2011 Edition:
Worldwide Solar Cell Manufacturing
Facilities and Production Capacity 2010-2015
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Executive Summary
The political will, public awareness and government incentives to support solar worldwide has changed the nature 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 industries 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 it difficult for manufacturers in other parts of the world 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
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Executive Summary |
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| 1 |
Worldwide Solar Cell Market Forecast |
| 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 |
| 1.6 |
Worldwide Market Size Forecast by Technology Type |
| 1.7 |
Market Size by Region in $ million, 2010-2015 |
| 1.8 |
Maker Share in Total Market Base on Production Capacity, 2010 |
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| 2 |
Worldwide Solar Cell Manufacturing Facility and Production Capacity |
| 2.1 |
Mono and Multi Crystalline Silicon |
| 2.2 |
Thin-Film (Amorphous Silicon) |
| 2.3 |
Thin-Film (Other) |
| 2.4 |
Emerging Technologies |
| 2.5 |
Summary of Manufacturers’ Current and Future Production Capacity |
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| 3 |
Analysis of Worldwide Potential Solar Cell Production Capacity |
| 3.1 |
Total Solar Cell Production Capacity |
| 3.2 |
Potential Production Capacity Size by Technology Type, 2010-2015 |
| 3.3 |
Potential Production Capacity Size by Region/Country, 2010-2015 |
| 3.4 |
Production Capacity Share 2010 vs. 2013 |
| 3.4.1 |
Potential Production Capacity Share (%) by Company |
| 3.4.2 |
Potential Production Capacity Share (%) by Company by Technology Type, 2010 vs. 2013 |
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Important Findings |
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| 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 |
| 5.2.2 |
BP Solar International |
| 5.2.3 |
Free Energy Europe |
| 5.2.4 |
Isofotón 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 |
Würth 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 |
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Appendix 1 – Solar Wafer Production Capacity |
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Appendix 2 – Glossary |
Table of Figures
| 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) by Technology Type, 2010 vs. 2015 |
| Figure 1-5: |
Solar Cell Technologies: Current Technologies |
| Figure 1-6: |
Solar Cell Technologies: Future Production |
| Figure 1-7: |
Market Size Forecast by Technology Type in $ million, 2010 – 2015 |
| Figure 1-8: |
Market Size Forecast by Region in $ million, 2010 – 2015 |
| Figure 1-9: |
Production Capacity by Region, 2010 |
| Figure 1-10: |
Market Share (%) by Region, 2010 |
| Figure 1-11: |
Total Production Capacity by Technology, 2010 |
| Figure 1-12: |
Market Share (%) by Technology Type, 2010 |
| Figure 3-1: |
Forecast of Total Solar Cell Production Capacity, 2010 – 2015 |
| Figure 3-2: |
Top 10 Solar Cell Manufacturers in 2010 |
| Figure 3-3: |
Top 10 Solar Cell Manufacturers in 2013 |
Table of Tables
| Table 1-1: |
Market Size Forecast by Technology Type in $ million, 2010 – 2015 |
| Table 1-2: |
Market Size Forecast by Region in $ million, 2010 – 2015 |
| Table 1-3: |
Production Capacity and Market Share by Region, 2010 |
| Table 1-4: |
Production Capacity and Market Share by Technology Types, 2010 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Table 2-13: |
2010 and Future Production Capacity (MW) by Technology Type |
| Table 3-1: |
Total Solar Cell Production Capacity (units in MW), 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) |
| 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) |
| Table 3-11: |
Potential Production Capacity Share (%) by Company, 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 |
2011 Edition: Worldwide Solar Cell Manufacturing Facilities and Production Capacity (January 2011) is 131 pages. A hard copy print edition is available for $998.00 USD, a PDF single-departmental license for $1,495.00 USD, and a PDF corporate license for $2,295.00 USD. For more information or to order the report, contact Rob Smith at 1-408-453-5553 or rsmith@mrgco.com.
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