Table of Contents
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)
Executive Summary Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Solar
Executive Summary
ES-1 Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Solar Market Driving Forces
ES-1 Utilities Can Add Concentrated Solar Power Systems Incrementally
ES-2 Worldwide Demand For Energy
ES-2 US, Chinese, and European Solar Companies
ES-4 Impact of High Solar Irradiance
ES-5 Forces Driving Investment in Solar Energy
ES-7 Concentrating Solar Power Market Shares
ES-9 Concentrated Solar Market Forecasts
ES-10 Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Market Description and Market Dynamics
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Market Description and Market Dynamics
1-1 1.1 Sun Abundant Source Of Energy
1-1 1.1.1 Solar Energy From the Sun
1-1 1.2 Power From the Sun
1-3 1.2.1 Solar Energy Supports Worldwide Demand For Electricity
1-4 1.2.2 The Solar Solution
1-5 1.3 Solar Industry Key Drivers
1-6 1.3.1 Demand Driven By The Availability Of Government Economic Incentives
1-7 1.3.2 Government Incentives for Solar Power:
1-8 1.3.3 Solar Energy Benefits
1-9 1.4 Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Technologies
1-11 1.5 Sunlight Intensity in Various Regions
1-11 1.5.1 Average Solar Irradiance
1-13 1.5.2 Global Solar Resources for PV Photovoltaic and CSP Technologies
1-14 1.5.3 Sunshine Index
1-17 1.5.4 Economics of PV
1-18 1.6 Solar Technology
1-21 1.6.1 Cost-Competitive Solar
1-21 1.7 Utility Power Positioning
1-22 1.7.1 Utility Solar Decision Making
1-23 1.8 Smart Electric Grid Overhaul: Utility
1-25 1.8.1 IBM Smart Grid
1-25 1.8.2 U.S. Electric Grid Needs Major Overhaul: Utility
1-26 1.9 Competition and Advanced PV Technologies
1-26 1.10 Era Of Cheap Energy
1-27 1.10.1 Unprecedented Level Of Development Worldwide
1-29 1.10.2 Population Increases
1-29 1.11 Tackling Climate Change
1-29 1.11.1 Greenhouse Gases
1-32 Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Market Shares and Market Forecasts
2. Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Solar Market Shares and Forecasts
2-1 2.1 Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Solar Market Driving Forces
2-1 2.1.1 Utilities Can Add Concentrated Solar Power Systems Incrementally
2-2 2.1.2 Worldwide Demand For Energy
2-2 2.1.3 US, Chinese, and European Solar Companies
2-4 2.1.4 Impact of High Solar Irradiance
2-5 2.1.5 Forces Driving Investment in Solar Energy
2-7 2.2 Concentrating Solar Power Market Shares
2-9 2.2.1 Abengoa Solar Commercializes High- Concentration Photovoltaic System
2-11 2.2.2 SolFocus
2-11 2.2.3 Acciona
2-12 2.2.4 Solar Millennium –
2-13 2.2.5 Solar Millennium
2-14 2.2.6 Areva
2-15 2.2.7 Areva / Ausra
2-16 2.2.8 Alstom
2-16 2.2.9 BrightSource Ivanpah
2-17 2.2.10 BrightSource Hidden Hills Economic Benefits
2-17 2.2.11 Brightsource Energy -
2-18 2.2.12 eSolar Concentrated Solar Thermal
2-20 2.2.13 eSolar / Google
2-20 2.2.14 GE to Invest $40 Million in eSolar
2-21 2.2.15 eSolar and GE
2-22 2.2.16 Siemens
2-23 2.2.17 Siemens / Solel
2-23 2.2.18 Boeing / Spectrolab
2-24 2.2.19 Boeing / SpectroLab
2-25 2.2.20 Solar Reserve Partnered With United Technologies
2-26 2.2.21 SolarReserve
2-27 2.2.22 Schott
2-27 2.2.23 Amonix Financial Flexibility For Utilities Adds Solar Power Systems Incrementally As They Become Needed
2-28 2.2.24 Clark Energy Group
2-28 2.2.25 Solaflect Energy
2-29 2.2.26 Amonix Utility Solar Resources
2-29 2.2.27 Masdar Operates Through Five Integrated Units
