Commercialisation of flexible, printed and organic PV technology is beginning in earnest with companies such as Konarka and G24i shipping their solar cells to customers for integration into products.
The Future of Flexible and Thin-Film PV Market and Technology Forecasts, published by IntertechPira, provides detailed market anaylsis, breakdowns and forecasts on these emerging solar cell technologies with the potential for application in many end-use industries ranging from consumer and portable electronics, to rooftop and also building-integrated PV (BIPV).
The report anaylses cutting edge developments across silicon thin-films, on glass as well as other inorganic materials, through to bulk heterojunctions, dye solar cells and OPV-silicon hybrids and market drivers and challenges including the progress of government subsidies in the US, Asia and Europe.
Market forecasts by cell type, end use and region are provided.
To achieve wider coverage of the entire global PV industry, IntertechPira has also published The Future of Photovoltaics - Market Forcasts to 2014, predicting the market to reach $48 billion by then.