 3-2
3.3.1 MIT Solar Concentrator 3-2
3.4 Emcore Concentrator Photovoltaic Arrays (CPV)
Power Solutions 3-4
3.4.1 Emcore's Multi- Junction Solar Cell
Technology Adapted to Terrestrial 3-4
3.4.2 Power Generation 3-5
3.4.3 Emcore Commercial Rooftop And Utility Scale Installations 3-6
3.5 Prism Solar Technologies Optics As A
Fulcrum For The Industry 3-7
3.5.1 Prism Solar Technologies Transparent
Holographic Optical Elements 3-7
3.5.2 Hitachi America / Prism Solar Technologies 3-9
3.6 PST Second Generation Holographic
Element Bifacial Photovoltaic (HEPV) Module 3-10
3.7 Concentrating Solar Power 3-12
3.8 Developing Technologies: Concentrators 3-13
3.8.1 Developing Technologies: Electrochemical PV cells 3-14
3.8.2 Concentrating Technologies / Spectrolab MicroDish 3-15
3.8.3 High-Performance Photovoltaics 3-15
3.9 Thin Film Solar 3-17
3.9.1 Companies With Solar Technologies 3-17
3.9.2 Royal Dutch Shell Subsidiary Showa Shell Sekiyu Thin-Film Photovoltaics With Copper, Indium,
And Selenium 3-17
3.10 HelioVolt Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide 3-19
3.11 Miasole Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide 3-19
3.11.1 First Solar High Performance Thin Film Solar Modules 3-22
3.12 Flisom Thin-Film Flexible CIGS Solar Cells Technology 3-26
3.12.1 Low-Cost Manufacturing 3-27
3.13 Global Solar Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide 3-31
3.14 ersol and Schott Co-Operating In The Field Of
Micromorphous Thin Film Solar Cells 3-31
3.15 ersol and Schott Thin Film 3-32
3.16 Oerlikon Solar / Inventuz Technologies AG
Silan Gas 100 Times Thinner Than In Conventional
Crystalline Technology 3-32
3.16.1 CMC Magnetics / Oerlikon Solar 3-32
3.17 Successful German Manufacturers Of
Photovoltaic Production Equipment: Medium-Sized
Companies Are Becoming Global CIGS Lines Players 3-33
3.18 Solar cell coating system SiNA_L by Roth & Rau 3-34
3.19 Nanosolar Robust 1 GW Copper Indium
Gallium Selenide (CIGS) Coating Process 3-36
3.20 Evergreen Solar 3-36
3.21 Dow Corning Research On Flexible, Copper-
Indium-Gallium-Diselenide (CIGS) Solar Cells 3-37
3.21.1 CuInSe2 And Its Alloys With Ga and/or
S Absorber Materials For Thin Film Solar Cells 3-40
3.22 ALD 3-41
3.23 Global Solar Energy Integrate
Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide (Cigs) Thin-Film Solar Cells 3-41
3.24 Abu Dhabi’s Masdar Initiative
Global Position In Thin-Film PV 3-42
3.25 Solar Thermal 3-42
3.26 Solar Thermal Power Plants 3-42
3.26.1 Solar Power Towers 3-43
3.26.2 Insulated Tanks Filled With Molten Salt 3-43
3.27 Abu Dhabi Torresol Thermal Solar Energy in Spain 3-44
3.28 Stirling Energy Thermal Plant 3-46
3.28.1 Nevada Solar One Thermal Plant 47
3.28.2 Abengoa Solar Solar Thermal 3-47
3.29 PG&E 100 MW Of Solar Thermal-Biofuel Hybrid Power 3-47
3.30 Google Solar-Thermal Power 3-48
3.31 Solar Monkey To Install 3 MW Of Solar PV For Trust 3-49
3.32 Pacific Power / Mitsubishi Complete 1 MW
Photovoltaic Installation Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics 3-49
3.33 Solel Solar Systems Parabolic Trough Solar
Thermal Plant 3-50
3.34 Nanosolar 1 GW CIGS PV Production Tool 3-50
3.34.1 Nanosolar Nanoparticle Technology 3-50
3.34.2 Nanosolar Highlights 1 GW CIGS PV Production Tool 3-51
3.34.3 Nanotechnology High Rate Deposition Of
Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells 3-51
3.35 Cambridge NanoTech ALD Applications 3-51
3.36 Screen-Printed Solar Cells Tailored To Individual Demands 3-52
3.36.1 Screen-Printed Solar Module, Developed By
Researchers At The Fraunhofer Institute for
Solar Energy Systems ISE 3-53
