Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, 2011 to 2017

Table of Contents

 

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)  Executive Summary 

 

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Solar Executive Summary  ES-1

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Solar Market Driving Forces  ES-1

Utilities Can Add Concentrated Solar Power Systems Incrementally  ES-2

Worldwide Demand For Energy  ES-2

US, Chinese, and European Solar Companies  ES-4

Impact of High Solar Irradiance  ES-5

Forces Driving Investment in Solar Energy  ES-7

Concentrating Solar Power Market Shares  ES-9

Concentrated Solar Market Forecasts  ES-10

 

 

 

 

 

 

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)  Market Description and Market Dynamics 

 

1.    Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Market

Description and Market Dynamics  1-1

1.1   Sun Abundant Source Of Energy  1-1

1.1.1    Solar Energy From the Sun  1-1

1.2   Power From the Sun  1-3

1.2.1    Solar Energy Supports Worldwide Demand For Electricity  1-4

1.2.2    The Solar Solution  1-5

1.3   Solar Industry Key Drivers  1-6

1.3.1    Demand Driven By The Availability Of

Government Economic Incentives  1-7

1.3.2    Government Incentives for Solar Power: 1-8

1.3.3    Solar Energy Benefits  1-9

1.4   Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Technologies  1-11

1.5   Sunlight Intensity in Various Regions  1-11

1.5.1    Average Solar Irradiance  1-13

1.5.2    Global Solar Resources for PV

Photovoltaic and CSP Technologies  1-14

1.5.3    Sunshine Index  1-17

1.5.4    Economics of PV   1-18

1.6   Solar Technology  1-21

1.6.1    Cost-Competitive Solar 1-21

1.7   Utility Power Positioning  1-22

1.7.1    Utility Solar Decision Making  1-23

1.8   Smart Electric Grid Overhaul: Utility  1-25

1.8.1    IBM Smart Grid  1-25

1.8.2    U.S. Electric Grid Needs Major Overhaul: Utility  1-26

1.9   Competition and Advanced PV Technologies  1-26

1.10     Era Of Cheap Energy  1-27

1.10.1  Unprecedented Level Of Development Worldwide  1-29

1.10.2  Population Increases  1-29

1.11     Tackling Climate Change  1-29

1.11.1  Greenhouse Gases  1-32

 

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)  Market Shares and Market Forecasts 

 

2. Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Solar

Market Shares and Forecasts  2-1

2.1   Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Solar

Market Driving Forces  2-1

2.1.1    Utilities Can Add Concentrated Solar

Power Systems Incrementally  2-2

2.1.2    Worldwide Demand For Energy  2-2

2.1.3    US, Chinese, and European Solar Companies  2-4

2.1.4    Impact of High Solar Irradiance  2-5

2.1.5    Forces Driving Investment in Solar Energy  2-7

2.2   Concentrating Solar Power Market Shares  2-9

2.2.1    Abengoa Solar Commercializes High-

Concentration Photovoltaic System   2-11

2.2.2    SolFocus  2-11

2.2.3    Acciona  2-12

2.2.4    Solar Millennium –  2-13

2.2.5    Solar Millennium   2-14

2.2.6    Areva  2-15

2.2.7    Areva / Ausra  2-16

2.2.8    Alstom   2-16

2.2.9    BrightSource Ivanpah  2-17

2.2.10  BrightSource Hidden Hills Economic Benefits  2-17

2.2.11  Brightsource Energy - 2-18

2.2.12  eSolar Concentrated Solar Thermal 2-20

2.2.13  eSolar / Google  2-20

2.2.14  GE to Invest $40 Million in eSolar 2-21

2.2.15  eSolar and GE   2-22

2.2.16  Siemens  2-23

2.2.17  Siemens / Solel 2-23

2.2.18  Boeing / Spectrolab  2-24

2.2.19  Boeing / SpectroLab  2-25

2.2.20  Solar Reserve Partnered With United Technologies  2-26

2.2.21  SolarReserve  2-27

2.2.22  Schott 2-27

2.2.23  Amonix Financial Flexibility For Utilities

Adds Solar Power Systems Incrementally As They

Become Needed  2-28

2.2.24  Clark Energy Group  2-28

2.2.25  Solaflect Energy  2-29

2.2.26  Amonix Utility Solar Resources  2-29

2.2.27  Masdar Operates Through Five Integrated Units  2-31

2.2.28  Masdar PV Production Capacity at Ichtershausen  2-32

2.2.29  Masdar PV   2-32

2.2.30  Masdar PV Thin-Film Photovoltaics  2-33

2.2.31  Masdar PV and Beck Energy Open-Space

Solar Park In Germany  2-33

2.2.32  ET Solar Grid Connection of a 2.9MW

Power Plant in Germany  2-34

2.2.33  Beijing Jingyuntong Technology  2-34

2.2.34  Companies Offering Fresnel Lens Systems  2-35

2.3   Concentrated Solar Market Forecasts  2-35

2.3.1    Concentrated Solar Power CSP  2-39

2.4   Developing Technologies: Concentrators  2-41

2.4.1    Solar Energy Cost-Of-Electricity Analysis  2-42

2.4.2    Concentrated Solar Thermal - Segment 2-43

2.4.3    Concentrating Solar Power Glass Discussion  2-45

2.4.4    Concentrated Solar Power Plants  2-47

2.4.5    Concentrating Solar Energy Market Forecast Analysis  2-49

2.4.6    Solar-Thermal Power Plant Technology: 2-50

2.5   Molten Salt Solar Utility Scale Energy Market Forecast 2-51

2.6   Solar Steam Generators  2-54

2.6.1    Parabolic Dish Stirling Solar Collectors  2-55

2.6.2    Solar Power Tower 2-55

2.7   Renewable Energy Growth  2-56

2.7.1    Buildings & Solar 2-58

2.8   Solar Market Opportunity  2-59

2.9   Solar Power Markets  2-63

2.9.1    Solar Power Market Shares  2-64

2.9.2    Solar Market Forecasts  2-68

2.9.3    Grid Parity  2-72

2.9.4    Impact of Oil Price on Solar Industry  2-82

2.9.5    Outlook for Solar Electricity  2-82

2.9.6    Solar Electricity Storage:  Thin Film

Batteries Complement The Hydrogen Manufacture  2-83

2.10     Solar Industry Segment Demand  2-85

2.11     Global Solar Resources  2-87

2.12     Solar Market Installed Capacity  2-88

2.12.1  PV Countries 2010  2-88

2.12.2  PV Installations by Technology  2-89

2.12.3  PV Installations by Application and Country  2-89

2.13     Solar Regional Market Segments  2-90

2.13.1  United States Solar Market 2-91

2.13.2  Germany, Italy, Spain, France, the United States,

Canada, China, India, and Australia provide FiT,

Rebates, Tax Incentives, And Other Incentives Subsidies  2-93

2.13.3  Australia: Solar Market 2-94

2.13.4  China: Solar Market 2-94

2.13.5  China's Insatiable Demand For Energy  2-95

2.13.6  Environmental Concerns Continue To Mount 2-96

2.13.7  Chinese Concerns About Power Reliability

 And Energy Security  2-97

2.13.8  China's Energy Policies Are Focused On

Fostering Energy And Environmental Conservation  2-97

2.13.9  India: Solar Market 2-100

 

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)  Product Description  

 

