Photovoltaic Solar Panel Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010 to 2016

SOLAR TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Solar Energy Market Driving Forces

Solar Energy Market Shares

Photovoltaic Solar Energy Market Forecasts

Solar Industry Outlook

100 Successful Trials And Reference Accounts

Solar Utility Market Driving Forces

Commercial Solar

1. SOLAR TECHNOLOGY MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS

1.1 Solar Technologies

1.1.1 Research Initiatives

1.1.2 Thin Film Material Layers

1.2 Photovoltaic Conversion Of Sun Light

1.2.1 Solar Panel Orientation

1.3 Thin Film Solar Materials

1.4 Sunlight Intensity in Various Regions

1.4.1 Sunshine Index

1.4.2 Economics of PV

1.5 Variety of Solar Panel Installations

1.5.1 Off-Grid Systems:

1.6 Solar Technology

1.6.1 Cost-Competitive Solar

1.6.2 Crystalline-Silicon Panels

1.6.3 Thin-Film Solar

1.6.4 Silicon or CIGS

1.7 World's Largest PV Installation German Solar

1.8 The Basics of Solar Electricity

1.9 Utility Power Positioning

1.9.1 Utility Solar Decision Making

1.10 U.S. Building Construction Industry

1.11 Silicon Panels Harvest More Energy

1.11.1 Solar Real Estate

1.12 Smart Electric Grid Overhaul: Utility

1.12.1 IBM Smart Grid

1.12.2 U.S. Electric Grid Needs Major Overhaul: Utility

1.12.3 Flexible Solar Cells With Silicon Wires

1.13 Competition and Advanced PV Technologies

1.14 Parts Of The Solar Cell Manufacturing Process

1.14.1 Silicon Crystal Growing or Casting Plants

1.14.2 Solar Cell Plants

1.14.3 Module Assembly Plants

1.14.4 Systems Assembly

1.15 Greenhouse Gases

1.16 Productionizing Technologies

1.17 Era Of Cheap Energy

1.17.1 Unprecedented Level Of Development Worldwide

1.17.2 Population Increases

1.18 Tackling Climate Change

1.19 Power From the Sun

1.19.1 PV Industry

1.19.2 SGS Solar Services

2. SOLAR TECHNOLOGY MARKET SHARES AND FORECASTS

2.1 Solar Energy Market Driving Forces

2.2 Solar Energy Market Shares

2.2.1 First Solar Thin Film Monolithic Integration On Glass

2.2.2 Sharp Solar Cells

2.2.3 Sharp Increasing The Size Of The Output To Maintain Leading Market Share

2.2.4 Trina Solar Limited Square Monocrystalline Cell

2.2.5 SolarWorld Residential

2.2.6 Suntech Solar Cells

2.2.7 Canadian Solar

2.2.8 BP Solar Core Markets Monocrystalline And Multicrystalline Cells

2.2.9 LDK

2.2.10 Yingli

2.2.11 CIGS

2.2.12 Q-Cells CIGS Module Positioning

2.2.13 Ascent Solar Semiconductor Deposition

2.2.14 NanoSolar and MiaSole Thin Film Technology

2.2.15 Ascent Solar Thin Film Photovoltaic Devices

CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Selenide).

2.2.16 Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics Manufacturing Solar Lighting

2.3 Photovoltaic Solar Energy Market Forecasts

2.3.1 Solar Industry Outlook

2.3.2 100 Successful Trials And Reference Accounts

2.3.3 Solar Utility Market Driving Forces

2.3.4 Grid Parity

2.4 Multiple, Large, Working Solar Energy Installations

2.5 Commercial Solar

2.5.1 Residential Solar

2.5.2 Government, Enterprise, and Capital Market Funding of Solar Energy Initiatives

2.5.3 President Obama’s Energy Plan

2.5.4 Crystalline Modules vs. Thin Film Solar

2.5.5 Monocrystalline Modules

2.5.6 CdTe Thin Film Technology

2.5.7 CIGS Thin Film Technology Photovoltaic Effect

2.5.8 CIGS On Glass

2.5.9 Thin Film Vs. Monocrystalline or Polycrystalline

2.5.10 Solar Market Transitions

2.5.11 Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency

2.5.12 Solar Energy Megawatts Shipped

2.5.13 Solar Energy Cost per Watt

2.5.14 Solar Manufacturing Capacity

2.5.15 Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics Manufacturing Capacity