3.37 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells 3-54
3.38 Dyesol Titanium Dioxide Solar Cells 3-55
3.38.1 Dyesol Dyes Incorporated Into Tinted
Windows To Trap Sunlight To Generate Electricity 3-55
3.38.2 Solar Technology Integrated Into The Coil
Coating Process To Produce Color Coated Steel Sheets 3-56
3.39 XsunX Uses Germane Gas 3-57
3.40 Plextronics Plexcore PV - Organic Solar
Cell Ink Systems 3-57
3.41 Nanoscale MIT / Fraunhofer Institute for
Solar Energy Systems 3-57
3.42 Stanford Solar Research Roll-To-Roll
Nanoscale Level Coating Process 3-58
3.43 Saudi Arabia Looking To Diversify Their Economy 3-58
3.44 Nanotechnology 3-59
3.45 Notre Dame Solar Carbon Nanotube Nanotechnology 3-60
3.46 Nanotechnology Initiative of the
National Research Council of Canada 3-63
3.47 Pluto Silicon Technology 3-64
3.47.1 Pluto Technology Tools And Processing Techniques 3-65
3.48 Flatcon technology 3-66
3.49 SunPower Technology Electrical Contacts
On The Back Of The Cell 3-66
3.50 Applied Materials 3-68
3.50.1 Applied Materials Launches Strategy to
Reduce the Cost Per Watt of Solar Power 3-69
3.50.2 Applied Materials Crystalline-Silicon And Thin-Film Solar 3-69
3.51 SmartWeb(TM) 3-70
3.52 BP Solar 3-70
3.52.1 BP Solar Four Megawatts for Seven California Stores 3-71
3.52.2 BP Solar Crystalline Technology 3-72
3.53 GE Solar Panel Pressure Clamp 3-74
3.54 Signet Solar Thin film PV Modules Technology 3-75
3.54.1 Signet Solar Amorphous and
Micro-crystalline Silicon Modules 3-75
3.54.2 Signet Solar Use of Mainstream, Large Area Manufacturing 3-77
3.54.3 Signet Solar Research and Development 3-77
3.55 Kyocera Solar Electric Products 3-77
3.56 Quantum Dot Solar Cells 3-80
3.57 Selected Shell Solar, Inc. (SSI) Cells Vulnerable
To Damp Heat 3-81
3.57.1 Barrier Coatings And Stability Of T
hin Film Solar Cells 3-81
3.57.2 High-Efficiency Amorphous Silicon And
Nanocrystalline Silicon-Based Solar Cells And Modules 3-83
3.58 FSEC PV Materials Lab High Throughput,
Low Toxic Processing Of Very Thin, High Efficiency
CIGSS Solar Cells 3-83
3.59 Suntech Monocrystalline Products 3-84
3.60 MIT / Eni Establish Energy Research Partnership 3-87
3.60.1 MIT Solar Energy Storage 3-87
3.61 Sanyo Electric 22% Solar Cell Efficiency
Multi-Crystalline Solar Cells 3-89
3.62 Mitsubishi Electric Multi-Crystalline Solar Cells 3-90
3.63 CEA and JUSUNG Joint Development
Agreement for Silicon-Based Heterojunction Solar Cells 3-90
3.63.1 Jusung Mass Production Equipment For
Ultra Thin Solar Cells Targets 20%Efficiency 3-92
3.64 CEA-Liten Agreement With JUSUNG For
Heterojunction Solar Cells 3-92
3.65 Solarvalue and Sunways Co-operate on
Metallurgical Silicon 3-93
3.66 Global Solar Energy Achieves 10%
Cell Efficiency on Copper Indium Gallium
diSelenide (CIGS) Thin-Film Solar
Flexible/Lightweight Substrates 3-93
3.67 GE Scalable Low Cost, Nano-Based Solar Cell 3-94
3.67.1 GE Silicon Nanowire-Based Cell 3-94
3.68 Siemens 3-95
3.69 Infineon Nanotechnology 3-96
3.70 Photon Silicium Manufacturing 3-98
3.71 Royal Dutch Shell Subsidiary Showa Shell Sekiyu, Japan's 3-100
3.72 Oerlikon: Sub-US$1 Solar Cell Per Watt by 2010 3-100
3.72.1 Oerlikon Solar 3-101
3.73 Solar Crystal Growing And Casting Plants 3-103
3.73.1 LDK Crystallization Improvement 3-106
3.74 Solar-Grade Silicon, Or Upgraded
Metallurgical Silicon (Umg Si) 3-106
3.75 Evergreen Solar String Ribbon Wafer Technology 3-107
3.76 Schuco S SPU-4 Series Of Polycrystalline Solar PV Modules 3-107
3.77 Heraeus Back-Side Paste For Solar PV Cell Manufacturing 3-107
3.78 Plextronics Systems For Organic Solar Cell Fabrication 3-108
3.79 Veeco Instruments TurboDisc(R) E450(TM)
