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2011 Edition
Worldwide Solar Cell
Manufacturing Facilities & Production Capacity
2010-2015

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    Published: January 24, 2011
    Total Page: 131 pages


The political will, public awareness and government incentives to support solar worldwide has changed the phase of the solar industry.

Europe, USA and Japan have been the primary sources of demand for the solar. The solar cell production capacity has more than doubled in the last one year or so. This trend is mainly driven by China. Governments in the US, Germany, China and Japan have played a major role in making solar industry one of the fastest growing energy technology industry in the world. China and Germany have emerged from the 2008-09 financial crises as the global leaders in solar.

The market for solar installation is still dominated by Germany, the United States and Japan. The Chinese market for solar remains small, hence most of the solar cells and modules are exported to other countries worldwide. The Chinese makers have slowly started catering to the domestic market too. The easy financing from the Chinese Government has helped many manufacturers to expand into the solar supply chain becoming vertically integrated companies. Overproduction in China has brought down the prices of solar cells worldwide. The low prices of solar cells have made manufacturers in other parts of the world difficult to complete. Overall, the government in China has played a pivotal role in increasing the solar wafer and cell production capacity within China and lowering the prices.

This report gives an overview of the activities of major solar wafer and cell manufacturers around the world. It contains in-depth profiles of 78 solar wafer and cell manufacturers, covering all the major solar cell technologies, including 17 companies manufacturing thin-film amorphous solar cells and 11 companies manufacturing CdTe and CIGS technology solar cells. This report includes solar cell manufacturers' current production capacity, future production capacities, their plant locations, market size, market share, top 10 manufacturers and a forecast for 2015.

Table of Contents


Executive Summary
1. Worldwide Solar Cell Market Forecast
      Figure 1-1: Total Solar Cell Market Size ($ million) by Region,
          2010 vs. 2015
      Figure 1-2: Total Solar Cell Market Size ($ million) by Technology
          Type, 2010 vs. 2015
      Figure 1-3: Total Solar Cell Production Capacity (MW) by Region,
          2010 vs. 2015
      Figure 1-4: Total Solar Cell Production Capacity (MW) byTechnology Type,
          2010 vs. 2015
  1.1 Worldwide Solar Cell Market Size and Forecast by Region
  1.2 Worldwide Solar Cell Market Size and Forecast by Technology Type
  1.3 Worldwide Solar Cell Production Capacity by Region
  1.4 Worldwide Solar Cell Production Capacity by Technology Type
  1.5 Production by Technology Types, 2010-2015
      Figure 1-5: Solar Cell Technologies: Current Technologies
      Figure 1-6: Solar Cell Technologies: Future Production
  1.6 Worldwide Market Size forecast by Technology Type
      Table 1-1: Market Size Forecast by Technology Type in $ million, 2010 - 2015
      Figure 1-7: Market Size Forecast by Technology Type in $ million, 2010 - 2015
  1.7 Market Size by Region in $ million, 2010-2015
      Table 1-2: Market Size Forecast by Region in $ million, 2010 - 2015
      Figure 1-8: Market Size Forecast by Region in $ million, 2010 - 2015
  1.8 Maker Share in Total Market Base on Production Capacity, 2010
      Table 1-3: Production Capacity and Market Share by Region, 2010
      Figure 1-9: Production Capacity by Region, 2010
      Figure 1-10: Market Share (%) by Region, 2010
      Table 1-4: Production Capacity and Market Share by Technology Types, 2010
      Figure 1-11: Total Production Capacity by Technology, 2010
      Figure 1-12: Market Share (%) by Technology Type, 2010
2. Worldwide Solar Cell Manufacturing Facility and Production Capacity
  2.1 Mono and Multi Crystalline Silicon
      Table 2-1: Mono & Multi Crystalline Silicon manufacturing locations by Country
      Table 2-2: Mono & Multi Crystalline Silicon Manufacturers' Current
            and Future Production Capacity for the Solar Cell
      Table 2-3: Summary of Mono & Multi Solar Cell Production Capacity by Country
  2.2 Thin-Film (Amorphous Silicon)
      Table 2-4: Thin-Film (Amorphous Silicon) Headquarters & Manufacturing locations
      Table 2-5: Thin film (Amorphous Silicon) Manufacturers' Current
          and Future Production Capacity for the Solar Cell
      Table 2-6: Summary of Thin-film (A) Production Capacity by Country
  2.3 Thin-Film (Other)
      Table 2-7: Thin-Film (Other) Silicon Headquarters & Manufacturing locations
      Table 2-8: Thin-film (Other) Manufacturers' Current and Future Production Capacity for Solar Cell
      Table 2-9: Summary of Thin-film (Other) Production Capacity by Country
  2.4 Emerging Technologies
      Table 2-10: Emerging Technologies Headquarters & Manufacturing locations
      Table 2-11: Emerging Technologies Manufacturers' Current and Future Production Capacity for Solar Cell
      Table 2-12: Summary of Emerging Solar Cells Production Capacity by Country
  2.5 Summary of Manufacturers' Current and Future Production Capacity
      Table 2-13: 2010 and Future Production Capacity (MW) by Technology Type

