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Escrito por: Redaccion el 19 Mar, 2007 - 04:36 PM
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World solar photovoltaic (PV) market installations reached a record high of 1,744 Megawatts (MW) in 2006, says the annual PV market report issued today by Solarbuzz LLC, the San Francisco based solar energy consultancy. Germany's grid connect PV market reached 960 Megawatts in 2006, and now accounts for 55% of the world market. While Japan's market size barely advanced in 2006, the strong performers last year were Spain and United States. The Spanish market was up over 200%, while the US market grew 33%.
World solar cell production reached a consolidated figure of 2,204 MW in 2006, up from 1,656 MW a year earlier. Japanese producers lost ground over the past 12 months, dropping from 46% to 39% share, to the benefit of Chinese cell manufacturers.
Polysilicon production rose 16% in 2006, which, when combined with aggressive PV industry procurement, allowed a marginally higher market growth rate than projected twelve months ago. Nonetheless, polysilicon supply issues will still constrain cell production in 2007.
"While there have been supply side constraints recently, high capital investment throughout the PV chain over the past 12 months is positioning the industry for strong consumer driven growth," said Craig Stevens, President of Solarbuzz LLC. "PV companies have raised over $4bn in equity and debt since January 2006 to support that expansion."
The 250 page report concludes with three forecast scenarios, "Balanced Energy", "Green World" and "Production Led" which set out growth in worldwide PV industry revenues from $10.6bn in 2006 to a range of $18.6-31.5bn in 2011.
Stevens added, "In this year's annual report, we felt it was particularly important to place an intensive focus on the next five year period. The three scenarios profile the range of commercial issues that will be faced by PV industry decision makers over that timeframe."
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