3      Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) 3-1

3.1   Heliostats  3-1

3.2   Abengoa SA   3-2

3.2.1    Abengoa Solar Commercial Operation of Solnova 3  3-4

3.2.2    Abengoa Solar Concentrating Solar Power 3-10

3.2.3    Abengoa Solar Power Tower 3-13

3.2.4    Abengoa Solar Operating Scheme For Tower Technology  3-14

3.2.5    Abengoa Solar Hybridation and Storage  3-17

3.2.6    Abengoa Solar Land Requirement For 20 MW Plants  3-19

3.2.7    Abengoa Solar ISCC (Integrated Solar Combined Cycle) 3-21

3.2.8    Abengoa Large Scale Solar Plants  3-23

3.3   eSolar  3-23

3.3.1    eSolar / Google  3-23

3.3.2    eSolar Technology  3-24

3.3.3    eSolar Products  3-25

3.3.4    eSolar Startup in the US Solar Technology Market 3-25

3.4   Google Solar Thermal Plant 3-26

3.5   BrightSource Energy  3-27

3.5.1    BrightSource. Energy / Luz  3-28

3.5.2    Brightsource Energy $1.4 Billion In Loan Guarantees From U.S. Department Of Energy  3-28

3.5.3    BrightSource Energy Ivanpah Project 3-29

3.5.4    BrightSource Energy Luz Power Tower

550 (LPT 550) Technology  3-31

3.5.5    Brightsource Energy Reduced Footprint

Mitigation For Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System   3-32

3.5.6    BrightSource Energy Mirrors  3-33

3.5.7    BrightSource Energy Heliostats  3-34

3.5.8    BrightSource Energy Heliostat Control System   3-36

3.5.9    BrightSource EnergyTower and Boiler 3-38

3.5.10  BrightSource Energy Power Block  3-40

3.6   Schott 3-41

3.6.1    Schott Parabolic Recievers  3-41

Schott Powered Thermal Parabolic Trough Power 3-43

3.7   Areva / Ausra  3-43

3.7.1    Areva Strategy  3-44

3.7.2    Ausra  3-44

3.8   Ausra  3-45

3.8.1    Ausra Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) 3-47

3.9   Acciona  3-49

3.9.1    Acciona  3-52

3.10     Concentrating Photovoltiac Systems  3-52

3.11     Amonix  3-53

3.11.1  Thermax Limited Partners With Amonix  3-54

3.11.2  Amonix Manufacturing Facility  3-55

3.11.3  Amonix Solar Power Distributed Utility Model 3-56

3.11.4  Amonix Financial Flexibility For Utilities:

Power Systems Added Incrementally As Needed  3-56

3.11.5  Amonix  /  Thermax  3-57

3.12     Entech Solar Energy Hybrid  3-59

3.12.1  Entech Collimating Skylight Overview   3-60

3.12.2  Entech Inexpensive Fresnel Lenses  3-61

3.12.3  Entech Collimating Skylight Overview   3-61

3.12.4  Entech Solar SolarVolt™ Module  3-63

3.13     Fresnel Lens Systems  3-66

3.14     Soitec Group / Concentrix Solar  3-66

3.14.1  Soitec Concentrix™ Technology  3-66

3.15     Green and Gold Energy / SolarCube  3-69

3.16     Emcore  3-71

3.16.1  Emcore Supplies Concentrator Solar Cells from

Green and Gold Energy  3-71

3.16.2  EMCORE Acquires Soliant Energy  3-71

3.17     Parabolic Dish Stirling Engine  3-76

3.18     Stirling Energy Systems  3-77

3.18.1  Stirling Energy Systems  3-77

3.18.2  Stirling Energy Systems SunCatcher 3-77

3.18.3  Stirling Energy Systems SunCatcher™ Technology  3-78

3.18.4  Stirling Energy Systems SunCatcher 3-82

3.19     Infinia  3-83

3.19.1  Infinia Powerdish  3-83

3.19.2  Infinia PowerDish  3-83

3.20     SOL3G   3-84

3.20.1  SOL3G M40 module  3-85

3.20.2  SOL3G Gira-Sol System GS700  3-86

3.21     Solergy  3-87

4.1.1    Solergy Cogen CPV™    3-88

4.1.2    Solergy Solar PV / Concentrated  3-89

3.22     SolFocus  3-90

3.22.1  SolFocus CPV Systems  3-90

3.23     Pacific SolarTech  3-96

3.23.1  Pacific SolarTech MicroPV TM Concentrator

Photovoltaic Modules  3-97

3.24     Whitfield Solar  3-98

3.24.1  Whitfield Solar System Solar Panel Two-axis Tracker 3-101

3.25     Prism Solar Technologies  3-106

4.1.3    Prism Solar Modules  3-108

3.25.1  Prism Solar Technologies Dual Aperture Aspect 3-109

3.26     EMCORE Concentrator Photovoltaic

Arrays (CPV) Solar Power Solutions  3-110

3.26.1  Emcore's Multi- Junction Solar Cell Technology

Adapted to Terrestrial Power Generation  3-111

3.26.2  Emcore / Soliant / Heliotube  3-113

3.27     ZenithSolar Concentrated  3-113

3.27.1  Z20 Solar Energy Generator 3-114

3.28     Sunrgi Concentrated Photovoltaic System   3-119

3.28.1  SUNRGI  3-119

3.28.2  Sunrgi Technology  3-119

3.29     CoolEarth Solar  3-121

3.29.1  CoolEarth Solar Concentrators Focus the Sun  3-123

3.29.2  CoolEarth Solar Support System   3-123

3.29.3  CoolEarth Solar Balloon Technology  3-124

3.30     GreenVolt 3-124

3.30.1  GreenVolt Scalable, Reliable, High Performance Solar 3-125

3.31     Lateral Aperture Solar Design  3-126

3.32     Maxxun  3-126

3.32.1  Maxxun PV Cell 3-126

3.33     Stellaris  3-127

3.33.1  Stellaris ClearPower Modules  3-127

3.34     Sol Solution  3-128

3.35     H2Go  3-128

3.36     Sunengy Liquid Solar Array  3-128

3.36.1  Sunengy Liquid Solar Array LSA Technology  3-129

3.36.2  Energy Innovations  3-131

4.1.4    Energy Innovations Technology  3-135

3.36.3  Energy Innovations Advanced Optical Design  3-135

3.36.4  Energy Innovations Triple Junction Cells  3-136

3.36.5  Energy Innovations 2-Axis Tracking  3-136

3.36.6  Energy Innovations Built-in Performance Monitoring  3-136

3.36.7  Energy Innovations Low-Profile Design  3-137

3.36.8  Energy Innovations Ease of Installation  3-137

3.36.9  Energy Innovations Lowest Installed Cost 3-137

