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U.S PV Market to Double in 2011
It’s a mixed blessing.Photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer’s earnings shrunk in the second quarter of 2011 as they lowered module prices to ovoid overstock. Those lowered prices, increased utility demand, renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and the potential expiration of important federal incentives are creating a storm of demand, under which the U.S. PV market will double over [...]
How Suppliers Can Serve the U.S. Utility PV Market
PV manufacturers are in a mad dash to determine their strategies toserve the U.S. utility PV market. Despite the fact that there is less than 300 MW of cumulative capacity connected on the utility side of the meter today, the market is widely recognized as an enormous growth opportunity over the next five years. Suppliers [...]
2011 Solar Market Scenarios
While we will not have the all the numbers for 2010 until about March2011, let us assume that in 2010 the solar industry will install 15GW at an average cost of $5.50/watt. This compares with 7.5GW at $6.50/wattin 2009, and 5GW at $7.50/watt in 2008. (Rough round figures, maybe alittle on the high side.) Of [...]
Solar ETFs Lag Overall Market $TAN $FAN
President Obama has pledged to increase U.S. exports to boost theeconomy. Solar energy is apparently pulling its weight in that regard,yet solar ETFs are putting up painful numbers. The domestic solar power industry is helping the Obama administration to reach its goal of creating more jobs on U.S. turf. So far, it’s working: exports are [...]
Q3 U.S. Solar Market Insight
Today, SEIA® and GTM Research released the third quarter version of U.S. Solar Market Insight™, our quarterly deep-dive into the U.S. solar market. The executive summary can be downloaded here. A few highlights from the PV section (state-level detail contained in the full report): As of the end of the third quarter, the U.S. had [...]
Silicon Solar Panels Still King in Residential Market
You may have come to picture solar panels as rectangles angled toward the sun atop homes and businesses across the country. What you’repicturing is most likely an array of silicon-based solar panels — whichcome in two common “flavors,” monocrystalline and polycrystalline. Butnext time you see such a system, take a good look… maybe even snap [...]
Pure-Play Utility PV Developers: How to Compete in the U.S. Market?
It’s no revelation that First Solar and SunPower dominate the utility PV market in the U.S. today; one of the two companies has been involved in everyone of the 11 largest operating projects in the country. But they arenot nearly alone in the market. Rather, there are 55 different projectdevelopers with at least one signed [...]
Chinese PV Market Just Getting Started
CCID Consulting Co. Ltd has released a report on China’s PV industry. Global PV market sustains a high growth momentumFor the year 2009, the newly-added installed photovoltaic power capacityneared a total of 5,800MW around the world and the global marketcontinued its high-speed growth at a rate of 46.6 percent. Due to a tight supply of [...]
Green Building Market Grows 50% in Two Years
The value of green building construction starts was up 50% from 2008 to2010–from $42 billion to $55 billion-$71 billion–and represents 25% of all new construction activity in 2010, according to a new marketreport. The green building market size is expected to reach $135 billion by 2015, stateMcGraw-Hill Construction’s "Green Outlook 2011: Green Trends DrivingGrowth" report. [...]