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- Japan Set To Become World's Largest Solar Market
Article published on www.solarnovus.com on May, 30th 2013 Japan’s solar installations surged by a stunning 270% (in gigawatts (GW)) in the first quarter of 2013, positioning the country to surpass Germany to become the world’s largest photovoltaics...
- Solar Pv Module Rankings In 2012
Article published on http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/on May, 3rd 2013By James Montgomery, Associate Editor, RenewableEnergyWorld.com New Hampshire, USA -- The gap between PV supply and demand narrowed slightly in 2012, but overcapacity...
- Surviving The Downturn Until 2015
Article published on www.pv-magazine.com on April, 23rd 2013. NPD Solarbuzz's latest report shows that a module market downturn and further consolidation are to be expected until 2014. Recovery is forecasted to begin in 2015. Surviving the downturn...
- Global Pv Demand To Reach 31 Gw In 2013; China To Become The Leading Solar Market
Article published on www.solarserver.com/solar-magazine on March, 12th 2013 Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand will increase by two gigawatts (GW), from 29 GW to 31 GW during 2013, up 7% Y/Y according to the new Marketbuzz 2013 published by...
- Pv In Europe Represented 16.5gw Of Global 29gw Demand In 2012
Article published on www.pv-tech.org on March, 1st 2013By Tim MurphyFor 2012, Europe retained its dominant position in global PV demand reaching 16.5GW, according to findings in the new NPD Solarbuzz Marketbuzz report.Strong demand from Europe was due...
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Top 10 PV markets in 2012
Article published on www.pv-tech.org on January, 24th 2013
By Michael Barker
Cumulatively, the Top 10 PV markets accounted for 86% of global demand in 2012, down slightly when compared to the 89% share achieved in 2011, according to NPD Solarbuzz analysis within the forthcoming Marketbuzz report.
Germany was once again the largest single-country market in the world, growing slightly year-on-year in volume terms but falling two percentage points in global demand share.
China showed tremendous growth in 2012, increasing its market size by more than 70% year-on-year, to become the second largest market in the world for PV, and displacing Italy whose market declined by 50%.
North America - comprised of the US and Canadian markets - more than doubled year-on-year, moving up the Top 10 list by two places, and displacing France and Italy in the process.
Markets outside of the Top 10 continue to account for a minimal portion of total global demand but showed strong growth year-on-year, increasing share by three percentage points and growing more than 40% on a volume basis. Current projections show this trend continuing into 2013 with growth in emerging countries (especially in Asia) set to increase another three percentage points from current demand share figures.
Growth in Asian markets will not be confined to markets outside of the Top 10 either, with China set to become the largest single-country market in the world in 2013, and Japan set to grow by 50% in 2013 to become the fourth largest PV market in the world.
The developments are a dramatic change from several years ago when PV demand was almost entirely dominated by European markets. The shift towards other markets is broadly beneficial to the industry, as it reduces the risk of strong demand swings due to abrupt policy changes in any single country.
As installed system pricing continues to decline, it is likely that PV growth in regions that were previously underdeveloped will continue to increase, further broadening the reach of the PV industry and offering new growth opportunities for module suppliers and project developers alike.
However, dark shadows continue to temper PV industry demand-growth euphoria going into 2013; in particular, industry developments centered around PV trade wars and capacity levels in China. Collectively, these may inadvertently polarise global PV demand into a China/non-China end-market climate in 2013.
It remains to be seen if PV growth in China will provide advantages to the global PV supply chain, or simply offer a short-term lifeline for domestic suppliers that have accumulated inflated capacity levels and are being increasingly targeted for exclusion by overseas PV lobbies.
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- Japan Set To Become World's Largest Solar Market
Article published on www.solarnovus.com on May, 30th 2013 Japan’s solar installations surged by a stunning 270% (in gigawatts (GW)) in the first quarter of 2013, positioning the country to surpass Germany to become the world’s largest photovoltaics...
- Solar Pv Module Rankings In 2012
Article published on http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/on May, 3rd 2013By James Montgomery, Associate Editor, RenewableEnergyWorld.com New Hampshire, USA -- The gap between PV supply and demand narrowed slightly in 2012, but overcapacity...
- Surviving The Downturn Until 2015
Article published on www.pv-magazine.com on April, 23rd 2013. NPD Solarbuzz's latest report shows that a module market downturn and further consolidation are to be expected until 2014. Recovery is forecasted to begin in 2015. Surviving the downturn...
- Global Pv Demand To Reach 31 Gw In 2013; China To Become The Leading Solar Market
Article published on www.solarserver.com/solar-magazine on March, 12th 2013 Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand will increase by two gigawatts (GW), from 29 GW to 31 GW during 2013, up 7% Y/Y according to the new Marketbuzz 2013 published by...
- Pv In Europe Represented 16.5gw Of Global 29gw Demand In 2012
Article published on www.pv-tech.org on March, 1st 2013By Tim MurphyFor 2012, Europe retained its dominant position in global PV demand reaching 16.5GW, according to findings in the new NPD Solarbuzz Marketbuzz report.Strong demand from Europe was due...