Greentech Media

PV Technology, Performance and Cost established itself in 2006 as the solar industry's benchmark for detailed, reliable market data, drawing on the experience and data collection of the industry's two top analysts, Travis Bradford and Paul Maycock. Over 60 pages, this update for 2007 to the original report will provide the reader with a complete record of the PV Industry's growth by application, technology, and region, with forecasts out to 2015.

The report details the stages of production and costs (including projects through 2015) for:

• Monocrystalline PV
• Multicrystalline PV
• Silicon Ribbon and Sheet
• Amorphous Silicon
• CIGS
• CdTe
• Concentrator Cells

Important data and analysis within this report includes:

• Cell Production (MW) and percentage growth rates 1996 to 2006
• World PV Production 2006, by Technology and Region
• World PV Market by Application
• World PV Market 2006, by Country and Region
• Price of Contract Polysilicon - 2003-2007
• Timing of Additions to Polysilicon Production - 2005-2010
• Projected Polysilicon Production Capacity - 2005-2010
• Market Share of Polysilicon Producers - 2005-2010
• Geographic Breakdown of Polysilicon Production - 2005-2010
• Summary of Wafer Line Costs at 100 MW per year
• Summary of Cell Line Costs at 100 MW per year
• Global Thin Film Production - 2006
• Embedded Capex for 100 MW Module Production
• Cost Components for fully integrated wafer-to-module 100 MW Production Line
• Module Manufacturing Costs and Profitable Price Forecast (2006 US$)

The data used to develop these projections are underpinned by the authors' substantial experience in designing, engineering, and deploying PV manufacturing systems and understanding the evolving cost factors over the last four decades. It has been supplemented by current input from many industry professionals and companies that research and produce PV components and manufacturing equipment. As part of this year's update, this report also includes a discussion of the silicon feedstock issues that plague the PV industry today.