Thin Film Photovoltaics Market, 2030 - The Need for Next Generation PV Technologies

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The Thin Film Photovoltaics Market, 2017-2030 report provides a comprehensive analysis of the current market landscape and a detailed future outlook of the thin film photovoltaics (PV) industry. As the global economy aims for energy security, renewable energy sources, such as solar power, are expected to play a pivotal role. In 2015, the solar energy sector attracted 56% of the total new investments (USD 286 billion) that were made in the renewable power and fuels industry. As a result of heavy funding and significant government support (in the form of subsidies), the prices of solar energy have plummeted by over 60% in the last 10 years.

The study encompasses the various thin film photovoltaic technologies that are currently available in the market, such as cadmium telluride (CdTe), copper indium selenide / gallium selenide (CIS / CIGS) and amorphous silicon (a-Si). We expect that, as this generation of thin film photovoltaic technologies matures, they are likely to benefit from economies of scale, resulting in further cost reductions.

Subsequently, these technologies are likely to become one of the primary drivers behind the growth of the solar PV industry. In addition to aforementioned technologies, next generation thin film photovoltaic technologies, such as dye sensitized solar cells (DSCs), organic PV, and perovskite PV, are already being developed. These next generation thin film photovoltaic technologies are anticipated to gain more importance in the long term as they are believed to be superior in terms of energy generation capacity as well as flexibility.

The study provides a deep dive into the developments that are impacting the current solar energy generation industry and are likely to drive significant changes in the long term. Over 80 industry stakeholders were able to be indentified, distributed across the three major thin film photovoltaic technologies.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Preface

2. Executive Summary

3. Introduction
3.1. The Energy Story
3.2. Energy Sources for Electricity Generation
3.3. Challenges Faced within the Energy Sector
3.3.1. High Demand and Rising Energy Insecurity
3.3.2. Overuse of Fossil Fuels
3.3.3. Increasing Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Global Warming
3.3.4. Growing Urbanization
3.4. Need for Renewable Sources of Energy
3.5. Solar Energy: A Source of Unlimited Energy
3.5.1. Different Methods of Harnessing Solar Energy
3.5.2. Solar Photovoltaics (PV)
3.5.2.1. First Generation Solar PV Technologies
3.5.2.2. The Need for Next Generation PV Technologies
3.5.3. Thin Film Photovoltaics for Electricity Generation

4. Technological Snapshot
4.1. Chapter Overview
4.2. Thin Film Photovoltaics: An Overview
4.3. Thin Film PV

5. Current Market Landscape
5.1. Chapter Overview
5.2. Thin Film PV Landscape: List of Industry Players

6. Cadmium Telluride (CDTE) Thin Film Photovoltaic Technology: Key Players
6.1. Chapter Overview
6.2. ANTEC Solar
6.3. Calyxo
6.4. First Solar
6.5. Lucintech
6.6. REEL Solar

7. Copper Indium Selenide / Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide (CIS/CIGS) Thin Film PV Technology: Key Players
7.1. Chapter Overview
7.2. Hanergy Holding Group
7.3. Manz
7.4. Midsummer
7.5. Solar Frontier
7.6. SoloPower Systems
7.7. Soltecture
7.8. Stion

8. Amorphous Silicon / Thin Film Silicon (A-SI / TF-SI) Thin Film Photovoltaic Technology: Key Players
8.1. Chapter Overview
8.2. Banpil Photonics
8.3. HyET Solar
8.4. Kaneka Solar Energy
8.5. Moser Baer Solar
8.6. NanoPV Technologies
8.7. Polysolar
8.8. Sharp

9. Capital Investments And Funding
9.1. Chapter Overview
9.2. Thin Film PV Market: Types of Funding Instances
9.3. Thin Film PV Market: Distribution of Funding Instances by Year (2002-2017)
9.4. Thin Film PV Market: Distribution of Funding Instances by Type of Funding (2002-2017)
9.5. Thin Film PV Market: Distribution of Funding Instances by Type of Technology
9.6. Leading Thin Film PV Technology Developers: Evaluation by Number of Funding Instances
9.7. Leading VC Firms / Investors: Evaluation by Number of Funding Instances

10. Market Forecast
10.1. Chapter Overview
10.2. Forecast Methodology and Key Assumptions
10.3. Global Thin Film PV Market
10.4. Global CdTe Thin Film PV Market
10.5. Global CIS / CIGS Thin Film PV Market
10.6. Global a-Si / TF-Si Thin Film PV Market
10.7. Global Thin Film PV Market by Applications
10.8. Regional Thin Film PV Market (By Capacity)

