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Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Modules Market to 2020 - Significant Cost Advantages in Asia Set to Increase Manufacturing Capabilities

Summary

GBI Research's "Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Modules Market to 2020 - Significant Cost Advantages in Asia Set to Increase Manufacturing Capabilities" report gives an in-depth analysis of Global Solar PV Modules market and provides forecasts up to 2020. The research analyzes the growth, evolution of Solar PV Modules market up to 2010 and gives historical and forecast statistics for the period 2001-2020. This research also gives detailed analysis of the market structures of the technology and regulatory policies that govern it. The report analyses the shift of the manufacturing base to the Asian countries. The report also gives an insight about emergence of many countries such as France, the US etc. and talks about the strategies and policies formulated by them to promote the growth of solar pv module industry. The report also provides an in-depth analysis of the changing dynamics of solar pv module industry.

Scope

- Qualitative analysis of market drivers, restraints and challenges for the solar pv module market.

- Region wise (Asia-Pacific, Europe and Americas) solar pv module production capacity and production from 2005–2010, forecast forward for 10 years to 2020.

- Production capacity and production of solar pv modules in key countries of each geography from 2005–2010, forecast forward for 10 years to 2020.

- Key topics covered include in-depth analysis of global renewable power industry and technological analysis of the solar pv modules.

- Policy and regulatory framework governing the market.

Reasons to buy

- Exploit growth opportunities in the solar pv module Market.

- Develop business strategies by understanding the trends and developments that are driving the global solar pv module market.

- Identify the most suitable business segment and geography to invest in the solar pv module industry.

- Devise market-entry and expansion strategies in the various geographies.

- What is the future demand potential of the solar pv module industry? – Identify, understand and capitalize.

- Identify key strengths and weaknesses of important markets

1 Table of Contents

1 Table of Contents 3

1.1 List of Tables 5

1.2 List of Figures 6

2 Introduction 8

2.1 GBI Research Report Guide 8

3 Global Energy Consumption Overview 9

3.1 The Breadth of Global Electricity Consumption 9

4 Global Renewable Power Industry – Overview 12

4.1 Global Renewable Power, Overview 12

4.2 Global Renewable Power, Major Trends 14

4.2.1 Emergence of China as the Top Installer of Wind Power Capacity 14

4.2.2 Europe Witnessing Increase in the Use of Biomass for Power Production 16

5 Global Solar PV Modules Industry to 2020 17

5.1 Solar PV Modules Market, Overview 17

5.2 Market Definition 17

5.2.1 Classification of solar PV module market on the basis of Geography 18

5.2.2 Classification on the Basis of Technology 18

5.3 Solar PV Modules Market, Value Chain 18

5.4 Solar PV Module Market, Key Drivers 19

5.4.1 Government Incentives 19

5.4.2 Emission regulations 19

5.4.3 Decreasing Cost Differential Between Solar Energy and Other Conventional Sources 19

5.4.4 Increasing Environmental Concerns 19

5.5 Solar PV Module Market, Key Restraints 19

5.5.1 Reduction in FiT in the European Countries 19

5.5.2 Fall in PV Module Prices 19

5.5.3 Lack of Sufficient Grid Infrastructure 19

5.6 Solar PV Modules Market, Technology Analysis 20

5.6.1 Crystalline Silicon 20

5.6.2 Thin Film Solar PV Module 20

5.6.3 Solar PV Technologies, Value Chain Analysis 21

5.6.4 Solar PV Technologies, Conversion Efficiency 22

5.7 Solar PV Technologies, Market Penetration 23

5.8 Global Solar PV Modules Market, Demand and Forecast 24

5.9 Global Solar PV Modules Market, Production and Production Capacity 26

5.9.1 Global Solar PV Modules, Average Module Price 28

5.9.2 Global Crystalline Silicon Solar PV Module Market, Production, 2005–2020 30

5.9.3 Global Thin Film Solar PV Module Market, Production, 2005–2020 32

6 Asia-Pacific Solar PV Modules Industry to 2020 35

6.1 Asia-Pacific, Solar PV Modules Market, Demand and Forecast 35

6.2 Asia-Pacific, Solar PV Modules Market, Production and Production Capacity 37

6.3 Asia-Pacific, Solar PV Modules Market, Key Countries Analysis 39

6.3.1 India 39

6.3.2 Japan 45

6.3.3 Republic of Korea 51

6.3.4 China 57

6.3.5 Taiwan 63

7 Europe Solar PV Modules Industry to 2020 69

7.1 Europe, Solar PV Modules Market, Demand and Forecast 69

7.2 Europe, Solar PV Modules Market, Production and Production Capacity 71

7.3 Europe Solar PV Modules Market, Key Countries Analysis 73

7.3.1 Germany 73

7.3.2 Italy 79

7.3.3 France 83

8 Americas Solar PV Modules Industry to 2020 87

8.1 Americas, Solar PV Modules Market, Demand and Forecast 87

8.2 Americas, Solar PV Modules Market, Production and Production Capacity 89

8.3 Americas, Solar PV Modules Market, Key Countries Analysis 91

8.3.1 The US 91

8.3.2 Canada 96

9 Appendix 100

9.1 About GBI Research 100

9.2 Abbreviations 100

9.3 Methodology 100

9.3.1 Coverage 101

9.3.2 Secondary Research 101

9.3.3 Primary Research 101

9.3.4 Expert Panel Validation 102

9.4 Contact Us 102

9.5 Disclaimer 102

1.1 List of Tables

Table 1: Electricity Consumption Trajectory, Global, Energy Consumption (Quadrillion Btu), 1990–2035 9