2-31 2.2.28 Masdar PV Production Capacity at Ichtershausen
2-32 2.2.29 Masdar PV
2-32 2.2.30 Masdar PV Thin-Film Photovoltaics
2-33 2.2.31 Masdar PV and Beck Energy Open-Space Solar Park In Germany
2-33 2.2.32 ET Solar Grid Connection of a 2.9MW Power Plant in Germany
2-34 2.2.33 Beijing Jingyuntong Technology
2-34 2.2.34 Companies Offering Fresnel Lens Systems
2-35 2.3 Concentrated Solar Market Forecasts
2-35 2.3.1 Concentrated Solar Power CSP
2-39 2.4 Developing Technologies: Concentrators
2-41 2.4.1 Solar Energy Cost-Of-Electricity Analysis
2-42 2.4.2 Concentrated Solar Thermal - Segment
2-43 2.4.3 Concentrating Solar Power Glass Discussion
2-45 2.4.4 Concentrated Solar Power Plants
2-47 2.4.5 Concentrating Solar Energy Market Forecast Analysis
2-49 2.4.6 Solar-Thermal Power Plant Technology:
2-50 2.5 Molten Salt Solar Utility Scale Energy Market Forecast
2-51 2.6 Solar Steam Generators
2-54 2.6.1 Parabolic Dish Stirling Solar Collectors
2-55 2.6.2 Solar Power Tower
2-55 2.7 Renewable Energy Growth
2-56 2.7.1 Buildings & Solar
2-58 2.8 Solar Market Opportunity
2-59 2.9 Solar Power Markets
2-63 2.9.1 Solar Power Market Shares
2-64 2.9.2 Solar Market Forecasts
2-68 2.9.3 Grid Parity
2-72 2.9.4 Impact of Oil Price on Solar Industry
2-82 2.9.5 Outlook for Solar Electricity
2-82 2.9.6 Solar Electricity Storage: Thin Film Batteries Complement The Hydrogen Manufacture
2-83 2.10 Solar Industry Segment Demand
2-85 2.11 Global Solar Resources
2-87 2.12 Solar Market Installed Capacity
2-88 2.12.1 PV Countries 2010
2-88 2.12.2 PV Installations by Technology
2-89 2.12.3 PV Installations by Application and Country
2-89 2.13 Solar Regional Market Segments
2-90 2.13.1 United States Solar Market
2-91 2.13.2 Germany, Italy, Spain, France, the United States, Canada, China, India, and Australia provide FiT, Rebates, Tax Incentives, And Other Incentives Subsidies
2-93 2.13.3 Australia: Solar Market
2-94 2.13.4 China: Solar Market
2-94 2.13.5 China's Insatiable Demand For Energy
2-95 2.13.6 Environmental Concerns Continue To Mount
2-96 2.13.7 Chinese Concerns About Power Reliability And Energy Security
2-97 2.13.8 China's Energy Policies Are Focused On Fostering Energy And Environmental Conservation
2-97 2.13.9 India: Solar Market
2-100 Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Product Description
3 Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)
3-1 3.1 Heliostats
3-1 3.2 Abengoa SA
3-2 3.2.1 Abengoa Solar Commercial Operation of Solnova
3 3-4 3.2.2 Abengoa Solar Concentrating Solar Power
3-10 3.2.3 Abengoa Solar Power Tower
3-13 3.2.4 Abengoa Solar Operating Scheme For Tower Technology
3-14 3.2.5 Abengoa Solar Hybridation and Storage
3-17 3.2.6 Abengoa Solar Land Requirement For 20 MW Plants
3-19 3.2.7 Abengoa Solar ISCC (Integrated Solar Combined Cycle)
3-21 3.2.8 Abengoa Large Scale Solar Plants
3-23 3.3 eSolar
3-23 3.3.1 eSolar / Google
3-23 3.3.2 eSolar Technology
3-24 3.3.3 eSolar Products
3-25 3.3.4 eSolar Startup in the US Solar Technology Market
3-25 3.4 Google Solar Thermal Plant
3-26 3.5 BrightSource Energy
3-27 3.5.1 BrightSource. Energy / Luz
3-28 3.5.2 Brightsource Energy $1.4 Billion In Loan Guarantees From U.S. Department Of Energy
3-28 3.5.3 BrightSource Energy Ivanpah Project
3-29 3.5.4 BrightSource Energy Luz Power Tower 550 (LPT 550) Technology
3-31 3.5.5 Brightsource Energy Reduced Footprint Mitigation For Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System
3-32 3.5.6 BrightSource Energy Mirrors
3-33 3.5.7 BrightSource Energy Heliostats
