Summary:

2004 German Government Subsidy on Solar industry brought great increased of global solar energy industry, Strong demand of solar energy lead solar grade polysilicon shortage and very high profit margin of global polysilicon manufacturers. While year 2007, great success of US First Solar brought a new era of Thin Film solar cell. 1.3$/wp low cost, 11% middle high efficiency, EU and US large and long term contracts, large-scale manufacturing without raw materials shortage….all these factors help First Solar achieved high profit margin, greatly increasing revenue and high-reliable income expectation. This also meant year 2007 and the coming years will be the goldtime for thin film solar. During the passing 2007, thin film is the hottest field in solar industry. A lot of new projects hold foundation or put into production, equipments vendors owned a lot of new equipment orders even though they have more than 1 year contracts with full production capacity. Beside US First Solar, Japan Sharp also started their large capacity thin film plan, German Q-CELL Schott Solar etc also invested a lot on thin film solar cell, Taiwan published more than 10 thin film project almost in one day, China Suntech increased their thin film investment before their commercial production, Shenzhen Topray Solar went public successfully, Hebei Xinao Group invested about 14billion RMB on thin film business etc news all showed thin film was welcomed by more and more capital and attention, thin film low cost and more energy help reducing solar power cost compare with crystal silicon solar energy though C-Si PV will be the key product in the near future. But for long time seeing, thin film likely can be the hero on reducing solar power cost or even less than traditional fire power.

2008 Deep Research Report on Global and China Thin Film Solar Cell Industry was published by  Solar Energy Research Center in Feb 2008. It a professional and depth research report on global and China thin film solar cell industry chain. In the report, the following information will be included:

Global or China thin film (CdTe CIS/CIGS a-Si(Single Tandam or triple junction) amorphous/microcrystalline[a-Si/μc-Si] double junction) etc) Manufacturing Process and related technology information;
2005-2013 Global and China thin film solar cell Manufacturers capacity, production and expansions
Market share by manufacturers by regions by technology (CdTe CIS/CIGS a-Si a-Si/μc-Si etc);
Global and China Building or Planning thin film new projects and related information about these new comers;
2005-2013 global and China thin film solar cell supply demand and shortage
Global and China thin film solar cell (module) Cost Price Value and Profit Margin
USA EU Japan China Taiwan etc regional thin film production and market share
CdTe CIS/CIGS a-Si(Single Tandam or triple junction) amorphous/microcrystalline[a-Si/μc-Si] double junction) manufacturing process and their productions and market share
12 items (such as revenue production technology shareholders customer contacts etc) of each manufacturer (more than 70 thin film manufacturers)
Thin film solar cell or module efficiency of all manufacturers in the world and China
Thin film solar cell industry development trend (2008-2013) and related conclusions

Table of Contents:

Chapter One Thin Film Solar Cell Overview 1
1.1 Definition of Thin Film Solar Cell 1
1.2 Classification and Application 3
1.3 Industry Chain Structure 5
1.4 Difference between Thin Film and Crystal Silicon Solar Cell 5

Chapter Two Manufacture Technology and Processes of Thin Film Solar Cell 6
2.1 Thin Film Manufacturing Technology Overview 6
2.2 CdTe Manufacturing Process 6
2.3 CIS/CIGS Manufacturing Process 8
2.4 Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells Manufacturing Process 9
2.5 Other Thin Film Manufacturing Process 16

Chapter Three Thin Film Solar Cell Productions Supply Sales Demand Market Status and Forecast 2008-2013 19
3.1 CdTe Productions Overview 19
3.2 CIS/CIGS Productions Overview 23
3.3 Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell Productions Overview 27
3.4 Global Total Thin Film Solar Cell Productions Overview 34
3.5 Global Thin Film Solar Cell Demand 37
3.6 Supply and Demand of Global Thin Film Solar Cell 40
3.7 Thin Film Solar Cell Cost Price Value Efficiency Profit Margin 40

Chapter Four CdTe Manufactuers 43
4.1 First Solar(US) CdTe 43
4.2 Antec Solar Energy AG(German) CdTe 58
4.3 ARENDI SRL(Italy)CdTe 62
4.4 Canrom Photovoltaics(US)CdTe 64
4.5 CALYXO GMBH(Q-Cell)(German) CdTe 66
4.6 PrimeStar Solar(GE Energy)(US)CdTe 69
4.7 AVA Solar(US)CdTe 72

