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Advanced Materials and Devices for Renewable Energy: Global Markets--Focus on the U.S.


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NEW YORK, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Advanced Materials and Devices for Renewable Energy: Global Markets--Focus on the U.S.

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REPORT SCOPE

INTRODUCTION

STUDY BACKGROUND

Two years have passed since BCC published its last report on the global market for advanced materials and devices used in renewable-energy systems. Since then, the global market for renewable energy has continued to grow and evolve. BCC therefore considers it important to update the earlier report's findings and conclusions about the size and structure of this important market.

STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

The overall goal of this study is to identify and quantify the market for advanced material and device technologies used in renewable-energy systems. Specific objectives include the following:

Identifying advanced materials and devices that are used in renewable-energy systems

Analyzing and predicting trends in the most likely application(s) for each of these materials and devices, as the basis for developing baseline estimates of the renewable-energy-related market for advanced materials and devices

Pinpointing new materials and devices that are likely to be introduced into renewable-energy systems in the next 5 years and their expected market impacts

Drawing attention to manufacturers of renewable-energy systems and associated advanced materials and devices that are most likely to benefit from the trends identified above

INTENDED AUDIENCE

This report is a business opportunity report intended especially for developers and vendors of advanced materials and devices that target the renewable-energy systems market. It should also be useful to vendors of renewable-energy systems interested in understanding where the market is headed with respect to advanced enabling technologies.

Other readers who will find the report's findings and conclusions informative include:

Investors

Members of renewable-energy trade, professional, and advocacy organizations

Officials of government agencies and multinational organizations responsible for optimizing energy consumption and promoting the use of renewable energies

While the report is oriented to the interests and concerns of a nontechnical audience, it contains a great deal of technical information that should also be of interest to scientists and engineers working in the renewable-energy field.

SCOPE AND FORMAT

The report focuses on the global and major regional and national markets for advanced materials (e.g., polymers, elastomers, composites, high-temperature alloys, powder metals, thin films, and others) and devices (sensors and controllers, optics, etc.) used in the fabrication of the following types of renewable-energy systems:

Solar photovoltaic

Solar thermal

Mini- and micro-hydro

Wind

Geothermal

Ocean

The report does not cover biofuels or renewable-energy-storage technologies such as batteries and fuel cells in detail because they are covered in other recent BCC studies.

The report includes the following major elements:

Executive summary

Definitions

Overall trends in renewable-energy systems

Advanced materials and devices with current or potential applications in renewable-energy systems

Main suppliers/buyers description

Commercial/developmental status

Specific renewable-energy applications

Properties/advantages and disadvantages/competing materials or devices

Market size, segmentation and growth trends

2010 global sales as well as sales in selected regional and national markets

Market drivers

Market projections, 2011-2016

Industry analysis

Number and size of firms

Company profiles

INFORMATION SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY

The findings and conclusions of this report are based on information gathered from renewable-energy products manufacturers, advanced materials and devices vendors and renewable energy-related organizations. Interview data were combined with information gathered through an extensive review of secondary sources such as trade publications, trade associations, company literature, and online databases to produce the baseline market estimates contained in this report.

The methodologies and assumptions used to develop the market projections in this report are discussed at length in the section on Detailed Market Estimates and Projections. The report carefully documents data sources and assumptions. This way, readers can see how the market estimates were developed and, if they so desire, test the impact on the final numbers of changing assumptions such as price.

ANALYST CREDENTIALS

Andrew McWilliams, the author of this report, is a partner in the Boston-based international technology and marketing consulting firm, 43rd Parallel, LLC. He is the author of numerous other Business Communications Co. business opportunity analyses, including the predecessor to this report (EGY053B Advanced Materials and Devices for Renewable Energy) and several other reports in the areas of energy and advanced materials, including EGY051A Petroleum Fuel Optimization Technologies, EGY055B Building the Global Hydrogen Economy: Technologies and Opportunities, EGY065B Enabling Technologies for the Smart Grid, ENV007B The U.S. Market for Green Building Materials, CHM020D Catalysts for Environmental and Energy Applications, NAN044A Nanotechnology in Energy Applications, and AVM038D Advanced Structural Carbon Products: Fibers, Foams and Composites.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1

STUDY BACKGROUND 1

STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 1

INTENDED AUDIENCE 1

SCOPE AND FORMAT 2

INFORMATION SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY 3

ANALYST CREDENTIALS 3

RELATED BCC RESEARCH REPORTS 4

BCC ON-LINE SERVICES 5

DISCLAIMER 5

DISCLAIMER (CONTINUED) 5

CHAPTER TWO: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6

SUMMARY TABLE GLOBAL MARKET FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS

AND DEVICES FOR RENEWABLE-ENERGY SYSTEMS, THROUGH

2016 ($ MILLIONS) 6

SUMMARY FIGURE RENEWABLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF

ADVANCED MATERIALS AND DEVICES BY TYPE, 2010–2016 (%) 7

CHAPTER THREE: OVERVIEW 8

GENERAL DESCRIPTION 8

DEFINITIONS 8

Renewable Energy 8

Renewable-energy Systems 8

Advanced Materials and Devices 8

INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 9

PRINCIPAL PRODUCTS 9

FIGURE 1 RENEWABLE-ENERGY EQUIPMENT

MANUFACTURERS/SYSTEM PROVIDERS, BY TYPE OF

RENEWABLE ENERGY (% OF TOTAL COMPANIES) 10

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 10

FIGURE 2 RENEWABLE-ENERGY EQUIPMENT

MANUFACTURERS/SYSTEM PROVIDERS, BY HEADQUARTERS

COUNTRY (% OF TOTAL COMPANIES) 11

FIGURE 3 LEADING RENEWABLE-ENERGY EQUIPMENT

MANUFACTURERS/SYSTEM PROVIDERS, BY TYPE OF

TECHNOLOGY AND HEADQUARTERS' COUNTRY (% OF TOTAL

COMPANIES) 12

FIGURE 3 (CONTINUED) 13

PATENT ANALYSIS 13

FIGURE 4 US PATENTS RELATING TO ADVANCED MATERIALS

AND DEVICES BY TYPE OF RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGY (% OF

PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1, 2011) 14

CHAPTER FOUR: SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS 15

TYPES OF PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES 15

SILICON WAFER-BASED PV CELLS 15

Single-Crystal Silicon PVs 16

TABLE 1 MANUFACTURERS OF C-SI PVS 16

Polycrystalline Silicon PVs 17

TABLE 2 MANUFACTURERS OF MC-SI PVS 18

Thin-Film PV Cells 19

Amorphous Silicon 20

TABLE 3 MANUFACTURERS OF AMORPHOUS SILICON PV

DEVICES 20

Cadmium Telluride 21

TABLE 4 SUPPLIERS OF CADMIUM TELLURIDE THIN-FILM PVS 21

Copper Indium Gallium Selenide 22

TABLE 5 MANUFACTURERS OF CIGS THIN-FILM PVS 22

THIRD-GENERATION PV TECHNOLOGIES 23

Multi-Junction Cells 23

Multi-Junction Cells (Continued) 24

TABLE 6 MANUFACTURERS OF MULTI-JUNCTION AND/OR

CONCENTRATOR PVS 25

Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells 25

TABLE 7 COMPANIES MANUFACTURING OR DEVELOPING DSSC

PVS 26

Quantum Dot PVs 26

Intermediate-Bandgap Solar cells 27

Infrared Solar Cells 28

Multilayered Silicon Quantum Dot Solar Cell 28

TABLE 8 COMPANIES DEVELOPING QUANTUM DOT PVS 28

Organic Solar Cells 29

Hybrid Organic-Metal PVs 29

Hybrid Organic-Organic PVs 30

TABLE 9 COMPANIES MANUFACTURING OR DEVELOPING

POLYMER PVS 31

PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS AND MARKETS 31

FIGURE 5 GRID-TIED VS OFF-GRID PV APPLICATIONS, 2010

(PERCENT OF TOTAL INSTALLED CAPACITY) 32

ADVANCED MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR PHOTOVOLTAICS 33

PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS 33

Crystalline Silicon 33

Production Processes 33

Polycrystalline Silicon 34

Monocrystalline Silicon 35

Producers 35

TABLE 10 PRODUCERS OF SILICON FOR RENEWABLE-ENERGY

APPLICATIONS 35

FIGURE 6 PHOTOVOLTAIC POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON MARKET

SHARES, 2010 (% OF TOTAL POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON

PRODUCED FOR SOLAR PV APPLICATIONS) 36

Thin-film Materials 37

Silane 37

TABLE 11 MAJOR SILANE SUPPLIERS FOR PV MANUFACTURING 37

Cadmium Telluride 37

TABLE 12 MAJOR CADMIUM TELLURIDE SUPPLIERS FOR PV

MANUFACTURING 38

CIGS 38

Nanomaterials 39

TiO2 Nanoparticles 39

P3HT/Cadmium Selenide 39

MEH-PPV/PbS Nanocomposite 40

Other Third-Generation PV Materials 40

PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTERS 40

Types of PV Inverter 41

Technology Trends 41

Producers 41

TABLE 13 PRODUCERS OF PV INVERTERS 42

Fronius 42

PATENT ANALYSIS 42

MATERIALS VS DEVICES 42

FIGURE 7 US PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS RELATING

TO ADVANCED PV MATERIALS VS DEVICES (NUMBER AND

PERCENTGE OF PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1,

2011) 43

PV GENERATIONS 43

FIGURE 8 US PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS RELATING

TO PV ADVANCED MATERIALS BY TECHNOLOGY GENERATION

(NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011) 44

PV MATERIALS 44

FIGURE 9 US PATENTS RELATING TO PV ADVANCED MATERIALS

BY TYPE OF MATERIAL (NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF

PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1, 2011) 45

PATENT HOLDERS 45

FIGURE 10 MAJOR IP PORTFOLIOS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC

MATERIALS AND DEVICES (NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF

PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1, 2011) 46

CHAPTER FIVE: SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTORS 47

TYPES OF SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANT 47

PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS 47

TABLE 14 PTC SOLAR SYSTEM PROVIDERS 48

CONCENTRATING SOLAR TOWERS 48

PARABOLIC DISH COLLECTOR 49

SOLAR THERMAL APPLICATIONS AND MARKETS 50

ADVANCED MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR SOLAR THERMAL

INSTALLATIONS 51

REFLECTOR MATERIALS 51

Technology 51

Manufacturers 52

TABLE 15 COMPANIES MANUFACTURING SOLAR

CONCENTRATING MIRRORS 52

SOLAR SELECTIVE COATINGS 52

Technology 52

Manufacturers 53

TABLE 16 COMPANIES MANUFACTURING OR DEVELOPING

SOLAR SELECTIVE COATINGS 53

SOLAR TRACKERS 53

Technology 53

Single vs Dual Axis Trackers 54

Active vs Passive Trackers 54

Manufacturers 54

TABLE 17 MANUFACTURERS OF SOLAR TRACKERS 55

STIRLING ENGINES 55

Technology 55

TABLE 18 COMPANIES MANUFACTURING SOLAR STIRLING

ENGINES 55

HIGH-TEMPERATURE PUMPS 56

Technology 56

Manufacturers 56

PATENT ANALYSIS 56

TABLE 19 US PATENTS RELATING TO ADVANCED MATERIALS

AND DEVICES FOR SOLAR THERMAL POWER 57

FIGURE 11 US PATENTS RELATING TO ADVANCED SOLAR

THERMAL MATERIALS VS DEVICES (NUMBER AND

PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011) 57

FIGURE 11 (CONTINUED) 58

TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY 58

FIGURE 12 US PATENTS RELATING TO ADVANCED PV

MATERIALS AND DEVICES, BY TYPE OF SOLAR THERMAL

TECHNOLOGY (NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL

PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1, 2011) 58

FIGURE 12 (CONTINUED) 59

PATENT HOLDERS 59

FIGURE 13 MAJOR IP PORTFOLIOS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC

MATERIALS AND DEVICES (NUMBER AND PERCENTAGES OF

PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1, 2011) 59

FIGURE 13 (CONTINUED) 60

CHAPTER SIX: SMALL HYDROPOWER 61

TYPES OF SMALL HYDROPOWER INSTALLATIONS 61

SMALL HYDRO APPLICATIONS AND MARKETS 61

ADVANCED MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR MINI- AND MICROHYDRO

