Utility Scale Solar Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010-2016

Utility Scale Solar Executive Summary

Solar Energy for Utility Companies Executive Summary ES-1

Solar Energy Utility Scale Market Driving Forces ES-1

Solar Energy Utility Panel Shipments Market Shares ES-3

Solar Panel Utility Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Worldwide, ES-4

Molten Salt Solar Utility Scale Energy Market Forecast ES-6

Utility Scale Solar Market Description And Market Dynamics

1.Utility Scale Solar Electricity Market Description and Market Dynamics 1-1

1.1 Photovoltaic power plants 1-1

1.1.1 Solar Strategy, Technology, And Industry j;Specific Applications 1-1

1.2 Solar Adoption 1-15

1.3 Photovoltaic Conversion Of Sun Light 1-17

1.4 Sunlight Intensity in Various Regions 1-17

1.5 Variety of Solar Panel Installations 1-21

1.6 World's Largest PV Installation German Solar 1-30

1.7 Utility Power Positioning 1-32

1.7.1 Utility Solar Decision Making 1-33

1.8 U.S. Building Construction Industry 1-34

1.9 Era Of Cheap Energy 1-37

1.9.1 Unprecedented Level Of Development Worldwide 1-38

1.9.2 Population Increases 1-38

1.10 Tackling Climate Change 1-39

1.11 Power From the Sun 1-40

1.11.1 PV Industry 1-41

Utility Scale Solar Market Shares And Market Forecasts

2. Solar Energy for Utility Companies Market Shares and Forecasts 2-1

2.1 Solar Energy Market Driving Forces 2-1

2.2 Solar Energy Utility Panel Shipments Market Shares 2-3

2.2.1 First Solar Thin Film Monolithic Integration On Glass 2-5

2.2.2 Sharp Solar Cells 2-6

2.2.3 Sharp Increasing The Size Of The Output To Maintain Leading Market Share 2-8

2.2.4 Trina Solar Limited Square Monocrystalline Cell 2-8

2.2.5 SolarWorld Residential 2-9

2.2.6 Suntech Solar Cells 2-10

2.2.7 Canadian Solar 2-12

2.2.8 BP Solar Core Markets Monocrystalline And Multicrystalline Cells 2-13

2.2.9 LDK 2-13

2.2.10 Yingli 2-14

2.2.11 CIGS 2-14

2.2.12 Q-Cells CIGS Module Positioning 2-15

2.2.13 Ascent Solar Semiconductor Deposition 2-15

2.2.14 NanoSolar and MiaSole Thin Film Technology 2-15

2.2.15 Ascent Solar Thin Film Photovoltaic Devices CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Selenide). 2-16

2.3 Solar Panel Utility Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Worldwide, 2-16

2.4 Molten Salt Solar Utility Scale Energy Market Participants 2-20

2.4.1 Abengoa Solar Commercial Operation of Solnova 3 2-20

2.4.2 Areva / Ausra 2-21

2.4.3 BrightSource Energy Ivanpah Project 2-21

2.4.4 United Technologies 2-22

2.4.5 Solar Reserve Partnered With United Technologies 2-22

2.4.6 United Technologies Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne 2-23

2.4.7 GE Energy 2-24

2.4.8 Schott Utility-Scale Thermal Concentrating Solar 2-25

2.5 Molten Salt Solar Utility Scale Energy Market Forecast 2-26

2.5.1 Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics Manufacturing Solar Lighting 2-29

