Silicon raw material to increase the supply of solar panel manufacturers are facing new pressure
“Since 2010, the silicon raw material supply will be a substantial upgrade.” NavigantConsulting analyst PaulaMints by the IEEE in a seminar organized by solar energy, said: “But this will be a variety of techniques, the average sales prices down The pressure, especially in the field of thin film solar panels. ”
When bad when silicon raw material shortage, has given way to chip makers and solar panel maker troubled for years; the most recent dated back to 2004, the shortage is the main victims of the crystal silicon solar panels manufacturer. Mints said. Sales of solar panels in the past few years rapid growth, but a shortage of silicon raw material to allow the use of crystalline solar panel technology manufacturers can not supply the sony pcga-bp2r battery market demands; in the 2004-2007 years, silicon solar panels by the market share of 93 % Down to 89%.
Mints and also predicts that solar energy industry in 2008 will exceed the semiconductor industry has become the largest silicon raw material applications. Silicon shortage of raw materials to allow the use of thin film technology plates PV manufacturers benefit, because the manufacturing technology needed for a very small amount of silicon. FirstSolar operators such as the United States because of its cadmium telluride (cadmiumtelluride) technology, in 2007, jumped the world’s fifth largest manufacturer of solar photovoltaic panels. toshiba pa3285u-1brs battery
However, feng shui has turned, Mints expected shortage of silicon raw materials from the beginning of this year to relieve, or even in surplus supply in 2010; such a trend will make the most of the crystal silicon solar PV manufacturers benefit from the board. In recent years crystalline silicon solar panel suppliers to “save”, is currently ranked as the world’s tenth largest supplier of solar panels of the U.S. industry SunPower, will each silicon solar cell usage by about 12 grams Kandao 6 grams.
But film solar panel manufacturers SignetSolar its technology or optimism attitude, the company forecast in 2020 as a whole achieved sales of solar panels 40% share. The company manufacture and supply of equipment, Applied Materials (AppliedMaterials) that the silicon thin film with the two technologies will rival the solar dell Inspiron 9300 market.
Thin film technology in recent years to obtain the support of much of the money, out of dozens of new companies; According to statistics, U.S. venture capital industry and the industry in 2007 to invest in the field of thin film technology, the total amounted to 350,000,000 U.S. dollars. U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NationalRenewableEnergyLaboratory) of the Director of the Center for Optical LawrenceKazmerski said that the amount of government investment in the United States as a whole in the field of optical double, and he was such a huge amount of money has caused some alarm, because these companies are not All of them survived.ibm 40y6797 battery