3.36.10 Energy Innovations Micro-Converter Technology  3-138

3.37     Pythagoras Solar  3-139

4.1.5    Photovoltaic Glass Unit (PVGU) 3-139

3.38     SVV Technology Innovations  3-140

3.38.1  SVV Technology Ring - Array Solar Concentrator 3-142

3.38.2  SVV Technology Slat - Array Solar Concentrator (SAC) 3-144

3.39     Solaflect Energy  3-145

3.39.1  Solaflect Energy Hot Water or Electricity  3-145

3.39.2  Solaflect Energy Hot Water 3-145

3.39.3  Solaflect Energy Electricity  3-147

3.40     Concentrating Thermal Systems  3-148

3.41     AORA   3-148

4.1.6    AORA Technology  3-148

3.42     Beam Down Solar  3-149

3.43     BrightSource  3-150

3.43.1  BrightSource Ivanpah  3-151

3.43.2  BrightSource Energy Solar Energy Development Center 3-154

3.43.3  BrightSource Energy Hidden Hills  3-155

3.44     Solargenix  3-157

3.44.1  Solargenix Nevada Solar One, a 64-

Megawatt (MW) Solar Electric Power Plant Project 3-159

3.45     Solucar  3-161

3.46     Sopogy  3-161

3.47     Biomass / Solar  Concentrated  3-161

3.48     Andersen Manufacturing  3-161

3.49     Spain Plugs In World's Largest Solar Tower  3-163

3.50     Parabolic Trough Technology  3-163

3.50.1  Abengoa Solar Parabolic Trough  3-163

3.50.2  Abengoa Solar Concentrating Solar Power Requirements  3-170

3.51     Flagsol 3-175

3.52     SkyFuel 3-175

3.53     HelioDynamics  3-175

3.54     Practical Solar  3-176

3.55     GreenShift' 3-176

3.56     Menova Energy  3-176

3.57     AXT   3-177

3.58     AzurSpace  3-178

3.59     Boeing / SpectroLab  3-178

3.59.1  Spectrolab  3-178

3.59.2  Boeing Satellite Solar-Cell Technology  3-179

3.60     Spire Semiconductor, LLC   3-182

3.61     Masdar PV   3-183

3.61.1  Masdar PV Modules Amorphous Modules  3-186

3.61.2  Masdar PV Micromorph Modules  3-187

3.62     Solar Thermal 3-191

3.63     Solar Millennium –  3-191

3.63.1  Solar Millennium Salts To Replace Oil In

Parabolic Trough Power Plants  193

3.64     Intersolar North America  3-196

3.65     United Technologies  3-196

3.65.1  United Technologies / Hamilton Sundstrand /

SolarReserve  3-197

3.65.2  United Technologies Hamilton Sundstrand Unit 3-197

3.65.3  United Technologies Hamilton Sundstrand  3-199

3.65.4  United Technologies / Hamilton Sundstrand /

SolarReserve Power Towers  3-201

3.65.5  United Technologies / Hamilton Sundstrand /

SolarReserve  3-201

3.65.6  United Technologies / Hamilton Sundstrand /

SolarReserve  3-202

3.65.7  United Technologies / Hamilton Sundstrand /

SolarReserve  3-202

3.65.8  Rocketdyne / SolarReserve  3-203

3.65.9  Solar Thermal With Molten Salt Energy Storage:

SolarReserve Heads to Nevada  3-203

3.65.10 Solar Reserve Partnered With United Technologies  3-204

3.66     Siemens Energy Sector / Renewable Energy Division  3-206

3.66.1  Siemens Solar-Thermal Power Plant 3-206

3.66.2  Siemens Global Market Leader For Turbines In

 Solar Thermal Parabolic Trough Power Plants  3-208

3.66.3  Siemens Solar-Thermal Power Plant: Putting the

Desert to Use  3-209

3.66.4  Siemens 123-MW Steam Turbine-Generator For

Solar Thermal Power Plant In California  3-210

3.66.5  Siemens Solar Efficiency  3-212

3.66.6  Siemens Next-Generation Solar UVAC Receiver

Increases Thermal Output Of Power Plants  3-213

3.66.7  Siemens –  3-216

3.67     Asahi Glass  3-217

3.67.1  Asahi Glass Flexible Solar Cells  3-217

3.68     GE   3-221

3.69     Hitachi 3-222

3.70     Solar Thermal Water Heating Units  3-223

3.70.1  Zing Solar Water Heating  3-223

3.70.2  Vajra Plus Solar Water Heating  3-224

3.70.3  Hotmax Nova Solar Heating  3-224

3.70.4  TATA BP Solar Business Energy  3-224

3.71     Daqo New Energy Solar Module  3-226

3.72     Dyesol DSC Applications Designs In BIPV   3-227

3.73     JinkoSolar Value Chain  3-228

3.73.1  JinkoSolar Product Traceability Control 3-228

3.73.2  JinkoSolar High Efficiency Modules  3-229

3.73.3  JinkoSolar High Efficiency Cells  3-230

3.73.4  JinkoSolar High Quality Wafers  3-230

3.73.5  JinkoSolar Advanced Technology  3-230

 

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)  Technology 

 

4. Concentrating Solar Systems Strategy,

Technology, and Applications  4-1

4.1   Types of PV Systems  4-1

4.2   Concentrating Solar Power  4-4

4.3   Solar Reflectors  4-11

4.3.1    Semiconductors Absorb Light 4-12

4.3.2    How Solar Energy Works  4-13

4.3.3    Connecting to the Grid: 4-13

4.3.4    SunEdison's Approach: 4-13

4.3.5    Solar Electricity  4-14

4.4   Entech Solar Collimator ™ Technology  4-14

4.5   CSP Used To Produce Electricity  4-16

4.5.1    Parabolic Trough  4-17

4.5.2    Solar-Thermal Power Plant Technology: 4-17

4.6   Parabolic Dish Stirling Solar Collectors  4-18

4.7   Solar Power Tower  4-19

4.8   Fresnel Lenses  4-19

4.8.1    Fresnel Reflectors  4-20

4.9   Pacific Solartech Concentrator Photovoltaic

Modules Technology  4-20

4.10     BrightSource Energy LPT Solar

Thermal Energy System   4-22

4.10.1  BrightSource’s LPT solar thermal system Heliostats  4-23

4.10.2  BrightSource Solar Receiver (Boiler) 4-25

4.10.3  BrightSource Storage  4-26

4.10.4  BrightSource Technology  4-27

 

 

 

 

 

 

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)  Company Profiles 

 

