U.S. market research firm NanoMarkets released projections indicate that the global thin film solar cell market in 2015 will reach 14,000,000,000 U.S. dollars. The company in July 2008 had been forecast in 2015 to more than 20,000,000,000 U.S. dollars. Down the reasons for the rapid deterioration of the economic environment. NanoMarkets predicted that film solar cell market will continue to grow, but the downturn in the construction industry, and other factors, in 2009 and 2010 the growth rate will narrow.
NanoMarkets thin film solar cells listed in the market uncertainties, including: As the fall in oil prices, the use of solar energy as an alternative to the overall weaker demand; due to the shortage of raw silicon solutions to the use of silicon than the crystalline silicon solar cells less as a selling point of Thin film solar cell growth started to slow down; because of the deteriorating business environment, leading to solar cell manufacturers to reduce investment in research and development. To this end, the company forecast in 2009 to slow growth in the market in 2010, once again entered the track of rapid growth until 2011.
In the long run, lightweight, low-cost thin-film solar cell market will grow, NanoMarkets predicted that the size of its market in 2011 will reach 4.6 billion U.S. dollars in 2015 will expand to 140 million. The future demand for catalytic CIGS solar cells will be mass production early in 2011.
In 2015 the market size of thin film solar cell breakthrough 14,000,000,000 U.S. dollars
Solar energy conversion: European project to break the record of efficiency
Scientists funded project to develop FULLSPECTRUM photovoltaic power generation multi-junction solar cells can convert 39.7 percent of the sunlight energy to electrical energy, which is the highest ever in Europe as a percentage.
Such large-scale deployment of photovoltaic systems is the main obstacle to the electricity production costs are too high, because the system needs a huge manufacturing cost of the project team is developing more and more low-cost and highly efficient battery.
At present, the traditional silicon photovoltaic cells can only make the conversion of about 17% of the solar spectrum. FULLSPECTRUM multi-junction solar cell can capture more solar energy, because it's different from the composition of the materials, including gallium, phosphorous, indium and germanium. However, these multi-junction solar cells are expensive and only applied in space. However, the costs could be considerable reduction through them on a special panel and a lens in focusing on solar cells. These can focus on to achieve much higher than the natural flow of solar energy 1,000 times, which is one of their research projects.
South Korea's successful development of solar power windows
According to the South Korean Yonhap News Agency reported that the use of solar power windows for "building a transparent solar cell size," recently come out. In glass or film coverage on a thin layer of "Sol-Gel raw materials" from such raw materials absorb sunlight for power generation.
Such sensors and solar cells have the option of building design coordination of various colors, and color transparency, for windows, it can absorb sunlight, while power generation. In addition, the research team also developed the use of solar cells change the color of the window "photoelectric change" technology, can randomly change the color of the window and brightness.
Source: 硅业在线 Sep. 18, 2008
Thin film solar cell manufacturers Nanosolar was 300 million U.S. dollars financing
Nanosolar, a thin film solar panel manufacturer, recently announced that access to 300 million U.S. dollars financing for the purchase of Berlin and the California Solar production equipment.
It is learnt that this risk financing fund as early as the spring has ended, but only until the 27th of this month from the company's CEO, Martin Roscheisen, the company published on the website. Martin said, Nanosolar has this six-year history of venture financing company has close to 500 million U.S. dollars.
Source: 硅业在线 Aug.29, 2008
India will invest 1.25 billion U.S. dollars building the first polysilicon solar energy project
According to the news from Bangalore, India, a new polysilicon solar energy project in India to establish the eastern city of Haldia, which will serve as a comprehensive, including solar power plant facilities as part of the total cost of about 1.25 billion U.S. dollars.
Earlier, Bhaskar Silicon Ltd. Claimed that the company is building the world's largest integrated solar power facilities, and plans covering 800 acres, and the polysilicon project is also part of the plan.
It is reported that in the initial stage of polysilicon project will produce 2,500 tons per year of polysilicon materials, two years will reach 5,000 tons. Comprehensive facilities in the solar power plant will annually produce 250 megawatts of electricity.
Bhaskar Silicon Managing Director Jyoti Poddar said that it will partner with the German Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG jointly established the comprehensive solar energy facilities. He said that the project's other partners, such as the United States of Perseus, will be subject to an equity investment.
Source: 国际新能源网 Aug. 26, 2008