2.6 Solar Industry Outlook 2-30

2.6.1 100 Successful Trials And Reference Accounts 2-31

2.6.2 Solar Utility Market Driving Forces 2-32

2.6.3 Grid Parity 2-33

2.7 Multiple, Large, Working Solar Energy Installations 2-45

2.7.1 CIGS On Glass 2-46

2.7.2 Thin Film Vs. Monocrystalline or Polycrystalline 2-46

2.7.3 Solar Market Transitions 2-48

2.7.4 Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency 2-50

2.7.5 Solar Energy Megawatts Shipped 2-52

2.8 Molten Salt Solar Utility Scale Energy Electricity Storage 2-60

2.8.1 Global Demand For Cost-Effective And Reliable Solar Power 2-61

2.9 Molten Salt Solar Utility Scale Steam Turbine Market Shares 2-62

2.9.1 Siemens’ Environmental Portfolio Revenue 2-66

2.10 Solar Steam Generators Market Forecast 2-69

2.10.1 Concentrating Linear Reflectors 2-70

2.10.2 Solar Thermal Molten Salt Storage Electricity Forecasts 2-71

2.11 Solar Regional Analysis 2-75

2.11.1 Photovoltaics Solar Regional Analysis 2-76

2.11.2 U.S. PV Market Becomes Global Demand Leader by 2012: 2-83

2.11.3 Solar Regional Markets 2-91

2.11.4 US Solar Regional Initiatives 2-91

2.11.5 Denver Airport Plans Solar Power For Its Fuel Farm 2-91

2.11.6 Texas Citizens Want More Renewable Energy 2-92

2.11.7 Edison Utility Takes Part in Large Solar Power Projects 2-93

2.11.8 German Solar Subsidies 2-94

2.11.9 Germany Cuts Its Solar Feed-In Tariff 2-97

2.11.10 German Solar Cell Producers 2-98

2.11.11 Solar Market in Germany 2-99

2.11.12 Italian Solar Market 2-103

2.11.13 French Solar Market 2-104

2.11.14 EDFEN & First Solar To Build 100-MW Solar Manufacturing Plant in France 2-105

2.11.15 European Solar Project Developer Epuron 2-105

2.11.16 Japanese Utilities Switching to Solar Power Sources 2-106

2.11.17 Australian Electricity Generated 1/5 From Green Sources By 2020 2-106

2.11.18 Largest Solar Power Plant Built In China by Americans 2-107

2.11.19 China Solar Positioning 2-109

2.11.20 Solar Roadside Electric Charging Stations In Brazil 2-111

2.11.21 India 2-112

2.11.22 New Zealand National Electricity Generator Buys a US Solar Power Plant 2-116

Utility Scale Solar Product Description

3. Utility Solar Product Description 3-1

3.1 Solar For Utilities 3-1

3.2 Utility-Scale Solar Solutions 3-2

3.3 First Solar Utility-Scale Solutions 3-2

3.3.1 First Solar Utility Systems 3-6

3.3.2 First Solar Positioning 3-6

3.3.3 First Solar Energy High Performance. High Volume 3-7

3.3.4 First Solar Commercial-Scale Solutions 3-9

3.3.5 First Solar Largest Solar Power Plant Built In China by Americans 3-15

3.4 Trina Solar 3-15

3.5 Energy From Trina Solar Modules 3-17

3.5.1 Trina Solar Monocrystalline Modules 3-19

3.5.2 Trina Solar TSM-PC05, 215W to 235W Multicrystalline Module 3-24

3.5.3 Trina Solar for Utility Scale Installations 3-41

3.6 Kyocera Solar Utility 3-43

3.7 Sharp Utility Solar Installation 3-46

3.7.1 Sharp Utility-Scale Products 3-47

3.8 Miasolé CIGS-Based Thin Film Solar Panel Manufacturing 3-51

3.9 Nanosolar 3-53

3.9.1 Nanosolar Commercial Production 3-54

3.10 Palios Flexible Glass 3-54

3.11 BYD 3-56

3.11.1 China BYD to invest $3.3 billion in solar battery plant 3-56

3.12 Suntech 3-57

3.13 Scatec Solar 3-59

3.13.1 Scatec Solar Utility Project Development Phase 3-60

3.14 G24 Innovations 3-63

3.15 Smart Grid 3-63

3.16 Petra Solar Pole Based Solar Collectors 3-64

3.17 Molten Salt Solar Storage and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) 3-65

3.18 Abengoa SA 3-67

3.18.1 Abengoa Solar Commercial Operation of Solnova 3 3-69

3.19 Areva / Ausra 3-74

3.19.1 Areva New Strategy 3-75

3.20 BrightSource Energy 3-76

3.20.1 Brightsource Energy $1.4 Billion In Loan Guarantees From U.S. Department Of Energy 3-77

3.20.2 BrightSource Energy Ivanpah Project 3-78

3.20.3 BrightSource Energy Luz Power Tower 550 (LPT 550) Technology 3-80

3.20.4 Brightsource Energy Reduced Footprint Mitigation For Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System 3-81

