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PV Reports and Studies

 

 Date  Title and content  Author Link to Report
       
November 2008

Shaking Up the Residential PV Market: Implications of Recent Changes to the ITC

 Clean Energy States Alliance, Berkeley Lab  

October 2008

SunCentric Business Perspectives

 SunCentric  

September 2008

Solar Generation V

 EPIA  

August 2008

Levelized Cost of Electricity for Utility Scale Photovoltaics

 Sunpower Corporation  

July 2008

IEA PVPS annual report

 PVPS  

July 2008

The global PV market: fasten your seatbelts
Analysis of market demand to 2010.

 Edwin Koot, SolarPlaza  

June 2008

Utility Solar Assesment (USA) Study
Reaching ten percent solar by 2025.

 Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder, Clean Edge Inc.  

May 2008 PV Thin Film Industry Analysis
This report is a systematic analysis of the industry structure and the competetive intensity within the PV thin film industry.		 EuPD Research

Sept 2007 Deciding the Future
Energy Policy Scenarios to 2050.
World Energy Council

Sept 2007 PV Status Report 2007
Research, solar cell production and market implementation of photovoltaics.		 Arnulf Jäger-Waldau
European Commission 
Intstitute for Environment and Sustainability; Renewable Energies Unit

Sept 2007 PV Technology, Performance, and Cost - 2007 Update
PV Technology, Performance and Cost established itself in 2006 as the solar industry's benchmark for detailed, reliable market data, drawing on the experience and data collection of the industry's two top analysts, Travis Bradford and Paul Maycock. Over 60 pages, this update for 2007 to the original report will provide the reader with a complete record of the PV Industry's growth by application, technology, and region, with forecasts out to 2015.		 Paul Maycock, PV Energy Systems and
Travis Bradford, Prometheus Institute

Sept 2007 Solar Generation IV - 2007
The 4th edition of Solar Generation - a publication in cooperation between EPIA and Greenpeace - has been released.		 EPIA
July 2007 PV Policy Group Joint Action Plan and Position Paper
This document is the result of a joint action from 8 energy agencies in Europe together with EPIA and the company WIP, it was elaborated within the frame of the project “PV Policy Group – Improving the European and National support systems for Photovoltaic”		 PV Policy Group

Feb 2007 The Greek Feed-in Tariff and Grants Explained
To provide a roadmap for entering the Greek PV market, SolarPlaza wrote a market survey about the legal system, the procedures and investment opportunities. It will show that, when the right choices are made, major benefits can be gained from investing in the Greek PV market.		 SolarPlaza

The Greek Feed-in-Tariff and Grants explained

       