3-34 3.5.8 BrightSource Energy Heliostat Control System
3-36 3.5.9 BrightSource EnergyTower and Boiler
3-38 3.5.10 BrightSource Energy Power Block
3-40 3.6 Schott
3-41 3.6.1 Schott Parabolic Recievers
3-41 Schott Powered Thermal Parabolic Trough Power
3-43 3.7 Areva / Ausra
3-43 3.7.1 Areva Strategy
3-44 3.7.2 Ausra
3-44 3.8 Ausra
3-45 3.8.1 Ausra Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR)
3-47 3.9 Acciona
3-49 3.9.1 Acciona
3-52 3.10 Concentrating Photovoltiac Systems
3-52 3.11 Amonix
3-53 3.11.1 Thermax Limited Partners With Amonix
3-54 3.11.2 Amonix Manufacturing Facility
3-55 3.11.3 Amonix Solar Power Distributed Utility Model
3-56 3.11.4 Amonix Financial Flexibility For Utilities: Power Systems Added Incrementally As Needed
3-56 3.11.5 Amonix / Thermax
3-57 3.12 Entech Solar Energy Hybrid
3-59 3.12.1 Entech Collimating Skylight Overview
3-60 3.12.2 Entech Inexpensive Fresnel Lenses
3-61 3.12.3 Entech Collimating Skylight Overview
3-61 3.12.4 Entech Solar SolarVolt™ Module
3-63 3.13 Fresnel Lens Systems
3-66 3.14 Soitec Group / Concentrix Solar
3-66 3.14.1 Soitec Concentrix™ Technology
3-66 3.15 Green and Gold Energy / SolarCube
3-69 3.16 Emcore
3-71 3.16.1 Emcore Supplies Concentrator Solar Cells from Green and Gold Energy
3-71 3.16.2 EMCORE Acquires Soliant Energy
3-71 3.17 Parabolic Dish Stirling Engine
3-76 3.18 Stirling Energy Systems
3-77 3.18.1 Stirling Energy Systems
3-77 3.18.2 Stirling Energy Systems SunCatcher
3-77 3.18.3 Stirling Energy Systems SunCatcher™ Technology
3-78 3.18.4 Stirling Energy Systems SunCatcher
3-82 3.19 Infinia
3-83 3.19.1 Infinia Powerdish
3-83 3.19.2 Infinia PowerDish
3-83 3.20 SOL3G
3-84 3.20.1 SOL3G M40 module
3-85 3.20.2 SOL3G Gira-Sol System GS700
3-86 3.21 Solergy
3-87 4.1.1 Solergy Cogen CPV™
3-88 4.1.2 Solergy Solar PV / Concentrated
3-89 3.22 SolFocus
3-90 3.22.1 SolFocus CPV Systems
3-90 3.23 Pacific SolarTech
3-96 3.23.1 Pacific SolarTech MicroPV TM Concentrator Photovoltaic Modules
3-97 3.24 Whitfield Solar
3-98 3.24.1 Whitfield Solar System Solar Panel Two-axis Tracker
3-101 3.25 Prism Solar Technologies
3-106 4.1.3 Prism Solar Modules
3-108 3.25.1 Prism Solar Technologies Dual Aperture Aspect
3-109 3.26 EMCORE Concentrator Photovoltaic Arrays (CPV) Solar Power Solutions
3-110 3.26.1 Emcore's Multi- Junction Solar Cell Technology Adapted to Terrestrial Power Generation
3-111 3.26.2 Emcore / Soliant / Heliotube
3-113 3.27 ZenithSolar Concentrated
3-113 3.27.1 Z20 Solar Energy Generator
3-114 3.28 Sunrgi Concentrated Photovoltaic System
3-119 3.28.1 SUNRGI
3-119 3.28.2 Sunrgi Technology
3-119 3.29 CoolEarth Solar
3-121 3.29.1 CoolEarth Solar Concentrators Focus the Sun
3-123 3.29.2 CoolEarth Solar Support System
3-123 3.29.3 CoolEarth Solar Balloon Technology
3-124 3.30 GreenVolt
3-124 3.30.1 GreenVolt Scalable, Reliable, High Performance Solar
3-125 3.31 Lateral Aperture Solar Design
3-126 3.32 Maxxun
3-126 3.32.1 Maxxun PV Cell
3-126 3.33 Stellaris
3-127 3.33.1 Stellaris ClearPower Modules
3-127 3.34 Sol Solution
3-128 3.35 H2Go
3-128 3.36 Sunengy Liquid Solar Array
3-128 3.36.1 Sunengy Liquid Solar Array LSA Technology
3-129 3.36.2 Energy Innovations
3-131 4.1.4 Energy Innovations Technology
3-135 3.36.3 Energy Innovations Advanced Optical Design
3-135 3.36.4 Energy Innovations Triple Junction Cells
3-136 3.36.5 Energy Innovations 2-Axis Tracking
3-136 3.36.6 Energy Innovations Built-in Performance Monitoring
3-136 3.36.7 Energy Innovations Low-Profile Design
3-137 3.36.8 Energy Innovations Ease of Installation