3.20.5 BrightSource Energy Mirrors 3-82

3.20.6 BrightSource Energy Heliostats 3-83

3.20.7 BrightSource Energy Heliostat Control System 3-85

3.20.8 BrightSource EnergyTower and Boiler 3-87

3.20.9 BrightSource Energy Power Block 3-89

3.21 United Technologies 3-90

3.21.1 United Technologies Hamilton Sundstrand Unit 3-91

3.21.2 United Technologies Hamilton Sundstrand 3-93

3.22 Solar Millennium Salts To Replace Oil In Parabolic Trough Power Plants 3-95

3.23 SolarReserve Power Towers 3-96

3.23.1 Solar Thermal With Molten Salt Energy Storage: SolarReserve Heads to Nevada 3-97

3.23.2 Solar Reserve Partnered With United Technologies 3-97

3.24 Siemens Energy Sector / Renewable Energy Division 3-99

3.24.1 Siemens Solar-Thermal Power Plant 3-99

3.24.2 Siemens Global Market Leader For Turbines In Solar Thermal Parabolic Trough Power Plants 3-100

3.24.3 Siemens Solar-Thermal Power Plant: Putting the Desert to Use 3-101

3.24.4 Siemens 123-MW Steam Turbine-Generator For Solar Thermal Power Plant In California 3-102

3.24.5 Siemens Solar Efficiency 3-104

3.24.6 Siemens Next-Generation Solar UVAC Receiver Increases Thermal Output Of Power Plants 3-105

3.25 Asahi Glass 3-108

3.25.1 Asahi Glass Flexible Solar Cells 3-108

3.26 GE 3-111

3.27 Hitachi 3-112

Utility Scale Solar Storage Technology

4. Molten Salt Thermal Storage and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Technology 4-1

4.1 Molten Salt 4-1

4.1.1 Salt Storage System Potential Issues 4-2

4.2 Molten Salts Store Solar Energy As Heat 4-3

4.2.1 Salt System Efficient At Heat Storage 4-3

4.3 Parabolic Trough Thermal Energy Storage Technology 4-4

4.3.1 Parabolic Trough 4-5

4.3.2 Thermal Energy Storage Systems 4-6

4.3.3 Thermal Energy Storage System 4-7

4.3.4 Single-Tank Thermocline 4-8

4.3.5 Direct Molten-Salt Heat Transfer Fluid 4-9

4.4 Thermal Stability Of Imidazolium Salts 4-9

4.5 Concrete Thermal Energy Storage Media 4-10

4.5.1 Phase-Change Materials 4-11

4.6 Solar Cells Achieve Power Without Maintenance 4-13

4.6.1 Internal Electrostatic Field 4-14

4.6.2 Converting Sunlight to Electricity 4-14

4.7 Thin Film Material Layers 4-16

4.8 Solar Panel Technologies 4-17

4.8.1 Thin Film Solar Cells Amorphous Silicon 4-18

4.8.2 Thin Film Solar Cells Cadmium Telluride 4-18

4.8.3 Thin Film Solar Cells CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Selenide) 4-18

4.8.4 Miasolé Copper-Indium-Gallium-Diselenide Films Conversion Efficiency Confirmation From NREL 4-19

4.8.5 Thin-Film On Glass Substrate 4-21

4.8.6 Ascent Solar Putting CIGS On A Polymeric Or Plastic Substrate 4-21

4.8.7 First Solar Monolithic Integration On Glass 4-21

4.8.8 Substrate Discussion 4-26

4.8.9 First Solar Modules Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) Semiconductor Material 4-26

4.9 Trina Solar Silicon Panels 4-37

4.10 Q Cells Technology 4-38

4.11 SunTech 4-39

4.12 CIGS Photovoltaic Effect 4-40

4.12.1 Crystalline Silicon Indirect Band-Gap Semiconductor 4-40

4.12.2 Solar Thin Film Substrates 4-40

4.12.3 Gettering in Large-Grained Thin Polycrystalline Silicon Films on Glass Substrate 4-41

4.12.4 EPV Solar Contracts Deliver 300 Megawatts Of Thin-Film Panels Through 2012. 4-42

4.12.5 Photovoltaic Technologies: Single Crystal, Polycrystalline and Thin Film 4-42

4.12.6 Single Crystal and Polycrystalline 4-43

4.12.7 Thin Film Panels 4-44

4.13 Shading 4-46

4.14 Third-Generation Thin-Film Solar Applications 4-48

4.15 Flexible Glass Solar Panels 4-49

Utility Scale Solar Company Profiles

5. Solar Company Profiles 5-1

5.1 Selected Solar Companies 5-1

5.2 A-Power 5-1

5.3 Abengoa Solar 5-1

5.3.1 Abengoa 5-2

5.3.2 Abengoa and Climate Change 5-3

5.4 Acciona Solar Power 5-11

5.5 Anwell Technologies 5-13

5.6 Areva / Ausra 5-13

5.6.1 Areva New Strategy 5-14

5.7 Applied Materials 5-14

5.7.1 Applied Materials Segment Analysis 5-16

5.7.2 Applied Materials Silicon Segment 5-16

5.7.3 Applied Three-Dimensional (3D) ICs 5-18

5.7.4 Applied Materials Deposition 5-19

5.7.5 Applied Materials Atomic Layer Deposition 5-20

5.7.6 Applied Materials Chemical Vapor Deposition 5-20

5.7.7 Applied Materials Applied Producer CVD Platform 5-21

5.7.8 Applied Materials Low k Dielectric Films - 5-21

5.7.9 Applied Materials Lithography-Enabling Solutions 5-21

5.7.10 Applied Materials Gap Fill Films - 5-22

5.7.11 Applied Materials Strain Engineering Solutions 5-22

5.7.12 Applied Materials Epitaxial Deposition 5-23

5.7.13 Applied Materials Polysilicon Deposition - 5-23

5.7.14 Applied Materials Tungsten Deposition - 5-24

5.7.15 Applied Materials Physical Vapor Deposition 5-24

5.7.16 Applied Materials Etch 5-25

5.7.17 Applied Materials Rapid Thermal Processing 5-27

5.7.18 Applied Materials Chemical Mechanical Planarization 5-27

5.7.19 Applied Materials Metrology and Wafer Inspection 5-28

5.7.20 Applied Materials Critical Dimension and Defect Review Scanning Electron Microscopes (CD-SEMs and DR-SEMs) 5-28

5.7.21 Applied Materials Wafer Inspection 5-30

5.7.22 Applied Materials Mask Making 5-30

5.7.23 Applied Materials Display Segment 5-31

5.7.24 Applied Global Services Segment 5-31

5.7.25 Applied Materials Fab Services - 5-32

5.7.26 Applied Films Vacuum Coating Technologies 5-32

5.7.27 Applied Materials Energy and Environmental Solutions Segment 5-33