INSTALLATIONS 61

COMPOSITE MATERIALS 62

Technology 62

IMPROVED PICO TURBINES 62

Technology 62

Manufacturers 63

TABLE 20 COMPANIES MANUFACTURING IMPROVED PICOHYDRO

GENERATORS 63

COANDA SCREENS 64

Technology 64

Manufacturers 64

TABLE 21 SUPPLIERS OF COANDA EFFECT SCREENS 64

PATENT ANALYSIS 65

TABLE 22 US PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS RELATING

TO ADVANCED MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR SMALL

HYDROPOWER 65

CHAPTER SEVEN: WIND ENERGY 66

WIND TURBINES 66

TYPES OF WIND TURBINE 66

Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines 66

Upwind Wind Turbines 67

Downwind Wind Turbine 67

Vertical Axis Wind Turbines 67

Darrieus Turbines 68

Savonius Turbines 68

WIND TURBINE SIZES 68

WIND POWER APPLICATIONS AND MARKETS 68

ADVANCED MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR WIND POWER 69

LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS 69

Technology 69

Manufacturers 70

TABLE 23 MANUFACTURERS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR

WIND TURBINE APPLICATIONS 71

POWER ELECTRONICS 71

Technologies 71

Manufacturers 72

TABLE 24 MANUFACTURERS OF VARIABLE-SPEED GENERATORS

AND POWER ELECTRONICS FOR WIND TURBINE

APPLICATIONS 72

PERMANENT MAGNET GENERATORS 73

Technology 73

Manufacturers 73

TABLE 25 SUPPLIERS OF PERMANENT MAGNET GENERATORS

FOR WIND TURBINE APPLICATIONS 74

PATENT ANALYSIS 74

TABLE 26 US PATENTS RELATING TO ADVANCED MATERIALS

AND DEVICES FOR WIND POWER APPLICATIONS 74

FIGURE 14 US PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS RELATING

TO ADVANCED WIND POWER MATERIALS VS DEVICES

(NUMBER AND PERCENTGE OF PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011) 75

PATENT HOLDERS 75

CHAPTER EIGHT: GEOTHERMAL ENERGY 76

TECHNOLOGIES 76

GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS 76

Dry Steam 76

Flash Steam 76

Binary Cycle 77

Flash/Binary Combined Cycle 77

DIRECT USE OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY 77

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS 77

APPLICATIONS AND MARKETS 78

ADVANCED MATERIALS AND DEVICES 78

ADVANCED MATERIALS 78

Technologies 78

Heat Exchanger Tube Coatings 79

Calcium Phosphate Well Cements 79

High-Temperature Polymeric Elastomers 79

Thermal Spray Pipe Coatings 80

PATENT ANALYSIS 80

CHAPTER NINE: OCEAN ENERGY 81

OCEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES 81

TIDAL POWER 81

WAVE ENERGY 82

OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY 83

Ocean Thermal Energy (Continued) 84

Ocean Thermal Energy (Continued) 85

OCEAN ENERGY APPLICATION AND MARKETS 86

ADVANCED MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR OCEAN ENERGY

SYSTEMS 86

COLD WATER PIPE 86

Technology 86

TIDAL STREAM TURBINES 87

Technology 87

SeaGen (Marine Current Turbines) 87

Seasnail (Robert Gordon University and Aberdeen

Renewable Energy Group) 87

Ocean Turbine (Blue Energy) 88

Underwater Electric Kite (UEK Corporation) 88

EXIM (Seapower) 88

Gorlov Helical Turbine (GCK Technology) 89

Lunar System (Lunar Energy) 89

TidEl (SMD Hydrovision) 89

Manufacturers 90

TABLE 27 TIDAL STREAM TURBINE MANUFACTURERS 90

WAVE POWER DEVICES 91

Technology 91

Pelamis (Ocean Power Delivery) 91

PowerBuoy (Ocean Power Technologies) 92

Wave Dragon (Wave Dragon A/S) 92

Limpet (Wavegen) 93

Manufacturers 93

TABLE 28 WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER MANUFACTURERS 93

TABLE 28 (CONTINUED) 94

PATENT ANALYSIS 94

TABLE 29 US PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS RELATING

TO ADVANCED MATERIALS AND DEVICES IN OCEAN ENERGY 94

CHAPTER TEN: GLOBAL MARKETS FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS AND

DEVICES USED IN RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION 95

GLOBAL MARKET 95

FIGURE 15 TRENDS IN THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR ADVANCED

MATERIALS AND DEVICES USED IN RENEWABLE ENERGY

PRODUCTION, 2010-2016 ($ MILLIONS) 95

MARKET BY COUNTRY/REGION 95

TABLE 30 MAJOR INTERNATIONAL MARKETS FOR ADVANCED

MATERIALS AND DEVICES USED IN RENEWABLE ENERGY

PRODUCTION, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 96

FIGURE 16 GLOBAL MARKET SHARES BY COUNTRY/REGION,

2010 VS 2016 (PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL SALES) 97

FIGURE 16 (CONTINUED) 98

MARKET BY TYPE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY 98

TABLE 31 GLOBAL MARKET FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS AND

DEVICES USED IN RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION, BY

TYPE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2016

($ MILLIONS) 98

FIGURE 17 GLOBAL MARKET SHARES BY TYPE OF RENEWABLE

ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, 2010 VS 2016 (PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL

SALES) 99

FIGURE 17 (CONTINUED) 100

MARKET BY TYPE OF MATERIAL/DEVICE 100

TABLE 32 GLOBAL MARKET FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS AND

DEVICES USED IN RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION, BY

TYPE OF MATERIAL AND DEVICE, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 100

CHAPTER ELEVEN: UNITED STATES MARKET FOR ADVANCED

MATERIALS AND DEVICES USED IN RENEWABLE ENERGY

PRODUCTION 101

SUMMARY 101

TABLE 33 US CONSUMPTION OF ADVANCED MATERIALS AND

DEVICES USED IN RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION,

THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 101

FIGURE 18 US CONSUMPTION OF ADVANCED MATERIALS AND

DEVICES USED IN RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION, BY

TYPE OF ENERGY, 2010-2016 (%) 102

PHOTOVOLTAICS 102

PRODUCTION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS 102

FIGURE 19 US PV CELL PRODUCTION BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY,

2010 (%/MW) 103

TABLE 34 PROJECTED US PV CELL PRODUCTION, THROUGH

2016 (MW) 104

FIGURE 20 TRENDS IN US PV CELL PRODUCTION, 2010-2016 (MW) 105

CONSUMPTION OF ADVANCED MATERIALS AND

DEVICES 105

TABLE 35 US MARKET FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS AND

DEVICES USED IN PV SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 105

Photovoltaic Materials and Precursors 106

TABLE 36 US PV-RELATED CONSUMPTION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC

MATERIALS, THROUGH 2016 (METRIC TONS/$ MILLIONS) 106

Crystalline Silicon 106

TABLE 37 US CONSUMPTION OF PV SILICON, THROUGH 2016

(METRIC TONS/$ MILLIONS) 107

Thin Film Materials 107

TABLE 38 US CONSUMPTION OF THIN-FILM PV MATERIALS,

THROUGH 2016 (METRIC TONS/$ MILLIONS) 107

Silane 108

TABLE 39 US SILANE CONSUMPTION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF

A-SI THIN-FILM PVS, THROUGH 2016 (METRIC TONS/$

MILLIONS) 108

Cadmium Telluride 108

TABLE 40 US CONSUMPTION OF CDTE USED IN THE

PRODUCTION OF CDTE THIN-FILM PVS, THROUGH 2016 109

CIGS 109

TABLE 41 US CONSUMPTION OF CIGS USED IN THE

PRODUCTION OF CIGS THIN-FILM PVS, THROUGH 2016

(METRIC TONS/$ MILLIONS) 109

Third-Generation Materials 110

TABLE 42 US CONSUMPTION OF THIRD GENERATION PV

PRECURSOR MATERIALS, THROUGH 2016 (METRIC TONS/$

MILLIONS) 110

Multi-Junction Materials 110

TABLE 43 US CONSUMPTION OF MULTI-JUNCTION PV

MATERIALS, THROUGH 2016 (METRIC TONS/$ MILLIONS) 111

Organic Materials 111

TABLE 44 US CONSUMPTION OF HYBRID ORGANIC PV

MATERIALS, THROUGH 2016 (METRIC TONS/$ MILLIONS) 112

Photovoltaic Inverters 112

TABLE 45 US MARKET FOR PV INVERTERS, THROUGH 2016 ($

MILLIONS) 112

SOLAR THERMAL 113

TOTAL PROJECT EXPENDITURES 113

FIGURE 21 EUROPEAN CAPITAL EXPENDITURES ON SOLAR

THERMAL POWER PLANTS, 2010–2016 ($ MILLIONS) 113

CONSUMPTION OF ADVANCED MATERIALS AND

DEVICES 114

TABLE 46 US DEMAND FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS AND

DEVICES USED IN SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2016

($ MILLIONS) 115

Reflector Materials 115

TABLE 47 US DEMAND FOR SOLAR CONCENTRATING MIRRORS,

THROUGH 2016 (SQUARE METERS/$ MILLIONS) 115

Solar Selective Coatings 116

TABLE 48 US DEMAND FOR SOLAR SELECTIVE COATINGS,

THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 116

Solar Trackers 116

TABLE 49 US DEMAND FOR SOLAR TRACKERS, THROUGH 2016 ($

MILLIONS) 117

Stirling Engines 117

TABLE 50 US DEMAND FOR SOLAR STIRLING ENGINES,

THROUGH 2016 (UNITS/$ MILLIONS) 118

High Temperature Pumps 118

TABLE 51 US DEMAND FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE PUMPS,

THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 118

WIND ENERGY 118

PRODUCTION OF WIND TURBINES 118

TABLE 52 US WIND TURBINE PRODUCTION, THROUGH 2016

(NUMBER OF UNITS) 119

FIGURE 22 TRENDS IN US WIND TURBINE PRODUCTION, 2010–

2016 (NUMBER OF UNITS) 119

CONSUMPTION OF ADVANCED MATERIALS AND

DEVICES 119

TABLE 53 US MARKET FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS AND

DEVICES USED IN WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2016 ($

MILLIONS) 120

Composites 120

TABLE 54 US MARKET FOR COMPOSITES USED IN WIND

TURBINE ROTOR BLADES, THROUGH 2016 (MILLION METRIC

TONS/$ MILLIONS) 120

Power Electronics 121

TABLE 55 US MARKET FOR POWER ELECTRONICS USED IN WIND

TURBINES,THROUGH 2016 (UNITS/$ MILLIONS) 121

Permanent Magnet Generators 122

TABLE 56 US MARKET FOR PERMANENT-MAGNET GENERATORS

USED IN WIND TURBINES, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 122

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY 122

TABLE 57 ADDITIONS TO US GEOTHERMAL ENERGY CAPACITY,

THROUGH 2016 (MW) 123

FIGURE 23 PROJECTED GROWTH OF US GEOTHERMAL

CAPACITY, 2010-2016 (MW) 123

TABLE 58 US INVESTMENTS IN NEW GEOTHERMAL CAPACITY,

THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 124

CONSUMPTION OF ADVANCED MATERIALS AND

DEVICES 124

TABLE 59 US MARKET FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS AND

DEVICES USED IN GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEMS,

THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 124

Calcium Phosphate Well Cement 125

TABLE 60 US MARKET FOR CALCIUM PHOSPHATE WELL

CEMENT USED IN GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEMS, THROUGH

2016 ($ MILLION) 125

Heat Exchanger Tube Coatings 125

TABLE 61 US MARKET FOR PPS HEAT EXCHANGER COATINGS

USED IN GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2016 ($

MILLIONS) 126

Other Advanced Materials 126

OCEAN ENERGY 126

CONSUMPTION OF ADVANCED MATERIALS AND

DEVICES 126

TABLE 62 US MARKET FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS AND

DEVICES USED IN OCEAN ENERGY SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2016 ($

MILLIONS) 127

Cold Water Pipe 127

Tidal Stream Turbines 127

TABLE 63 US MARKET FOR TIDAL STREAM TURBINES, THROUGH

2016 (MW/$ MILLIONS) 128

Wave Power Devices 128

TABLE 64 US MARKET FOR WAVE POWER DEVICES, THROUGH

2016 (MW/$ MILLIONS) 128

CHAPTER TWELVE VENDOR PROFILES 129

ANTEC SOLAR ENERGY AG 129

THE BOEING COMPANY 129

BP SOLAR INTERNATIONAL LLC 130

CENTROSOLAR GLAS GMBH 130

CONERGY AG 131

DAYSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC 131

DOW CORNING CORP 132

ELKEM ASA 133

EMCORE CORP 133

ENERCON GMBH 133

EVERGREEN SOLAR 134

FIRST SOLAR LLC 135

FLAGSOL GMBH 135

G24 INNOVATIONS, LTD 136

GAMESA 136

GE ENERGY 137

HELIOVOLT CORP 137

INABENSA SA 138

INFINIA CORP 138

INNOVALIGHT, INC 138

ISOFOTON, SA 139

JX CRYSTALS 139

KONARKA TECHNOLOGIES, INC 140

KYOCERA SOLAR, INC 140

MARINE CURRENT TURBINES LTD 141

PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD 141

MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS 141

MIASOLE 142

MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES 143

NANOSOLAR, INC 143

NANOSYS INC 143

NORDEX SE 144

OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CORP 145

PELAMIS WAVE POWER LTD 145

Q-CELLS AG 146

REC SILICON 146

REPOWER SYSTEMS AG 147

SANYO ELECTRIC CO, LTD 148

SATCON APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CORP 148

SCHOTT AG 149

SHARP CORP 149

SOLAICX 150

SOLARGENIX ENERGY LLC 150

SOLARWORLD AG 151

STIRLING ENERGY SYSTEMS INC 151

SUNPOWER CORP 151

UNITED SOLAR OVONIC LLC 152

VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S 152

WACKER-CHEMIE AG 153

WÜRTH SOLAR 153

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