Thin Film Solar Technology Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2011 to 2017

$3600 - Single Copy or $7200 - Web Posting | Report # SH24841852 | 496 Pages | 189 Tables and Figures | 2011

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Thin Film Solar

Commercial Solar Panels

Residential Solar

Solar Panel Technologies

Thin Film Solar Cells

Thin Film Solar Cadmium Telluride

Thin Film Solar Cells CIGS

(Copper Indium Gallium Selenide)

Copper-Indium-Gallium-Diselenide

Conversion Efficiency

Thin-Film On Glass Substrate

Solar CIGS On A Polymeric

Plastic Substrate

Solar Monolithic Integration On Glass Substrate

Solar Modules Cadmium Telluride (CdTe)

Semiconductor Material

CIGS Photovoltaic Effect

Solar Thin Film Substrates

Thin Polycrystalline

Silicon Films

Glass Substrate

Thin-Film Panels

Nanosolar

HelioVolt

MiaSole

First Solar

Photovoltaic Technologies

Solar Shading

Third-Generation Thin-Film Solar Applications

Flexible Glass Solar Panels

Polysilicon Producers

Solar Inverter

Solar Micro Inverter

Solar Panel Electricity Solutions

Solar Energy

Thin Film Panels

Sunlight Intensity

Micromorph Modules

BIPV Canopy Systems

CIGs

Solar Regional Market

Photovoltaic Conversion Of Sun Light

Photovoltaic Solar Panel

Software Localization

Thin Film Solar Technology Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2011 to 2017

WinterGreen Research announces that it has a new study on Thin Film Solar Panel and System Market Shares and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2011-2017. The 2011 study has 496 pages, 189 tables and figures. Thin film solar energy units are evolving vacuum based solid state technology.

The worldwide demand for energy is steadily increasing, doubling every 15 years. The major effort is to sustain growth in the electricity supply without causing irreversible harm to the environment. Solar energy has rapidly grown as a clean, renewable alternative to limited fossil fuels. Recognition of the need to reduce reliance on coal and fossil fuels is driving interest in solar energy.

The need to reduce reliance on coal and fossil fuels is intuitive. The science agrees -- climate change is a reality. Citizens want to do something about climate change. Countries wish to not have dependence on foreign suppliers.

Thin film solar panel and systems market segments include CadTel. CadTel is attracting more attention than CIGS thin film. Thin film silicon solar cells use significantly less silicon, about 1/100th the thickness of the normal silicon layer. The thin film silicon solar cells production process is far shorter than that for crystalline silicon solar cells. Therefore thin film silicon solar cells are expected to greatly expand the potential of solar energy.

Those price declines are healthy for the overall industry. Solar markets need price parity with petroleum based energy sources. The process of separating the strong players from weaker ones is ongoing. U.S. solar wafer maker Evergreen Solar did not make the grade. Those countries that invest in the technology are going to be the ones that achieve significant market advantage.

Growth of solar markets will depend on continued investment in energy infrastructure by governments. When you think about it, there is no better investment government can make than in achieving development of low cost, reliable solar energy. This availability of low cost energy is what makes an economy hum. Some governments are sure to recognize these issues and make the investment, others will not.

According to Susan Eustis, lead author of the study, "grid parity has been reached by thin film solar energy products for many areas of the world." When thin film solar systems are looked at over the 25 year useful life of the systems they provide very attractive payback.

Markets at $2.9 billion in 2010 are set to grow to $44 billion by 2017, with the total solar energy market reaching $ 1 trillion sometime in the middle of 2021.

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Companies Profiled

Market Leaders
First Solar Sharp	GE Qcells

Market Participants
A Power Energy Akeena Solar Applied Materials Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. ATS Bosch Conergy AG Daystar Technologies Daqo New Energy Dow Chemical Dyesol	ET Solar G24 Innovations Gintech Greenwing Energy HelioSphera HelioVolt Mubadala / Masdar MEMC Motech Mitsubishi Electric MiaSole	Intel / MiaSolé Oerlikon Solar Petra Solar Scatec Solar Schott SEC Solar Energy Centre SENER SMA Solar Technology AG SMA Solar Technology Acquisition of dtw Sp.z o.o. Solyndra Telio Solar

Report Methodology

This is the 484th report in a series of market research reports that provide forecasts in communications, telecommunications, the internet, computer, software, and telephone equipment. The project leaders take direct responsibility for writing and preparing each report. They have significant experience preparing industry studies. Forecasts are based on primary research and proprietary data bases. Forecasts reflect analysis of the market trends in the segment and related segments. Unit and dollar shipments are analyzed through consideration of dollar volume of each market participation in the segment. Market share analysis includes conversations with key customers of products, industry segment leaders, marketing directors, distributors, leading market participants, and companies seeking to develop measurable market share. Over 200 in-depth interviews are conducted for each report with a broad range of key participants and opinion leaders in the market segment.

About the Company

WinterGreen Research, founded in 1985, provides strategic market assessments in telecommunications, communications equipment, health care, and advanced computer technology. Industry reports focus on opportunities that will expand existing markets or develop major new markets. The reports assess new product and service positioning strategies, new and evolving technologies, and technological impact on products, services, and markets. Market shares are provided. Leading market participants are profiled, and their marketing strategies, acquisitions, and strategic alliances are discussed. The principals of WinterGreen Research have been involved in analysis and forecasting of international business opportunities in telecommunications and advanced computer technology markets for over 30 years.

About the Principal Authors

Ellen T. Curtiss, Technical Director, co-founder of WinterGreen Research, conducts strategic and market assessments in technology-based industries. Previously she was a member of the staff of Arthur D. Little, Inc., for 23 years, most recently as Vice President of Arthur D. Little Decision Resources, specializing in strategic planning and market development services. She is a graduate of Boston University and the Program for Management Development at Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. She is the author of recent studies on worldwide telecommunications markets and the Top Ten Telecommunications market analysis and forecasts.

Susan Eustis, President, co-founder of WinterGreen Research, has done research in communications and computer markets and applications. She holds several patents in microcomputing and parallel processing. She is the author of recent studies of the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) marketing strategies, Internet software, a study of Push to Talk Equipment, Worldwide Telecommunications Equipment, Top Ten Telecommunications, Digital Loop Carrier, Web Hosting, Business Process Management, Servers, Blades, the Mainframe as a Green Machine, and Application Server markets. Ms. Eustis is a graduate of Barnard College.