Executive summary

Market description and forecast

• Technology segmentation

• Comparison between technologies

• Production forecast with technology breakdown 2005-2015

• Technology market share 2005-2015

• Market demand (extracted from Yole PV Incentive report)
  including breakdown by major countries

• Focus on main players

• End 2008 top ten

• Sharp

• Q-Cells

• Solarworld

• Suntech

• Solyndra

• First Solar

• Innovalight

• NanoSolar

• UniSolr

• Value chain analysis

• Wafer based

• Thin films

Production capacity and equipment park

•  (polysilicon, cells, modules including thin films)

•   Capacity breakdown by technology

•  Capacity breakdown by country with number of fabs

 Technologies and processes

• (Si Wafer based, thin Si wafer based, a-Si, a-Si/µSi, CIS/CIGS, CdTe, III-V, DSSC, Organic)

• Description of cell structure

• Production flowchart

• Description of production steps

• Players

• Equipment

• Materials

 Industrial park estimation

• PV manufacturing equipment:

• Wet bench (SDR and PSG removal), Diffusion furnace,  PECVD (SiNx), PVD (SiNx), Screen printer,  Firing furnace, cell testing and sorting, PECVD for active layer deposition, Laser scriber, PVD for TCO, MOCVD)

• Global park estimation 2008

• Estimated annual demand in equipment 2008-2013

• Main characteristics

• Technology innovations

• Material needed

• Equipment manufacturers

• Competitive technologies
  

• New equipment

• RIE, Electroplating, Plasma PSG removal, Inkjet, Nano-imprint

• Equipment manufacturers

• Main customers

• Issues

• Competitive technologies
  
  
  

La liste des sociétés interviewées

1366 Technologies; 3S Swiss Solar Systems; Air Liquide; Aixtron; Akrion; Altatech; AMI Presco; Analog JSC; Antec Solar; Anwell; Applied Materials; ASYS/EKRA; ATV Technologie; Aurel Automation; Baccini; Bekaert; Boostsolar; BSI Bécancour Silicon; BTU; Bürkle; Centrotherm; CSG Solar; DC Chemicals; DEK; Denal; Despatch; Deutsche Cell; Dow Corning; Dupont; Dyesol; Edwards; Elkem; Energosolar; ErSol; Evatech; Evergreen; Eurotron ;Ferro; First Solar; Flisom; Fraunhofer ISE; GCL Silicon; GT Solar; HALM; Hemlock; Heraeus; Honda; IHI; IMEC; Innolas; Innovalight; Isofoton; Jun Sung; Jusung; Kaneka; Komax Systems; Konarka; Koyo; Kyocera; LDK Solar; Leybold Optics; Machine Dubuit; Manz Automation; Meier; MEMC; Metalor; Mitsubishi Electric; Motech; Nanosolar; NPC; NREL; Oerlikon Solar; Optomec; OTB Engineering; P.Energy; Pasan; Pemco Euroinks; PV Measurements; PVA tepla; Q-Cells; REC; RENA; Rena; Rofin; Roth and Rau; Saint-Gobain; Sanyo; Schmid; Schmid; Schott Solar; SCR Engineering; Seishin; Semco; Sharp; Sierratherm; Singulus Stangl; Sixtron; Solar Force; SolarWorld; Solyndra; Sontor/B234; Sovello; Spire; Sulfurcell; Suntech; SVCS; Tecnofimes; Tempress; Thieme; Trumpf; Ulvac; United Solar Ovonics; Veeco; VHF-Technologies; Von Ardenne; Wacker-Chemie; Wacom; Würth Solar; Xjet; XsunX….