3-137 3.36.9 Energy Innovations Lowest Installed Cost
3-137 3.36.10 Energy Innovations Micro-Converter Technology
3-138 3.37 Pythagoras Solar
3-139 4.1.5 Photovoltaic Glass Unit (PVGU)
3-139 3.38 SVV Technology Innovations
3-140 3.38.1 SVV Technology Ring - Array Solar Concentrator
3-142 3.38.2 SVV Technology Slat - Array Solar Concentrator (SAC)
3-144 3.39 Solaflect Energy
3-145 3.39.1 Solaflect Energy Hot Water or Electricity
3-145 3.39.2 Solaflect Energy Hot Water
3-145 3.39.3 Solaflect Energy Electricity
3-147 3.40 Concentrating Thermal Systems
3-148 3.41 AORA
3-148 4.1.6 AORA Technology
3-148 3.42 Beam Down Solar
3-149 3.43 BrightSource
3-150 3.43.1 BrightSource Ivanpah
3-151 3.43.2 BrightSource Energy Solar Energy Development Center
3-154 3.43.3 BrightSource Energy Hidden Hills
3-155 3.44 Solargenix
3-157 3.44.1 Solargenix Nevada Solar One, a 64- Megawatt (MW) Solar Electric Power Plant Project
3-159 3.45 Solucar
3-161 3.46 Sopogy
3-161 3.47 Biomass / Solar Concentrated
3-161 3.48 Andersen Manufacturing
3-161 3.49 Spain Plugs In World's Largest Solar Tower
3-163 3.50 Parabolic Trough Technology
3-163 3.50.1 Abengoa Solar Parabolic Trough
3-163 3.50.2 Abengoa Solar Concentrating Solar Power Requirements
3-170 3.51 Flagsol
3-175 3.52 SkyFuel
3-175 3.53 HelioDynamics
3-175 3.54 Practical Solar
3-176 3.55 GreenShift'
3-176 3.56 Menova Energy
3-176 3.57 AXT
3-177 3.58 AzurSpace
3-178 3.59 Boeing / SpectroLab
3-178 3.59.1 Spectrolab
3-178 3.59.2 Boeing Satellite Solar-Cell Technology
3-179 3.60 Spire Semiconductor, LLC
3-182 3.61 Masdar PV
3-183 3.61.1 Masdar PV Modules Amorphous Modules
3-186 3.61.2 Masdar PV Micromorph Modules
3-187 3.62 Solar Thermal
3-191 3.63 Solar Millennium –
3-191 3.63.1 Solar Millennium Salts To Replace Oil In Parabolic Trough Power Plants 193
3.64 Intersolar North America
3-196 3.65 United Technologies
3-196 3.65.1 United Technologies / Hamilton Sundstrand / SolarReserve
3-197 3.65.2 United Technologies Hamilton Sundstrand Unit
3-197 3.65.3 United Technologies Hamilton Sundstrand
3-199 3.65.4 United Technologies / Hamilton Sundstrand / SolarReserve Power Towers
3-201 3.65.5 United Technologies / Hamilton Sundstrand / SolarReserve
3-201 3.65.6 United Technologies / Hamilton Sundstrand / SolarReserve
3-202 3.65.7 United Technologies / Hamilton Sundstrand / SolarReserve
3-202 3.65.8 Rocketdyne / SolarReserve
3-203 3.65.9 Solar Thermal With Molten Salt Energy Storage: SolarReserve Heads to Nevada
3-203 3.65.10 Solar Reserve Partnered With United Technologies
3-204 3.66 Siemens Energy Sector / Renewable Energy Division
3-206 3.66.1 Siemens Solar-Thermal Power Plant
3-206 3.66.2 Siemens Global Market Leader For Turbines In Solar Thermal Parabolic Trough Power Plants
3-208 3.66.3 Siemens Solar-Thermal Power Plant: Putting the Desert to Use
3-209 3.66.4 Siemens 123-MW Steam Turbine-Generator For Solar Thermal Power Plant In California
3-210 3.66.5 Siemens Solar Efficiency
3-212 3.66.6 Siemens Next-Generation Solar UVAC Receiver Increases Thermal Output Of Power Plants
3-213 3.66.7 Siemens –
3-216 3.67 Asahi Glass
3-217 3.67.1 Asahi Glass Flexible Solar Cells
3-217 3.68 GE
3-221 3.69 Hitachi
3-222 3.70 Solar Thermal Water Heating Units
3-223 3.70.1 Zing Solar Water Heating
3-223 3.70.2 Vajra Plus Solar Water Heating
3-224 3.70.3 Hotmax Nova Solar Heating
3-224 3.70.4 TATA BP Solar Business Energy
3-224 3.71 Daqo New Energy Solar Module
3-226 3.72 Dyesol DSC Applications Designs In BIPV
3-227 3.73 JinkoSolar Value Chain