3. Analysis of Worldwide Potential Solar Cell Production Capacity
  3.1 Total Solar Cell Production Capacity
      Table 3-1: Total Solar Cell Production Capacity (units in MW), 2010-2015
      Figure 3-1: Forecast of Total Solar Cell Production Capacity, 2010 - 2015
  3.2 Potential Production Capacity Size by Technology Type, 2010-2015
      Table 3-2: Mono and Multi Crystalline Silicon (units in MW)
      Table 3-3: Thin-Film (Amorphous Silicon) (units in MW)
      Table 3-4: Thin-Film (Other) (units in MW)
      Table 3-5: Emerging Technologies (units in MW)
  3.3 Potential Production Capacity Size by Region/Country, 2010-2015
      Table 3-6: Asia (Units in MW)
      Table 3-7: Europe (Units in MW)
      Table 3-8: Japan (Units in MW)
      Table 3-9: North America (Units in MW)
      Table 3-10: Rest of the World (ROW) (Units in MW)
  3.4 Production Capacity Share 2010 vs. 2013
    3.4.1 Potential Production Capacity Share (%) by Company
      Table 3-11: Potential Production Capacity Share (%) by Company, 2010 vs. 2013
      Figure 3-2: Top 10 Solar Cell Manufacturers in 2010
      Figure 3-3: Top 10 Solar Cell Manufacturers in 2013
    3.4.2 Potential Production Capacity Share (%) by Company by Technology Type, 2010 vs. 2013
      Table 3-12: Mono and Multi Crystalline Silicon
      Table 3-13: Thin-Film (Amorphous Silicon)
      Table 3-14: Thin-Film (Other)
      Table 3-15: Emerging Technologies

4. Important Findings

5. Worldwide Solar Cell Manufacturing Facility (Including Solar Wafer): Current & Future Status
  5.1 Head Office: Asia
    5.1.1 AUO Solar (New)
    5.1.2 Big Sun Energy Technology
    5.1.3 Central Electronics Limited
    5.1.4 Comtec Solar (New)
    5.1.5 EOPLLY New Energy Technology Co. Ltd
    5.1.6 E-Ton Solar Technology
    5.1.7 Eversol Corporation (New)
    5.1.8 GCL-Poly Energy (New)
    5.1.9 Gintech Energy Corporation
    5.1.10 JA Solar Holdings Co. Limited
    5.1.11 Jinko Solar (New)
    5.1.12 Kyungdong Photovoltaic Energy Co. Limited
    5.1.13 LDK Solar (New)
    5.1.14 LG Solar Power (New)     5.1.15 Maharishi Solar Technology Pvt. Ltd
    5.1.16 Moser Baer Photovoltaic
    5.1.17 Motech Industries Inc
    5.1.18 Neo Solar Power Corporation
    5.1.19 Neosemitech Corporation (New)
    5.1.20 Nexolon (New)
    5.1.21 Sun-Earth (formerly Ningbo Solar Electric Power Co. Limited)
    5.1.22 Polar Photovoltaics
    5.1.23 Renesola (New)
    5.1.24 Sino-American Silicon Products (New)
    5.1.25 Sinonar Solar Corporation
    5.1.26 Solarfun Power Holdings
    5.1.27 Solargiga Energy (New)
    5.1.28 Sungen International Limited     5.1.29 Suntech Power Co., Ltd
    5.1.30 Tianjin Jinneng Solar Cell
    5.1.31 Tianwei New Energy Holdings (New)
    5.1.32 Trina solar (New)
    5.1.33 Udhaya Semiconductors Limited
    5.1.34 Yingli Green Energy (New)
  5.2 Head Office: Europe
    5.2.1 Bosch Solar Energy AG
    5.2.3 Free Energy Europe
    5.2.4 Isofoton SA
    5.2.5 Photovoltech NV SA
    5.2.6 Photowatt International SA
    5.2.7 PV Crystalox Solar (New)
    5.2.8 Q-Cells AG
    5.2.9 Renewable Energy Corporation
    5.2.10 SCHOTT Solar GmbH
    5.2.11 SolarWorld AG
    5.2.12 Sovello AG (New)
    5.2.13 Sulfurcell
    5.2.14 Wurth Solar
  5.3 Head Office: Japan
    5.3.1 Fuji Electric Co Ltd
    5.3.2 Honda Soltec Co. Limited
    5.3.3 Kaneka Corporation
    5.3.4 Kyocera Corporation (Solar Energy Division)
    5.3.5 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    5.3.6 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
    5.3.7 Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (New)
    5.3.8 Sanyo Electric Co Ltd
    5.3.9 Sharp Corporation
    5.3.10 Solar Frontier K.K. (formerly Showa Shell Solar)
    5.3.11 Sony Corporation
    5.3.12 Space Energy (New)
    5.3.13 Taiyo Yuden
    5.3.14 TDK Corporation
  5.4 Head Office: North America
    5.4.1 Calisolar (New)
    5.4.2 Canadian Solar (New)
    5.4.3 Canrom Photovoltaics Inc
    5.4.4 Energy Conversion Devices
    5.4.5 Energy Photovoltaics Inc.
    5.4.6 Evergreen Solar Inc
    5.4.7 First Solar Inc
    5.4.8 Global Solar Inc
    5.4.9 Konarka Technologies
    5.4.10 MEMC (New)
    5.4.11 Nanosolar Inc.
    5.4.12 Solfocus (New)
    5.4.13 Solyndra (New)
    5.4.14 Suniva (New)
    5.4.15 SunPower Corporation
  5.5 Head Office: Rest of the World (ROW)
    5.5.1 Microsol International

Appendix 1 - Solar Wafer Production Capacity
Appendix 2 - Glossary

  

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