Growth Opportunities in the Global Solar Photovoltaic Cell Market

The global solar photovoltaic (PV) cell market has experienced strong growth in recent years. The market is expected to reach $35,559 million by 2017, with CAGR of 4% over the next five years. The global solar PV cell market comprises two broad categories, crystalline silicon, and thin-film. Thin-film technology is expected to gro

w faster as compared to crystalline silicon due to several advantages.

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 Solar Photovoltaic Cell Market 2012-2017: Trend, Forecast, and Opportunity Analysis.” From the analysis presented, cell suppliers should recognize where potentially valuable opportunities exist in the global solar PV cell industry. Marketing strategies tailored to take advantage of these conditions should result in improved revenue and profitability.

The report describes that one of the major challenges in the global solar PV cell industry is that the cost per unit of energy generated through solar PV is higher than other methods, such as coal, natural gas, and wind. PV cell is an expensive technology compared to other sources of generating electricity. Low availability of sunlight in many regions makes usage of the technology useless for those regions. In addition, there is always the uncertainty of cloudy weather, rains, and storms that render solar PV ineffective.

The industry is driven by the government subsidies such as feed-in-tariffs that provide significant support for industry growth. The industry produces no noise, harmful emissions, or polluting gas. Electricity generated by solar cells uses no fuel other than sunlight. Crystalline PV systems do not release any harmful air or water pollution.
This study provides a competitive benchmarking of the global thin film solar PV cell market. The study provides up-to-date information on market share, profit margins, capabilities, and strategies of the leaders. The report helps current suppliers realistically assess their competencies and plans, and provides competitor information, data analysis, and insight, critical to the implementation of an effective marketing and sales plan.

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. This 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. This 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 solar PV cell industry

 

Chapter 2. Industry Background and Characteristics

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

Figure 2.2: Photovoltaics 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 cell

Figure 2.8: Polycrystalline PV cell

Figure 2.9: Amorphous silicon PV panel

Figure 2.10: Hybrid PV cell

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: LCOE for various sources

Figure 2.16: Grid parity analysis for solar PV cell industry

Figure 2.17: Supply chain of C-Si PV system

Figure 2.18: Supply chain of thin film PV system

 

Chapter 3. Global Solar PV Cell Market 2011

Figure 3.1: Global solar PV cell market ($ M) by region in 2011

Figure 3.2: Global solar PV cell market (MW) by region in 2011

Figure 3.3: Global solar PV cell market ($M) by technology in 2011

Figure 3.4: Global solar PV cell market (MW) by technology in 2011

Figure 3.5: Regional solar PV cell market ($M) by technology

Figure 3.6: Global solar PV cell manufacturers market share in 2011 by Value ($M)

 

Chapter 4. Global Solar PV Cell Market Trend 2006-2011    

Figure 4.1: Global solar PV cell market trend 2006-2011 ($M)

Figure 4.2: Global solar PV cell market trend 2006-2011 (MW)

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

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

Figure 4.5: Solar PV cell market ($M) trend by technology 2006-2011

Figure 4.6: Solar PV cell market (MW) trend by technology 2006-2011

Figure 4.7: Crystalline silicon solar PV cell price trend ($M/MW) 2006-2011

Figure 4.8: Thin film solar PV cell price trend 2006-2011 ($M/MW)

Figure 4.9: Relationship between crystalline silicon solar PV cell price trend and polysilicon prices ($M/MW) Trend 2006-2011

Figure 4.10: Global solar PV cell profit margin (%) 2006-2011

Figure 4.11: Cost structure of global solar PV cell industry 2006-2011

Figure 4.12: Cost structure in North American solar PV cell industry 2006-2011

Figure 4.13: Cost structure in European solar PV cell industry 2006-2011

Figure 4.14: Cost structure in APAC solar PV cell industry 2006-2011

 

Chapter 5. Global Solar PV Cell Market Forecast 2012- 2017    

Figure 5.1: Global solar PV cell market forecast 2012-2017 ($M)

Figure 5.2: Global solar PV cell market forecast 2012-2017 (MW)

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

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

Figure 5.5: Global solar PV cell market by region in 2017 ($M)

Figure 5.6: Global solar PV cell market by region in 2017 (MW)

Figure 5.7: Solar PV cell market forecast by technology 2012-2017 ($M)

Figure 5.8: Solar PV cell market forecast by technology 2012-2017 (MW)

Figure 5.9: Global solar PV cell market by technology in 2017 ($M)

Figure 5.10: Global solar PV cell market by technology in 2017 (MW)

Figure 5.11: Drivers and challenges for global solar PV cell market

 

Chapter 6. Growth Opportunities and Emerging Trends in Solar PV Cell Market

Figure 6.1: Growth opportunity for global solar PV cell market by region

Figure 6.2: Growth opportunity for global solar PV cell market by technology

Figure 6.3: Emerging trends in global solar PV cell market

 

 

List of Tables

 

Chapter 1. Executive Summary    

Table 1.1: Solar PV cell market parameters and attributes

 

Chapter 2. Industry Background and Characteristics

Table 2.1: Comparison of crystalline silicon PV cell and thin film PV cell

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

Table 2.3: Comparison of monocrystalline silicon solar PV cell and multicrystalline silicon solar PV cell

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

Table 2.5: List of key manufacturers of crystalline silicon solar PV cell and thin film solar PV cell

 

Chapter 3. Global Solar PV Cell Market 2011

Table 3.1: List of key solar PV cell manufacturers

Table 3.2: Strengths and weakness of top seven players of solar PV cell

Table 3.3: Product portfolio analysis of solar PV cell by application

Table 3.4: Product portfolio analysis of solar PV cell by technology

 

Chapter 4. Global Solar PV Cell Market Trend 2006-2011    

Table 4.1: CAGR of solar PV cell market by region 2006-2011 ($ M)

Table 4.2: CAGR of solar cell market by technology 2006-2011 ($ M)

 

Chapter 5. Global Solar PV Cell Market Forecast 2012- 2017

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

Table 5.2: CAGR of solar PV cell market by technology 2012-2017 ($ M)

Table 5.3: LCOE ($/MWh) of different sources of energy