Arsenic Phosphide (As/P) Metal Organic Chemical
Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System 3-108

4. SOLAR TECHNOLOGY 4-1
4.1 Concentrating Solar Power Basics 4-1
4.2 How Solar Cells Work 4-5
4.2.1 90% Of Solar Cells Made From Silicon 4-5
4.2.2 Crystalline silicon 4-6
4.2.3 Solar Cells Convert Sunlight to Electricity 4-7
4.2.4 Intensity Of The Photon Flow 4-8
4.3 Solar Technologies 4-9
4.3.1 SunPower Technology 4-10
4.3.2 Types of PV Technologies 4-11
4.3.3 Crystalline Silicon 4-14
4.3.4 Thin-Film PV Technology 4-14
4.3.5 Thin film PV Modules Technology 4-15
4.3.6 Amorphous and Thin Film Silicon 4-17
4.3.7 Highly Efficient Thin-Film Solar Cells 4-17
4.3.8 Developing Technologies: Electrochemical PV cells 4-19
4.4 Filsom Technology 4-19
4.4.1 Dyesol DSC - Dye Solar Cell Technology 4-21
4.4.2 First Solar CdTe Technology 4-23
4.4.3 Copper Indium Diselenide 4-26
4.5 Amorphous Silicon 4-27
4.6 Regional Considerations 4-27
4.7 Solar Panel Standards 4-32
4.8 Batteries For Solar Energy Storage 4-32
4.8.1 Thin film batteries (TFB) 4-33
4.8.2 Flooded Lead Acid Batteries 4-33
4.8.3 Absorbed Glass Mat Sealed Lead Acid (AGM) 4-34
4.8.4 MK Gel Cell Batteries 4-34
4.8.5 MK Power-Tech Batteries 4-35
4.9 Solar Research and Development 4-36
4.9.1 Barrier Coatings And Stability Of Thin Film Solar Cells 4-37
4.9.2 High-Efficiency Amorphous Silicon And Nanocrystalline Silicon-
Based Solar Cells And Modules 4-38
4.9.3 High Throughput, Low Toxic Processing Of Very Thin,
High Efficiency CIGSS Solar Cells 4-39
4.10 Solar Utility Projects 4-39
4.10.1 Jefferson County Jail in Golden, Colo 4-40
4.10.2 Utility Application Of The Stirling Solar Dish 4-41
4.10.3 Yes! Solar PV Systems 4-42
4.10.4 Large Photovoltaic System In Connecticut 4-43
4.10.5 Arizona Community Solar PV Systems 4-43
4.10.6 Arizona State Installed 2 MW Of Solar Photovoltaics 4-43
4.10.7 Canadian Solar Delivers Building-Integrated Photovoltaics To Beijing 4-44
4.10.8 Amtech Solar Diffusion Processing Systems 4-44
4.10.9 Solar-Powered Affordable Housing 4-44
4.10.10 OptiSolar Xantrex GT500MV Grid-Tie Inverters 4-44
4.10.11 Amtech Solar Diffusion Processing Systems 4-45
4.10.12 Solar-Powered Affordable Housing 4-45
4.10.13 OptiSolar Selects Xantrex GT500MV Grid-Tie Inverters 4-45
4.10.14 Young Brothers To Purchase Power From Hoku Solar System 4-45
4.10.15 Yingli To Supply 9.19 MW Of Modules To EN-NEO 4-46
4.10.16 Timminco Enters Supply Relationship With CSI 4-46
4.10.17 ersol Thin Film Signs Module Supply Contract With Ralos Vertriebs 4-46
4.10.18 eSolar, SCE To Produce 245 MW Of Solar Power 4-47
4.10.19 Canadian Solar Signs Supply Agreement With Neo Solar Power 4-47
4.10.20 Solar Power Inc SPI Closes $20 Million Hardware Sale 4-47
4.10.21 Yingli Green Energy Signs New Sales Contract With S.A.G. 4-47
4.10.22 Kyocera Solar Teams With Zacher Homes, American Solar Electric 4-48
4.10.23 OPEL To Market Solarfun Panels In North America And Brazil 4-48
4.10.24 Solar Thin Films, China Singyes To Partner On 100 MW Of Photovoltaics 4-48
4.10.25 Napa Valley Winery Features Floating Photovoltaic Panels 4-48
4.10.26 SunEdison Puts 1.18 MW Of Solar Online At California Prison 4-49
4.10.27 Yingli Green Energy Contracts With Sailing New Energy Resources 4-49
4.10.28 Asola To Supply Sunworx With Solar PV Modules 4-49
4.10.29 XsunX Expands Relationship With Newport For Thin-Film Solar Manufacturing 4-49
4.10.30 ersol Signs Solar Cell Supply Contract With aleo solar 4-50
4.10.31 Spire To Provide Turnkey Solar Module Manufacturing Line To BTCP 4-50
4.10.32 Evergreen Solar Signs Two Large Sales Contracts 4-50
