List of photovoltaics companies
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This is a list of notable photovoltaics companies. (The list does not include silicon manufacturing companies.)
Grid-connected solar photovoltaics (PV) is the fastest growing energy technology in the world, with 50% annual increases in cumulative installed capacity in both 2006 and 2007, to an estimated 7.7 GW. This translates into 1.5 million homes with rooftop photovoltaics feeding into the electricity grid worldwide.[1] During 2007, investment in new solar photovoltaic manufacturing facilities was strong in Europe, Japan, China, Taiwan, and the United States, with many new operations reported.[2]
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[edit] Top Five
The top five global photovoltaics producers in 2006 accounted for almost half of world production. These companies were:[3]
- Sharp Solar (Japan)
- Q-Cells (Germany)
- Kyocera (Japan)
- Suntech (China)
- Sanyo (Japan)
[edit] Recent IPOs
During 2006/2007, several photovoltaics companies went through high profile Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). These included:[3]
- Centrosolar (Germany)
- First Solar (USA)
- Renesola (U.K.)
- Trina Solar (USA)
[edit] Other companies
Other notable companies include:[4][5]
- BP Solar
- CERN [6]
- Citizenre
- China Sunergy, Nanjing, China
- Conergy AG Hamburg, Germany
- Epuron. [7]
- Evergreen Solar, Marlboro, MA, US
- GE Energy - Solar Power, DE, US (formerly Astropower)
- HelioVolt, Austin, TX, US
- International Solar Electric Technology, Chatsworth, CA, US
- Isofotón - Malaga, Spain
- JA Solar Holdings, Hebei, China
- Krannich Solar[8] - US, Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Spain and South Korea
- Konarka Technologies, Inc., Lowell, MA, US
- Kyocera, Kyoto, Japan
- Miasolé, CA, US
- Mitsubishi Electric, Tokyo, Japan
- Moser Baer Photovoltaic, Delhi, India
- Nanosolar San José, CA, US CIGS ink
- Pyron Solar San Diego, California
- Renewable Energy Corporation Norway
- Schott Glass Germany - Glass, photovoltaic and solar technology
- Solar Power, Roseville, California [9].
- SolarWorld, Bonn, Germany
- Spectrolab, Inc., Sylmar, CA, US - Highest efficiency cells (40,7%)
- SunEdison
- Suniva [10] [11]
- Sun Power Corporation, San Jose, US Highest efficiency cells sold commercially for terrestrial.
- WorldWater and Solar Technologies Corp., Pennington, NJ, US
- Yingli Green Energy, Hebei, China
[edit] See also
- List of silicon producers
- Renewable energy industry
- List of concentrating solar thermal power companies
[edit] References
- ^ REN21 (2008). Renewables 2007 Global Status Report (PDF) p. 6.
- ^ REN21 (2008). Renewables 2007 Global Status Report (PDF) p. 19.
- ^ a b REN21 (2008). Renewables 2007 Global Status Report (PDF) p. 18.
- ^ Land of Giants: PV Players and Prospects Renewable Energy World, 13 March 2008. Retrieved on 18 April 2008.
- ^ Land of giants: PV majors making waves Renewable Energy World, 15 March 2008. Retrieved on 18 April 2008.
- ^ http://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/paginas/Contenidosecciones.asp?ID=1656&Tipo=&Nombre=Solar+Thermal
- ^ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/south-korea-expands-solar-production-961.html
- ^ Krannich Solar Inc.
- ^ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/south-korea-expands-solar-production-961.html
- ^ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/suniva-gets-ready-to-roll-975.html
- ^ http://www.suniva.com/
[edit] External links
- PV Status Report 2006 : Comprehensive global overview by Arnulf Jager-Waldau, European Commission.
