List of Figures
Figure 1: World Energy Consumption by Fuel Type, 1990 – 2030, in Quadrillion Btu 9
Figure 2: Solar PV Value Chain 12
Figure 3: Solar PV Cell Type 13
Figure 4: Global Solar PV Market in MW, Installed Capacity (MW) 2001-2009, Key Countries 15
Figure 5: Global Solar PV Cumulative installed capacity (MW), 2001-2020 18
Figure 6: Thin Film Manufacturing Process 20
Figure 7: Evolution of a-Si technology 21
Figure 8: Amorphous Silicon Cell Structure, Single Junction 22
Figure 9: Amorphous Silicon Cell Structure, Triple Junction 23
Figure 10: Amorphous Silicon (1X), Conversion Efficiency and Cost/watt in $, 2009-2020 25
Figure 11: CdTe Solar PV Cell Structure, 2010 27
Figure 12: CdTe, Conversion Efficiency and Cost/watt in $, 2009-2020 30
Figure 13: CIGS, Cell Architecture 32
Figure 14: CIGS, Conversion Efficiency and Cost/watt in $, 2009-2020 35
Figure 15: Thin Film Solar Module Market, by technology type, Market Share in %, 2001-2020 37
Figure 16: Solar PV Technologies, Value Chain 38
Figure 17: Conversion Efficiency, Crystalline Silicon vis-à-vis Thin Film Solar PV, 2009-2020 39
Figure 18: Module Cost/Watt in $, Crystalline Silicon vis-à-vis Thin Film Solar PV, 2009-2020 40
Figure 19: Market segment suitability for thin film PV technologies 42
Figure 20: Global Thin Film Module Production in MW, 2001-2020 47
Figure 21: Global Thin Film Solar PV Installed Capacity in MW, Annual & Cumulative, 2001-2020 48
Figure 22: Thin Film Technology Share in % (in Terms of Module Production), 2001-2020 50
Figure 23: Solar PV Technologies, Market Penetration 52
Figure 24: Top Four Thin Film Producing Countries – Share in Global Thin Film Production in 2009, (Production in MW) 53
Figure 25: Germany, Historical and Forecast Thin Film Module Production in MW, 2007-2020 54
Figure 26: Japan, Historical and Forecast Thin Film Module Production in MW, 2007-2020 59
Figure 27: China, Historical and Forecast Thin Film Module Production in MW, 2007-2020 64
Figure 28: The US, Historical and Forecast Thin Film Module Production in MW, 2007-2020 68
Figure 29: Top 10 Thin Film Companies in 2009, in Terms of Module production Share , % 71
Figure 30: Top 10 Companies, Production Capacity and Module Production in MW, 2009 74
Figure 31: GBI Research Methodology 78