4.10.33 Nanosolar Highlights 1 GW CIGS PV Production Tool 4-50
4.10.34 Schuco Introduces S SPU-4 Series Of Polycrystalline Solar PV Modules 4-51
4.10.35 Genasun Offering GV-3 Solar Charge Controller 4-51
4.10.36 Solar Monkey Installs 3 MW Of Solar PV 4-51
4.10.37 Pacific Power, Mitsubishi Complete 1 MW Photovoltaic Installation 4-51
4.10.38 Ecostream and City Solar Grid Installations in Spain 4-52
4.10.39 SunPower Completes 1.4 MW Solar Electric System In South Korea 4-52
4.10.40 Solel Closes Deal With Ibereolica For 190,000 Solar Receivers 4-52

5 SOLAR COMPANY PROFILES 5-1
5.1 Major Photovoltaics Companies 5-1
5.1.1 Top Five global Photovoltaics Producers In 2007 5-4
The top five global photovoltaics producers in 2007: 5-4
* Sharp Solar (Japan) 5-5
* Q-Cells (Germany) 5-5
* Kyocera (Japan) 5-5
* Suntech (China) 5-5
* Sanyo (Japan) 5-5
Source: WinterGreen Research, Inc. 5-5
High profile Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) 5-5
5.1.2 Photovoltaic Industry Associations 5-8
5.2 Abengoa Group 5-9
5.3 Acciona SA 5-9
5.4 AES 5-10
5.5 Akuo Energy 5-11
5.6 Applied Materials 5-11
5.6.1 Applied Materials / Oerlikon Solar 5-11
5.6.2 Applied Materials / Baccini S.p.A. Acquisition 5-12
5.7 Ausra 5-12
5.8 BP Solar 5-13
5.8.1 BP Solar Integrated Energy Company 5-15
5.8.2 BP Business Strategy 5-17
5.8.3 BP Financials 5-17
5.8.4 BP Revenue 5-18
5.8.5 BP Customers and Testimonials 5-23
5.9 Colorado Instruments / SolarWorld 5-23
5.10 Concentrix 5-25
5.10.1 Concentrix Highly efficient Flatcon System 5-25
5.11 Cypress Semiconductor / Sunpower 5-26
5.11.1 Cypress Semiconductor / SunPower 5-27
5.12 Dyesol Limited 5-27
5.12.1 Dyesol Solar Cell (DSC) TechnologyPartnerships 5-28
5.12.2 Dyesol Limited Range Of Dye Solar Cell Products 5-30
5.13 Emcore 5-30
5.14 Evergreen Solar 5-31
5.14.1 Evergreen Solar String Ribbon Technology 5-31
5.14.2 Evergreen Solar Contracts and Facilities 5-32
5.15 Flisom 5-32
5.16 First Solar 5-32
5.16.1 First Solar 2008 Second Quarter Revenue 5-33
5.16.2 First Solar Revenue 5-34
5.16.3 First Solar 2007 Third Quarter Revenue 5-34
5.16.4 First Solar Advanced Thin Film Semiconductor Process 5-35
5.16.5 First Solar / AES 5-36
5.16.6 First Solar Acquisition of Turner Renewable Energy 5-37
5.16.7 First Solar Manufacturing Capacity 5-37
5.16.8 First Solar Financials 5-38
5.17 Flisom 5-40
5.17.1 Flisom CTI Technology Transfer for Low-
Cost Manufacturing 5-41
5.18 GE 5-42
5.18.1 GE Participation In The Solar America Initiative 5-42
5.18.2 GE Energy 5-44
5.19 Global Solar Energy 5-44
5.20 Hitachi America Ltd. 5-45
5.21 Hoku Scientific 5-46
5.21.1 Hoku Scientific Customers 5-47
5.21.2 Suntech Purchases Shares of Hoku Scientific 5-48
5.21.3 Hoku Fuel Cells 5-48
5.22 Honeywell Building Systems 5-49
5.23 Isofoton 5-49
5.23.1 Isofoton Revenue 5-50
5.23.2 Isofoton Strategies 5-51
5.23.3 Isofoton Partners 5-54
5.23.4 Isofoton Customers 5-54
5.24 Kyocera 5-54
5.24.1 Kyocera Segment Information 5-55
5.24.2 Kyocera Business Strategy 5-57
5.25 LDK Solar Co LTD 5-57
5.25.1 LDK Strategic Relationships 5-59
5.26 Mitsubishi 5-59
5.26.1 Mitsubishi Electric 5-61
5.26.2 Mitsubishi Electric Revenue 5-61
5.26.3 Mitsubishi Electric Business Strategy 5-63
5.26.4 Mitsubishi Electric Improving Performance
Through Balanced Management 5-64
5.26.5 Mitsubishi Electric Promoting Business
Strengthening Strategies 5-66
5.26.6 Mitsubishi Electric Strengthening Management 5-67
5.26.7 Mitsubishi Electric Growth Strategies 5-67
5.27 Nanosolar 5-68
5.27.1 Nano Solar Power Innovation 5-69
5.27.2 Nanosolar Funding 5-70
5.28 PrimeStar Solar 5-71
