A diverse range of competing technologies and manufacturing methods has resulted in an increasingly fragmented solar PV manufacturing landscape: one that is resulting in record equipment spending levels as strong investment within PV capacity continues across both c-Si and thin-film technologies.
Capacity expansion by c-Si cell manufacturers has created headline news during 2010 with 100MW+ expansion phases being announced with increasing regularity from within China and Taiwan. Moreover, the ability of c-Si cell makers to ramp up capacity within 9 months will drive the market-share of c-Si cells to 90% during 2010.
However, this by no means detracts from the investment and equipment spending within the thin-film segment.
Despite a reduction in thin-film's share of the global PV market from 2009 to 2010, thin film manufacturing is in fact entering a new cycle of investment. This has emerged as part of new research coverage by Solarbuzz on PV cell manufacturing equipment line and tool spend.
Source: Solarbuzz - Read the full article here.
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