The Solar Cell Production Global Market Outlook

Introduction

The report analyses the global solar cell production market, which is growing rapidly due to rising demand for solar PV. The report covers prominent solar PV technologies and the main solar cell producing nations.

Features and benefits

* Analyze the key solar PV technologies including crystalline PV and thin-film.
* Evaluate the global production volume of each solar PV technology and factors that are driving production volume growth.
* Identify the leading countries in solar cell production:- production volumes, key players, growth drivers, resistors, and future outlook.
* Examine the production expansion plans of major solar cell producers in each solar cell producing country.
* Realize the future outlook for solar PV in terms of global solar PV production volumes and technology focus.

Highlights

Solar power is among the fastest growing renewables globally. Solar power is generated mainly by using two technologies - concentrated solar power and solar PV. Within the two technologies, the solar cell technology is far the more utilised, accounting for 97.2% of global total installed solar power generation capacity, as of 2009.
Crystalline PV and thin-film are recorded as the two main types of solar cell currently utilised.
China produced the largest volume of solar PV producer in 2010 with a total production volume of 13,018MW (13GW), accounting for 47.8% of global solar PV production. Low cost labor and generous government incentives available for the solar PV manufacturing industry in China are the key drivers for solar PV production growth in the country.

Your key questions answered

* What is the global production volume of solar PV?
* What are the key solar PV technologies and what is their individual share in global PV production?
* Which are the leading solar PV producing nations and why?
* Which are the leading players in each of the solar cell producing nations?
* What will be the global solar PV production volume in the future in terms of GW capacity and technology focus?
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Executive Summary
Introduction to PV
Crystalline PV
Thin-film
Solar cell production in China
Solar cell production in Taiwan
Solar cell production in Germany
Solar cell production in Japan
Solar cell production in Malaysia
Solar cell production in US
Emerging solar cell producing countries
Future outlook for global solar cell production
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Disclaimer
Preface
What is this report about?
Introduction to solar PV
Summary
Solar power generation
Working principle of solar PV
Major types of solar PV
Concentrating PV (CPV)
Global solar PV production and growth
Economics of solar PV
Solar PV module production cost
Drivers for solar PV production growth
Technical advancements leading to cost reductions
Resistors to solar PV production growth
Uncertainty over the continuity of government incentives
Crystalline Photovoltaic
Summary
An introduction to crystalline PV
Single-crystalline PV
Multi-crystalline PV
Ribbon crystalline PV
Upgraded metallurgical-grade silicon
Key players
Drivers for Crystalline PV production growth
Easier installation due to faster generation of rated power output
Resistors to Crystalline PV production growth
High price of crystalline solar PV modules
Thin-film
Summary
Introduction to thin-film
Amorphous silicon thin-film
Cadmium telluride thin-film
Copper-indium-diselenide (CIS) or copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS) thin-film
Gallium Arsenide thin-film
Dye-sensitized thin-film
Key players
Drivers for thin-film production growth
Large number of R&D activities facilitating higher efficiency
Key resistor to thin-film production growth
Solar cell production in China
Summary
Overview
Solar cell production and growth
Key players
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Raw material producers
Drivers for solar cell production in China
Government subsidies
Resistors to solar cell production in China
Future outlook for solar cell production in China
Solar cell production in Taiwan
Summary
Overview
Solar cell production and growth in Taiwan
Key players
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Raw material producers
Drivers for solar cell production in Taiwan
Advanced semiconductor manufacturing industry
Resistors to solar cell production in Taiwan
Future outlook for solar cell production in Taiwan
Solar cell production in Germany
Summary
Overview
Solar cell production and growth in Germany
Key players
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Raw material producers
Drivers for solar cell production in Germany
Resistors to solar cell production in Germany
Accelerated cuts in solar incentives to impact solar cell production adversely
Future outlook for solar cell production in Germany
Solar cell production in Japan
Summary
Overview
Solar cell production and growth in Japan
Key players
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Raw material producers
Drivers for solar cell production in Japan
Advanced R&D activities
Resistors to solar cell production in Japan
Future outlook for solar cell production in Japan
Solar cell production in Malaysia
Summary
Overview
Solar cell production and growth in Malaysia
Key players
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Drivers for solar cell production in Malaysia
Government incentives
Resistors to solar cell production in Malaysia
Future outlook for solar cell production in Malaysia
Solar cell production in the US
Summary
Overview
Solar cell production and growth
Key players
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Raw material producers
Drivers for solar cell production in the US
Resistors to solar cell production in the US
Future outlook for solar PV solar cell production in the US
Emerging solar cell producing countries
Summary
Overview
Solar cell production in South Korea
Key players in South Korea
Solar cell production in the Philippines
Solar cell production in India
Key players in India
Solar cell production in Singapore
Future outlook for global solar cell production
Summary
Future outlook for global solar cell production volumes
Future outlook for geographical trend in solar cell production
Future outlook for solar cell technology
Appendix
Glossary/Abbreviations
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