5. Concentrating Solar Energy Company Profiles  5-1

5.1   Abengoa Solar  5-1

5.1.1    Abengoa Solana: The World's Largest Solar Plant 5-3

5.1.2    Abengoa Solar 5-6

5.1.3    Abengoa Solar Concentrating Solar Power 5-8

5.1.4    Abengoa Solar Photovoltaic  5-8

5.1.5    Abengoa Solar Customized Industrial and

Commercial Applications  5-12

5.1.6    Abengoa Research and Development of Solar Technology  5-12

5.1.7    Abengoa Solar Commercializes

High-Concentration Photovoltaic System   5-15

5.1.8    Joint Venture Between Masdar (60%),

Total (20%) and Abengoa (20%) Shams-1 Solar Project 5-16

5.1.9    Abengoa  5-18

5.1.10  Abengoa and Climate Change  5-19

5.2   Acciona Solar Power  5-27

5.2.1    Acciona Sustainability  5-29

5.2.2    Acciona U.S. Projects  5-29

5.2.3    Acciona Canadian Projects  5-30

5.2.4    Acciona Energa, s.a. –  5-31

5.2.5    Acciona World Leader In Renewables  5-31

5.2.6    Acciona (Navarre, Spain) 5-33

5.2.7    Ten Entities Finance Acciona's Eurus

Windpark In Mexico With Usd375m   5-34

5.2.8    Acciona Energy Wind Parks in Mexico  5-34

5.2.9    Acciona And Dhamma Energy Sign An

Agreement To Develop 250 Mw Of Photovoltaic Power In France  5-35

5.2.10  Acciona Financial Information  5-36

5.2.11  Acciona2009 Revenue Results  5-37

5.2.12  Acciona Business strategy  5-38

5.2.13  Acciona Project Development 5-39

5.2.14  Acciona Exploitation And Sale Of Power 5-40

5.2.15  Acciona Wind Energy  5-42

5.2.16  Acciona Production  5-44

5.2.17  Acciona Photovoltaic  5-44

5.2.18  Acciona Other Facilities  5-45

5.2.19  Acciona Solar Thermal Power 5-46

5.2.20  AccionaFour Plants in Spain  5-47

5.2.21  Acciona Installations for Customers  5-47

5.2.22  Acciona Hydropower 5-48

5.3   Andersen Manufacturing  5-58

5.4   Applied Materials  5-59

5.4.1    Applied Materials Segment Analysis  5-60

5.4.2    Applied Materials Silicon Segment 5-61

5.4.3    Applied Three-Dimensional (3D) ICs  5-63

5.4.4    Applied Materials Deposition  5-64

5.4.5    Applied Materials Atomic Layer Deposition  5-64

5.4.6    Applied Materials Chemical Vapor Deposition  5-65

5.4.7    Applied Materials Applied Producer CVD Platform   5-65

5.4.8    Applied Materials Low k Dielectric Films —    5-66

5.4.9    Applied Materials Lithography-Enabling Solutions  5-66

5.4.10  Applied Materials Gap Fill Films —    5-66

5.4.11  Applied Materials Strain Engineering Solutions  5-67

5.4.12  Applied Materials Epitaxial Deposition  5-67

5.4.13  Applied Materials Polysilicon Deposition —    5-68

5.4.14  Applied Materials Tungsten Deposition —    5-68

5.4.15  Applied Materials Physical Vapor Deposition  5-69

5.4.16  Applied Materials Etch  5-70

5.4.17  Applied Materials Rapid Thermal Processing  5-71

5.4.18  Applied Materials Chemical Mechanical Planarization  5-72

5.4.19  Applied Materials Metrology and Wafer Inspection  5-72

5.4.20  Applied Materials Critical Dimension and

Defect Review Scanning Electron

Microscopes (CD-SEMs and DR-SEMs) 5-72

5.4.21  Applied Materials Wafer Inspection  5-74

5.4.22  Applied Materials Mask Making  5-74

5.4.23  Applied Materials Display Segment 5-75

5.4.24  Applied Global Services Segment 5-75

5.4.25  Applied Materials Fab Services —    5-76

5.4.26  Applied Films Vacuum Coating Technologies  5-76

5.4.27  Applied Materials Energy and

Environmental Solutions Segment 5-77

5.5   AORA   5-81

5.5.1    AORA (formerly EDIG Solar) Belongs To The

EDIG Group Of Companies  5-82

5.6   Areva / Ausra  5-83

5.6.1    AREVA Leads Global Nuclear Power Industry  5-84

5.6.2    Areva Ranked First In The Global Nuclear Power Industry  5-84

5.6.3    Areva / Ausra  5-86

5.6.4    Areva Group  5-87

5.6.5    An Organization Combining Operational

Decentralization And Global Coordination  5-87

5.6.6    Areva Power Generation With Less Carbon Solutions  5-88

5.6.7    Areva Fundamentals Of A World Leader In Energy  5-88

5.6.8    AREVA Key Figures for 2010  5-89

5.6.9    AREVA Group  5-90

5.6.10  AREVA Mining-Front End Business Groups –

One Of The Leaders In Its Field  5-91

5.6.11  AREVA Reactors and Services, Number 1 in the World  5-91

5.6.12  AREVA Back End Activities, A Major

Technological And Industrial Advance  5-92

5.6.13  Renewable Energy, a Major Challenge  5-92

5.6.14  Revenue  5-93

5.7   Asahi Glass Co Ltd  5-93

5.7.1    Asahi Glass Fuel Cell 5-96

5.7.2    Asahi Glass Fuel Cells Close To Practical Use  5-97

5.7.3    Asahi Glass Fuel Cells In Daily Life In 2010  5-98

5.7.4    Asahi Glass Chemicals Business as Core

Business to the AGC Group  5-98

5.7.5    Asahi Glass ETFE Film With High

Transparency And Flexibility  5-101

5.7.6    AGC Asahi GlassRevenue  5-102

5.7.7    Asahi Glass Revenue  5-108

5.8   AZUR SPACE Solar Power  5-113

5.9   Battelle  5-113

5.10     BrightSource Energy  5-114

5.10.1  BrightSource. Energy / Luz  5-115

5.10.2  BrightSource Energy $1.4 billion In

Loan Guarantees From The U.S. Department of Energy  5-115

5.10.3  BrightSource Energy Ivanpah Project:

Clean Energy, Union Jobs, Environmentally-Responsible  5-116

5.10.4  BrightSource Energy Luz Power

Tower 550 (LPT 550) Technology  5-117

5.10.5  Brightsource Energy $150 Million Of Equity Financing  5-117

5.10.6  BrightSource Energy  5-119

5.10.7  BrightSource Investors  5-121

5.10.8  BrightSource Energy Hiddens Hills Solar

 Electric Generating System   5-123

5.10.9  BrightSource Hidden Hills Economic Benefits  5-124

5.11     Boeing  5-127

5.11.1  Boeing 787 Dreamliner 5-128

5.11.2  Boeing 787 Dreamliner Performance  5-128

5.11.3  Boeing Advanced Technology  5-129

5.11.4  Boeing Participation In Commercial Jet Aircraft Market 5-130

5.11.5  Boeing Participation In Defense Industry

 Jet Aircraft Market 5-130

5.11.6  Boeing Defense, Space & Security  5-131

5.11.7  Boeing Advanced Military Aircraft: 5-131

5.11.8  Boeing Military Aircraft 5-132

5.11.9  Boeing Continuing Progress  5-138

5.11.10  Boeing-iRobot Team Receives New

SUGV Task Order From US Army  5-138

5.11.11  Boeing Company/ Spectrolab, 5-139

5.12     Cool Earth Solar  5-140

5.12.1  Cool Earth Solar Expands Operations  5-140

5.13     Corning  5-141

5.13.1  Corning Display Technologies Segment 5-141

5.13.2  Corning Revenue  5-143

5.13.3  Corning Display Technologies Segment 5-146

5.13.4  Corning Telecommunications Segment 5-147

5.13.5  Corning Environmental Technologies Segment 5-148

5.13.6  Corning Specialty Materials Segment 5-148

5.13.7  Corning Life Sciences Segment 5-149

5.14     Directed Vapor Technology  5-149