2.5.16 Solarfun 2010 Capacity Expansion

2.5.17 Solar Manufacturing Run Rate

2.5.18 Solar Module Conversion Efficiency

2.6 PV Technology, Production and Cost, 2009 Forecast

3. SOLAR PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

3.1 Commercial Solar

3.2 First Solar Commercial Systems

3.2.1 First Solar Positioning

3.2.2 First Solar Energy High Performance. High Volume

3.2.3 First Solar Commercial-Scale Solutions

3.2.4 First Solar Largest Solar Power Plant Built In China by Americans

3.3 Trina Solar

3.4 Energy From Trina Solar Modules

3.4.1 Trina Solar Monocrystalline Modules

3.4.2 Trina Solar TSM-PC05, 215W to 235W Multicrystalline Module

3.5 Q Cells

3.5.1 Q-Cells CIGS Modules

3.5.2 Q Cells Cdte Solar Modules

3.6 Sharp 3-50

3.6.1 Sharp Solar Cell With The Highest Efficiency Of Conversion In The World

3.6.2 Sharp Mass Production Of Solar Cells

3.7 Mia Sole

3.7.1 Mia Sole Thin Film CIGS Solar

3.7.2 MiaSolé’s CIGS Solar Cell

3.7.3 Miasolé CIGS-Based Thin Film Solar Panel Manufacturing

3.8 Nanosolar

3.8.1 Nanosolar Commercial Production

3.9 Palios Flexible Glass

3.10 BYD

3.10.1 China BYD to invest $3.3 billion in solar battery plant

3.11 Armageddon Energy

3.12 United Solar Ovonic

3.13 NuvoSun

3.13.1 Dow Chemical / NuvoSun

3.14 Kyocera

3.15 SunWize Technologies

3.16 Sanyo

3.16.1 Sanyo Hit Solar Panels

3.17 REC

3.18 Canadian Solar

3.19 GE Solar Panel

3.20 BP Solar

3.20.1 British Petroleum BP Solar Panels

3.21 SolarWorld

3.22 Suntech

3.22.1 Suntech HiPerformaTM Modules

3.22.2 Suntech Solar Cells

3.23 Uni-Solar

3.24 HelioVolt

3.25 Ascent Solar

3.26 Ascent Solar

3.27 Solarion Process

3.28 Global Solar

3.29 JA Solar

3.30 Suniva Solar Cells Set For Aerotropolis Atlanta

3.30.1 Suniva

3.30.2 Suniva® Intersection Of High Efficiency And Low Cost

3.30.3 Suniva Collaborating in Solar

3.30.4 Suniva Product Offerings:

3.30.5 Suniva Intersection of High Efficiency and Low Cost

3.31 Utility-Scale Solar Solutions

3.32 First Solar Utility-Scale Solutions

3.33 Trina Solar Utility

3.34 Kyocera Solar Utility

3.35 Sharp Utility Solar Installation

3.35.1 Sharp Utility-Scale Products

3.36 Scatec Solar

3.36.1 Scatec Solar Utility Project Development Phase

3.37 Residential Solar

3.38 Sharp Residential

3.38.1 Sharp OnEnergy™ Roof-Mounted Solar Electric Systems

3.38.2 Sharp High-Power Monocrystalline Residential Solar Modules

3.39 First Solar U.S. Residential and Small Commercial Solutions

3.40 SolarCity

3.41 Scatec Solar Residential

3.42 Solar Energy Initiatives

3.43 SolarWorld Residential

3.44 Consumer Solar

3.45 G24 Innovations

3.45.1 G24 The Solar Power Lamp

3.46 Smart Grid

3.47 Petra Solar Pole Based Solar Collectors

4. SOLAR STRATEGY, TECHNOLOGY, AND INDUSTRY SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS

4.1 Solar Panel Technologies

4.1.1 Thin Film Solar Cells Amorphous Silicon

4.1.2 Thin Film Solar Cells Cadmium Telluride

4.1.3 Thin Film Solar Cells CIGS

(Copper Indium Gallium Selenide)