Table 2: World Energy Consumption by Fuel Type, Energy Consumption (Quadrillion Btu), 1990–2035 10

Table 3: Electricity Generation by Fuel Type, Global, (Trillion kWh), 2007–2035 11

Table 4: Renewable Power Capacity, Global, Total Capacity (GW), 2007–2009 12

Table 5: Share of Global Electricity From Renewable Energy, 2009 13

Table 6: Wind Power Capacity, Top Ten Countries, Power Capacity (GW), 2010 15

Table 7: Biomass Power Cumulative Installed Capacity, By Region, 2010 16

Table 8: Solar PV Module Market, Crystalline Silicon versus Thin Film Solar PV Module, Conversion Efficiency (%), 2009-2020 22

Table 9: Solar PV Module Market, Global, Demand (GW), 2004–2020 25

Table 10: Solar PV Module Market, Global, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 27

Table 11: Solar PV Module Market, Global, Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 29

Table 12: Solar PV Module Market, Global, Crystalline Silicon Module Production, (GW) and Production Share(%), 2005–2020 31

Table 13: Solar PV Module Market, Global, Thin Film Module Production (GW) and Production Share (%), 2005–2020 33

Table 14: Solar PV Module Market, Global, Production Mix of Different Technologies (%), 2005–2020 34

Table 15: Solar PV Module Market, Asia-Pacific, Demand (GW), 2004–2020 36

Table 16: Solar PV Module Market, Asia-Pacific, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 38

Table 17: Solar PV Module Market, India, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 40

Table 18: Solar PV Module Market, India, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 42

Table 19: Solar PV Module Market, India, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 43

Table 20: Solar PV Module Market, India, Thin Film Module Company Share (%), 2009 44

Table 21: Solar PV Module Market, Japan, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 46

Table 22: Solar PV Module Market, Japan, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 48

Table 23: Solar PV Module Market, Japan, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 49

Table 24: Solar PV Module Market, Japan, Thin Film Module Company Share (%), 2009 50

Table 25: Solar PV Module Market, Republic of Korea, Production and Production Capacity (MW), 2005–2020 52

Table 26: Solar PV Module Market, Republic of Korea, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 54

Table 27: Solar PV Module Market, Republic of Korea, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 55

Table 28: Solar PV Module Market, Republic of Korea, Thin Film Module Company Share (%), 2009 56

Table 29: Solar PV Module Market, China, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 58

Table 30: Solar PV Module Market, China, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 60

Table 31: Solar PV Module Market, China, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 61

Table 32: Solar PV Module Market, China, Thin Film Module Company Share (%), 2009 62

Table 33: Solar PV Module Market, Taiwan, Production and Production Capacity (MW), 2005–2020 64

Table 34: Solar PV Module Market, Taiwan, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 66

Table 35: Solar PV Module Market, Taiwan, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 67

Table 36: Solar PV Module Market, Taiwan, Thin Film Module Company Share (%), 2009 68

Table 37: Solar PV Module Market, Europe, Demand (GW), 2004–2020 70

Table 38: Solar PV Module Market, Europe, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 72

Table 39: Solar PV Module Market, Germany, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 74

Table 40: Solar PV Module Market, Germany, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 76

Table 41: Solar PV Module Market, Germany, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 77

Table 42: Solar PV Module Market, Germany, Thin Film Module Company Share (%), 2009 78

Table 43: Solar PV Module Market, Italy, Production and Production Capacity (MW), 2005–2020 80

Table 44: Solar PV Module Market, Italy, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 81

Table 45: Solar PV Module Market, Italy, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 82

Table 46: Solar PV Module Market, France, Production and Production Capacity (MW), 2005–2020 84

Table 47: Solar PV Module Market, France, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 85

Table 48: Solar PV Module Market, France, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 86

Table 49: Solar PV Module Market, Americas, Demand (GW), 2004–2020 88

Table 50: Solar PV Module Market, Americas, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 90

Table 51: Solar PV Module Market, The US, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 92

Table 52: Solar PV Module Market, The US, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 93

Table 53: Solar PV Module Market, The US, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 94

Table 54: Solar PV Module Market, The US, Thin Film Module Company Share (%), 2009 95

Table 55: Solar PV Module Market, Canada, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 97

Table 56: Solar PV Module Market, Canada, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 98

Table 57: Solar PV Module Market, Canada, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 99

Table 58: Abbreviations 100

1.2 List of Figures

Figure 1: Electricity Consumption Trajectory, Global, Energy Consumption (Quadrillion Btu), 1990–2035 9