5.14.1  Directed Vapor Deposition Next Generation

Coating Technology  5-149

5.15     du Pont 5-151

5.15.1  DuPont 5-151

5.15.2  DuPont™ Kapton®   5-154

5.15.3  DuPont™ Kapton® Polyimide Films  5-154

5.15.4  DuPont Teonex  5-157

5.16     Emcore  5-158

5.16.1  Fiber Optics  5-161

5.16.2  Cable Television (CATV) and Fiber-To-The-

Premise (FTTP) Networks  5-163

5.16.3  Telecommunications Networks  5-164

5.16.4  Data Communications Networks  5-165

5.16.5  Satellite Communications Networks  5-167

5.16.6  Storage Area Networks  5-167

5.16.7  Emcore Defense and Homeland Security  5-167

5.16.8  Photovoltaics: EMCORE Photovoltaics and

Solar Power 5-168

5.16.9  Emcore Acquires CPV Soliant 5-171

5.17     Energy Innovations  5-172

5.18     WorldWater & Solar Technologies /

Entech Solar  5-173

5.18.1  WorldWater & Solar Technologies / Entech  5-174

5.18.2  Entech Solar Certification of Daylighting Product 5-175

5.18.3  Energy Focus / Entech Solar Commercial

Skylighting Distribution Agreement 5-176

5.19     eSolar  5-177

5.19.1  eSolar Investors  5-178

5.19.2  GE to Invest $40 Million in eSolar 5-182

5.19.3  eSolar Awards  5-185

5.20     ET Solar  5-185

5.20.1  ET Solar Corporate Vision  5-186

5.20.2  ET Solar Modules Adopted in a UK

Commercial Rooftop Project 5-187

5.20.3  ET Solar / Zep Compatible Modules for

Rooftop PV Systems  5-187

5.20.4  ET Solar Grid Connection of a 2.9MW

Power Plant in Germany  5-188

5.21     GE Energy  5-189

5.21.1  GE Steam Turbines to Boost Output,

Efficiency of Saudi Electricity Company’s

Qurayyah Power Plant 5-189

5.21.2  GE Emissions Testing Team Becomes

Early Adopter of Future EPA Standards  5-191

5.21.3  GE Smart Grid Technologies Transform Ireland’s Energy  5-192

5.22     Green and Gold Energy / SunCube™

International Group (SCIG) 5-193

5.23     GreenVolts  5-195

5.23.1  GreenVolts Global Cleantech 100 Clean

Technology Company  5-197

5.24     Hitachi 5-198

5.24.1  Hitachi America  5-201

5.24.2  Hitachi America, Ltd. Focusing On Smart

Grid Energy Storage for Solar Farms  5-202

5.24.3  Hitachi Long Life Lead Acid Batteries  5-203

5.25     Infinia  5-204

5.26     Mubadala / Masdar  5-207

5.26.1  Masdar Operates Through Five Integrated Units  5-209

5.26.2  Masdar PV   5-211

5.26.3  Masdar Initiative  5-213

5.26.4  Masdar PV Production Capacity at Ichtershausen  5-217

5.26.5  Masdar PV and Raabvill Kft. Build Solar Parks

With Full Size Modules  5-218

5.26.6  Masdar PV and Beck Energy Open-Space

Solar Park In Germany  5-219

5.27     Pacific Solar Tech  5-220

5.28     Prism Solar Technologies  5-221

5.29     Pythagoras Solar  5-222

5.29.1  Prism Solar Technologies BIPV   5-223

5.29.2  Pythagoras Solar Solution  5-223

5.30     Schott 5-225

5.30.1  Schott Electronic Packaging Gmbh  5-229

5.30.2  Schott AgFlat Glass  5-233

5.30.3  Schott Technological Competence  5-235

5.30.4  SCHOTT Solar Global presence  5-236

5.30.5  SCHOTT Solar Photovoltaics (PV) Business Division  5-236

5.30.6  SCHOTT Solar 2008 – Hospital Ward In Senegal 5-238

5.30.7  SCHOTT Light for Tanzania  5-239

5.30.8  SCHOTT Solar PV and Consolidated Solar

Technologies Inaugurate Photovoltaic Solar Installation at

Moriarty High School 5-239

5.30.9  SCHOTT Solar Black Frame Modules  5-240

5.30.10  SCHOTT Solar comes out on top in PV+

Test Conducted by Solarpraxis and TÜV Rheinland  5-241

5.31     SEIA: 5-241

5.32     Siemens  5-242

5.32.1  Siemens Business Areas  5-244

5.32.2  Siemens Steam Turbine-Generator to England –

Delivery Scheduled In 13 Months  5-247

5.32.3  Siemens Energy Sector 5-249

5.32.4  Siemens / Solel 5-250

5.32.5  Siemens Wind Power A/S –  5-252

5.32.6  Siemens Fossil Power Generation  5-253

5.32.7  Siemens Renewable Energy Revenue and Orders  5-255

5.32.8  Siemens Regional Revenue  5-256

5.32.9  Siemens Revenue  5-258

5.32.10  Siemens’ Worldwide Network  5-259

5.33     Sol3G   5-260

5.34     Solaflect Energy  5-261

5.34.1  Solargenix Energy, LLC   5-262

5.34.2  Solaflect Energy Non-Tracking Evacuated Tube Collectors  5-264

5.34.3  Solaflect Energy Solar Trough Power Plants  5-264

5.34.4  Solaflect Energy Desalination  5-265

5.35     Solergy  5-268

5.35.1  Solergy Building Integrated CPV (BICPV)

Solution for Greenhouses And To Cultivate Roses  5-268

5.36     SolFocus  5-269

5.36.1  SolFocus CPV System Leverages

Panel Technology and Optimizes Large-Scale Deployments  5-270

5.36.2  SolFocus  5-271

5.36.3  SolFocus Low Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Intensity  5-273

5.36.4  No Water Consumption  5-273

5.36.5  SolFocus Less Disruption of the Land and

Local Ecosystem   5-274

5.36.6  CPV technology: 5-277

5.36.7  SolFocus Partners with Bechtel to Deliver

Renewable Power for California Agribusiness  5-278

5.36.8  SolFocus and Vision Electro Mechanical Company to

Build the Largest Solar Power Plant of its Kind in Saudi Arabia  5-279

5.37     Solitec / Concentrix Solar  5-279

5.37.1  Soitec Concentrix™ Technology  5-280

5.38     Solar Millennium   5-280

5.38.1  Solar Millennium Revenue First

Half Of The Fiscal Year 5-283

5.38.2  Solar Millennium AG: Solar-Thermal

Power Plant Technology: 5-284

5.39     Solyndra Shut The Doors To Its

California Headquarters  5-287

5.39.1  Solyndra: The Rooftop Solar Leader 5-288

5.40     Sol Solutions  5-289

5.41     Stellaris  5-290

5.42     Stirling Energy Systems  5-290

5.42.1  Stirling Energy Systems SunCatcherTM Technology  5-292

5.43     Sunengy Liquid Solar Array  5-292

5.44     Sunrgi 5-295

5.45     SVV Technology Innovations  5-295

5.46     Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy

Cooperation (TREC) 5-296

5.46.1  TREC-UK - 5-296

5.47     United Technologies / SolarReserve  5-297

5.47.1  United Technologies  5-298

5.47.2  United Technologies / Hamilton Sundstrand  5-301

5.47.3  Hamilton Sundstrand Technologically

Advanced Aerospace And Industrial Products  5-303

5.47.4  United Technologies Revenue  5-305

5.48     Whitfield Solar  5-306

5.48.1  Whitfield CPV- The Power To Progress  5-315

5.49     Whole Energy Solar  5-316

5.50     Zenith Solar  5-317

5.50.1  ZenithSolar Values  5-319

5.50.2  ZenithSolar Strengths  5-320

5.50.3  ZenithSolar to Build Two 10 MW CHP Solar

Stations in Gansu, China  5-320

5.51     Three US Solar Companies Go Bankrupt 5-322

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

List of Tables and Figures

 

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)  Executive Summary 

 