11. Next Generation Thin Film Photovoltaics
11.1. Chapter Overview
11.2. Solar PV: A Recap
11.3. Next Generation Thin Film PV: Development Overview
11.4. Next Generation Thin Film PV: Emerging Technologies
11.5. Next Generation Thin Film PV Technologies: Current Market Landscape
11.6. Future Prospects

12. Patent Analysis
12.1. Chapter Overview
12.2. Scope and Methodology
12.3. Thin Film PV Patent Landscape: Introduction
12.4. Next Generation Thin Film PV Patent Landscape: Introduction

13. Interview Transcripts
13.1. Chapter Overview
13.2. Andreas Zimmerman, Owner, Sunplugged
13.3. Dieter Manz, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Manz
13.4. Rombout Swanborn, Chairman, Edward Hamers, Chief Technology Officer and Robin Quax, Production Engineer, HyET Solar
13.5. Anonymous (C-Level Contributor)

14. Conclusion
14.1. Solar Energy is Witnessing Rapid Growth as the Focus Continues to Shift Towards Renewable Energy Resources
14.2. Even Though the Current Market is Dominated by the Conventional Crystalline Silicon Technology, the Thin Film Photovoltaic Technologies are Gradually Gaining Traction
14.3. Innate Flexibility and the Relatively Low Cost Allows Thin Film Photovoltaic Technologies to be Used for a Variety of Applications
14.4. Start-ups, Backed by Financial Support from A Large Number of Investors, are Driving Significant Innovation in the Market
14.5. Technological Scalability and Stiff Competition from Rival Technologies are Some of the Challenges That Still Exist
14.6. As the Current Generation of Thin Film Photovoltaic Technologies Achieve Economies of Scale, We Expect Relatively Higher Growth in the Short Term
14.7. Owing to Higher Efficiencies and Continuous R&D Efforts, Next Generation Thin Film Photovoltaic Technologies are Likely to Drive Long Term Adoption