5.8 Areva / Ausra 5-38

5.8.1 AREVA Leads Global Nuclear Power Industry 5-39

5.9 Asahi Glass Co Ltd 5-40

5.9.1 Asahi Glass Fuel Cell 5-42

5.9.2 Asahi Glass Fuel Cells Close To Practical Use 5-43

5.9.3 Asahi Glass Fuel Cells In Daily Life In 2010 5-44

5.9.4 Asahi Glass Chemicals Business as Core Business to the AGC Group 5-44

5.9.5 Asahi Glass ETFE Film With High Transparency And Flexibility 5-48

5.9.6 AGC Asahi GlassRevenue 5-49

5.9.7 Asahi Glass Revenue 5-55

5.10 Ascent Solar Technologies 5-60

5.10.1 Ascent Solar Technologies Completed Construction Of A 1.5 MW Production Line 5-60

5.11 BP 5-63

5.11.1 BP brands 5-63

5.11.2 BP Solar Revenue 5-66

5.11.3 BP Solar 5-68

5.11.4 TATA BP Solar 5-69

5.12 BYD 5-70

5.13 Battelle 5-71

5.14 BrightSource Energy 5-71

5.14.1 BrightSource Energy $1.4 billion In Loan Guarantees From The U.S. Department of Energy 5-73

5.14.2 BrightSource Energy Ivanpah Project: Clean Energy, Union Jobs, Environmentally-Responsible Design 5-74

5.14.3 BrightSource Energy Luz Power Tower 550 (LPT 550) Technology 5-75

5.14.4 Brightsource Energy $150 Million Of Equity Financing 5-75

5.15 Corning 5-77

5.15.1 Corning Display Technologies Segment 5-77

5.15.2 Corning Revenue 5-79

5.15.3 Corning Display Technologies Segment 5-82

5.15.4 Corning Telecommunications Segment 5-83

5.15.5 Corning Environmental Technologies Segment 5-84

5.15.6 Corning Specialty Materials Segment 5-84

5.15.7 Corning Life Sciences Segment 5-85

5.16 Directed Vapor Technology 5-85

5.16.1 Directed Vapor Deposition Next Generation Coating Technology 5-85

5.17 du Pont 5-87

5.17.1 DuPont 5-87

5.17.2 DuPont™ Kapton® 5-90

5.17.3 DuPont™ Kapton® Polyimide Films 5-90

5.17.4 DuPont Teonex 5-93

5.18 GE Energy 5-94

5.18.1 GE Steam Turbines to Boost Output, Efficiency of Saudi Electricity Company’s Qurayyah Power Plant 5-94

5.18.2 GE Emissions Testing Team Becomes Early Adopter of Future EPA Standards 5-96

5.18.3 GE Smart Grid Technologies Transform Ireland’s Energy 5-97

5.19 Hitachi 5-98

5.19.1 Hitachi America 5-102

5.19.2 Hitachi America, Ltd. Focusing On Smart Grid Energy Storage for Solar Farms 5-102

5.19.3 Hitachi Long Life Lead Acid Batteries 5-104

5.20 China Sunergy 5-105

5.21 Canadian Solar 5-106

5.22 China Guangdong Nuclear Wind Power Company 5-109

5.23 Conergy AG - 5-109

5.23.1 Conergy Solar System Integration 5-110

5.23.2 Conergy Sale of Solar Water Pump Division to Innovative Solar Solutions 5-110

5.23.3 Conergy and MEMC Agreement 5-110

5.24 Corning 5-111

5.24.1 Corning A Growth Company 5-112

5.24.2 Corning Worldwide LCD TV 5-112

5.24.3 Other Corning Businesses 5-113

5.24.4 Corning 2010 Market Strength 5-113

5.24.5 Corning Specialty Materials Segment Gorilla Scratch-Resistant Cover Glass 5-114

5.24.6 Corning Fourth-Quarter Revenue 5-115

5.25 Developers Diversified Realty (DDR) 5-115

5.26 Daqo New Energy 5-116

5.27 Dow Chemical 5-116

5.27.1 Dow Chemical / NuvoSun 5-117

5.28 Dyesol 5-118

5.29 Energy Conversion Devices / United Solar Ovonic 5-119

5.29.1 Energy Conversion Devices Revenues 5-120

5.29.2 Energy Conversion Devices 1.87 Megawatt Uni-Solar Installation on Flanders Expo Hall in Belgium 5-121

5.29.3 Energy Conversion Devices Integrated And Commercial Rooftop Photovoltaics 5-122

5.30 ET Solar 5-125

5.30.1 ET Solar Vertically Integrated Solar Energy 5-126

5.30.2 ET Solar / USE: 5-127

5.31 Evergreen Solar 5-127

5.31.1 Evergreen Solar's Quarterly Loss Widens 5-127

5.31.2 Evergreen Solar String Ribbon™ Solar Panels 5-129

5.32 First Solar 5-130

5.32.1 First Solar Comprehensive Photovoltaic (PV) System Solutions 5-131

5.32.2 PNM Electric Utility, First Solar Contract for 22 Megawatts of Utility Scale Solar Power for New Mexico 5-139

5.32.3 First Solar Competitive Positioning in Thin Film 5-142

5.32.4 First Solar Revenue 5-142

5.32.5 First Solar Partners 5-148

5.32.6 First Solar Strategy 5-149

5.33 G24 5-154

5.33.1 G24I Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Technology Platform 5-156

5.34 GreenWing 5-157

5.35 HelioVolt 5-157

5.36 Hoku Scientific 5-157

5.36.1 Hoku Scientific 5-158

5.37 Honda 5-159

5.37.1 Honda Solar Power 5-160

5.37.2 Honda Soltec 5-164

5.38 JinkoSolar 5-164

5.39 Juwi 5-164

5.40 Kyocera 5-165

5.40.1 Kyocera Solar 5-166

5.40.2 Kyocera Supplies. 40 MW at Large-Scale Solar Power Plants in Spain 5-167

5.41 LDK Solar 5-171

5.41.1 LDK Solar Revenue 5-173

5.41.2 LDK Solar and Q-Cells Continuation of Supply Contract 5-176

5.42 Masdar PV 5-179

5.42.1 Masdar PV Si thin film module 1,4m² 5-181

5.43 MEMC 5-182

5.43.1 MEMC Electronic Materials / SunEdison 5-183

5.43.2 MEMC / SunEdison and Developers Diversified Realty National Rooftop Solar Program. 5-183

5.43.3 MEMC / SunEdison’s REIT Solar Program Power Hosting 5-184

5.44 MiaSolé 5-185

5.44.1 Miasolé Technology Problems Fixed: 5-185

5.44.2 Miasolé Financing & Underwriting 5-188

5.44.3 MiaSolé Commercial Shipments to Multiple Customers 5-189

5.45 Mitsubishi Solar Panels 5-190

5.46 Oerlikon Solar 5-193

5.46.1 Oerlikon Coating 5-193

5.46.2 Oerlikon Coating Business Units / Market Areas / Applications 5-195

5.47 Petra Solar 5-195

5.48 PNM 5-196

5.49 Q Cells 5-196

5.49.1 Q-Cells Revenue Development 5-201

5.50 Ranking Solar 5-203