Table ES-1  ES-4

Solar Market Growth Key Factors Driving Demand

Figure ES-2  ES-6

Average Solar Irradiance 

Table ES-3  ES-7

Forces Driving Investment in Concentrating Solar Energy 

Figure ES-4  ES-9

Concentrating Solar Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010 

Figure ES-5  ES-11

Concentrated Solar Power Market Forecasts,

Worldwide, Dollars, 2011-2017 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)  Market Description and Market Dynamics 

 

Figure 1-1  1-6

Global Primary Energy Scenario 

Table 1-2  1-10

Solar Fosters Energy Independence 

Figure 1-3  1-12

Solar Panel Azimuth Angle and Magnetic Declination 

Figure 1-4  1-13

Average Solar Irradiance 

Figure 1-5  1-14

Global Solar Resources for PV Photovoltaic and CSP Technologies                                                                         

Figure 1-6  1-15

Regional Power Output Levels Per kw Of Generation

Using GE Solar Electric Power Systems 

Figure 1-7  1-16

Map of Solar Electricity Potential In Europe 

Figure 1-8  1-17

Sunshine Index, U.S.

Figure 1-9  1-19

US Average Daily Solar Energy Received By A Latitude

Tilt Photovoltaic Cell

Table 1-10  1-20

Sustainable Solar Energy Market Aspects 

Figure 1-11  1-30

Driving Forces for Climate Change 

Table 1-12  1-31

International Energy Agency Forecasts for 2030 

Table 1-13  1-32

Importance of Energy Management

 

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)  Market Shares and Market Forecasts 

 

Table 2-1  2-4

Solar Market Growth Key Factors Driving Demand 

Figure 2-2  2-6

Average Solar Irradiance 

Table 2-3  2-7

Forces Driving Investment in Concentrating Solar Energy 

Figure 2-4  2-9

Concentrating Solar Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010 

Table 2-5  2-10

Concentrating Solar Energy Market Shares, Dollars,

Worldwide, 2010 

Table 2-6  2-30

Solargenix Energy, LLC Nevada One 

Figure 2-7  2-36

Concentrated Solar Power Market Forecasts,

Worldwide, Dollars, 2011-2017 

Table 2-8  2-37

Concentrated Solar Market Forecasts, Dollars and

Megawatts, Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Figure 2-9  2-44

Concentrating Solar Power 

Figure 2-10  2-47

Parabolic Trough CSP System  

Figure 2-11  2-52

Molten Salt Storage Receiver Market Forecasts Dollars,

Worldwide, 2010-2016 

Table 2-12  2-53

Solar Power Thermal Market Shipment Forecasts,

Molten Salt Storage Units and Dollars,

Worldwide, 2010-2016 

Table 2-13  2-54

Solar Power Thermal Market Shipment Forecasts,

Molten Salt Storage Units, Worldwide, 2010-2016 

Table 2-14  2-59

Solar BIPV Advantages:

Table 2-15  2-61

Solar Panel Megawatts Shipped Market Shares,

Worldwide, 2009 and 2010 

Figure 2-16  2-65

Solar Panel and Systems Market Shares, Dollars,  2010 

Table 2-17  2-66

Solar Energy Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010 

Figure 2-18  2-69

Solar Panel and Systems Markets Forecasts Dollars,

Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Table 2-19  2-70

Solar Crystalline Silicon, Thin Film, Concentrated Power

Market Segments, Dollars, Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Table 2-20  2-71

Solar Market Segments MegaWatts, Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Figure 2-21  2-73

First Solar Module Roadmap to Grid Parity 

Table 2-22  2-74

Solar Crystalline Silicon, Thin Film, Concentrated

Power Market Segments, Percent, Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Figure 2-23  2-75

Solar Industry Dollars to Megawatts Ratio,

Worldwide, Forecasts, 2010-2017 

Figure 2-24  2-76

Solar Industry Dollars to Megawatts Ratio,

Forecasts, 2010-2017 

 

Table 2-25  2-77

Solar Market Segments MegaWatts and Dollars

Comparison, Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Table 2-26  2-84

Electrical Storage Mechanisms 

Figure 2-27  2-87

Global Solar Resources for PV Photovoltaic and CSP Technologies

Table 2-28  2-90

Solar Panel and Systems Regional Market Segments, 2010 

Table 2-29  2-98

Risks Related to Doing Business in China 

 

 

 

Text Box: RISKS RELATED TO DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA 
•	Amount of government involvement
•	Level of development
•	Growth rate
•	Control of foreign exchange
•	Allocation of resources
Source:  WinterGreen Research, Inc
                                                                                                                     

 

 

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)  Product Description  

 

Figure 3-1  3-3

Abengoa SA Solar Positioning 

Figure 3-2  3-5

Abengoa SA Solar Parabolic Trough 

Figure 3-3  3-6

Abengoa SA Solar Parabolic Trough ISCC  

Figure 3-4  3-8

Abengoa SA Solar Parabolic Trough 

Figure 3-5  3-9

Abengoa SA Solar Parabolic 

Figure 3-6  3-10

Abengoa Solar Radiation Concentration 

Figure 3-7  3-12

Abengoa Solar Concentrating Power 

Figure 3-8  3-14

Abengoa Solar Tower Systems Create A Heliostat

Field Comprised Of Movable Mirrors 

Table 3-9  3-15

Abengoa Solar Operating Scheme For Tower Technology 

Figure 3-10  3-16

Abengoa Solar Towers 

Table 3-11  3-18

Abengoa Solar Tower Technology Plant Requirements 

Figure 3-12  3-19

Abengoa Solar Tower Technology 

Figure 3-13  3-20

Abengoa Solar Land Requirements 

Table 3-14  3-21

Abengoa Solar Solar Tower Basic Requirements 

Figure 3-15  3-22

Abengoa Solar Independent Projects 

Figure 3-16  3-33

BrightSource Energy Mirrors 

Figure 3-17  3-34

BrightSource Energy Heliostats 

Figure 3-18  3-36

BrightSource Energy Heliostat Control System  

Table 3-19  3-37

BrightSource Energy Control System Functions 

Table 3-20  3-38

BrightSource Energy Control System Conditions Controlled 

Figure 3-21  3-39

BrightSource EnergyTower and Boiler 

Figure 3-22  3-40

BrightSource Energy Power Block 

Table 3-23  3-42

SCHOTT POLY® PV Modules Key Advantages:

Table 3-24  3-46

Ausra Rows Of Mirrors Advantages 

Figure 3-25  3-47

Ausra Mirror Reflectors 

Figure 3-26  3-48

Ausra Long Rows of Fresnel Reflector Mirrors 

Figure 3-27  3-49

Acciona Solar Power 

Figure 3-28  3-50

Acciona Solar Power Modules 

Figure 3-29  3-51

Acciona Solar Mirrors 

Figure 3-30  3-58

Amonix Utility CPV Module Pods 

Table 3-31  3-59

Entech Modules 

Figure 3-32  3-62

Entech Solar Energy Hybrid Tubular Skylight Lighting 

Figure 3-33  3-64

Entech Solar Concentrator 

Table 3-34  3-65

Entech Solar Concentrator Benefits:

