List of Tables
Table 1: Electricity Consumption Trajectory, 1950-2050 9
Table 2: World Energy Consumption by Fuel Type, 1990 – 2030, in Quadrillion Bt 10
Table 3: Global Solar PV market in MW, Installed Capacity (MW) 2001-2009, Key Countries 16
Table 4: Global Solar PV Cumulative Installed Capacity (MW), 2001-2020 18
Table 5: Amorphous Silicon (1X), Conversion Efficiency and Cost/watt in $, 2009-2020 25
Table 6: CdTe, Conversion Efficiency and Cost/watt in $, 2009-2020 30
Table 7: CIGS, Conversion Efficiency and Cost/watt in $, 2009-2020 35
Table 8: Thin Film Solar Module Market, by technology type, Market Share in %, 2001-2020 37
Table 9: Conversion Efficiency, Crystalline Silicon vis-à-vis Thin Film Solar PV, 2009-2020 39
Table 10: Module cost/Watt in $, Crystalline Silicon vis-à-vis Thin Film Solar PV, 2009-2020 40
Table 11: Global Thin Film Module Production in MW, 2001-2020 47
Table 12: Global Thin Film Solar PV Installed Capacity in MW, Annual and Cumulative, 2001-2020 49
Table 13: Thin Film Market Share in % (in Terms of Production), 2001-2020 50
Table 14: Major Investment in the Thin film Industry, in 2009, $m 51
Table 15: Germany, Historical and Forecast Thin Film Module Production in MW, 2007-2020 55
Table 16: Germany, Solar PV Market, Digression Rates for Feed-In Tariffs, 2008-2011 55
Table 17: Germany, Solar PV Market, Sliding Scale for Digression Rates, 2008-2011 56
Table 18:Germany, Solar PV Market, Feed-in Tariffs for Ground-Mounted Installations, (cents/kWh), 2008-2015 56
Table 19: Germany, Payment Structure for Different Types of PV Installations, 2004 57
Table 20: Germany, Feed-in-Tariff, € / KWh, 2008-2009 57
Table 21: Japan, Historical and Forecast Thin Film Module Production in MW, 2007-2020 60
Table 22: Japan, Solar PV Support Measures, 2008 62
Table 23: China, Historical and Forecast Thin Film Module Production in MW, 2007-2020 64
Table 24: China, Solar PV Support Measures (as of 2008) 66
Table 25: The US, Historical and Forecast Thin Film Module Production in MW, 2007-2020 68
Table 26: Top 10 Thin Film Companies in 2009, in Terms of Module Production Share, in MW and % 71
Table 27: Comparative Analysis, Major Thin Film Companies 72
Table 28: Top 10 Thin Film Module Producers, Module Production in MW, 2005-2009 75
Table 29: Top 10 Thin Film Module Producers, Production Capacities in MW, 2005-2013 75
Table 30: Exchange Rate Conversion to USD,2009 76