Dublin, Oct. 9, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bp6qj2/cpvconcentrated)
has announced the addition of the
"CPV(Concentrated Photovoltaics) Technology and Market Forecast
(2009-2020)" report to their offering.
The CPV (concentrated photovoltaic) technology started from the
concept that inexpensive optical systems can be used to concentrate
an equal amount of light as an attempt to reduce silicon
consumption when the price of c-Si solar cells was very high in
1980 to 1990s
Concentrated photovoltaics mainly use III-V compound semi-conductor
solar cells based on GaAs and InGaP. Due to direct band gaps, they
have higher optical absorbance than existing silicon solar cells.
Besides, covalent bonds lead to excellent properties. GaAs as a
compound semi-conductor is proved to show high reliability even
under extreme conditions in the field of semiconductor laser, which
has a much more complex structure than solar cells. The biggest
advantage of concentrated photovoltaics is that it is possible to
remarkably reduce the price of power generation systems by
drastically reducing the area of solar cell modules, which are
expensive. They are aimed at remarkable reduction in the cost of
power generation through low-cost optical systems.
Despite the global economic recession, the
CPV market has continued to grow rapidly. For this reason, it
is expected that there will be a rapid increase in installation
from 3.5MW in 2009 to 505MW in 2012, and, with the steady growth,
the total installation will reach 3.9GW by 2020. Comparing
different types of solar cells, all solar cells will show increases
in installation, but crystalline solar cells will decrease in
percentage contrary to CPVs and thin-film solar cells (a-Si, CIGS,
CdTe, DSSC, and OPV), accounting for 68.3%, 27.3%, and 4.4%
respectively in 2020.
Key Topics Covered:
1. Overview and Basic Principle of Concentrated Photovoltaics
(CPVs)
2. CPV Technology and Price Trend
3. Patent Trend Analysis
4. CPV Company Trend by CPV Technology
5. Current Status and Forecast of CPV Market
6. Index
Companies Mentioned
- Abengoa Solar (Spain)
- Amonix Inc. (USA)
- Arima Ecoenergy (Taiwan)
- C Power SRL (Italy)
- Circadian Solar (UK)
- Concentrix Solar GmbH (Germany)
- Cool Earth Solar (USA)
- Dish type CPV
- ES System (Korea)
- Emcore Corporation (USA)
- Energy Innovations (USA)
- Everphoton Energy Corporation (Taiwan)
- Green & Gold Energy (Australia)
- Greenvolts (USA)
- Guascor Foton (Spain)
- JX Crystals (USA)
- Megawatt Solar (USA)
- Opel International Inc. (Canada)
- Pacific Solartech Inc. (USA)
- Prism Solar Technologies, Inc. (USA)
- Pyron Solar (USA)
- Sempra?�s (USA)
- Silicon CPV PLC (UK)
- Skyline Solar (USA)
- Sol 3G (Spain)
- SolFocus Inc. (USA)
- Solar Systems PTY, Ltd. (Australia)
- Solar Tec International AG (Germany)
- Soliant Energy Inc. (USA)
- Sunrgi (USA)
- Whitfield Solar Ltd (UK)
- Zytech Solar (Spain)
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