Status of Photovoltaics 2011

Since more than 10 years photovoltaics is one of the most dynamic industries with growth rates well beyond 40% per annum. This growth is driven not only by the progress in materials knowledge and processing technology, but also by market introduction programmes in many countries around the world. Despite the negative impacts on economy by the financial crisis in 2009, photovoltaics is still growing at an extraordinary pace and had in 2010 an extraordinary success, as both production and markets doubled. The open question is what will happen in 2011 and the years after as the situation is dominated by huge manufacturing overcapacities and an increasing unpredictability of policy support.

JAEGER-WALDAU Arnulf; 

2011-10-14

Intelligent Publications

JRC65831

1742-2396,   

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC65831,