Figure 2: World Energy Consumption by Fuel Type, Energy Consumption (Quadrillion Btu), 1990–2035 10

Figure 3: Electricity Generation by Fuel Type, Global, Energy Consumption (Trillion kWh), 2007–2035 11

Figure 4: Renewable Power Capacity, Global, Total Capacity (GW), 2007–2009 12

Figure 5: Share of Global Electricity From Renewable Energy, 2009 13

Figure 6: Wind Power Capacity, Top Ten Countries, Power Capacity (GW), 2010 14

Figure 7: Biomass Power Cumulative Installed Capacity, By Region (%),, 2010 16

Figure 8: Classification of Solar PV Module Market 17

Figure 9: Solar PV Module Market, Value Chain 18

Figure 10: Solar PV Module Market, Types of Module 20

Figure 11: Solar PV Module Market, Value Chain Analysis 21

Figure 12: Solar PV Module Market, Crystalline Silicon versus Thin Film Solar PV Modules, Conversion Efficiency (%), 2009-2020 22

Figure 13: Solar PV Module Market, Market Penetration of PV Technologies 23

Figure 14: Solar PV Module Market, Global, Demand (GW), 2004–2020 24

Figure 15: Solar PV Module Market, Global, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 26

Figure 16: Solar PV Module Market, Global, Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 28

Figure 17: Solar PV Module Market, Global, Crystalline Silicon Module Production, (GW) and Production Share (%), 2005–2020 30

Figure 18: Solar PV Module Market, Global, Thin Film Module Production (GW) and Production Share (%), 2005–2020 32

Figure 19: Solar PV Module Market, Global, Production Mix of Different Technologies (%), 2005–2020 34

Figure 20: Solar PV Module Market, Asia-Pacific, Demand (GW), 2004–2020 35

Figure 21: Solar PV Module Market, Asia-Pacific, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 37

Figure 22: Solar PV Module Market, India, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 39

Figure 23: Solar PV Module Market, India, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 41

Figure 24: Solar PV Module Market, India, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 43

Figure 25: Solar PV Module Market, India, Thin Film Module Company Share (%), 2009 44

Figure 26: Solar PV Module Market, Japan, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 45

Figure 27: Solar PV Module Market, Japan, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 47

Figure 28: Solar PV Module Market, Japan, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 49

Figure 29: Solar PV Module Market, Japan, Thin Film Module Company Share (%), 2009 50

Figure 30: Solar PV Module Market, Republic of Korea, Production and Production Capacity (MW), 2005–2020 51

Figure 31: Solar PV Module Market, Republic of Korea, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 53

Figure 32: Solar PV Module Market, Republic of Korea, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 55

Figure 33: Solar PV Module Market, Republic of Korea, Thin Film Module Company Share (%), 2009 56

Figure 34: Solar PV Module Market, China, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 57

Figure 35: Solar PV Module Market, China, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 59

Figure 36: Solar PV Module Market, China, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 61

Figure 37: Solar PV Module Market, China, Thin Film Module Company Share (%), 2009 62

Figure 38: Solar PV Module Market, Taiwan, Production and Production Capacity (MW), 2005–2020 63

Figure 39: Solar PV Module Market, Taiwan, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 65

Figure 40: Solar PV Module Market, Taiwan, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 67

Figure 41: Solar PV Module Market, Taiwan, Thin Film Module Company Share (%), 2009 68

Figure 42: Solar PV Module Market, Europe, Demand (GW), 2004–2020 69

Figure 43: Solar PV Module Market, Europe, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 71

Figure 44: Solar PV Module Market, Germany, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 73

Figure 45: Solar PV Module Market, Germany, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 75

Figure 46: Solar PV Module Market, Germany, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 77

Figure 47: Solar PV Module Market, Germany, Thin Film Module Company Share (%), 2009 78

Figure 48: Solar PV Module Market, Italy, Production and Production Capacity (MW), 2005–2020 79

Figure 49: Solar PV Module Market, Italy, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 81

Figure 50: Solar PV Module Market, Italy, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 82

Figure 51: Solar PV Module Market, France, Production and Production Capacity (MW), 2005–2020 83

Figure 52: Solar PV Module Market, France, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 85

Figure 53: Solar PV Module Market, France, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 86

Figure 54: Solar PV Module Market, Americas, Demand (GW), 2004–2020 87

Figure 55: Solar PV Module Market, Americas, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 89

Figure 56: Solar PV Module Market, The US, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 91

Figure 57: Solar PV Module Market, The US, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 93

Figure 58: Solar PV Module Market, The US, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 94

Figure 59: Solar PV Module Market, The US, Thin Film Module Company Share (%), 2009 95

Figure 60: Solar PV Module Market, Canada, Production and Production Capacity (GW), 2005–2020 96

Figure 61: Solar PV Module Market, Canada, Average Module Price ($/Watt), 2005–2020 98

Figure 62: Solar PV Module Market, Canada, Crystalline Module Company Share (%), 2009 99

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