Growth Opportunities in the Global Thin Film Solar PV Module Market

Lucintel projects favorable growth for solar energy, fueled by government incentives and the urgent need to reduce dependence on fossil fuel for electricity g

eneration. The global thin film solar PV module market is expected to reach $9.85 billion by 2017 with an 8% CAGR over the next five years (2012-2017).

Lucintel, a leading global management consulting and market research firm, has conducted a competitive analysis of the industry and presents its findings in “Growth Opportunities in Global Thin Film Solar PV Module Market 2012-2017: Trend, Forecast, and Opportunity Analysis.” The growth and consolidation of system developers, owners, and operators necessitate that industry suppliers must have or develop plans to contend with an end customer base that is likely to have more leverage in the future.

Lucintel highlights the major challenges facing the market. The solar cells made from thin film materials tend to have lower energy conversion efficiencies than the bulk silicon. As a result, their cost effectiveness is as competitive at present. The incentives for the global solar PV systems are decreasing. Compensating for declining PV system prices, existing incentives around the globe are being reduced to better align with the current solar PV prices.

In its report, Lucintel also identifies the key drivers influencing the market. Since the levelized cost of thin film modules is low due to its lower cost of revenue, it leads to a low cost over its lifetime. Thin film technology provides an attractive alternative for semiconductors, mechanical components, etc. Many environment friendly disposition systems and products have been envisioned and are currently under active research. Solar energy produces no noise, harmful emissions, or polluting gases.

This study is intended to provide industry leaders with an understanding of the global thin film solar PV module market. The study provides up-to-date information on the market share, profit margins, capabilities, and strategies of the leaders. The report helps current suppliers realistically assess their capabilities and strategies and provides executives with competitor information, data analysis and insight, critical to the implementation of effective marketing and sales plans.

This unique report from Lucintel will provide you with valuable information, insights, and tools needed to identify new growth opportunities and operate your business successfully in this market. Thin film solar PV module market report will save hundreds of hours of your own personal research time and will significantly benefit you in expanding your business in this market. In today’s stringent economy, you need every advantage that you can find.

To make business, investment, and strategic decisions, you need timely, useful information. Thin film solar PV module market report fulfills this core need and is an indispensable reference guide for multinational materials suppliers, product manufacturers, investors, executives, distributors, and many more that operate in this market.

Some of the features of this report:

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List of Figures

 

Chapter 1. Executive Summary    

Figure 1.1: Porter’s Five Forces Analysis for thin film solar PV module industry

 

Chapter 2. Industry Background and Characteristics

Figure 2.1: Solar power plant at Nellis Air Force, Nevada, USA

Figure 2.2: Photovoltaic system tree in Styria, Austria

Figure 2.3: Basic solar cell construction

Figure 2.4: Photovoltaic cells, modules, and arrays

Figure 2.5: Solar parking pay station

Figure 2.6: Types of solar PV technologies

Figure 2.7: Monocrystalline PV module    

Figure 2.8: Polycrystalline PV module

Figure 2.9: Amorphous silicon PV panel

Figure 2.10: Hybrid PV module

Figure 2.11: Pole mount PV system

Figure 2.12: Ground mount PV system

Figure 2.13: Pitched-roof mount

Figure 2.14: Fin-Mount PV system

Figure 2.15: Levelized cost of energy for various sources

Figure 2.16: Grid parity analysis for solar PV module industry

Figure 2.17: Types of thin film solar PV module

Figure 2.18: Value chain of thin film PV systems

 

Chapter 3. Global Thin-Film Solar PV Module Market 2011    

Figure 3.1: Global thin film solar PV module market ($M) by region in 2011 by value

Figure 3.2: Global thin film solar PV module market (MW) by region in 2011 by volume

Figure 3.3: Global thin film solar PV module manufacturers market share in 2011 by value ($M)

Figure 3.4: Thin film solar pv module manufacturers market share in 2011 by volume (MW)

Chapter 4

Figure 4.1: Global thin film solar PV module market ($M) trend 2006-2011

Figure 4.2: Global thin film solar PV module market (MW) trend 2006-2011

Figure 4.3: Global thin film solar PV module market ($M) trend by region 2006-2011

Figure 4.4: Global thin film solar PV module market (MW) trend by region 2006-2011

Figure 4.5: Thin film solar PV module price trend ($M/MW) trend by region 2006-2011

Figure 4.6: Thin film solar PV module profit margin (%) 2006-2011

 

Chapter 5. Global Thin-Film Solar PV Module Market Forecast 2012-2017

Figure 5.1: Global thin film solar PV module market forecast ($M) forecast 2012-2017

Figure 5.2: Global thin film solar PV module market forecast (MW) forecast 2012-2017

Figure 5.3: Global thin film solar PV module market ($M) forecast by region 2012-2017

Figure 5.4: Global thin film solar PV module market (MW) forecast by region 2012-2017

Figure 5.5: Global thin film solar PV module market ($M) in 2017 by region

Figure 5.6: Global thin film solar PV module market (MW) in 2017 by region

Figure 5.7: Drivers and challenges for global thin film solar PV module market

 

Chapter 6. Growth Opportunities and Emerging Trend in Thin-Film Solar PV Module Market    

Figure 6.1: Growth opportunity for global thin film solar PV module market by region

Figure 6.2: Emerging trends in global thin film solar PV module market

 

 

List of Tables

 

Chapter 1. Executive Summary

Table 1.1: Thin film solar PV module market parameters and attributes

 

Chapter 2. Industry Background and Characteristics    

Table 2.1: Comparison between crystalline silicon solar PV module and thin film PV module

Table 2.2: Ranking of countries in terms of cumulative installation of solar PV (2010-2011)

Table 2.3: List of key manufacturers of crystalline silicon solar PV modules and thin film PV modules

Table 2.4: Comparison of CdTe thin film solar PV module, CIGS thin film solar PV module, and a-Si thin film solar PV module

Table 2.5: List of key manufacturers of CdTe, CIGS, and a-Si thin film solar PV modules

 

Chapter 3. Global Thin-Film Solar PV Module Market 2011

Table 3.1: List of key manufacturers thin film solar PV module

Table 3.2: Product portfolio analysis of thin film solar PV module by range (watt)

Table 3.3: Product portfolio analysis of thin film solar PV module by application

Table 3.4: Product portfolio analysis of thin film solar PV module by technology

 

Chapter 4. Global Thin-Film Solar PV Module Market Trend 2006- 2011

Table 4.1: CAGR of thin film solar pv module market by region 2006-2011 ($M)

 

Chapter 5. Global Thin-Film Solar PV Module Market Forecast 2012-2017

Table 5.1: CAGR of thin film solar PV module market by region 2012-2017 ($M)