15. Appendix 1: Tabulated Data

16. Appendix 2: List Of Companies And Organizations

Companies Mentioned

3GSolar
Acero Capital
Advanced Solar Power (Hangzhou)
Agritek Industries
Air Force Research Laboratory, US
Alberta Investment Management
Alta Devices
altPOWER
ANTEC Solar
Anwell Solar
Applied Materials
Arax Capital Partners
ARMOR Group
Ascent Solar Technologies
Astronergy
August Capital
Austria Wirtschaftsservice
Austrian Research Promotion Agency (ARPA)
Avaco
AVANCIS
Bangkok Solar
BankInvest Group
Banner Bank
Banpil Photonics
Baota Petrochemical Group
Basari Group
Basari Yatirimlar
Basariarge Enerji
Bayerische Landesbank
Bessemer Venture Partners
Bharat Light and Power (BLP)
BIPVco
Birchmere Ventures
Blue Solaria
Borun New Material Technology
Braemar Energy Ventures
Brite Solar
CalCEF
Calyxo
Capital Dynamics
Capricorn Investment Group
C-Astral Aerospace
Caterpillar
CDC Group
centrotherm international
Chart House Energy
China Environment Fund III
ClearWorld
Climate Change Capital Private Equity
CMEA Capital
CN Solar Technology
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
Conor Venture Partners
Constellation Energy
Convexa Capital Ventures
Cornell Capital
Credit Suisse
Crosslink Capital
crystalsol
Cypress Creek Renewables (CCR)
DAG Ventures
DBL Investors
Demeter Partners
Diamond Generation Europe
Dyenamo
Dyesol
Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale De Lausanne (EPFL)
Eight19
Encore Solar
Energy Future Investors
Energy Research Center of The Netherlands (ECN)
Energy Technology Ventures
ENN Solar Energy
Enterprise Estonia
Epishine
Eterbright Solar
EXEGER
FHR Anlagenbau
Firelake Capital Management
First Solar
Firsthand Capital Management
Flisom
Forster Verkehrss- und Werbetechnik
Foxconn Far East
Foxconn Technology
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE)
FrontMaterials
FSO Energy Solutions
Fuji Electric
Fujikura Europe
Fusion Capital Fund II
G24 Power
Gadir Solar
Garage Technology Ventures
Gasp Solar
ENGIE (previously known as GdF Suez)
General Catalyst Partners
General Membrane
Genex Power
Georgia Institute of Technology
GETWATT
GIC Special Investments
Global Solar Energy
Good Energies
Government of City of Wuxi
Green Energy Technology (GET)
Greentech Capital
GSHK Solar Technology
Hahn-Meitner-Institut (now the Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy)
Hanergy Thin Film Power
Hankey Asia
Heliatek
Helmet Capital
Hon Hai Precision Industry
Hong Kong Boone Group
Hudson Clean Energy Partners
HyET Solar
IBC SOLAR
IBG Beteiligungsgesellschaft Saxony-Anhalt
IDFC Private Equity
Imperial College London
Imperial Pacific International Holdings
Industrial Technology Research Institute Of Taiwan (ITRI)
InfinityPV
Inner Mongolia Manshi Investment Group
Innovate UK
Innovation Valley Partners (IVP)
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Intel Capital
International Finance Corporation
InterPhases Solar
Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC)
Ironridge Technology
Jenn Feng New Energy
Johnson Matthey
Jusung Engineering
Kaneka Solar Energy
Kawar Group
Khosla Ventures
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Klima- und Energiefonds
Kopin
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
Leaf Clean Energy
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Lincoln Capital Partners
Lucintech
Lyton Renewable Energy Solutions
Macrolink New Resources Holding Company
Magnolia Solar
Manz
Masdar Clean Tech Investments
Mayfield Fund
Medley Partners
MiaSol Hi-Tech
Midsummer
Millennium Materials Technologies Funds
Ministry of Renewable Energy, India
Mitsubishi Chemical
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
ML System
Morgan Stanley
Moser Baer Solar
Municipal Government, An Yang City
Municipal Government, Dongguan
Musea Ventures
NanoFlex Power
NanoPV Technologies
Nano Solars
NanoWin Technology
Natcore Technology
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Renewable Energy Lab, US
National Research Council, Canada
Nebras Power
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
New Energy Equity
New Enterprise Associates
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
NEXCIS
NexPower Technology
Nippon Kouatsu Electric
Nippon Solar Services
Nomura
Norsk Hydro Produksjon
Nth Power
NuvoSun
Ohio Third Frontier
Olympus Capital Partners
Optodot
OPVIUS
OrionGroup International
Oxford PV
Pangaea Ventures
Passport Capital
PBI Aqaba Industrial Estate (PBIA)
Peccell Technologies
Perseus
Philips 66
Photosol
Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC)
Polysolar
PowerFilm Solar
Prairie Gold
Premier Solar Systems
Presidio Ventures
Hanwha Q CELLS
QD Solar
QS Solar
Qualcomm
Rainbow Industrial (HK) International
Red House Capital
REEL Solar
RER Energy Group
Ricoh
RITEK Solar
Rocket Ventures
RR Donnelley
Samsung Ventures
SANYO Electric
Saule Technologies
Scatec Solar
Seagate
Senate of Berlin
Serm Sang Palang Ngan (SSP)
Shanghai Electric
Sharp
Sharp Solar Maintenance Asia
Shenzhen Global Solar Energy Technology (Shenzhen Yu Guang Gaoke New Energy Technology)
Shimane Institute of Technology
SHTARD Enterprises
Shurjo Energy
Silevo
Silicon Ranch Corporation
SIO International Holdings
Siva Power
Solar Fields
Solar Frontier
Solarion
Solaris Nanosciences
Solarmer
Solaronix
Solartech Power
SolBright Renewable Energy
Solems
Solibro
Solliance
SoloPower Systems
Soltecture
Solterra Renewable Technologies
Sol Voltaics
Spencer Energy
SpringWorks
Stanley Ventures
Stion
Sumitomo Chemical
Sunerg Solar Energy
SUNEW
Sunit DK
Sunplugged
Sunpreme
Sun Projects
Sunshine PV
Sunwell Solar
Sybac Solar
Symmetry Group
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
Taiyo Oil Company
Tata Group
Technical University of Denmark
Technology Partners
TES Energia
Texas Instruments
TFG Radiant
The Dow Chemical Company
Thomas Weisel Partners
Tianjin Lantian Solar Tech (LT Solar)
TIEN New Energy Group
Topray Solar
Toxon Japanese Technologies
Trident Capital
Trony Solar
Tsing Capital
T-Solar
UbiQD
United Solar Systems
University of Erlangen
University of Manchester
University of Southampton
University of Surrey, UK
US Department of Energy
VantagePoint Capital Partners
Vattenfall Europe
Ventegis Capital
Venture Banking Group
VentureTech Alliance
Vidurglass
Vorks Energy
Voyageur Mutual Funds III
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Wells Fargo Capital Finance
Willard & Kelsey (WK) Solar
XSeed Capital
X-Greenpower New Energy
XsunX
Xunlight (Kunshan)
YKD
Zorlu Enerji
Zorlu Holding
Zouk Ventures
ZSW

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