3-228 3.73.1 JinkoSolar Product Traceability Control
3-228 3.73.2 JinkoSolar High Efficiency Modules
3-229 3.73.3 JinkoSolar High Efficiency Cells
3-230 3.73.4 JinkoSolar High Quality Wafers
3-230 3.73.5 JinkoSolar Advanced Technology
3-230 Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Technology
4. Concentrating Solar Systems Strategy, Technology, and Applications
4-1 4.1 Types of PV Systems
4-1 4.2 Concentrating Solar Power
4-4 4.3 Solar Reflectors
4-11 4.3.1 Semiconductors Absorb Light
4-12 4.3.2 How Solar Energy Works
4-13 4.3.3 Connecting to the Grid:
4-13 4.3.4 SunEdison's Approach:
4-13 4.3.5 Solar Electricity
4-14 4.4 Entech Solar Collimator ™ Technology
4-14 4.5 CSP Used To Produce Electricity
4-16 4.5.1 Parabolic Trough
4-17 4.5.2 Solar-Thermal Power Plant Technology:
4-17 4.6 Parabolic Dish Stirling Solar Collectors
4-18 4.7 Solar Power Tower
4-19 4.8 Fresnel Lenses
4-19 4.8.1 Fresnel Reflectors
4-20 4.9 Pacific Solartech Concentrator Photovoltaic Modules Technology
4-20 4.10 BrightSource Energy LPT Solar Thermal Energy System
4-22 4.10.1 BrightSource’s LPT solar thermal system Heliostats
4-23 4.10.2 BrightSource Solar Receiver (Boiler)
4-25 4.10.3 BrightSource Storage
4-26 4.10.4 BrightSource Technology
4-27 Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Company Profiles
5. Concentrating Solar Energy Company Profiles
5-1 5.1 Abengoa Solar
5-1 5.1.1 Abengoa Solana: The World's Largest Solar Plant
5-3 5.1.2 Abengoa Solar
5-6 5.1.3 Abengoa Solar Concentrating Solar Power
5-8 5.1.4 Abengoa Solar Photovoltaic
5-8 5.1.5 Abengoa Solar Customized Industrial and Commercial Applications
5-12 5.1.6 Abengoa Research and Development of Solar Technology
5-12 5.1.7 Abengoa Solar Commercializes High-Concentration Photovoltaic System
5-15 5.1.8 Joint Venture Between Masdar (60%), Total (20%) and Abengoa (20%) Shams-1 Solar Project
5-16 5.1.9 Abengoa
5-18 5.1.10 Abengoa and Climate Change
5-19 5.2 Acciona Solar Power
5-27 5.2.1 Acciona Sustainability
5-29 5.2.2 Acciona U.S. Projects
5-29 5.2.3 Acciona Canadian Projects
5-30 5.2.4 Acciona Energa, s.a. –
5-31 5.2.5 Acciona World Leader In Renewables
5-31 5.2.6 Acciona (Navarre, Spain)
5-33 5.2.7 Ten Entities Finance Acciona's Eurus Windpark In Mexico With Usd375m
5-34 5.2.8 Acciona Energy Wind Parks in Mexico
5-34 5.2.9 Acciona And Dhamma Energy Sign An Agreement To Develop 250 Mw Of Photovoltaic Power In France
5-35 5.2.10 Acciona Financial Information
5-36 5.2.11 Acciona2009 Revenue Results
5-37 5.2.12 Acciona Business strategy
5-38 5.2.13 Acciona Project Development
5-39 5.2.14 Acciona Exploitation And Sale Of Power
5-40 5.2.15 Acciona Wind Energy
5-42 5.2.16 Acciona Production
5-44 5.2.17 Acciona Photovoltaic
5-44 5.2.18 Acciona Other Facilities
5-45 5.2.19 Acciona Solar Thermal Power
5-46 5.2.20 AccionaFour Plants in Spain
5-47 5.2.21 Acciona Installations for Customers
5-47 5.2.22 Acciona Hydropower
5-48 5.3 Andersen Manufacturing
5-58 5.4 Applied Materials
5-59 5.4.1 Applied Materials Segment Analysis
5-60 5.4.2 Applied Materials Silicon Segment
5-61 5.4.3 Applied Three-Dimensional (3D) ICs
5-63 5.4.4 Applied Materials Deposition
5-64 5.4.5 Applied Materials Atomic Layer Deposition
5-64 5.4.6 Applied Materials Chemical Vapor Deposition
5-65 5.4.7 Applied Materials Applied Producer CVD Platform
5-65 5.4.8 Applied Materials Low k Dielectric Films —
5-66 5.4.9 Applied Materials Lithography-Enabling Solutions
5-66 5.4.10 Applied Materials Gap Fill Films —
5-66 5.4.11 Applied Materials Strain Engineering Solutions
