Originally published on Solarbuzz. Over the past three years, solar photovoltaic (PV) installed system prices, module prices, and module production costs have all fallen by more than 50%, while a shakeout of uncompetitive PV cell manufacturers has caused the number of suppliers to decline from 250 in 2010 to 150 … [continued]
Over 37 GW worth of solar capacity was installed worldwide during 2013, according to recent figures from the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA). Those figures exceed the prediction made by NPD Solarbuzz of 36 GW to be installed in 2013 by only 1 GW. The relative accuracy of NPD Solarbuzz’s … [continued]
Writing in a post on PV-Tech, NPD Solarbuzz Vice-President and lead on the team Finlay Colville has publicly upgraded their forecast for the UK photovoltaic (PV) market in 2014, based on the latest round of downstream channel checks and project pipeline activity in the country. “We are now forecasting 2.5 … [continued]
According to a new report from NPD Solarbuzz, solar PV projects ranging in size from 250 kilowatts (kW) to 5 megawatts (MW) now account for almost half of the 4,300 projects currently under construction across leading PV countries. The latest NPD Solarbuzz Global Deal Tracker report details the collective downstream project activity … [continued]
Solar photovoltaic (PV) equipment suppliers should start seeing a new upturn phase beginning in 2015 according to new research published by NPD Solarbuzz in their PV Equipment Quarterly, possibly reaching $10 billion in revenues in 2017. “During 2012 and 2013, solar PV equipment suppliers were confronted by the sharpest downturn ever to … [continued]
The first few months of every year will always find analysts looking back over the previous year, determining who were the market leaders and losers. Many reports and analyses have already shown that China emerged as a solar PV market leader during 2013, and NPD Solarbuzz has released their latest Module … [continued]
Nearly 4,000 MW (4 GW) of new solar photovoltaic capacity was installed in Japan between April 1st and October 31st 2013, according to a new report released by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). To be exact, 3,993 MW of new PV capacity was installed, based on the … [continued]
A new blog post from NPD Solarbuzz’s Vice President, Finlay Colville, sourcing several NPD Solarbuzz analyses, has determined that UK large-scale solar PV installations grew by a whopping 600% during 2013, amounting to a record of 1.45 GW new solar PV capacity added through the 12 month period. Over 90% … [continued]
A new blog post from NPD Solarbuzz’s Michael Barker has taken a deeper look into the complex machine that is the US solar PV market, finding that North Carolina is set to join California as a state driving enough solar PV demand to rank as a top 10 ‘country’ in … [continued]
NPD Solarbuzz have released their first news of the new year, unexpectedly looking back at the year just gone. According to the NPD analysts, the new solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in the United States throughout 2013 reached a record 4.2 GW. This figure is a 15% growth on 2012 figures, … [continued]