5.51 Samsung 5-204

5.52 Sanyo 5-204

5.53 Scatec Solar 5-205

5.53.1 Scatec Solar Engaging In Rural Electrification In Emerging Markets 5-208

5.54 Schott 5-208

5.54.1 Schott Business 5-209

5.55 Schott 5-210

5.55.1 Schott Electronic Packaging Gmbh 5-215

5.55.2 Schott Ag Flat Glass 5-217

5.56 SEIA: 5-219

5.57 Sharp 5-220

5.57.1 Sharp LCD 5-220

5.57.2 Sharp Solar Cell Plant 5-221

5.57.3 Sharp Thin-Film Solar Cell Facilities 5-222

5.57.4 Sharp Revenue 5-223

5.58 Shell Oil 5-225

5.59 Siemens 5-228

5.59.1 Siemens Business Areas 5-231

5.59.2 Siemens Steam Turbine-Generator to England – Delivery Scheduled In 13 Months 5-234

5.59.3 Siemens Energy Sector 5-237

5.59.4 Siemens Revenue 5-237

5.59.5 Siemens’ Worldwide Network 5-238

5.60 Solar Energy Initiatives 5-240

5.61 Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics 5-241

5.62 Singulus Technologies 5-247

5.63 SMA Solar Technology AG 5-247

5.64 SMA Solar 5-248

5.65 Solyndra 5-249

5.65.1 Solyndra: 1.9 MW Project Installed 5-250

5.66 Staples (SPLS) 5-251

5.67 Solarfun 5-252

5.67.1 Solarfun Third Quarter 2009 Revenue 5-253

5.67.2 Solarfun Revenue First Quarter 2009 5-254

5.67.3 Solarfun PV Module Contracts Total 12.65 MW in China 5-255

5.67.4 Solarfun 2010 Capacity Expansion 5-256

5.67.5 Solarfun to Build 100MW Solar Power Plant in Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province 5-256

5.68 Solar Fusion Power 5-257

5.69 SolarWorld 5-259

5.69.1 Solar World Revenue 5-260

5.69.2 SolarWorld’s Sun Modules 5-262

5.69.3 Solar World Revenues 5-263

5.70 Sun Fields Europe 5-267

5.71 SolFocus 5-267

5.71.1 SolFocus GreenWing Energy Has Agreement with Utility Scale Deployments of Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) Systems 5-267

5.71.2 SolFocus Raises over $77 Million 5-269

5.72 Stirling Solar 5-271

5.73 Suniva Inc. 5-271

5.74 SunTech 5-272

5.75 SunPower 5-278

5.75.1 SunPower Revenue 5-279

5.75.2 SunPower Revenue 5-281

5.75.3 SunPower Acquires SunRay 5-281

5.76 Telio Solar / Telconord - Agencia de Energías Renovables 5-282

5.77 Tianwei 5-283

5.78 Trina Solar 5-283

5.78.1 Trina Solar Photovoltaics (PV) Modules 5-284

5.78.2 Trina Solar Net Revenues 5-286

5.78.3 Trina Solar Customers 5-287

5.78.4 Trina Solar Production Process 5-287

5.79 United Technologies / SolarReserve 5-289

5.79.1 United Technologies 5-290

5.79.2 United Technologies / Hamilton Sundstrand 5-293

5.79.3 Hamilton Sundstrand Technologically Advanced Aerospace And Industrial Products 5-295

5.79.4 United Technologies Revenue 5-297

5.80 Yingli 5-299

5.80.1 Yingli Green Energy Revenue 5-299

5.80.2 Yingli Addresses U.S. Solar Market 5-300

5.81 Xinjiang Goldwind 5-301

5.82 Solar Energy Dealers 5-302

5.83 Solar Energy Companies 5-304

5.83.1 Top 10 Solar Panel Manufacturers in USA 5-311

5.83.2 Solar Companies 5-312

List of Tables

Utility Scale Solar Executive Summary

Table ES-1 ES-2

Solar Energy Market Driving Forces

Figure ES-2 ES-3

Solar Energy Utility Panel Shipments Market Shares,

Worldwide, Dollars, 2009

Figure ES-3 ES-5

Solar Panel Utility Photovoltaic Market Forecasts,

Worldwide, Dollars, 2010-2016

Figure ES-4 ES-7

Molten Salt Storage Receiver Market Forecasts Dollars,

Worldwide, 2010-2016

Utility Scale Solar Market Description And Market Dynamics

Figure 1-1 1-1

Large-Scale Photovoltaic Power Plants

Table 1-2 1-2

Large Utility Solar Plants

Figure 1-3 1-3

Largest Solar Plants

Figure 1-4 1-4

Germany, Turnow-Preilack 54MW

Table 1-5 1-4

Solar Plants Under Construction Germany, Straßkirchen

Figure 1-6 1-5

Spain, Puertollano 50MW

Figure 1-7 1-5

Portugal, Moura (Alentejo) 46MW

Figure 1-8 1-6

Germany, Brandis 40MW

Figure 1-9 1-6

Spain, Trujillo (Cáceres) 35MW

Figure 1-10 1-7

Spain, Arnedo (La Rioja) 34MW

Figure 1-11 1-8

Spain, Merida (Extremadura) 30 MW

Figure 1-12 1-9

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

Figure 1-13 1-9

Spain, Fuente Álamo (Murcia) 26MW

Figure 1-14 1-10

Italy, Montalto di Castro (Lazio) 24MW

Figure 1-15 1-11

Korea, Sinan 24MW

Figure 1-16 1-11

Spain, Lucainena de las Torres (Almeria) 23.2 MW

Figure 1-17 1-12

Spain, Abertura (Caceres) 23.1 MW

Figure 1-18 1-12

Spain, Almaraz (Caceres) 22.06

Figure 1-19 1-13

Spain, El Coronil (Andalucia) 21.47

Figure 1-20 1-13

Spain, Calavéron 21.2 MW

Figure 1-21 1-14

Korea, Seoul 20 MW

Figure 1-22 1-14

Spain, Calasparra (Murcia) 20 MW

Figure 1-23 1-15

Spain, Beneixama (Alicante) 20MW

Figure 1-24 1-16

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems

Figure 1-25 1-18

Average Solar Irradiance

Figure 1-26 1-20

Regional Power Output Levels Per kw Of Generation

Using GE Solar Electric Power Systems

Figure 1-27 1-21

Solar Covered Roof

Table 1-28 1-22

Solar Energy Generated as a Function of Installation Type

Figure 1-29 1-23

Alternative Siteing of Solar Panels

Figure 1-30 1-24

Arizona Springerville Generating Station Solar System21-

Acre Field Of PV Panels

Figure 1-31 1-25

PV In Standalone Devices Solar Parking Meter

Figure 1-32 1-26

Public Policy to Encourage Sustainable Economics

Table 1-33 1-27

Sustainable Solar Energy Market Aspects

Figure 1-34 1-28

Australian Government Solar Technology Testing

Figure 1-35 1-30

Germany's Biggest Solar Installation, in Lieberose.