5-67 5.4.12 Applied Materials Epitaxial Deposition
5-67 5.4.13 Applied Materials Polysilicon Deposition —
5-68 5.4.14 Applied Materials Tungsten Deposition —
5-68 5.4.15 Applied Materials Physical Vapor Deposition
5-69 5.4.16 Applied Materials Etch
5-70 5.4.17 Applied Materials Rapid Thermal Processing
5-71 5.4.18 Applied Materials Chemical Mechanical Planarization
5-72 5.4.19 Applied Materials Metrology and Wafer Inspection
5-72 5.4.20 Applied Materials Critical Dimension and Defect Review Scanning Electron Microscopes (CD-SEMs and DR-SEMs)
5-72 5.4.21 Applied Materials Wafer Inspection
5-74 5.4.22 Applied Materials Mask Making
5-74 5.4.23 Applied Materials Display Segment
5-75 5.4.24 Applied Global Services Segment
5-75 5.4.25 Applied Materials Fab Services —
5-76 5.4.26 Applied Films Vacuum Coating Technologies
5-76 5.4.27 Applied Materials Energy and Environmental Solutions Segment
5-77 5.5 AORA
5-81 5.5.1 AORA (formerly EDIG Solar) Belongs To The EDIG Group Of Companies
5-82 5.6 Areva / Ausra
5-83 5.6.1 AREVA Leads Global Nuclear Power Industry
5-84 5.6.2 Areva Ranked First In The Global Nuclear Power Industry
5-84 5.6.3 Areva / Ausra
5-86 5.6.4 Areva Group
5-87 5.6.5 An Organization Combining Operational Decentralization And Global Coordination
5-87 5.6.6 Areva Power Generation With Less Carbon Solutions
5-88 5.6.7 Areva Fundamentals Of A World Leader In Energy
5-88 5.6.8 AREVA Key Figures for 2010
5-89 5.6.9 AREVA Group
5-90 5.6.10 AREVA Mining-Front End Business Groups – One Of The Leaders In Its Field
5-91 5.6.11 AREVA Reactors and Services, Number 1 in the World
5-91 5.6.12 AREVA Back End Activities, A Major Technological And Industrial Advance
5-92 5.6.13 Renewable Energy, a Major Challenge
5-92 5.6.14 Revenue
5-93 5.7 Asahi Glass Co Ltd
5-93 5.7.1 Asahi Glass Fuel Cell
5-96 5.7.2 Asahi Glass Fuel Cells Close To Practical Use
5-97 5.7.3 Asahi Glass Fuel Cells In Daily Life In 2010
5-98 5.7.4 Asahi Glass Chemicals Business as Core Business to the AGC Group
5-98 5.7.5 Asahi Glass ETFE Film With High Transparency And Flexibility
5-101 5.7.6 AGC Asahi GlassRevenue
5-102 5.7.7 Asahi Glass Revenue
5-108 5.8 AZUR SPACE Solar Power
5-113 5.9 Battelle
5-113 5.10 BrightSource Energy
5-114 5.10.1 BrightSource. Energy / Luz
5-115 5.10.2 BrightSource Energy $1.4 billion In Loan Guarantees From The U.S. Department of Energy
5-115 5.10.3 BrightSource Energy Ivanpah Project: Clean Energy, Union Jobs, Environmentally-Responsible
5-116 5.10.4 BrightSource Energy Luz Power Tower 550 (LPT 550) Technology
5-117 5.10.5 Brightsource Energy $150 Million Of Equity Financing
5-117 5.10.6 BrightSource Energy
5-119 5.10.7 BrightSource Investors
5-121 5.10.8 BrightSource Energy Hiddens Hills Solar Electric Generating System
5-123 5.10.9 BrightSource Hidden Hills Economic Benefits
5-124 5.11 Boeing
5-127 5.11.1 Boeing 787 Dreamliner
5-128 5.11.2 Boeing 787 Dreamliner Performance
5-128 5.11.3 Boeing Advanced Technology
5-129 5.11.4 Boeing Participation In Commercial Jet Aircraft Market
5-130 5.11.5 Boeing Participation In Defense Industry Jet Aircraft Market
5-130 5.11.6 Boeing Defense, Space & Security
5-131 5.11.7 Boeing Advanced Military Aircraft:
5-131 5.11.8 Boeing Military Aircraft
5-132 5.11.9 Boeing Continuing Progress
5-138 5.11.10 Boeing-iRobot Team Receives New SUGV Task Order From US Army
5-138 5.11.11 Boeing Company/ Spectrolab,
5-139 5.12 Cool Earth Solar
5-140 5.12.1 Cool Earth Solar Expands Operations
5-140 5.13 Corning
5-141 5.13.1 Corning Display Technologies Segment