4.1.4 Miasolé Copper-Indium-Gallium-Diselenide Films

Conversion Efficiency Confirmation From NREL

4.1.5 Thin-Film On Glass Substrate

4.1.6 Ascent Solar Putting CIGS On A Polymeric Or

Plastic Substrate

4.1.7 First Solar Monolithic Integration On Glass

4.1.8 Substrate Discussion

4.1.9 First Solar Modules Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) Semiconductor Material

4.2 Trina Solar Silicon Panels

4.3 Q Cells Technology

4.4 SunTech

4.5 CIGS Photovoltaic Effect

4.5.1 Crystalline Silicon Indirect Band-Gap Semiconductor

4.5.2 Solar Thin Film Substrates

4.5.3 Gettering in Large-Grained Thin Polycrystalline Silicon Films on Glass Substrate

4.5.4 EPV Solar Contracts Deliver 300 Megawatts Of Thin-Film Panels Through 2012.

4.5.5 Nanosolar

4.5.6 HelioVolt

4.5.7 First Solar

4.5.8 Photovoltaic Technologies: Single Crystal, Polycrystalline and Thin Film

4.5.9 Single Crystal and Polycrystalline

4.5.10 Thin Film Panels

4.6 Shading

4.7 Third-Generation Thin-Film Solar Applications

4.8 Flexible Glass Solar Panels

4.9 Polysilicon Producers

4.9.1 Emerging Global Solar Polysilicon Producers

4.10 Inverter and Micro Inverter Markets

5. SOLAR COMPANY PROFILES

5.1 Selected Solar Companies

5.2 A-Power

5.3 Abengoa Solar

5.4 Anwell Technologies

5.5 Areva / Ausra

5.5.1 Areva New Strategy

5.6 Ascent Solar Technologies

5.6.1 Ascent Solar Technologies Completed Construction Of A 1.5 MW Production Line

5.7 BP 5-7

5.7.1 BP brands

5.7.2 BP Solar Revenue

5.7.3 BP Solar

5.7.4 TATA BP Solar

5.8 BYD 5-14

5.9 China Sunergy

5.10 Canadian Solar

5.11 China Guangdong Nuclear Wind Power Company

5.12 Conergy AG -

5.12.1 Conergy Solar System Integration

5.12.2 Conergy Sale of Solar Water Pump Division to Innovative Solar Solutions

5.12.3 Conergy and MEMC Agreement

5.13 Corning

5.13.1 Corning A Growth Company

5.13.2 Corning Worldwide LCD TV

5.13.3 Other Corning Businesses

5.13.4 Corning 2010 Market Strength

5.13.5 Corning Specialty Materials Segment Gorilla Scratch-Resistant Cover Glass

5.13.6 Corning Fourth-Quarter Revenue

5.14 Developers Diversified Realty (DDR)

5.15 Daqo New Energy

5.16 Dow Chemical

5.16.1 Dow Chemical / NuvoSun

5.17 Dyesol

5.18 Energy Conversion Devices / United Solar Ovonic

5.18.1 Energy Conversion Devices Revenues

5.18.2 Energy Conversion Devices 1.87 Megawatt Uni-Solar Installation on Flanders Expo Hall in Belgium

5.18.3 Energy Conversion Devices Integrated And Commercial Rooftop Photovoltaics

5.19 ET Solar

5.19.1 ET Solar Vertically Integrated Solar Energy

5.19.2 ET Solar / USE:

5.20 Evergreen Solar

5.20.1 Evergreen Solar's Quarterly Loss Widens

5.20.2 Evergreen Solar String Ribbon™ Solar Panels

5.21 First Solar

5.21.1 First Solar Comprehensive Photovoltaic (PV) System Solutions

5.21.2 PNM Electric Utility, First Solar Contract for 22 Megawatts of Utility Scale Solar Power for New Mexico

5.21.3 First Solar Competitive Positioning in Thin Film

5.21.4 First Solar Revenue

5.21.5 First Solar Partners

5.21.6 First Solar Strategy

5.22 G24

5.22.1 G24I Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Technology Platform

5.23 GreenWing

5.24 HelioVolt

5.25 Hoku Scientific

5.25.1 Hoku Scientific

5.26 Honda

5.26.1 Honda Solar Power

5.26.2 Honda Soltec

5.27 JinkoSolar

5.28 Juwi

5.29 Kyocera

5.29.1 Kyocera Solar

5.29.2 Kyocera Supplies. 40 MW at Large-Scale Solar Power Plants in Spain

5.30 LDK Solar

5.30.1 LDK Solar Revenue

5.30.2 LDK Solar and Q-Cells Continuation of Supply Contract

5.31 Masdar PV

5.31.1 Masdar PV Si thin film module 1,4m²

5.32 MEMC

5.32.1 MEMC Electronic Materials / SunEdison

5.32.2 MEMC / SunEdison and Developers Diversified Realty National Rooftop Solar Program.

5.32.3 MEMC / SunEdison’s REIT Solar Program Power Hosting

5.33 MiaSolé

5.33.1 Miasolé Technology Problems Fixed:

5.33.2 Miasolé Financing & Underwriting

5.33.3 MiaSolé Commercial Shipments to Multiple Customers

5.34 Mitsubishi Solar Panels

5.35 Oerlikon Solar

5.35.1 Oerlikon Coating

5.35.2 Oerlikon Coating Business Units / Market Areas / Applications

5.36 Petra Solar

5.37 PNM

5.38 Q Cells

5.38.1 Q-Cells Revenue Development

5.39 Ranking Solar

5.40 Samsung

5.41 Sanyo

5.42 Scatec Solar

5.42.1 Scatec Solar Engaging In Rural Electrification In Emerging Markets

5.43 Schott

5.43.1 Schott Business

5.44 Sharp

5.44.1 Sharp LCD

5.44.2 Sharp Solar Cell Plant

5.44.3 Sharp Thin-Film Solar Cell Facilities

5.44.4 Sharp Revenue

5.45 Shell Oil

5.46 Solar Energy Initiatives

5.47 Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics

5.48 Singulus Technologies

5.49 SMA Solar Technology AG

5.50 SMA Solar

5.51 Solyndra

5.51.1 Solyndra: 1.9 MW Project Installed

5.52 Staples (SPLS)

5.53 Solarfun

5.53.1 Solarfun Third Quarter 2009 Revenue

5.53.2 Solarfun Revenue First Quarter 2009

5.53.3 Solarfun PV Module Contracts Total 12.65 MW in China

5.53.4 Solarfun 2010 Capacity Expansion

5.53.5 Solarfun to Build 100MW Solar Power Plant in Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province

5.54 Solar Fusion Power

5.55 SolarWorld

5.55.1 Solar World Revenue

5.55.2 SolarWorld’s Sun Modules

5.55.3 Solar World Revenues

5.56 Sun Fields Europe

5.57 SolFocus

5.57.1 SolFocus GreenWing Energy Has Agreement with Utility Scale Deployments of Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) Systems