Chapter Five CIGS CIS Manufactuers 78
5.1 Würth Solar (German)CIS 78
5.2 Honda Soltec(Japan)CIGS 84
5.3 Global Solar (US)CIGS 89
5.4 Showa Shell Solar (Japan)CIS 95
5.5 Miasolé (US)CIGS 98
5.6 Johanna Solar (German) CIGSSe 107
5.7 Odersun(China ATMCN)(German)CISCut 111
5.8 Solibro Solar(German)CIGS 115
5.9 Sulfurcell (German)CIS 119
5.10 AVANCIS(Shell Solar)(German)CIS 129
5.11 HelioVolt (US)CIGS 134
5.12 Ascent Solar(US)CIGS 138
5.13 DayStar (US) CIGS 143
5.14 Nanosolar (US) CIGS 151
5.15 SoloPower (US)CIGS 161
5.16 ISET(US)CIS 164

Chapter Six Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell (A-Si (Single Tandam Triple Junction) a-Si/μc-Si) Manufacturers 166
6.1 United Solar Ovonic(Energy Conversion Devices) (US) A-Si/A-SiGe/A-SiGe 166
6.2 Kaneka Solartech (Japan) a-Si/Poly-Si 187
6.3 Sharp Thin Film (Japan) a-Si/μc-Si/a-Si GaAs 195
6.4 MHI(Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) (Japan) a-Si/μc-Si 199
6.5 Topray Solar(Shenzhen China)a-Si Tandem 206
6.6 Bangkok Solar(Thailand)a-Si Tandem 209
6.7 Soltechpv (Beijing China) a-Si Tandem 212
6.8 Sanyo Amorton(Japan)a-Si Single 214
6.9 Sinonar (Hsinchu Taiwan) a-Si Tandem 216
6.10 Schott Solar Thin Film(German)a-Si/μc-Si 219
6.11 Jinneng Solar(Tianjin China) A-Si Tandem 226
6.12 EPV Solar(US) a-Si Tandem 229
6.13 CSG Solar (German) Poly-Si 232
6.14 Fuji Electric Systems (Japan) A-Si/A-SiGe 235
6.15 Polar PV (Anhui China) a-Si Single,Tandem. 240
6.16 Ersol Thin Film(German)A-Si Single, a-Si/μc-Si 246
6.17 Brilliant 234. GmbH(Q-Cell)(German)a-Si/μc-Si 252
6.18 Trony (Shenzhen China) A-Si Single 259
6.19 Sumoncle (Shenzhen China)A-Si Single 262
6.20 hksolar (Harbin China) A-Si Single 264
6.21 Xinao Group (Hebei China) a-Si Tandem 266
6.22 Sunfilm AG (German) a-Si/μc-Si 269
6.23 Malibu GmbH (German) a-Si/μc-Si 278
6.24 Signet Solar (US)a-Si Single 280
6.25 SolarMorph (Singapore) a-Si/μc-Si 284
6.26 Suntech (Shanghai China) a-Si/μc-Si 286
6.27 Moser Baer Photo Voltaic (India)a-Si Single 288
6.28 T-Solar Global (Spain) a-Si/μc-Si 291
6.29 Green Energy Technology (Taoyuan Taiwan) a-Si Single 294
6.30 CMC (Taoyuan Taiwan) a-Si Single 297
6.31 Yutong Light Energy (Tainan Taiwan) a-Si/μc-Si 299
6.32 Inventux Technologies AG (Switzerland)a-Si/μc-Si 300
6.33 Pramac SpA (Italy) a-Si/μc-Si 302
6.34 BSTRPV (Weihan China) a-Si Tandem 303
6.35 China Solar Power (Yantai China) a-Si Single 305
6.36 Nexpower (Central Taiwan) a-Si Single 308
6.37 Sunner Solar (Central Taiwan) a-Si Single 310
6.38 XsunX (US) a-Si/a-SiC 312
6.39 Lambda Energia (Mexico)a-Si/a-SiC 314
6.40 QS Solar (Nantong China) a-Si Tandem 317
6.41 Yuanchang (Changzhou China) a-Si Tandem 319
6.42 Ganneng Huaji (Jiangxi China) a-Si Tandem 321
6.43 Formosun (Hsinchu Taiwan) a-Si Tandem 322
6.44 Solar Plus (Portugal) a-Si Tandem 326
6.45 HELIODOMI (Greece) a-Si Tandem 327
6.46 HelioGrid (Hungary) a-Si Tandem 328
6.47 Kenmos PV (Tainan Taiwan) a-Si Tandem 330
6.48 NanoWin (Tainan Taiwan) a-Si/μc-Si 332
6.49 GS Solar (Quanzhou China) a-Si Tandem 334
6.50 Zhongshang Quanxin (Zhongshan China) a-Si Tandem 336
6.51 Cineng PV (Hangzhou China) a-Si Tandem 336
6.52 Shenyang Hanfeng (Shenyang China) a-Si Tandem 337
6.53 Uni-Solar Jinneng (Tianjin China) A-Si/A-SiGe/A-SiGe 338