German Tariff Cuts To Solar

Table 1-36 1-36

Building And Construction Market Shifts Around Solar Energy

Table 1-37 1-42

Description Of Solar Services

Utility Scale Solar Market Shares and Market Forecasts

Table 2-1 2-2

Solar Energy Market Driving Forces

Figure 2-2 2-3

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

Table 2-3 2-4

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

Figure 2-4 2-11

Suntech Solar Cells

Table 2-5 2-15

Q-Cells CIGS Module Positioning

Figure 2-6 2-17

Solar Panel Utility Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Worldwide, Dollars, 2010-2016

Figure 2-7 2-18

Utility Solar Panel Photovoltaic Market Forecasts, Worldwide, Units, 2010-2016

Table 2-8 2-19

Photovoltaic Solar Panel Utility Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars, 2010-2016

Figure 2-9 2-27

Molten Salt Storage Receiver Market Forecasts Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016

Table 2-10 2-28

Solar Power Thermal Market Shipment Forecasts, Molten Salt Storage Units and Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016

Table 2-11 2-29

Solar Power Thermal Market Shipment Forecasts, Molten Salt Storage Units, Worldwide, 2010-2016

Table 2-12 2-33

Solar Energy Market Competitive Strengths

Figure 2-13 2-35

First Solar Module Roadmap to Grid Parity

Figure 2-14 2-37

Photovoltaic Solar Gigawatts Installed Forecasts, Worldwide, Megawatts, 2010-2016

Figure 2-15 2-38

Photovoltaic Solar Megawatts Shipped Forecasts, Worldwide, Megawatts, 2010-2016

Figure 2-16 2-39

Dollars per Kilowatt Hour Solar Shipment When Looked At Over 25 Years Forecasts, Worldwide,

Dollars, 2010-2016

Figure 2-17 2-40

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 2-18 2-41

Solar Photovoltaic Dollars per Megawatt per 25 Year Expected Life of Equipment Shipments, Worldwide, 2009-2016

Table 2-19 2-42

Solar Photovoltaic Dollars per Megawatt per Year Over Useful Life of Equipment Shipments, Worldwide, 2009-2016

Figure 2-20 2-43

Photovoltaic Solar Grid Parity Electricity Costs Market Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016

Figure 2-21 2-44

Price Parity for Sustainable Markets

Figure 2-22 2-47

MiaSole CIGS Thin Film Solar Panel

Figure 2-23 2-49

First Solar Sustainable Cost Transition Through Technology and Automated Process

Table 2-24 2-50

Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency

Table 2-24 (Continued) 2-51

Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency

Table 2-24 (Continued) 2-52

Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency

Table 2-25 2-54

Solar Energy Megawatts Shipped

Table 2-26 2-55

Solar Energy Concentrated Molten Salt Storage Installed

Megawatts Market Forecasts

Units and Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016

Figure 2-27 2-56

kWh Comparison at Installation Site Operated by Desert

Knowledge Australia Solar Centre

Figure 2-28 2-58

Capital Cost per Watt

Figure 2-29 2-59

Solar Panel Sustainable Competitive Cost Advantage

Targets, $ per Watt

Table 2-30 2-60

Molten Salt Solar Energy Storage Market Driving Forces

Figure 2-31 2-63

Solar Power Steam Generator Market Shares, 2009

Table 2-32 2-64

Solar Power Steam Generator Market Shares, 2009

Figure 2-33 2-65

Siemens Steam Turbine

Figure 2-34 2-68

Solar Collector Assembly

Table 2-35 2-70

Selected Steam Generator Vendors

Figure 2-36 2-72

Installed Concentrated Solar Energy Market Forecasts

Gigawatts, Worldwide, 2010-2016

Table 2-37 2-73

Solar Energy Concentrated Molten Salt Storage Installed

Megawatts Market Forecasts

Units and Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016

Table 2-38 2-74

Steam Generator Installed Base Units Market 2-

Forecasts Units and Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016

Figure 2-39 2-77

Photovoltaic Solar Panel Installed Capacity European

Market Segments, Megawatts, 2009

Table 2-40 2-78

Photovoltaic Solar Panel Installed Capacity European

Market Segments, Megawatts, 2009

Figure 2-41 2-78

Solar Regional Segment Revenue, Dollars, 2009

Table 2-42 2-79

Solar Regional Market Segments, Dollars, 2009

Figure 2-43 2-80

Solar World Regional Revenue

Figure 2-44 2-81

Solar World Regional Revenue

Figure 2-45 2-84

US PV Demand Buildup by State, 2008-2012

Figure 2-46 2-85

Industry Demand Forecast By Country

Figure 2-47 2-88

Regional Growth Opportunities

Figure 2-48 2-90

Public Policies Driving Solar Transition Markets

Figure 2-49 2-97

German Solar Panel Installation

Table 2-50 2-101

Germany's Largest Photovoltaic (PV) Power Plants

Figure 2-51 2-110

Mainland China Solar Positioning

Figure 2-52 2-113

Solar Emerging Markets

Figure 2-53 2-115

Solar Industry Outlook

Figure 2-54 2-117

Canadian Solar Geographical Segmentation

Utility Scale Solar Product Description

Figure 3-1 3-3

First Solar Utility Project Profiles

Figure 3-2 3-4

First Solar Large Installations

Figure 3-3 3-5

First Solar US Utility Market

Table 3-4 3-7

Commercial Project Classifications

Figure 3-5 3-8

First Solar Capacity Expansion Plan

Figure 3-6 3-9

First Solar Commercial Projects

Figure 3-6 (Continued) 3-10

First Solar Commercial Projects

Figure 3-7 3-10

First Solar Commercial Rooftops

Figure 3-8 3-11

First Solar Modules

Figure 3-9 3-12

First Solar Modules Manufacturing

Figure 3-10 3-13

First Solar Installations

Figure 3-11 3-16

Trina Solar $/kWh

Figure 3-12 3-18

Trina Solar Australian Daily Solar Output by Month - Average.