Table 3-35  3-68

Soitec Solar Energy Solutions Advantages 

Figure 3-36  3-69

Green and Gold Energy / SolarCube 

Table 3-37  3-70

Green and Gold Energy SolarCube Power Generation 

Figure 3-38  3-73

Solient To Leverage EMCORE's Highly-Efficient Solar 

Figure 3-39  3-74

Emcore Concentrating Solar Specifications 

Figure 3-40  3-75

Emcore Concentrating Solar 

Figure 3-41  3-78

Stirling Energy Systems Suncatcher Mirror and Power Conversion 

Figure 3-42  3-80

Stirling Energy Systems Suncatcher 

Figure 3-43  3-81

Stirling Energy Systems Dish Engine 

Figure 3-44  3-85

SOL3G M40 Module 

Figure 3-45  3-86

SOL3G Gira-Sol System  

Table 3-46  3-88

Solergy CPV Unique Attributes:

Table 3-47  3-89

Solergy Cogen CPV™ Variety Of Applications 

Figure 3-48  3-90

SolFocus CPV Systems 

Table 3-49  3-92

SolFocus CPV Power Unit

Table 3-50  3-93

SolFocus CPV Panel

Table 3-51  3-94

SolFocus Dual Axis Tracker 

Table 3-52  3-95

SolFocus CPV System Benefits 

Figure 3-53  3-96

Pacific SolarTech 

Table 3-54  3-98

Pacific SolarTech MicroPV Concentrator

Photovoltaic Module Benefits 

Table 3-55  3-99

Whitfield Solar System Functions 

Text Box: TABLE 3-56
WHITFIELD SOLAR CONCENTRATOR SOLUTION TARGET MARKETS
•	Solar farms
•	Rooftops 
•	Car parks
Source:  WinterGreen Research, Inc.  
                                                                                                                                                                    

Table 3-56  3-100

Whitfield Solar Concentrator Solution Target Markets 

Table 3-57  3-100

Whitfield Solar Concentrator Solution Positioning 

Table 3-58  3-101

Whitfield Solar System Solar Panel Two-Axis Tracker 

Table 3-59  3-102

Whitfield Solar System Frame 

Table 3-60  3-104

Whitfield Solar System Power Troughs 

Table 3-61  3-105

Whitfield Solar System Mounting System  

Table 3-62  3-106

Whitfield Solar System Mounting System  

Figure 3-63  3-108

Prism Solar Technologies Modules 

Figure 3-64  3-111

Emcore Lens Solar Concentration 

Figure 3-65  3-112

Emcore Multi-Junction Solar Cell

Figure 3-66  3-114

Z20 Solar Concentrator CHP Solar Energy Generator 

Table 3-67  3-116

Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Generation Benefits 

Table 3-68  3-117

Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Generation Features 

Table 3-69  3-117

Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Generation Applications 

Figure 3-70  3-118

Zenith Solar Device Concentrates The Light A Thousand Times 

Table 3-71  3-120

Sunrgi Solar Concentrator Functions 

Figure 3-72  3-122

CoolEarth Solar Inflated, Balloon-Shaped Concentrators 

Table 3-73  3-125

GreenVolt Concentrated Solar Functions 

Figure 3-74  3-129

Sunengy Liquid Solar Array LSA Technology 

Figure 3-75  3-131

Energy Innovations Sunflower 

Table 3-76  3-132

Energy Innovations Sunflower Systems Functions 

Table 3-77  3-133

Energy Innovations Sunflower Systems Features 

Table 3-78  3-134

Energy Innovations Sunflower Systems Functions 

Micro-Converter Technology 

Performance Monitoring 

High Concentration 

Figure 3-79  3-139

Pythagoras Solar PVGU Reflectors 

Table 3-80  3-140

Pythagoras Solar PVGU Features & Benefits 

Figure 3-81  3-142

SVV Technology Ring - Array Solar Concentrator 

Figure 3-82  3-144

SVV Technology Slat - Array Solar Concentrator (SAC)

Table 3-83  3-146

Solaflect Energy Hot Water Features 

Figure 3-84  3-147

Solaflect Energy Hot Water System  

Figure 3-85  3-151

BrightSource Installation 

Table 3-86  3-152

BrightSource Ivanpah Project Overview  

Table 3-87  3-153

BrightSource Ivanpah Projects 

Figure 3-88  3-153

BrightSource Energy Ivanpah 

Table 3-89  3-156

BrightSource Energy Hidden Hills Overview Fact Sheet

Figure 3-90  3-157

BrightSource Energy Hidden Hills Project

Figure 3-91  3-158

Solargenix Energy Multi-megawatt Solar Power Plants

For The Kramer Junction Facility in California 

Table 3-92  3-160

Solargenix Energy, LLC Nevada One 

Figure 3-93  3-162

Andersen Manufacturing Satellite Antennae

Useful Model for Concentrating Solar Dish 

Table 3-94  3-164

Abengoa Solar Operating Scheme For Parabolic Trough 

Table 3-95  3-165

Abengoa Solar Main Components For Parabolic

Trough Technology 

Table 3-96  3-166

Abengoa Solar Parabolic Trough Reflector 

Table 3-97  3-167

Abengoa Solar Receiver Tube Or Heat Collection Element:

Table 3-98  3-168

Abengoa Solar Untracking and Support Structure System  

Table 3-99  3-169

Abengoa Solar Parabolic Trough Models:

Figure 3-100  3-170

Abengoa Solar Concentrating Solar Power 

Table 3-101  3-171

Abengoa Solar Trough. Technology Variables

To Be Analyzed When Defining An Installation 

Figure 3-102  3-172

Abengoa Solar Land Requirements for 100 MW Plants 

Figure 3-103  3-173

Abengoa Solar Individual Parabolic Trough

Collector Modules Attached Together 

Table 3-104  3-174

Abengoa Concentrating Solar Power Trough Specifications 

Figure 3-105  3-183

Masdar PV modules 

Figure 3-106  3-185

Masdar PV Thin-film Modules 

Table 3-107  3-187

Masdar PV Modules Quality and Performance Aspects 

Table 3-108  3-188

Masdar PV Micromorph Thin-Film Solar Modules

Quality and Performance 

Table 3-109  3-189

Masdar PV Micromorph Thin-Film Solar Modules 

Production Lines 

Description: 9e12fffd92                                                                                                        

Figure 3-110  3-192

Solar Millennium Provides Parabolic Tough Technology

Able To Provide A Turnkey Solution 

Figure 3-111  3-198

Molten Salt As Solar Heat Battery 

Figure 3-112  3-206

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

Figure 3-113  3-208

Siemens Turbines for Solar Thermal Parabolic Trough 

Table 3-114  3-214

Siemens CSP Solar Receiver (Universal Vacuum Air

Collector UVAC 2010) Features 

Figure 3-115  3-219

Asahi Glass Solar Curve Factor 

Figure 3-116  3-220

Asahi Glass Textured Finish To Solar Panel

Figure 3-117  3-221

GE10 MW Solar Park Caceres, Spain 2008 

Table 3-118  3-227

Daqo New Energy Module Characteristics 

Figure 3-119  3-229

JinkoSolar Produces Ingots, Wafers, Cells, and Modules 

 

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)  Technology 

 

Table 4-1  4-1

Types of PV Systems:

Figure 4-2  4-2

Photovoltaic PV Theoretical Limits 

Figure 4-3  4-4

Abengoa Solar Radiation Concentration 

Figure 4-4  4-5

Abengoa Solar Tower Technology 

Figure 4-5  4-6

Abengoa Solar Land Requirements 

Figure 4-6  4-8

Abengoa Solar Concentrating Power 

Table 4-7  4-9

Abengoa Solar Operating Scheme For Parabolic Trough 

Table 4-8  4-10

Abengoa Solar Parabolic Trough Models:

