Incremental Improvements Drive Competitive Intensity in the Growing Solar PV Market
The manufacturing of solar modules is a complex process that involves the use of various chemicals at each stage to construct cells and the elements that surround them. Chemical companies contribute to the supply chain by providing solar silicon, assorted films, glass, silicones, aluminum frames, and other components and materials to ingot, wafer, cell manufacturers, laminators, and module assemblers. This report quantifies revenues at various points in the supply chain to provide market sizing for several materials for the current year and forecasts until 2030.
In addition, it offers an outlook on the most relevant innovations available in the market and a forecast of how modules will be constructed in the coming years. Growth opportunities include fluorine-free backsheets, how companies should invest in R&D for module recycling, as it will be a huge business in the future, and how building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) will necessitate new materials for this specific implementation.
Table of Contents
1 Strategic Imperatives
- Why Is It Increasingly Difficult to Grow?
- The Strategic Imperative 8™
- The Impact of the Top 3 Strategic Imperatives on the Solar PV Materials Industry
- Growth Opportunities Fuel the Growth Pipeline Engine
2 Analysis Highlights
- Analysis Highlights
3 Definitions and Scope
- Scope of Analysis
- Definitions
- Acronyms
- Solar Modules, Parts, and Materials
- Manufacturing Process and Supply Chain
- Supply Chain for the Solar PV Materials Market
- Considered RMS
- Market Shares of Main Solar PV Cell Types (by Primary Active Material)
- Forecast Assumptions and Market Sizing Methodology
- Average Module Material Composition and Solar PV Materials That the Report Considers
4 Growth Environment
- Growth Metrics
- Growth Drivers
- Growth Restraints
- Downstream Photovoltaic Industry: Global Annual New Power Capacity Additions
- Downstream Photovoltaic Industry: 2022-2030 Forecast for Generation Capacity, Units, Surface Area, Weight, and Efficiency in Modules
- Downstream Photovoltaic Industry: 2022-2030 Forecast for Mainstream Cell Technologies
- Volume of Solar PV Materials, 2022-2030
- Revenues of Solar PV Materials, 2022-2030
- Volume of Solar PV Materials by Product Type, 2022-2030
- Revenues of Solar PV Materials by Product Type, 2022-2030
- Impact of Growth Drivers and Restraints on the Solar PV Materials Market
5 Innovation in Materials for Solar PV
- Innovations in Solar PV Cells
- Innovative Companies in Solar PV Cells
- Innovations in Solar PV Encapsulants
- Innovative Companies in Solar PV Encapsulants
- Innovations in Solar PV Glass
- Innovative Companies in Solar PV Glass
- Innovations in Solar PV Backsheets
- Innovative Companies in Solar PV Backsheets
- Innovations in Solar PV Adhesives
- Innovations in Solar PV Adhesives
- Innovations in Solar PV Frames
- Innovation Companies in Solar PV Frames
6 Companies in the Solar PV Materials Ecosystem
- Companies in the Solar PV Materials Ecosystem (Not Exhaustive)
7 Growth Opportunity Universe
- Growth Opportunity 1: Fluorine-free Backsheets
- Growth Opportunity 2: Solar PV Material Recycling R&D
- Growth Opportunity 3: New Building-Integrated PV Materials
8 Next Steps
- Your Next Steps
- About the Publisher
- List of Exhibits
- Legal Disclaimer