5.28.1 GE Makes Strategic Investment In PrimeStar Solar 5-71
5.29 Prism Solar Technologies 5-72
5.30 Q-Cells AG 5-73
5.30.1 Q-Cells AG Business and Sales Assessment 5-81
5.30.2 Q-Cells Germany 5-83
5.30.3 Q-Cells Revenue 5-84
5.30.4 Q-Cells Business Strategy 5-86
5.30.5 Q-Cells Partners 5-86
5.30.6 Q-Cells Customers 5-88
5.31 Sanyo 5-88
5.31.1 Sanyo Brand Vision 5-93
5.31.2 Sanyo Revenue 5-94
5.31.3 Sanyo Investors 5-95
5.32 SatCon 5-95
5.32.1 SatCon Revenue 5-96
5.33 Schott Solar Builds US Manufacturing Plant 5-96
5.34 Sharp 5-100
5.34.1 Sharp Solar Revenue 5-108
5.34.2 Sharp Solar Cells Revenue 5-109
5.34.3 Sharp Solar Partners 5-110
5.35 Signet Solar 5-110
5.35.1 Signet Solar / Solar Farms / Solar Panels 5-111
5.35.2 Signet Solar Commercial Installations 5-111
5.35.3 Signet Solar Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) 5-112
5.35.4 Signet Solar Remote Habitation 5-112
5.36 Siemens 5-113
5.36.1 Siemens Revenue 5-114
5.36.2 Siemens Business Platform Strategy 5-114
5.37 Solaire Direct 5-117
5.38 Solarfun Power Holdings Co, Ltd. 5-118
5.39 Solar Integrated 5-119
5.39.1 Solar Integrated Building Integrated
Photovoltaic (BIPV) Roofing Systems 5-119
5.39.2 Solar Integrated Customers 5-120
5.40 SolarWorld AG 5-120
5.40.1 SolarWorld AG Revenue 5-121
5.40.2 SolarWorld AG Shell Acquisition 5-123
5.40.3 SolarWorld AG Business Strategy 5-123
5.41 Solartech 5-125
5.41.1 Solartech Develops Thin Film Silicon PV
Cell Technologies 5-125
5.41.2 Solartech Solar Cell Efficiency 5-126
5.41.3 Solartech Revenue 5-127
5.41.4 Solartech Customers 5-127
5.42 Solon 5-127
5.43 Spectra Watt / Intel 5-128
5.44 Sun Edison 5-128
5.45 SunPower 5-129
5.45.1 Sunpower High-Efficiency Solar Cells And
Multi-Megawatt Solar Power Systems 5-130
5.45.2 SunPower Financials 5-130
5.45.3 Cypress Semiconductor / SunPower 5-130
5.45.4 SunPower Solar Utility-Scale Power 5-133
5.45.5 SunPower 23.4 Percent Efficiency Prototype Solar Cell 5-133
5.45.6 SunPower Revenue 5-134
5.45.7 SunPower Partners 5-136
5.46 Suntech 5-137
5.46.1 Suntech Acquisitions 5-139
5.46.2 Suntech / Hoku Scientific 5-139
5.46.3 Suntech / Suntech Power (Korea) 5-140
5.46.4 Suntech / Nitol Solar 5-140
5.46.5 SunTech Revenue 5-140
5.46.6 Suntech Regional Revenue Analysis 5-141
5.47 Tenesol 5-146
5.48 Urbasolar 5-146
5.49 Yingli Green Energy 5-146
5.49.1 Yingli Green Energy Revenue 5-148
5.49.2 Yingli Business Strategy 5-151
5.49.3 Customers 5-152

6. SOLAR COMPANIES 6-1
6.1 Lists of Solar Companies 6-1
6.2 Note On Lists 6-143

List of Tables and Figures
Table ES-1 ES-4
Residential Crystalline Silicon vs. Thin Film Solar Cells
Figure ES-2 ES-6
Worldwide Residential Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell
Segment Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014
Figure ES-3 ES-10
Worldwide Solar Cells and Panels Market Shares,
First Three Quarters 2008
Figure ES-4 ES-12
Worldwide Residential Crystalline Silicon
Solar Cell Segment Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014
Figure ES-5 ES-13
Worldwide Residential Thin Film Solar
Cell Segment Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014
Figure 1-1 1-4
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Figure 1-2 1-5
Flisom thin-film technology for flexible CIGS solar cells
Figure 1-3 1-7
Solar Panel Azimuth Angle and Magnetic Declination
Figure 1-4 1-9
Nanocrystalline Silicon Layers
Figure 1-5 1-10
Average Solar Irradiance
Figure 1-6 1-11
Regional Power Output Levels Per kw Of Generation
Using GE Solar Electric Power Systems
Figure 1-7 1-12
Map of Solar Electricity Potential In Europe
Figure 1-8 1-13
Sunshine Index, U.S.