Chapter Seven Feasibility Analysis of China New Thin Film Projects 339
7.1 Opportunity and Risk of China Thin Film Projects 339
7.2 Feasibility Analysis of China Thin Film Projects 341

Chapter Eight Thin Film Solar Cell Research Conclusions 342

Tables and Figures:

Table The First Second Third Generation Solar Cell and Comparison 2
Figure Thin Film Solar Cell Classification(8 Types) and Their Key Applications 3
Figure Thin Film Solar Cell Industry Chain Structure 5
Table Thin Film and Crystal Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency Cost Production Advantage and Disadvantage etc Comparison 5
Figure CdTe Manufacturing Process Flow 7
Figure CIGS Module Manufacturing Process Flow 9
Figure Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell Manufacturing Process Flow 11
Table 2005-2013 Global Major CdTe Module Manufacturer Capacity (MW) and Global Total Capacity List 19
Table 2005-2013 Global Major CdTe Module Manufacturers Capacity Makret Share List 20
Table 2005-2013 Global Major CdTe Module Manufacturers Production (MW) and Global Total Production List 20
Table 2005-2013 Global Major CdTe Module Manufacturers Production Market Share List 21
Figure 2005-2013 Global CdTe Module Capacity Production (MW) and Growth Rate 21
Table 2005-2013 Global CdTe Module Capacity Utilization List 21
Table 2005-2013 Global CdTe Module Production (MW) Efficiency (%) Price,Cost,Profit (USD/W) Value(Million$) and Profit Margin List 22
Table 2005-2013 Global Major CIS/CIGS Module Manufacturer Capacity (MW) and Global Total Capacity List 23
Table 2005-2013 Global Major CIS/CIGS Module Manufacturer Capacity Market Share List 23
Table 2005-2013 Global Major CIS/CIGS Module Manufacturer Production (MW) and Global Total Production List 24
Table 2005-2013 Global Major CIS/CIGS Module Manufacturer Production Market Share List 24
Figure 2005-2013 Global CIS/CIGS Module Capacity Production (MW) and Growth Rate 25
Table 2005-2013 Global CIS/CIGS Module Capacity Utilization List 25
Table 2005-2013 Global CIS/CIGS Module Production (MW) Efficiency (%) Price,Cost,Profit (USD/W) Value(Million$) and Profit Margin List 26
Table 2005-2013 Global Major Thin Film Silicon Solar Module Manufacturer Capacity (MW) and Global Total Capacity List 27
Table 2005-2013 Global Major Thin Film Silicon Solar Module Manufacturer Capacity Market Share List 28
Table 2005-2013 Global Major Thin Film Silicon Solar Module Manufacturer Production (MW) and Global Total Production List 29
Table 2005-2013 Global Major Thin Film Silicon Solar Module Manufacturer Production Market Share List 30
Figure 2005-2013 Global Thin Film Silicon Solar Module Capacity Production (MW) and Growth Rate 32
Table 2005-2013 Global Thin Film Silicon Solar Module Capacity Ut