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Research and publications

PHOTON Consulting's widely read solar research reports provide the global PV sector with critical data, research, insight, and forecasting from PHOTON's world renowned consulting and research team. PHOTON Consulting screens more than 1500 companies in the PV sector at every step of the supply chain and models over 800 of those companies. PHOTON's research publications also include detailed cost structures, key benchmarks, analysis and projections for more than 60 key and emerging markets. PHOTON research reports are widely regarded by the PV sector for their accuracy, detail, and straightforward presentation of a complex, important, and evolving sector.

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PHOTON Consulting's Scenario-Analysis Report - Part One of 2010 Annual Report
 
Solar Annual 2010 – Part 1: Place Your Bets is a detailed report presenting scenario analysis of the solar power sector outlooks through 2014. The report includes five data-driven scenarios for the PV sector through 2014, each based on different assumptions about key drivers of PV supply, demand, prices and costs, including policy, interest rates and technology evolution. more

Latest research reports and publications

True Cost of Solar Power: How Low Can You Go?

The True Cost of Solar Power: How Low Can You Go?
The True Cost of Solar Power: How Low Can You Go? is a detailed roadmap of the benchmarks and cost structures that matter most for the solar sector. more

Solar Power Markets: Prepare for Impact

Solar Power Markets: Prepare for Impact
Solar Power Markets: Prepare for Impact is the definitive guide to the current state and outlook of PV installation demand in 13 key global markets. more

‘Solar Annual’ series

PHOTON Consulting's Solar Annual series is the most widely read solar research publication by key decision makers at companies across the PV value chain, policy makers and members of the investment community. Solar Annual is the definitive annual solar sector analysis providing 5-year forecasting of supply, demand, price, cost and profit and detailed research and analysis of key and emerging companies at each step of the PV supply chain.

Solar Annual 2009 - Solar Sector Analysis ReportSolar Annual 2010 – Part 1: Place Your Bets
Solar Annual 2010 – Part 1: Place Your Bets is a detailed report presenting scenario analysis of the solar power sector outlooks through 2014. Each scenario is based on different assumptions about key drivers of PV supply, demand, prices and costs, including policy, interest rates and technology evolution.  more
Solar Annual 2009 - Solar Sector Analysis Report

Solar Annual: Total Eclipse
This year‘s report takes a close look at the total eclipse the sector is likely to face in the coming five years, and the companies (including First Solar, Q-Cells, REC, SMA, SolarWorld, SunPower, Suntech) that stand out as bright spots against a darker mid-term outlook. more

Solar Annual 2008 - Solar Sector Analysis Report

Solar Annual: Four Peaks
Solar Annual: Four Peaks is a complex snapshot of a sector in transition. On one side of the picture, the sun is still brightly shining: Solar power companies appear likely to continue their relentless climb in volume (+68% CAGR), revenue (+60% CAGR) and profit (+61% CAGR) from 2007 to 2012. With a strong demand environment… more

Solar Annual 2007 - Solar industry growth researchSolar Annual Online
Solar Annual Online provides electronic access to quarterly updates of 120+ critical data tables, exhibits and graphs published in PHOTON Consulting's Solar Annual research report series. Solar Annual Online includes key sector trends, data and analysis with continual updates to support your most important decisions. more

‘Solar Power in Focus’ series

Solar Power Markets: Prepare for Impact

The True Cost of Solar Power: How Low Can You Go?
The True Cost of Solar Power: How Low Can You Go? is a detailed roadmap of the benchmarks and cost structures that matter most for the solar sector. How Low Can You Go? also presents in-depth cost breakdowns at each step of the solar supply chain: silicon, ingot/wafer, cell, module, system and electricity. more

Solar Power Markets: Prepare for ImpactSolar Power Markets: Prepare for Impact
Solar Power Markets: Prepare for Impact is the definitive guide to the current state and outlook of global PV installation demand in 13 key global markets. Prepare for Impact also details PHOTON’s market-by-market methodology for evaluating the growth of global PV demand. more
Solar Power Cost ReportThe True Cost of Solar Power: Race to $1/W
The decoupling of solar power prices from their underlying costs hides the low and rapidly falling cost structure of solar power. Today, the true cost of solar power is under 25¢ per kWh in most locations and is likely to reach 10¢ to 15¢ per kWh by 2010. This includes all costs of manufacturing and installing solar power systems from… more

Solar research subscription services

Silicon Price Index - Market benchmarks for spot and contract pricing

PHOTON Consulting Silicon Price Index (PCSPI)
The PHOTON Consulting Silicon Price Index (PCSPI) is a non-tradable, U.S. Dollar denominated market index designed to benchmark global spot and contract prices for high-purity silicon, a critical feedstock for the solar energy industry… more

Magazines & periodicals

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PHOTON International Magazine
PHOTON International Magazine is the most trusted trade publication in the worldwide PV industry… more