RNCOS Releases a New Report - Photovoltaic Industry Analysis and Forecast

Released on: June 4, 2008, 3:12 am

Press Release Author: Shushmul Maheshwari

Industry: Energy

Press Release Summary: RNCOS new Market Research Report, titled, \"Photovoltaic
Industry Analysis and Forecast\" evaluates the global photovoltaic (PV) industry, on
the global as well as on the country level and analyzes the various trends
associated with the PV market

Press Release Body: RNCOS has recently added a new Market Research Report titled,
\"Photovoltaic Industry Analysis and Forecast\" to its report gallery. The Report
evaluates the global photovoltaic (PV) industry. It focuses on the growing
marketplace for PV industry at global as well country level and analyzes the current
market trends, evolving market, and growth prospects of the PV industry.

Europe dominates the global PV market, and Germany is the largest European PV
market, accounting for more than 90% PV market installed capacity within the
continent in 2006.

The report contains detailed data on cumulative PV capacity, annual installed PV
capacity, and fund allocated to PV etc. It will help the clients to understand the
driving forces of PV industry along with the detailed future opportunities and
analyze the leading-edge opportunities critical to the success of the PV industry.

For the purpose of future perspective, PV market greenpeace/EPIA scenario has been
taken into consideration under set of certain assumptions.

Key Findings

- The dominance of silicon-based wafer is fading away and it is expected that in
long term, silicon supply situation will ease up.
- Declining cost of PV provides opportunities for the deployment of this technology
mainly in developing low cost economies such as India and China.
- Despite the high cost of PV modules, there has been considerable investment
primarily in the developed countries on R&D in the PV sector. Due to this, total
cumulative installed PV capacity reached 6634 MWp in the end of 2006.
- Global PV industry still has to achieve self-sufficiency. It is in its very
nascent stage, which is highly driven by government initiatives. Japanese PV
industry seems to achieve self-sufficiency where government initiatives are
declining in PV.
- From future perspective, it is expected that countries such as China and India
will dominate the global PV industry.

Key Issues & Facts Analyzed

- Opportunities in the photovoltaic industry.
- Impact of the government support programs on the overall industry.
- Application areas for PV technology.
- Potential emerging photovoltaic markets.
- Drivers for photovoltaic market.

Key Players Analyzed

This section provides an overview of the business and financials of key players like
Sharp, Kyocera, Motech etc.

Research Methodology Used

Information Sources
Information in this report has been sourced from books, newspapers, trade journals,
and white papers, industry portals, government agencies, trade associations,
monitoring industry news and developments, and through access to more than 3000 paid
databases.

Analysis Methods
The methods used to analyze the facts and figures in this report include ratio
analysis, historical trend analysis, linear regression analysis using software
tools, judgmental forecasting, and cause and effect analysis.

About RNCOS:

RNCOS, incorporated in the year 2002, is an industry research firm. It has a team of
industry experts who analyze data collected from credible sources. They provide
industry insights and analysis that helps corporations to take timely and accurate
business decision in today\'s globally competitive environment.

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