5-141 5.13.2 Corning Revenue
5-143 5.13.3 Corning Display Technologies Segment
5-146 5.13.4 Corning Telecommunications Segment
5-147 5.13.5 Corning Environmental Technologies Segment
5-148 5.13.6 Corning Specialty Materials Segment
5-148 5.13.7 Corning Life Sciences Segment
5-149 5.14 Directed Vapor Technology
5-149 5.14.1 Directed Vapor Deposition Next Generation Coating Technology
5-149 5.15 du Pont
5-151 5.15.1 DuPont
5-151 5.15.2 DuPont™ Kapton®
5-154 5.15.3 DuPont™ Kapton® Polyimide Films
5-154 5.15.4 DuPont Teonex
5-157 5.16 Emcore
5-158 5.16.1 Fiber Optics
5-161 5.16.2 Cable Television (CATV) and Fiber-To-The- Premise (FTTP) Networks
5-163 5.16.3 Telecommunications Networks
5-164 5.16.4 Data Communications Networks
5-165 5.16.5 Satellite Communications Networks
5-167 5.16.6 Storage Area Networks
5-167 5.16.7 Emcore Defense and Homeland Security
5-167 5.16.8 Photovoltaics: EMCORE Photovoltaics and Solar Power
5-168 5.16.9 Emcore Acquires CPV Soliant
5-171 5.17 Energy Innovations
5-172 5.18 WorldWater & Solar Technologies / Entech Solar
5-173 5.18.1 WorldWater & Solar Technologies / Entech
5-174 5.18.2 Entech Solar Certification of Daylighting Product
5-175 5.18.3 Energy Focus / Entech Solar Commercial Skylighting Distribution Agreement
5-176 5.19 eSolar
5-177 5.19.1 eSolar Investors
5-178 5.19.2 GE to Invest $40 Million in eSolar
5-182 5.19.3 eSolar Awards
5-185 5.20 ET Solar
5-185 5.20.1 ET Solar Corporate Vision
5-186 5.20.2 ET Solar Modules Adopted in a UK Commercial Rooftop Project
5-187 5.20.3 ET Solar / Zep Compatible Modules for Rooftop PV Systems
5-187 5.20.4 ET Solar Grid Connection of a 2.9MW Power Plant in Germany
5-188 5.21 GE Energy
5-189 5.21.1 GE Steam Turbines to Boost Output, Efficiency of Saudi Electricity Company’s Qurayyah Power Plant
5-189 5.21.2 GE Emissions Testing Team Becomes Early Adopter of Future EPA Standards
5-191 5.21.3 GE Smart Grid Technologies Transform Ireland’s Energy
5-192 5.22 Green and Gold Energy / SunCube™ International Group (SCIG)
5-193 5.23 GreenVolts
5-195 5.23.1 GreenVolts Global Cleantech 100 Clean Technology Company
5-197 5.24 Hitachi
5-198 5.24.1 Hitachi America
5-201 5.24.2 Hitachi America, Ltd. Focusing On Smart Grid Energy Storage for Solar Farms
5-202 5.24.3 Hitachi Long Life Lead Acid Batteries
5-203 5.25 Infinia
5-204 5.26 Mubadala / Masdar
5-207 5.26.1 Masdar Operates Through Five Integrated Units
5-209 5.26.2 Masdar PV
5-211 5.26.3 Masdar Initiative
5-213 5.26.4 Masdar PV Production Capacity at Ichtershausen
5-217 5.26.5 Masdar PV and Raabvill Kft. Build Solar Parks With Full Size Modules
5-218 5.26.6 Masdar PV and Beck Energy Open-Space Solar Park In Germany
5-219 5.27 Pacific Solar Tech
5-220 5.28 Prism Solar Technologies
5-221 5.29 Pythagoras Solar
5-222 5.29.1 Prism Solar Technologies BIPV
5-223 5.29.2 Pythagoras Solar Solution
5-223 5.30 Schott
5-225 5.30.1 Schott Electronic Packaging Gmbh
5-229 5.30.2 Schott AgFlat Glass
5-233 5.30.3 Schott Technological Competence
5-235 5.30.4 SCHOTT Solar Global presence
5-236 5.30.5 SCHOTT Solar Photovoltaics (PV) Business Division
5-236 5.30.6 SCHOTT Solar 2008 – Hospital Ward In Senegal
5-238 5.30.7 SCHOTT Light for Tanzania
5-239 5.30.8 SCHOTT Solar PV and Consolidated Solar Technologies Inaugurate Photovoltaic Solar Installation at Moriarty High School
5-239 5.30.9 SCHOTT Solar Black Frame Modules
5-240 5.30.10 SCHOTT Solar comes out on top in PV+ Test Conducted by Solarpraxis and TÜV Rheinland
5-241 5.31 SEIA:
5-241 5.32 Siemens
5-242 5.32.1 Siemens Business Areas
