Feb 11 2011
Research and Markets, has declared that they have included a new report titled “The U.S. Utility PV Market: Demand, Players, Strategy And Project Economics Through 2015” in their list of offerings.
According to the report, the utility photovoltaic market in the USA is steadily rising as an important market to draw the attention of the renowned global players. The market estimated to be around $1 billion per year is growing rapidly because of the near saturation limit reached by the other feed-in-tariff markets such as Germany and Spain. The trend indicates the greater focus enjoyed by the utility market of the U.S. and its position as a leader for the next five years with a potential of reaching an estimated market level of $8 billion per annum in 2015. The report indicates how the solar manufacturers from Japan and Europe are entering the U.S. solar market following the footsteps of FirstSolar and SunPower by adopting downstream integration strategy to find marketing venues for their products.
The report elaborately analyzes the present state of the utility PV market in the USA with an eye on the future after taking the views of the solar developers, suppliers, utility companies and regulators. The report also has taken into consideration the prevailing veers in project development, power purchase by the utilities, economics of the project and the prevailing complex regulatory structures to supply a complete appraisal of a multifaceted and dynamic solar market.