5.57.2 SolFocus Raises over $77 Million

5.58 Stirling Solar

5.59 Suniva Inc.

5.60 SunTech

5.61 SunPower

5.61.1 SunPower Revenue

5.61.2 SunPower Revenue

5.61.3 SunPower Acquires SunRay

5.62 Telio Solar / Telconord - Agencia de Energías Renovables

5.63 Tianwei

5.64 Trina Solar

5.64.1 Trina Solar Photovoltaics (PV) Modules

5.64.2 Trina Solar Net Revenues

5.64.3 Trina Solar Customers

5.64.4 Trina Solar Production Process

5.65 Yingli

5.65.1 Yingli Green Energy Revenue

5.65.2 Yingli Addresses U.S. Solar Market

5.66 Xinjiang Goldwind

5.67 Solar Energy Dealers

5.68 Solar Energy Companies

5.68.1 Top 10 Solar Panel Manufacturers in USA

5.68.2 Solar Companies

6. SOLAR REGIONAL ANALYSIS

6.1 Photovoltaics Solar Regional Analysis

6.2 U.S. PV Market Becomes Global Demand Leader by 2012:

6.3 Solar Regional Markets

6.3.1 US Solar Regional Initiatives

6.3.2 Denver Airport Plans Solar Power For Its Fuel Farm

6.3.3 Texas Citizens Want More Renewable Energy

6.3.4 Edison Utility Takes Part in Large Solar Power Projects

6.3.5 German Solar Subsidies

6.3.6 Germany Cuts Its Solar Feed-In Tariff

6.3.7 German Solar Cell Producers

6.3.8 Solar Market in Germany

6.3.9 Italian Solar Market

6.3.10 French Solar Market

6.3.11 EDFEN & First Solar To Build 100-MW Solar Manufacturing Plant in France

6.3.12 European Solar Project Developer Epuron

6.3.13 Japanese Utilities Switching to Solar Power Sources

6.3.14 Australian Electricity Generated 1/5 From Green Sources By 2020

6.3.15 Largest Solar Power Plant Built In China by Americans

6.3.16 China Solar Positioning

6.3.17 Solar Roadside Electric Charging Stations In Brazil

6.3.18 India 6-36

6.3.19 New Zealand National Electricity Generator Buys a US Solar Power Plant

7. CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER (CSP)

7.1 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)

7.1.1 Components Of A CSP System

7.1.2 Parabolic Trough

7.1.3 Parabolic Dish

7.1.4 Central Tower

7.1.5 Solar Furnace

7.1.6 Solar Radiation Types Of Receiver

7.2 Uses Of CSP Technology

7.3 Decentralised Generation

7.4 Solar Air Conditioning

7.4.1 Solar Air Conditioning Sorbent

7.4.2 Refrigerant Circulation Systems Differentiated Processes

7.5 Go Solar California

7.5.1 Power The World From Desert

7.6 Key Elements In A Solar Cell

7.6.1 Emcore Magnifies Solar Energy

7.6.2 CPV Utility Positioning

8. LARGE UTILITY SOLAR PLANTS

8. Solar Strategy, Technology, And Industry Specific Applications

List of Tables

Table ES-1

Solar Energy Market Driving Forces

Figure ES-2

Solar Energy Panel Shipments Market Shares,

Worldwide, Dollars, 2009

Figure ES-3

Solar Panel Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Dollars,

Worldwide, 2010-2016

Figure 1-1

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems

Figure 1-2

Flisom thin-film technology for flexible CIGS solar cells

Figure 1-3

Solar Panel Azimuth Angle and Magnetic Declination

Figure 1-4

Nanocrystalline Silicon Layers

Figure 1-5

Average Solar Irradiance

Figure 1-6

Regional Power Output Levels Per kw Of Generation Using

GE Solar Electric Power Systems

Figure 1-7

Map of Solar Electricity Potential In Europe

Figure 1-8

Sunshine Index, U.S.

Figure 1-9

US Average Daily Solar Energy Received By A Latitude

Tilt Photovoltaic Cell

Figure 1-10

Solar Covered Roof

Table 1-11

Solar Energy Generated as a Function of Installation Type

Figure 1-12

Alternative Siteing of Solar Panels

Figure 1-13

Arizona Springerville Generating Station Solar System28-

Acre Field Of PV Panels

Figure 1-14

PV In Standalone Devices Solar Parking Meter

Figure 1-15

Phases of Migration to Sustainable Solar Markets

Figure 1-16

Public Policy to Encourage Sustainable Economics

Table 1-17

Sustainable Solar Energy Market Aspects

Figure 1-18

Australian Government Solar Technology Testing

Figure 1-19

Germany's Biggest Solar Installation, in Lieberose.