5-244 5.32.2 Siemens Steam Turbine-Generator to England – Delivery Scheduled In 13 Months
5-247 5.32.3 Siemens Energy Sector
5-249 5.32.4 Siemens / Solel
5-250 5.32.5 Siemens Wind Power A/S –
5-252 5.32.6 Siemens Fossil Power Generation
5-253 5.32.7 Siemens Renewable Energy Revenue and Orders
5-255 5.32.8 Siemens Regional Revenue
5-256 5.32.9 Siemens Revenue
5-258 5.32.10 Siemens’ Worldwide Network
5-259 5.33 Sol3G
5-260 5.34 Solaflect Energy
5-261 5.34.1 Solargenix Energy, LLC
5-262 5.34.2 Solaflect Energy Non-Tracking Evacuated Tube Collectors
5-264 5.34.3 Solaflect Energy Solar Trough Power Plants
5-264 5.34.4 Solaflect Energy Desalination
5-265 5.35 Solergy
5-268 5.35.1 Solergy Building Integrated CPV (BICPV) Solution for Greenhouses And To Cultivate Roses
5-268 5.36 SolFocus
5-269 5.36.1 SolFocus CPV System Leverages Panel Technology and Optimizes Large-Scale Deployments
5-270 5.36.2 SolFocus
5-271 5.36.3 SolFocus Low Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Intensity
5-273 5.36.4 No Water Consumption
5-273 5.36.5 SolFocus Less Disruption of the Land and Local Ecosystem
5-274 5.36.6 CPV technology:
5-277 5.36.7 SolFocus Partners with Bechtel to Deliver Renewable Power for California Agribusiness
5-278 5.36.8 SolFocus and Vision Electro Mechanical Company to Build the Largest Solar Power Plant of its Kind in Saudi Arabia
5-279 5.37 Solitec / Concentrix Solar
5-279 5.37.1 Soitec Concentrix™ Technology
5-280 5.38 Solar Millennium
5-280 5.38.1 Solar Millennium Revenue First Half Of The Fiscal Year
5-283 5.38.2 Solar Millennium AG: Solar-Thermal Power Plant Technology:
5-284 5.39 Solyndra Shut The Doors To Its California Headquarters
5-287 5.39.1 Solyndra: The Rooftop Solar Leader
5-288 5.40 Sol Solutions
5-289 5.41 Stellaris
5-290 5.42 Stirling Energy Systems
5-290 5.42.1 Stirling Energy Systems SunCatcherTM Technology
5-292 5.43 Sunengy Liquid Solar Array
5-292 5.44 Sunrgi
5-295 5.45 SVV Technology Innovations
5-295 5.46 Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation (TREC)
5-296 5.46.1 TREC-UK -
5-296 5.47 United Technologies / SolarReserve
5-297 5.47.1 United Technologies
5-298 5.47.2 United Technologies / Hamilton Sundstrand
5-301 5.47.3 Hamilton Sundstrand Technologically Advanced Aerospace And Industrial Products
5-303 5.47.4 United Technologies Revenue
5-305 5.48 Whitfield Solar
5-306 5.48.1 Whitfield CPV- The Power To Progress
5-315 5.49 Whole Energy Solar
5-316 5.50 Zenith Solar
5-317 5.50.1 ZenithSolar Values
5-319 5.50.2 ZenithSolar Strengths
5-320 5.50.3 ZenithSolar to Build Two 10 MW CHP Solar Stations in Gansu, China
5-320 5.51 Three US Solar Companies Go Bankrupt
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Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)
Executive Summary
Table ES-1 ES-4 Solar Market Growth Key Factors Driving Demand
Figure ES-2 ES-6 Average Solar Irradiance
Table ES-3 ES-7 Forces Driving Investment in Concentrating Solar Energy
Figure ES-4 ES-9 Concentrating Solar Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010
Figure ES-5 ES-11 Concentrated Solar Power Market Forecasts, Worldwide, Dollars, 2011-2017 Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Market Description and Market Dynamics
Figure 1-1 1-6 Global Primary Energy Scenario
Table 1-2 1-10 Solar Fosters Energy Independence
Figure 1-3 1-12 Solar Panel Azimuth Angle and Magnetic Declination
Figure 1-4 1-13 Average Solar Irradiance
Figure 1-5 1-14 Global Solar Resources for PV Photovoltaic and CSP Technologies