Table 3-13 3-20

Trina Solar Product Benefits

Table 3-14 3-21

Trina Solar Product Features

Table 3-14 (Continued) 3-22

Trina Solar Product Features

Table 3-15 3-23

Trina Solar Products

Table 3-15 (Continued) 3-24

Trina Solar Products

Figure 3-16 3-26

Trina Solar Modules

Figure 3-17 3-27

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Figure 3-17 (Continued) 3-28

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Figure 3-17 (Continued) 3-29

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Figure 3-17 (Continued) 3-30

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Figure 3-17 (Continued) 3-31

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Figure 3-17 (Continued) 3-32

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Figure 3-17 (Continued) 3-33

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Table 3-18 3-34

Examples of the Enereco Trina Solar Projects

Table 3-19 3-35

Examples of Trina Solar Gestamp Asetym and Other Solar Projects

Figure 3-20 3-38

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Figure 3-20 (Continued) 3-39

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Figure 3-20 (Continued) 3-40

Trina Solar Commercial Installations

Figure 3-21 3-41

Trina Solar Onnuri PV Plant Naju Korea

Figure 3-22 3-42

Trina Solar Utility Installations

Figue 3-23 3-43

Kyocera Avanzalia Has Inaugurated Two New Spanish Solar Power Plants

Figure 3-24 3-45

Kyocera Planta Solar de Don Quijote

Figure 3-25 3-46

Sharp Utility Solar Installation

Table 3-26 3-47

Sharp Solar Products

Table 3-27 3-49

Sharp Utility-Scale Solar Modules

Figure 3-27 3-50

Sharp Utility Scale Solar Installation

Table 3-28 3-58

Suntech Pluto™ Cell Technology Key Features

Figure 3-29 3-59

Scatec Solar Grid Connected Installation

Table 3-30 3-60

Scatec Solar Utility Project Development Phase

Table 3-31 3-61

Scatec Solar Utility Ground-Based Power Plant Components

Figure 3-32 3-68

Abengoa SA Solar Positioning

Figure 3-33 3-70

Abengoa SA Solar Parabolic Trough

Figure 3-34 3-71

Abengoa SA Solar Parabolic Trough ISCC

Figure 3-35 3-73

Abengoa SA Solar Parabolic Trough

Figure 3-36 3-74

Abengoa SA Solar Parabolic

Figure 3-37 3-82

BrightSource Energy Mirrors

Figure 3-38 3-83

BrightSource Energy Heliostats

Figure 3-39 3-85

BrightSource Energy Heliostat Control System

Table 3-40 3-86

BrightSource Energy Control System Functions

Table 3-41 3-87

BrightSource Energy Control System Conditions Controlled

Figure 3-42 3-88

BrightSource EnergyTower and Boiler

Figure 3-43 3-89

BrightSource Energy Power Block

Figure 3-44 3-92

Molten Salt As Solar Heat Battery

Figure 3-45 3-99

Siemens Solar-Thermal Power Plant: Putting the Desert to Use

Figure 3-46 3-100

Siemens Turbines for Solar Thermal Parabolic Trough

Table 3-47 3-106

Siemens CSP Solar Receiver (Universal Vacuum Air Collector UVAC 2010) Features

Figure 3-48 3-110

Asahi Glass Solar Curve Factor

Figure 3-49 3-111

Asahi Glass Textured Finish To Solar Panel

Figure 3-50 3-112

GE10 MW Solar Park Caceres, Spain 2008

Utility Scale Solar Technology

Figure 4-1 4-5

Parabolic Trough Collectors Producing Superheated Steam

Table 4-2 4-6

Parabolic trough thermal energy storage technology

Table 4-3 4-12

Thermal Energy Transfers Technical Feasibility

Of The System To A Series Of Heat Exchangers

Figure 4-4 4-20

Cross Section of Typical CIGS Solar Cell

Figure 4-5 4-22

Photovoltaic PV Theoretical Limits

Table 4-6 4-24

Fist Solar Technology Advantages

Figure 4-7 4-25

First Solar Technology Pathways to Improved

Solar Conversion Efficiency

Figure 4-8 4-27

PV Module Technology & Manufacturing

Figure 4-9 4-28

First Solar Top Down Efficiency of CdTe Technology

Figure 4-10 4-29

Bottom Up Efficiency of CdTe

Figure 4-11 4-31

CdTe Capabilities vs. First Solar Requirements

Figure 4-12 4-32

First Solar Comparison of CdTe to Other Technologies

Figure 4-13 4-33

Tuson Arizona Electric Use of Solar Power

Figure 4-14 4-Error! Bookmark not defined.