German Tariff Cuts To Solar

Figure 1-20

Solar Energy Module

Table 1-21

Building And Construction Market Shifts Around Solar Energy

Table 1-22

Parts Of The Solar Cell Manufacturing Process

Table 1-23

Description Of Solar Services

Figure 1-24

High-Tech Solar Cell Production at Deutsche Cell GmbH;

Freiberg/Saxony

Figure 1-25

High-Tech Solar Production At Deutsche Cell GmbH; Freiberg/Saxony

Table 2-1

Solar Energy Market Driving Forces

Figure 2-2

Solar Energy Panel Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009

Table 2-3

Solar Energy Photovoltaic Panel Shipments Market Shares,

Worldwide, Dollars, 2009

Figure 2-4

Suntech Solar Cells

Table 2-5

Q-Cells CIGS Module Positioning

Figure 2-6

Solar Panel Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Dollars,

Worldwide, 2010-2016

Table 2-7

Photovoltaic Solar Panel Market Forecasts, Units and

Dollars, 2010-2016 (Next Page)

Table 2-8

Solar Energy Market Competitive Strengths

Figure 2-9

Solar Energy Utility Panel Shipments Market Shares,

Worldwide, Dollars, 2009

Table 2-10

Solar Utility Panels Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009

Figure 2-11

Solar Panel Utility Photovoltaic Market Forecasts,

Worldwide, Dollars, 2010-2016

Figure 2-12

Utility Solar Panel Photovoltaic Market Forecasts,

Worldwide, Units, 2010-2016

Table 2-13

Photovoltaic Solar Panel Utility Market Forecasts,

Units and Dollars, 2010-2016

Figure 2-14

First Solar Module Roadmap to Grid Parity

Figure 2-15

Photovoltaic Solar Gigawatts Installed Forecasts,

Worldwide, Megawatts, 2010-2016

Figure 2-16

Photovoltaic Solar Megawatts Shipped Forecasts,

Worldwide, Megawatts, 2010-2016

Figure 2-17

Dollars per Kilowatt Hour Solar Shipment When

Looked At Over 25 Years Forecasts, Worldwide, Dollars, 2010-2016

Figure 2-18

Photovoltaic Percent Advantage Solar Panel Amortized

Costs vs. Retail Grid Electricity Prices to Customers,

Return on Investment, 25 Year Life, Market Forecasts,

Percent, Worldwide, 2010-2016

Table 2-19

Solar Photovoltaic Dollars per Megawatt per 25 Year

Expected Life of EquipmentShipments, Worldwide, 2009-2016

Table 2-20

Solar Photovoltaic Dollars per Megawatt per Year Over

Useful Life of Equipment Shipments, Worldwide, 2009-2016

Figure 2-21

Photovoltaic Solar Grid Parity Electricity Costs Market

Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016

Figure 2-22

Price Parity for Sustainable Markets

Table 2-23

Commercial Solar Energy Market Driving Forces

Table 2-24

Commercial Solar Energy Market Driving Forces

Table 2-24 (Continued)

Commercial Solar Energy Market Driving Forces

Table 2-24 (Continued)

Commercial Solar Energy Market Driving Forces

Figure 2-25

Solar Energy Commercial Panel Shipments Market Shares,

Worldwide, Dollars, 2009

Table 2-26

Solar Commercial Panels Shipments Market Shares,

Worldwide, Dollars, 2009

Figure 2-27

Solar Panel Commercial Photovoltaic Market Forecasts,

Worldwide, Dollars, 2010-2016

Figure 2-28

Commercial Solar Panel Photovoltaic Market Forecasts,

Worldwide, Units, 2010-2016

Table 2-29

Photovoltaic Solar Panel Commercial Market Forecasts,

Units and Dollars, 2010-2016

Figure 2-30

Photovoltaic Solar Lighting Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009

Table 2-31

Solar Lighting

Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009

Figure 2-32

Solar Panel Lighting Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Worldwide,

Dollars, 2010-2016

Figure 2-33

Lighting Solar Panel Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Worldwide,

Units, 2010-2016

Table 2-34

Photovoltaic Solar Panel Lighting Market Forecasts, Units and

Dollars, 2010-2016

Figure 2-35

Solar Energy Residential Panel Shipments Market Shares,

Worldwide, Dollars, 2009

Table 2-36

Solar Residential Panels

Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009

Figure 2-37

Residential Solar Panel Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Dollars,

Worldwide, 2010-2016

Figure 2-38

Residential Solar Panel Photovoltaic Market Forecasts,

Worldwide, Units, 2010-2016

Table 2-39

Photovoltaic Solar Panel Residential Market Forecasts,

Units and Dollars, 2010-2016

Table 2-40

President Obama’s Energy Plan Calls For:

Table 2-40 (Continued)

President Obama’s Energy Plan Calls For:

Table 2-41

Driving Forces for Solar to Replace Oil As The Primary Fuel

Figure 2-42

Thin Film vs. Crystalline Solar Panel Segment Shipments,

Worldwide, Dollars, 2009

Figure 2-43

Thin Film vs. Crystalline Solar Panel Segment Shipments,

Worldwide, Dollars, 2009

Table 2-44

Photovoltaic Monocrystalline, Poly-Crystalline, and

Multicrystalline vs. Thin Film CIGS and CdTe Solar

Panel Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016

Figure 2-45

Solar Panel Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Dollars,

Worldwide, 2010-2016

Table 2-46

Photovoltaic Solar Panel Total Market Forecasts,

Units and Dollars, 2010-2016

Figure 2-47

Photovoltaic Solar Monocrystalline, Poly-Crystalline,

and Multicrystalline Panels, Market Shares, 2009-2015

Table 2-48

Photovoltaic Solar Monocrystalline, Poly-Crystalline, and

Multicrystalline Technology Panel Market Shares,

Worldwide, Dollars, 2009

Figure 2-49

Photovoltaic Monocrystalline, Poly-Crystalline, and

Multicrystalline Solar Panel Market Forecasts, Dollars,

Worldwide, 2010-2016

Figure 2-50

Solar Thin Film Technology Market Shares, Worldwide,

Dollars, 2009

Table 2-51

Solar Thin Film Technology Market Shares, Worldwide,

Dollars, 2009

Figure 2-52

Thin Film CIGS and CdTe Solar Panel Market

Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010-2016

Table 2-53

Photovoltaic Monocrystalline, Poly-Crystalline, and

Multicrystalline vs. Thin Film CIGS and CdTe Solar Panel

Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016

Figure 2-54

MiaSole CIGS Thin Film Solar Panel

Figure 2-55

First Solar Sustainable Cost Transition Through

Technology and Automated Process

Table 2-56

Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency

Table 2-56 (Continued)

Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency

Table 2-56 (Continued)

Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency

Table 2-57

Solar Energy Megawatts Shipped

Figure 2-58

Photovoltaic Solar Panel Installed Capacity European

Market Segments, Megawatts, 2009

Table 2-59

Photovoltaic Solar Panel Installed Capacity European

Market Segments, Megawatts, 2009

Table 2-60

Solar Energy Cost per Watt

Table 2-61

Solar Manufacturing Capacity

Table 2-61 (Continued)

Solar Manufacturing Capacity

Table 2-62

Solar Energy Capacity Company Ranking, 2009

Table 2-63

Solar Manufacturing Run Rate

Table 2-64

Solar Module Conversion Efficiency

Table 2-64 (Continued)

Solar Module Conversion Efficiency

Figure 2-65

Solarfun Modules Efficiencies

Figure 2-66

kWh Comparison at Installation Site Operated by Desert

Knowledge Australia Solar Centre

Figure 2-67

Capital Cost per Watt

Figure 2-68

Solar Panel Sustainable Competitive Cost Advantage

Targets, $ per Watt

Table 3-1

Commercial Project Classifications

Figure 3-2

First Solar Capacity Expansion Plan

Figure 3-3

First Solar Commercial Projects

Figure 3-3 (Continued)

First Solar Commercial Projects

Figure 3-4

First Solar Commercial Rooftops

Figure 3-5

First Solar Modules

Figure 3-6

First Solar Modules Manufacturing

Figure 3-7

First Solar Installations

Figure 3-8

Trina Solar $/kWh

Figure 3-9

Trina Solar Australian Daily Solar Output by Month - Average.

Table 3-10

Trina Solar Product Benefits

Table 3-11

Trina Solar Product Features

Table 3-11 (Continued)

Trina Solar Product Features

Table 3-12

Trina Solar Products

Table 3-12 (Continued)

Trina Solar Products

Figure 3-13

Trina Solar Modules

Figure 3-14

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Figure 3-14 (Continued)

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Figure 3-14 (Continued)

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Figure 3-14 (Continued)

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Figure 3-14 (Continued)

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Figure 3-14 (Continued)

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Figure 3-14 (Continued)

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Table 3-15

Examples of the Enereco Trina Solar Projects

Table 3-16

Examples of Trina Solar Gestamp Asetym and Other Solar Projects

Figure 3-17

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Figure 3-17 (Continued)

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Figure 3-17 (Continued)

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Table 3-18

Q-Cells CIGS Module Positioning

Table 3-19

Q-Cells High Energy Yields For Cost-Efficiency

Figure 3-20

Q Cells CIGS Solar Modules

Table 3-21

Q-Cells Solar Panel Solid Quality ‘Made in Germany’

Table 3-22

Q-Cells Strengths of SL1 Modules:

Table 3-23

Q-Cells CIGS Solar Panel

Table 3-23 (Continued)

Q-Cells CIGS Solar Panel

Figure 3-24

Q-Cells CIGS Solar Panel

Table 3-25

Q-Cells Solar Panel CIGS Key Features:

Figure 3-26

Sharp Solar panels

Figure 3-27

Sharp Commercial Solar Installation

Figure 3-28

Sharp Panel

Figure 3-29

Miasole Cross Section of CIGS Material

Figure 3-30

MiaSolé CIGS Solar Cell Aspect

Figure 3-31

MiaSolé’s CIGS Solar Cell

Table 3-32

Kyocera Solar Panels

Figure 3-33

Kyocera Solar Panels

Figure 3-34

Kyocera's d.Blue Module Technology

Figure 3-35

Sanyo HIT Solar Cell

Figure 3-36

Sanyo Solar Panels

Figure 3-37

REC Solar Panels

Figure 3-37

Canadian Solar Panels

Figure 3-38

BP Solar Panels

Table 3-39

Suntech Pluto™ Cell Technology Key Features

Table 3-40

Suntech HiPerformaTM Modules

Figure 3-41

Suntech Solar Panel

Table 3-42

Suniva Product Offerings:

Figure 3-43

Suniva ARTisun Product Offerings Benefits:

Table 3-44

Suniva® ARTisun® 2bus Cells Benefits:

Table 3-45

Suniva Typical Cell Electrical Properties:

Table 3-46

Suniva Typical Cell Temperature Coefficients:

Table 3-47

Suniva ARTisunWafer and Cell Specifications and Geometry

Figure 3-48

Suniva ARTisun Cell Current Voltage a Function of Insulation

Table 3-49

Suniva® ARTisun® Series 3bus Cell Benefits:

Figure 3-50

Solarion's Copper-Indium-Gallium-(Di)Selenide Photovoltaic

Cells On A Plastic Substrate

Figure 3-51

First Solar Utility Project Profiles

Figure 3-52

First Solar Large Installations

Figure 3-53

First Solar US Utility Market

Figure 3-54

Trina Solar Onnuri PV Plant Naju Korea

Figure 3-55

Trina Solar Utility Installations

Figue 3-56

Kyocera Avanzalia Has Inaugurated Two New Spanish

Solar Power Plants

Figure 3-57

Kyocera Planta Solar de Don Quijote

Figure 3-58

Sharp Utility Solar Installation

Table 3-59

Sharp Solar Products

Table 3-60

Sharp Utility-Scale Solar Modules

Figure 3-61

Sharp Utility Scale Solar Installation

Figure 3-62

Scatec Solar Grid Connected Installation

Table 3-63

Scatec Solar Utility Project Development Phase

Table 3-64

Scatec Solar Utility Ground-Based Power Plant Components

Figure 3-65

Sharp Residential Solar Panels

Figure 3-66

First Solar Residential Installation

Figure 3-67

First Solar Residential Installation

Figure 3-68

First Solar Residential Installation

Figure 3-69

First Solar Residential Installations

Figure 3-70

Norwegian Prime Minister, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg

Visits the Rural Electrification Project in India

Figure 3-71

Solar Energy Initiatives Home Solar System

Table 3-72

Solar Energy Residential Initiatives

Figure 3-73

Solar World Solar Module

Figure 3-74

Solar World Residential Modules

Figure 3-75

Solar Energy Solar Park Development

Table 3-76

G24 Sun Light™:Functions

Figure 3-77

G24 Solar Powered Light.

Figure 4-1

Cross Section of Typical CIGS Solar Cell

Figure 4-2

Photovoltaic PV Theoretical Limits

Table 4-3

Fist Solar Technology Advantages

Figure 4-4

First Solar Technology Pathways to Improved Solar

Conversion Efficiency

Figure 4-5

PV Module Technology & Manufacturing

Figure 4-6

First Solar Top Down Efficiency of CdTe Technology

Figure 4-7

Bottom Up Efficiency of CdTe

Figure 4-8

CdTe Capabilities vs. First Solar Requirements

Figure 4-9

First Solar Comparison of CdTe to Other Technologies

Figure 4-10

Tuson Arizona Electric Use of Solar Power

Figure 4-11

First Solar Improvements in Module Conversion Efficiencies

Table 4-12

First Solar Roadmap

Figure 4-13

First Solar Module CdTe Efficiency Gains vs. Crystalline Silicon >3x

Figure 4-14

Trina Solar Silicon Technology

Figure 4-15

SunTech Pluto Technology

Figure 4-16

Thin film Panels

Figure 4-17

Effect of Shading on Solar Panel Efficiency

Table 4-18

Polysilicon Producers

Figure 4-19

Polysilicon Feedstock to Module Competitive Cost Structure

Table 5-1

Canadian Solar Investment Highlights

Figure 5-2

Energy Conversion Devices Flanders Expo - Gent Facility

Table 5-3

Uni-Solar Manufacturing Facilities:

Figure 5-4

ET Solar Group

Figure 5-5

First Solar Headquarters

Figure 5-6

First Solar Key Messages

Figure 5-7

First Solar Research

Figure 5-8

First Solar Design

Figure 5-9

First Solar Factory Runrate

Figure 5-10

First Solar Modules Manufacturing

Figure 5-11

First Solar European Business Model

Figure 5-12

First Solar US Business Model

Figure 5-13

First Solar US Utility Business Model

Figure 5-14

First Solar Utility Market Progress

Table 5-15

First Solar Competitive Positioning in Thin Film

Figure 5-16

First Solar 2010 Guidance Overview

Figure 5-17

First Solar Contracted Pipeline in Gigawatts

Figure 5-18

First Solar Pipeline Growth

Figure 5-19

First Solar Partners

Figure 5-20

First Solar Sustainable Cost Advantage Through Technology

Figure 5-21

First Solar Technology Cost Advantage

Figure 5-22

First Solar Technology Value

Figure 5-23

First Solar Sustainable Cost Advantage Technology and

Industry Model Migration

Figure 5-24

First Solar Sustainable Economic Advantage Through Technology

Figure 5-25

G24 Module Research

Table 5-26

G24 World Class Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Technology

DSSC Manufacturing Operation:

Table 5-27

G24I Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Technology Platform Functions

Figure 5-28

Kyocera Sales By Segment

Figure 5-29

Kyocera Sales by Region

Figure 5-30

Kyocera Sales Trends

Table 5-31

Miasolé Technology Problems Fixed:

Table 5-32

Oerlikon Coating Core Competencies

Figure 5-33

Q-Cells Regional Segments

Figure 5-34

Schott Sales By Region

Figure 5-35

Sharp Revenue

Figure 5-36

Sharp Sales By Product Group

Figure 5-37

Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics

Figure 5-38

Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics Laminating Machine

Figure 5-39

Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics Factory Line in Shenzhen

Figure 5-40

Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics Factory in Hubei:

Figure 5-41

Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics Solar Airport(Taxiway)

Light Passed Test By "National Center Of Supervision &

Inspection On Electric Light Source Quality (Shanghai)"Nov.28,2008

Figure 5-42

Solar World Revenue

Figure 5-43

SolarWorld Group Headquarters

Figure 5-44

Suntech 2009 Revenue Q3

Figure 5-45

SunTech Mainland China Activities

Figure 5-46

SunTech North American Activities

Figure 5-47

First Solar Sales Channels

Figure 6-1

Photovoltaic Solar Panel Installed Capacity European

Market Segments, Megawatts, 2009

Table 6-2

Photovoltaic Solar Panel Installed Capacity European

Market Segments, Megawatts, 2009

Table 6-4

Solar Regional Market Segments, Dollars, 2009

Figure 6-5

Solar World Regional Revenue

Figure 6-6

Solar World Regional Revenue

Figure 6-7

Canadian Solar Geographical Segmentation

Figure 6-8

US PV Demand Buildup by State, 2008-2012

Figure 6-9

Industry Demand Forecast By Country

Figure 6-10

Regional Growth Opportunities

Figure 6-11

Public Policies Driving Solar Transition Markets

Figure 6-12

German Solar Panel Installation

Table 6-13

Germany's Largest Photovoltaic (PV) Power Plants

Figure 6-14

Mainland China Solar Positioning

Figure 6-15

Solar Emerging Markets

Figure 6-16

Solar Industry Outlook

Figure 7-1

Heliostat Sun Tracking Mirror

Table 7-2

Components Of A CSP System

Figure 7-3

Parabolic Trough Collectors Producing Superheated Steam

Figure 7-4

Solar Parabolic Dish With a Stirling Engine

Figure 7-5

Central Tower Installation Spain

Figure 7-6

Solar Furnace

Figure 7-7

Solar Chemical Reactor Under solar Operation

Figure 7-8

Main Components Of The System At The University

Clinic Of Freiburg: Adsorption Refrigeration Machine

Figure 7-9

Solar Thermal System

Table 7-10

Key Elements In A Solar Cell

Table 7-11

Key Main Categories Of Technology In A Solar Cell

Table 8-1

Large Utility Solar Plants

Figure 8-2

Large-Scale Photovoltaic Power Plants

Figure 8-3

Largest Solar Plants

Figure 8-4

Germany, Turnow-Preilack 54MW

Table 8-5

Solar Plants Under Construction Germany, Straßkirchen

Figure 8-6

Spain, Puertollano 50MW

Figure 8-7

Portugal, Moura (Alentejo) 46MW

Figure 8-8

Germany, Brandis 40MW

Figure 8-9

Spain, Trujillo (Cáceres) 35MW

Figure 8-10

Spain, Arnedo (La Rioja) 34MW

Figure 8-11

Spain, Merida (Extremadura) 30 MW

Figure 8-12

Spain, Casas de Los Pinos (Castila-La Mancha) 28MW

Figure 8-13

Spain, Fuente Álamo (Murcia) 26MW

Figure 8-14

Italy, Montalto di Castro (Lazio) 24MW

Figure 8-15

Korea, Sinan 24MW

Figure 8-16

Spain, Lucainena de las Torres (Almeria) 23.2 MW

Figure 8-17

Spain, Abertura (Caceres) 23.1 MW

Figure 8-18

Spain, Almaraz (Caceres) 22.06

Figure 8-19

Spain, El Coronil (Andalucia) 21.47

Figure 8-20

Spain, Calavéron 21.2 MW

Figure 8-21

Korea, Seoul 20 MW

Figure 8-22

Spain, Calasparra (Murcia) 20 MW

Figure 8-23

Spain, Beneixama (Alicante) 20MW

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