Solar Power

What drives the growth of solar technology are incentives as well as government requirements on a state level for minimal installed renewable capacity. Even with these incentives, for the next several years grid-connected solar technology can not compete on financial terms with fossil fuels. PV manufacturing's major challenge is to reduce costs to...

The greatest potential drivers for solar power are favorable state and federal policies that encourage investment in solar power. This deliverable will look at what policies are currently in place, what is on the horizon, and what impact the market will see from such policies.

Rising electricity prices and an increase in the cost of building new transmission, distribution and other forms of generation are having a positive impact on the U.S. photovoltaic market. Lower system costs and improved performance and efficiency of PV cells and modules have also contributed to expansion of the off-grid market. Photovoltaics (PV...

Explores the issues and challenges to production of Solar Power, including lowering cost, improving efficiency, and adopting new manufacturing technologies. Production Cost and Production Technology are researched.

Provides an analysis of manufacturing capacity and operating rates of the Solar Power industry by technology with insight into the factors influencing output adjustments made by the industry in various end use markets.