First Solar Improvements in Module Conversion Efficiencies

Table 4-15 4-35

First Solar Roadmap

Figure 4-16 4-36

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

Figure 4-17 4-37

Trina Solar Silicon Technology

Figure 4-18 4-39

SunTech Pluto Technology

Figure 4-19 4-45

Thin Film Panels

Figure 4-20 4-46

Effect of Shading on Solar Panel Efficiency

Utility Scale Solar Company Profiles

Figure 5-1 5-4

Abengoa International Presence

Figure 5-2 5-5

Abengoa Projects in Spain

Figure 5-3 5-6

Abengoa US Projects and Presence

Figure 5-4 5-7

Abengoa Algeria Projects and Presence

Figure 5-5 5-8

Abengoa Algeria Siting

Figure 5-6 5-9

Abengoa Moroco Projects and Presence

Figure 5-7 5-10

Abengoa Moroccan Firm ONE Projects

Table 5-8 5-12

ACCIONA Business Divisions

Figure 5-9 5-40

Asahi Glass Transparent Conductive Film Glass Substrates

Figure 5-10 5-43

Asahi Glass Fuel Cell

Figure 5-11 5-45

AGC Asahi Glass Ecoglass Sun Balance

Figure 5-12 5-47

AGC Asahi Glass Comparison Between Ordinary

Windshield and Coolverre 5-47

Figure 5-13

AGC Asahi Glass Effects of Coolverre

Figure 5-14 5-50

Asahi Glass Revenue

Figure 5-15 5-51

Asahi Glass Sales Ratios

Figure 5-16 5-53

AGC Asahi Glass New Glass Products

Figure 5-17 5-54

AGC Asahi Glass New Glass Products

Figure 5-18 5-55

Asahi Glass Segments

Figure 5-19 5-56

Asahi Glass Sales

Figure 5-20 5-57

Asahi Glass Performance Trends

Figure 5-21 5-58

Asahi Glass Growth Positioning

Figure 5-22 5-59

Asahi Glass Production Technologies

Figure 5-23 5-86

Directed Vapor Technology

Figure 5-24 5-88

DuPont Photovoltaic Encapsulant Functions

Figure 5-25 5-89

DuPont Photovoltaic Encapsulants

Table 5-26 5-91

DuPont Kapton® Features:

Table 5-27 5-92

DuPont Technical Data for Standard Kapton® Polyimide Film

Table 5-28 5-93

DuPont Teonex

Table 5-29 5-99

Hitachi Industrial Systems

Table 5-29 (Continued) 5-100

Hitachi Industrial Systems

Table 5-30 5-101

Hitachi Large Generator Positioning

Table 5-31 5-101

Hitachi Product Positioning

Table 5-32 5-107

Canadian Solar Investment Highlights

Figure 5-33 5-123

Energy Conversion Devices Flanders Expo – Gent Facility

Table 5-34 5-124

Uni-Solar Manufacturing Facilities:

Figure 5-35 5-125

ET Solar Group

Figure 5-36 5-130

First Solar Headquarters

Figure 5-37 5-132

First Solar Key Messages

Figure 5-38 5-133

First Solar Research

Figure 5-39 5-133

First Solar Design

Figure 5-40 5-134

First Solar Factory Runrate

Figure 5-41 5-135

First Solar Modules Manufacturing

Figure 5-42 5-136

First Solar European Business Model

Figure 5-43 5-137

First Solar US Business Model

Figure 5-44 5-138

First Solar US Utility Business Model

Figure 5-45 5-141

First Solar Utility Market Progress

Table 5-46 5-142

First Solar Competitive Positioning in Thin Film

Figure 5-47 5-144

First Solar 2010 Guidance Overview

Figure 5-48 5-145

First Solar Contracted Pipeline in Gigawatts

Figure 5-49 5-146

First Solar Pipeline Growth

Figure 5-50 5-148

First Solar Partners

Figure 5-51 5-149

First Solar Sustainable Cost Advantage Through Technology

Figure 5-52 5-150

First Solar Technology Cost Advantage

Figure 5-53 5-151

First Solar Technology Value

Figure 5-54 5-152

First Solar Sustainable Cost Advantage Technology

and Industry Model Migration

Figure 5-55 5-153

First Solar Sustainable Economic Advantage Through Technology

Figure 5-56 5-154

G24 Module Research

Table 5-57 5-155

G24 World Class Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Technology

DSSC Manufacturing Operation:

Table 5-58 5-156

G24I Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Technology Platform Functions

Figure 5-59 5-168

Kyocera Sales By Segment

Figure 5-60 5-169

Kyocera Sales by Region

Figure 5-61 5-170

Kyocera Sales Trends

Table 5-62 5-187

Miasolé Technology Problems Fixed:

Table 5-63 5-194

Oerlikon Coating Core Competencies

Figure 5-64 5-203

Q-Cells Regional Segments

Figure 5-65 5-209

Schott Sales By Region

Figure 5-66 5-211

Schott Products Glass-to-Metal-Seals and

Ceramic-to-Metal-Seals

Figure 5-67 5-212

Schott Automotive Glass

Figure 5-68 5-212

Schott Defense Seals

Figure 5-69 5-212

Schott Industry Special Products

Figure 5-69 (Continued) 5-213

Schott Industry Special Products

- Figure 5-69 (Continued) 5-214

Schott Industry Special Products

Table 5-70 5-215

Schott Electronic Packaging Product Benefits:

Figure 5-71 5-216

Schott A Flexible Glass Fiber Light Guides

Transmit The Light

Figure 5-72 5-218

Schott Ultra thin Glass Flexible Substrates

Figure 5-73 5-224

Sharp Revenue

Figure 5-74 5-224

Sharp Sales By Product Group

Table 5-75 5-231

Siemens Business Areas

Table 5-75 (Continued) 5-232

Siemens Business Areas

Table 5-76 5-233

Siemens Industrial Portals

Figure 5-77 5-234

Siemens Generator Turbine

Figure 5-78 5-241

Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics

Figure 5-79 5-243

Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics Laminating Machine

Figure 5-80 5-244

Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics Factory Line in Shenzhen

Figure 5-81 5-245

Shenzhen Sunshine Electronics Factory in Hubei:

Figure 5-82 5-246

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 5-83 5-260

Solar World Revenue

Figure 5-84 5-262

SolarWorld Group Headquarters

Figure 5-85 5-274

Suntech 2009 Revenue Q3

Figure 5-86 5-276

SunTech Mainland China Activities

Figure 5-87 5-277

SunTech North American Activities

Table 5-88 5-292

United Technologies Operating Segments

Figure 5-89 5-304

First Solar Sales Channels

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