Figure 1-9 1-15
US Average Daily Solar Energy Received By
A Latitude Tilt Photovoltaic Cell
Figure 1-10 1-16
Solar Covered Roof
Table 1-11 1-17
Solar Energy Generated as a Function of Installation Type
Figure 1-12 1-18
Alternative Siteing of Solar Panels
Figure 1-13 1-19
Arizona Springerville Generating Station Solar
System28-Acre Field Of PV Panels
Figure 1-14 1-20
PV In Standalone Devices Solar Parking Meter
Table 1-15 1-22
Parts Of The Solar Cell Manufacturing Process
Table 1-16 1-35
Description Of Solar Services
Figure 1-17 1-36
High-Tech Solar Cell Production at Deutsche
Cell GmbH; Freiberg/Saxony
Figure 1-18 1-37
High-Tech Solar Production At Deutsche Cell GmbH;
Freiberg/Saxony
Figure 1-19 1-39
Main Components Of The System At The University
Clinic Of Freiburg: Adsorption Refrigeration Machine
Figure 1-20 1-40
Solar Thermal System
Table 1-21 1-43
Key Elements In A Solar Cell
Table 1-22 1-44
Key Main Categories Of Technology In A Solar Cell
Figure 2-1 2-4
Residential Crystalline Silicon vs. Thin Film Solar Cells
Figure 2-2 2-6
Worldwide Residential Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell Segment Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014
Figure 2-3 2-7
Worldwide Residential Thin Film Solar Cell
Segment Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014
Figure 2-4 2-8
Worldwide Residential Crystalline Silicon
Solar Cell Segment Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014
Table 2-4 (Continued) 2-14
Benefits Of Solar For Utility Electricity Markets
Table 2-4 (Continued) 2-14
Benefits Of Solar For Utility Electricity Markets
Table 2-5 2-16
Utility Electricity Solar Energy Market Driving Forces
Table 2-5 (Continued) 2-17
Utility Electricity Solar Energy Market Driving Forces
Figure 2-6 2-19
Worldwide Solar Cells and Panels Market Shares,
First Three Quarters 2008
Figure 2-7 2-20
Worldwide Solar Market Shares, Dollars, 2007
Table 2-8 2-21
Worldwide Solar Cell and Panel Shipments,
Market Shares, Dollars 2007 and First Three Quarters 2008
Figure 2-9 2-22
Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Cells and
Panels Shipments Market Shares, Dollars,
First Three Quarters 2008
Figure 2-10 2-23
Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Cells and
Panels Shipments Market Shares, Dollars, 2007
Table 2-11 2-24
Worldwide Solar Utility Product and Solar
Component Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars,
2007 and First Three Quarters 2008
Figure 2-12 2-33
Flisom Thin-Film Solar Cells
Figure 2-13 2-39
Worldwide Solar Cells and Panels Market Shares,
First Half 2008
Figure 2-14 2-40
Worldwide Solar Market Shares, 2007
Table 2-15 2-41
Worldwide Solar Cell and Panel Shipments,
Market Shares, Dollars 2007 and First Half 2008
Figure 2-16 2-42
Worldwide Residential Solar Cells and Panels
Shipments Market Shares, Dollars, First Half 2008
Figure 2-17 2-43
Worldwide Residential Solar Cells and Panels
Shipments Market Shares, Dollars, 2007
Table 2-18 2-44
Worldwide Solar Residential Solar Cell and
Panel Market Shares, Shipments, 2007 and First Half 2008
Table 2-19 2-46
Benefits Of Solar For Commercial Markets
Table 2-19 (Continued) 2-47
Benefits Of Solar For Commercial Markets
Table 2-20 2-49
Commercial Solar Energy Market Driving Forces
Table 2-20 (Continued) 2-50
Commercial Solar Energy Market Driving Forces
Figure 2-21 2-53
Worldwide Solar Cells and Panels Market Shares,
First Three Quarters 2008
Figure 2-22 2-54
Worldwide Solar Market Shares, Dollars, 2007
Table 2-23 2-55
Worldwide Solar Cell and Panel Shipments,
Market Shares, Dollars 2007 and First Half 2008
Figure 2-24 2-56
Worldwide Commercial Solar Cells and Panels
Shipments Market Shares, Dollars, First Half 2008
Figure 2-25 2-58
Worldwide Commercial Solar Cell and Panel Shipments,
Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014
Figure 2-26 2-59