Older Reports

   Title  Author  Year Content
35 Green-e Verification Report Year 2005 Center for Resource Solutions 2006 Certified Renewable Energy Products
34 Compared assessment of selected environmental indicators of photovoltaic electricity in OECD cities EU PV Platform 2006 Report/Brochure on how Photovoltaic Energy can contribute to reducing climate change
33 Certified Renewable Energy Products Center for Resource Solutions 2005 Green-e Verification Report Year 2004
32 Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Collector Manufacturing Activities 2004 EIA 2005   
31 Renewables 2005: Global Status Report Worldwatch Institute 2005  Renewable Energy Markets Show Strong Growth
30 Solar Powered: an emerging growth industry facing servere supply sustains  PiperJaffray 2005  Solar Powered: an emerging growth industry facing servere supply sustains
29 World Bank Missing Its Renewable Energy Targets World Bank 2005  ‘Power Failure: How the World Bank is Failing to Adequately Finance Renewable Energy for Development’, questions the central role that the World Bank claims it wants to play by financing renewable energy globally.
28 Trends in Photovoltaic Applications IEA 2005  an overview of PV power systems applications and markets in the reporting countries at the end of 2004 and analyzes trends in the implementation of PV power systems between 1992 and 2004.
27 Renewable Energy Investment Plan California Energy Commission 2005  a report for the November 14th Committee Workshop on the investment plan
26 Publicly Owned Electric Utilities and the California Renewable Portfolio Standards California Energy Commission 2005  Publicly Owned Electric Utilities and the California Renewable Portfolio Standards: A Summary of Data Collection Activities
25 Renewable Energy in Western Utility Resource Plans    Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2005  Balancing Cost and Risk: The Treatment of Renewable Energy in Western Utility Resource Plans 
24 Basic Research Needs for Solar Energy Utilization  Department of Energy  2005   Report describing the basic research needed to produce “revolutionary progress in bringing solar energy to its full potential in the energy marketplace".
23 Sun Screen II Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia 2005 Investment Opportunities for the Solar Sector
22 California Solar Resources  California Energy Commission 2005 Overview of the California Solar PV Market Status and Potential
21 The Spanish Solar PV Market SolarPlaza 2005 Overview and outlook of the Spanish PV Market
20 DocRenewableEnergy Different Authors 2004-2005 List of more than 300 documents on Solar Energy (PV)
19 Worldwide electricity production from renewable energy sources EDF 2005 Report about the status of renewable energy in eight South American countries
18 Solar PV Development: Location of Economic Activity (United States) Renewable Energy Policy Project 2005 Overview and outlook American PV Market 2005
17 Solar energy: Sunny days ahead? Sarasin Bank  2004  Current status and outlook for solar photovoltaic and solar thermal energy 
16 Australian photovoltaic industry roadmap Australian Business Counsil for Sustainable Energy 2004 Overview and outlook Australian PV Market 2004
15 PV Status Report 2004  Europian Commission  2004 Research, Solar Cell production and Market Implementation of Photovoltaics.
14 PV activities in Japan RTS Corporation  2004  Overview of Japanese PV market, price decrease, subsidy programs, market players, etc. 
13 Roadmap EPIA 2004  Europian Photovoltaic Industry Association  2004 Roadmap EPIA 2004
12 Solar Generation; EU Key to unlock sun's power  Europian Photovoltaic Industry Association  2005 The report, describes how by 2020, solar power could deliver electricity to more than 1 billion people, provide over 2.2 million jobs, and reduce CO2 emissions by 169 million tonnes a year.
11 Trends in Photovoltaicas til 2003  IEA  2004 This report presents the results of the ninth international survey. It provides an overview of PV power systems applications and markets in the reporting countries at the end of 2003 and analyzes trends in the implementation of PV power systems between 1992 and 2003.
10 Solar Generation; SolarBasics  Europian Photovoltaic Industry Association 2003   First chapter of attractive EPIA report about PV market expectations, made in cooperation with Greenpeace.
9 Solar Photovoltaics in Africa  UNDP 2004 Review of determining factors to make PV in Africa a success, main points are the functionality of PV, the financing schemes and the insitutional aspects.
8 Sun screen, investment opportunities in solar power  CLSA 2004 Overview of investments oopportunities in the fast growing solar market.
7 Solar thermal and PV collector manufacturing activities 2003 Energy Information Administration 2004 Overview of the activities in the US solar market.
6 A vision for PV technology for 2030 and beyond  European Union 2004 The report identifies the major technical and non-technical barriers to uptake of the technology along with a stragegic agenda to ensure a breakthrough. 
5 Status of Photovoltaics in the newly associated states PV NAS NET  2004 Status of Photovotaics in the new EU member states, policy and power installed.
4 Solar cell materials as Foundation for new Industry in Norway Renewable Energy Corporation AS  2003  
3 The Washington Solar Electric Industry WSU Energy Program  2003 Investigation on the status of the Washington solar industry.
2 Renewable energy scenario's European Renewable Energy Council  2002 In the long term, renewable energies will dominate the world’s energy supply system.
1 Added value of PV power systems International Energy Agency 2001 IEA Rapport over added values van PV

 

 

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