Figure 4-9  4-11

Solar Reflector System  

Table 4-10  4-21

Pacific SolarTech Concentrator Photovoltaic Modules Technology 

 

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)  Company Profiles 

 

Figure 5-1  5-4

Abengoa Building of Solana 

Figure 5-2  5-5

Abengoa International Presence 

Table 5-3  5-6

Abengoa Solar Commitment to Solar Energy 

Figure 5-4  5-7

Abengoa Solar Global Presence 

Figure 5-5  5-9

Abengoa Solar Power PlantsPS10 Heliostats Construction 

Table 5-6  5-10

Abengoa Solar Promotion, Construction, and Operation 

Figure 5-7  5-11

Abengoa Solar Types of Solar Power 

Table 5-8  5-13

Abengoa Solar R&D  

Figure 5-9  5-14

Abengoa Solar and City Council of SanLúcar la

MayorPS10 In OperationBeside=S Ps20 Under Construction 

Table 5-10  5-15

Abengoa Solar Project Activities 

Figure 5-11  5-20

Abengoa International Presence 

Figure 5-12  5-21

Abengoa Projects in Spain 

Figure 5-13  5-22

Abengoa US Projects and Presence 

Figure 5-14  5-23

Abengoa Algeria Projects and Presence 

Figure 5-15  5-24

Abengoa Algeria Siting 

Figure 5-16  5-25

Abengoa Moroco Projects and Presence 

Figure 5-17  5-26

Abengoa Moroccan Firm ONE Projects 

Table 5-18  5-28

ACCIONABusiness Divisions 

Figure 5-19  5-30

Acciona’s Nevada Solar One Project

Figure 5-20  5-31

Acciona Wind Towers 

Table 5-21  5-38

Acciona Three Lines Of Business 

Table 5-22  5-42

Acciona Range Of Renewable Energy Sources 

Table 5-23  5-43

Wind Power Capacity Installed By

Acciona Energy By Country, 2009 

Table 5-24  5-46

Photovoltaic Capacity Installed By Acciona Solar (MWp)

Table 5-25  5-48

CSP Plants Operated by Acciona Energy 

Table 5-26  5-49

Hydropower capacity owned by Acciona Energy in Spain 

Table 5-27  5-54

Acciona Divisions 

Figure 5-28  5-94

Asahi Glass Transparent Conductive Film Glass Substrates 

Figure 5-29  5-97

Asahi Glass Fuel Cell

Figure 5-30  5-99

AGC Asahi Glass Ecoglass Sun Balance 

Figure 5-31  5-100

AGC Asahi Glass Comparison Between Ordinary

Windshield and Coolverre 

Figure 5-32  5-101

AGC Asahi Glass Effects of Coolverre 

 

Figure 5-33  5-103

Asahi Glass Revenue 

Figure 5-34  5-104

Asahi Glass Sales Ratios 

Figure 5-35  5-106

AGC Asahi Glass New Glass Products 

Figure 5-36  5-107

AGC Asahi Glass New Glass Products 

Figure 5-37  5-108

Asahi Glass Segments 

Figure 5-38  5-109

Asahi Glass Sales 

Figure 5-39  5-110

Asahi Glass Performance Trends 

Figure 5-40  5-111

Asahi Glass Growth Positioning 

Figure 5-41  5-112

Asahi Glass Production Technologies 

Table 3-42  5-120

BrightSource Projects 

Figure 5-43  5-121

BrightSource Investors 

Table 5-44                                                                                                                 `5-132

Boeing Military Aircraft Key programs 

Table 5-45  5-136

Boeing Unmanned Airborne Systems:

 

Table 5-46  5-137

Boeing Weapons:

Figure 5-47  5-150

Directed Vapor Technology 

Figure 5-48  5-152

DuPont Photovoltaic Encapsulant Functions 

Figure 5-49  5-153

DuPont Photovoltaic Encapsulants 

Table 5-50  5-155

DuPont Kapton® Features:

Table 5-51  5-156

DuPont Technical Data for Standard Kapton® Polyimide Film  

Table 5-52  5-157

DuPont Teonex 

Figure 5-53  5-158

Emcore Gen3 CPV Installation on Maui, Hawaii

Figure 5-54  5-159

Emcore Headquarters 

Figure 5-55  5-160

Emcore Solar Cell

Table 5-56  5-161

Emcore’s Solutions 

Table 5-57  5-162

Markets Served by Emcore’s Fiber Optics Segment

Table 5-58  5-164

Emcore’s CATV and FTTP Products 

Table 5-59  5-165

Parallel Optical Transceiver Product Family 

Table 5-60  5-166

Emcore’s Optical Components and Modules for

Data Applications 

Figure 5-61  5-172

Energy Innovations Sunflower 

Table 5-62  5-194

Green and Gold Energy / Suncube Exclusive

Licensed States And Countries:

Table 5-63  5-195

GreenVolts Solar Power Positioning 

Table 5-64  5-196

GreenVolts Functions 

Table 5-65  5-199

Hitachi Industrial Systems 

Table 5-65  (Continued) 5-200

Hitachi Industrial Systems 

Table 5-66  5-200

Hitachi Large Generator Positioning 

Table 5-67  5-201

Hitachi Product Positioning 

Figure 5-68  5-205

Infinia Solar Electric Power Generation

Technologies And Products 

Table 5-69  5-205

Infinia Solar Strategy 

Figure 5-69  5-211

Masdar PV Thin-Film Modules 

Table 5-70  5-214

Masdar PVFocused And Holistic Strategy Activities 

Table 5-71  5-215

United Arab Emirates Technology Commitment to Masdar 

Table 5-72  5-216

Masdar PVTechnology Development Partners 

Table 5-73  5-224

Pythagoras’ Photovoltaic Glass Unit (PVGU) Energy Efficiency 

Figure 5-74  5-226

Schott ProductsGlass-to-Metal-Seals and Ceramic-to-Metal-Seals 

Figure 5-75  5-227

Schott Automotive Glass 

Figure 5-76  5-227

Schott Defense Seals 

Figure 5-77  5-227

Schott Industry Special Products 

Figure 5-77 (Continued) 5-228

Schott Industry Special Products 

Figure 5-77 (Continued) 5-229

Schott Industry Special Products 

Table 5-78  5-230

Schott Electronic Packaging Product Benefits:

Figure 5-79  5-231

Schott A Flexible Glass Fiber Light Guides Transmit The Light

Figure 5-80  5-234

Schott Ultra thin Glass Flexible Substrates 

Table 5-81  5-237

SCHOTT Solar Products Photovoltaic Modules Advantages 

Table 5-82  5-245

Siemens Business Areas 

Table 5-83  5-246

Siemens Industrial Portals 

Figure 5-84  5-247

Siemens Generator Turbine 

Table 5-85  5-267

Solargenix Energy's Power Roof™ Technology Features 

Figure 5-86  5-275

SolFocus CPV systems Thin Film Solutions 

Figure 5-87  5-285

Solar Thermal Electricity Generation: Parabolic

Trough Power Plants 

Table 5-88  5-300

United Technologies Operating Segments 

Figure 5-89  5-307

Whitfield Solar Systems 

Table 5-90  5-318

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