Worldwide Commercial Solar Cell and Panel Shipments,
Market Forecasts, Units, 2008-2014
Table 2-27 2-59
Worldwide Total Commercial Solar Cell and
Panel Shipments,
Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars, 2008-2014
Figure 2-28 2-66
Commercial Crystalline Silicon vs. Thin Film Solar Cells
Figure 2-29 2-69
Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Cell and Panel Shipments,
Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014
Figure 2-30 2-71
Worldwide Total Residential Solar Cell and Panel Shipments,
Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014
Figure 2-31 2-72
Worldwide Total Residential Solar Cell and Panel Shipments,
Market Forecasts, Units, 2008-2014
Table 2-32 2-73
Worldwide Total Residential Solar Cell and Panel Shipments,
Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars, 2008-2014
Table 2-33 2-73
Worldwide Total Residential Solar Cell and Panel
Segment Shipments, 2008-2014
Table 2-34 2-77
Grid Parity Incentive Mechanisms
Figure 2-35 2-79
U.S. Electricity Generation Power Source
Market Segments, 2013
Figure 2-36 2-82
Worldwide Electricity Generation Power Source
Market Segments, 2006
Figure 2-37 2-83
Worldwide Grid and Off Grid Electricity Generation
Power Source Market Segments, 2013
Figure 2-38 2-84
Worldwide Grid And Off Grid Electricity
Generation Power Source Market Segments, 2018
Figure 2-39 2-86
Worldwide Electricity Generation Power
Source Market Segments, 2006,
Table 2-40 2-87
Market Driving Forces for Energy Shifts:
Micro Generation Of Energy Stored in
Thin Film Batteries, Nuclear and Stationary Fuel Cells
Table 2-41 2-89
Market Driving Forces for Energy Shifts:
Micro Generation Of Energy Stored in
Thin Film Batteries, Nuclear and Stationary Fuel Cells
Table 2-42 2-90
Market Driving Forces for Energy Shifts
Figure 2-43 2-92
Worldwide Utility Electricity Solar Installations Shipments,
Market Forecasts, Units, 2008-2014
Table 2-44 2-93
Worldwide Total Utility Electricity Solar Installations
Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars, 2008-2014
Figure 2-45 2-98
TREC’s Vision Of A Energy For Europe
Figure 2-46 2-110
Utility Electricity Crystalline Silicon vs. Thin Film Solar Cells
Figure 2-47 2-121
Sunshine Index, U.S.
Figure 2-48 2-126
Regional Solar Market Segments, 2007
Table 2-49 2-127
Regional Solar Market Segments, 2007
Figure 2-50 2-142
Schott Sales By Region
Figure 3-1 3-5
Emcore Conversion Efficiency of Concentrates
Figure 3-2 3-8
Prism Solar Technologies Advanced Solar Electric Modules
Figure 3-3 3-11
PST Second Generation Holographic Element Bifacial
Photovoltaic (HEPV) Module
Figure 3-4 3-15
Concentrating Technologies / Spectrolab MicroDish High-Performance Photovoltaics
Figure 3-5 3-16
High-Performance Photovoltaics Project (Hiperf Pv Project)
Table 3-6 3-24
First Solar Module Production CdTe (Cadmium Telluride)
Technologies
Figure 3-7 3-26
Flisom Thin-Film Solar Cells
Figure 3-8 3-28
Flisom CIGS Solar Cell Manufacturing Using Roll-To
-Roll Deposition Technology
Figure 3-9 3-29
Flisom Thin Film Solar Positioning
Figure 3-10 3-30
Flisom Thin-Film Solar Cell
Figure 3-11 3-34
Centrotherm Photovoltaics Turn-Key Solar Silicon Factory
Figure 3-12 3-35
Solar Cell Coating System SiNA_L by Roth & Rau
Figure 3-13 3-38
UD Flexible Solar Panel
Figure 3-14 3-40
Solar SectorGerman Research
Figure 3-15 3-45
Abu Dhabi Torresol Energy Solar Thermal
Figure 3-16 3-53
Screen-Printed Solar Module
Figure 3-17 3-54
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Figure 3-18 3-60
Notre Dame Solar Nanotechnology
Figure 3-19 3-67
SunPower Solar Panel
Figure 3-20 3-72
BP Solar Crystalline Technology
Table 3-21 3-73
BP Solar Crystalline Technology
Figure 3-22 3-74
GE Solar Panel Pressure Clamp
Figure 3-23 3-76
Signet Solar Amorphous and Micro-crystalline Silicon
Modules Technology
Table 3-24 3-78
Kyocera Solar Electric Module Power Characteristics
Figure 3-25 3-80
Electrophoretic Deposition of CdSe-C60 Composite Films and
Capture of Photogenerated Electrons with nC60 Cluster Shell
Table 3-26 3-82
Stability Issues Related To Moisture Ingress
Figure 3-27 3-84
Suntech Monocrystalline Panel
Table 3-28 3-85
Suntech Monocrystalline Photovoltaic Panels Features
Figure 3-29 3-86
Suntech Polycrystalline Products
Figure 3-30 3-88
MIT Researchers Have A New Catalyst, Cobalt Metal,
Phosphate And Electrode
Figure 3-31 3-91
Jusung Solar Panel Equipment
Figure 3-32 3-96
Infineon Nanotechnology
Figure 3-33 3-99
Photon Silicium Manufacturing
Figure 3-34 3-102
Oerlikon Solar Commercial Manufacturing TCO System For The
Manufacturing Of Thin Film Silicon Modules
Figure 4-1 4-10
SunPower Solar Panel
Table 4-2 4-11
Solar Photovoltaic Cell Types
Table 4-3 4-12
Solar CIS/CIGS Systems And Modules By Application
Table 4-4 4-12
Types of PV Technologies
Table 4-4 (Continued) 4-13
Types of PV Technologies
Figure 4-5 4-16
Thin Film Solar Modules Cell Spectral Response
Table 4-6 4-18
Solar CIS/CIGS Systems And Modules By Application
Figure 4-7 4-19
Thin-Film Solar Technology
Figure 4-8 4-20
Green Dye Synthetic Chlorophyll
Figure 4-9 4-21
Basic Idea Of Cigs Solar Cell Manufacturing Using
Roll-To-Roll Deposition Technology
Table 4-10 4-22
Kyocera Solar Power Applications
Figure 4-11 4-28
Regional Power Output Levels Per kw Of
Generation Using GE Solar Electric Power Systems
Table 4-12 4-29
Solar Energy Generated as a Function of Installation Type
Figure 4-13 4-30
Alternative Siteing of GE Solar Panels
Figure 4-14 4-31
GE Solar Panel Pressure Clamp
Table 4-15 4-35
MK Power-Tech Battery Features:
Table 4-16 4-37
Stability Issues Related To Moisture Ingress
Figure 4-17 4-40
Jefferson County Jail in Golden, Colo
Figure 4-18 4-42
Utility Application Of The Stirling Solar Dish
Table 5-1 5-5
Top Five Global Photovoltaics Producers In 2007
Table 5-2 5-5
Recent Solar Company IPOs
Table 5-3 5-6
Other Solar Companies
Table 5-3 (Continued) 5-7
Other Solar Companies
Table 5-4 5-8
Selected Photovoltaic Industry Associations
Figure 5-5 5-10
BP Solar Country Positioning
Figure 5-6 5-12
BP Drilling Platform
Table 5-7 5-14
BP Revenue First Half 2008
Table 5-8 5-19
Selected BP Solar Customers and Testimonials
Figure 5-9 5-20
SolarWorld Educational Kits
Figure 5-10 5-34
Flisom Thin Film Solar Positioning
Table 5-11 5-37
GE Partners In The Solar America Initiative
Figure 5-12 5-45
Isofoton Solar Cell
Figure 5-13 5-57
Mitsubishi Electric Group Challenging Targets
Figure 5-14 5-58
Mitsubishi Electric Group Framework for Balanced Management
Figure 5-15 5-75
Q-Cells AG Business and Sales Assessment
Figure 5-16 5-78
Q-Cells Employees
Figure 5-17 5-83
Sanyo Solar Revenue
Figure 5-18 5-84
Sanyo Revenue by Geographical Segment
Figure 5-19 5-85
Sanyo Overseas Revenue by Geographical Segment
Figure 5-20 5-86
Sanyo Revenue by Geographical Segment
Table 5-21 5-90
Schott Solar Integrated PV Wafers
Figure 5-22 5-92
Schott Solar Locations
Figure 5-23 5-93
Sharp Photovoltaic Power Systems
Figure 5-24 5-94
Sharp Photovoltaic Power Systems Capabilities
Figure 5-25 5-95
Sharp Photovoltaic Sun Power
Figure 5-26 5-96
Sharp Photovoltaic Capacity Enhancement of Solar Cells
Figure 5-27 5-97
Sharp Photovoltaic Capacity Enhancement of Solar Cells
Figure 5-28 5-98
Sharp C/O2 Reduction Effect of Solar Cells
Figure 5-29 5-99
Sharp C/O2 Reduction Effect of Solar Cells
Figure 5-30 5-100
Sharp C/O2 Reduction Effect of Solar Cells
Table 5-31 5-103
Sharp Solar Partners
Figure 5-32 5-114
SolarWorld AG Revenue
Figure 5-33 5-115
SolarWorld AG Sales by Region
Figure 5-34 5-117
SolarWorld AG Shareholder Structure
Table 5-35 5-130
Significant Factors That Directly Or Indirectly Affect
Suntech Financial Performance
Table 6-1 6-1
Lists of Solar Companies
Table 6-2 6-151
Note On Lists