The world’s largest thin film solar batteries first manufacturer to 0.87 USD per watt production costs 944 million U.S. dollars in 2009 mid-term revenue and market capitalization of 12 billion U.S. dollars, breaking the bubble theory of thin-film batteries.Hp laptop battery However, the technology of thin film Laptop battery with each passing day in this market, which will eventually Swordsman, at present it is still difficult to judge. ?
For the thin film batteries have launched the project poses potential problems arising, as prices dropped polysilicon, the market there is a concern - a relatively thin crystalline silicon battery IBM 40Y6799 battery film cost advantage will be weakened, some property owners or solar power plant will turn to the use of cost is significantly reduced in the crystalline silicon batteries and their components.HP Presario M2000 Battery(compaq m2000 battery), HP Presario V2000 Battery(compaq v2000 battery), HP pavillion zx5000 Battery(HP hp zx5000 battery), Manufacturers Suntech polycrystalline silicon batteries and even the bar Shi Zhengrong also argued that “thin-film solar is definitely a bubble, and short-term challenge is very great that the conversion efficiency of over 15% and costs less than 5 percent of cases, have the opportunity.
The world’s largest thin film solar battery manufacturer first (First Solar) with the financial results of striking the thin film VGP-BPS2C batteries to suppress the outside world “bubble” in the conflict. After experiencing the first quarter of 2009 fell short chain, solar energy first in the second quarter income from operations reached $ 526 million, up 97%, 26% Bizenga ring in Meanwhile, not only improved its market share and market value in the holistic V manufacturers in the first place. In crystalline silicon batteries in the context of the sharp reduction in production costs, the thin-film batteries not only has not lost market share, but under the continuous improvement of technology, HP Presario M2000 Battery to resist unit pressure drop component, will further reduce unit production costs.
Downward trend in unit costs of production
First Solar in manufacturing is almost cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film batteries synonyms. Since 2002, cadmium telluride thin-film BATBL50L6 batteries to reach a production volume for the first solar energy has grown at an alarming rate, production of 6.5 MW from 2004 to 2008 of 504 MW, the rate of growth compound annual 139% in 2008, was Q-Batteries in production after the second largest photovoltaic manufacturers. The first half of 2009, income from the point of view, First Solar has Yueshen global PV manufacturers.
First Solar’s competitiveness steady decline primarily on the ability to continue to reduce unit manufacturing costs. Financial data revealed that the first unit cost of producing solar energy has increased from 2004 to U.S. $ 2.94 per / watt compressed to 2008 to U.S. $ 1.08 per watt. In the photovoltaic industry turn down in the fourth quarter of 2008, First Solar energy, the average cost of production fell to 0.98 U.S. dollars per watt, the cost of production is first in the world less than U.S. $ 1 per watt of solar energy companies. In 2009, to further reduce production costs, fourth and second quarter of 0.93 U.S. dollars / W and 0.87 USD / W. First Solar, president of the public said it expects its cost of production in 2014 thin film A1045 batteries are expected to lower the U.S. $ 0.52-0.63 per watt and efficiency of opto-electronic conversion is currently 10.9% to 12.5%.
Market share, increase rather than reduce
Zhou Tao, as the Great Wall Securities Research Institute estimates that if prices of polysilicon fall to 30-40 U.S. $ / kg, corresponding thin film toshiba PA3534U-1BRS battery production cost is 1.4 U.S. dollars per watt. A leading global supplier of polysilicon (Hemlock, HP Presario V2000 Battery MEMC, Wacker, etc.) unit costs were 30 U.S. dollars / kg, far lower than the U.S. domestic 60-80 dollars / kg costs, and thus see the price of polysilicon 30 U.S. dollars / kg is almost impossible, and batteries and components of production costs, the crystalline silicon batteries is difficult to compete with thin-film batteries. In addition, thin-film batteries suitable for automated production lines, the same work required for the production of crystalline silicon is only 1 / 25, the entire production process can be completed in 3 hours, much better than performance of crystalline silicon batteries.
Thus, despite the slowdown in crystalline silicon battery silicon crystal unit to provide more competitive, but increasing market share of thin-film batteries is an indisputable fact. The data show that manufacturers thin film hp PP2182D battery from the 2000 global market share of 10.1% to 12.5% in 2008, cadmium telluride and copper indium selenide Gallium thin-film batteries (CIGS) is still most extraordinary development, the growth rate is higher than the average PV. U. S. Energy Information Administration data show that the United States and Germany markets are experiencing the same trend: in 2008, the United States, 67.5% of PV modules using thin film technology, and from the latter in 2002 from less than 10% to 2007 years, nearly 40% in the German market adoption of photovoltaic thin films are up to 20%. In fact, because the crystalline silicon batteries and modules to the declining rate of production is lower than the cost of thin-film batteries, if the market share it has increased rather than decreased over the second quarter 2009,HP Presario M2000 Battery(compaq m2000 battery), HP Presario V2000 Battery(compaq v2000 battery), HP pavillion zx5000 Battery(HP hp zx5000 battery), increase the share of thin-film batteries.HP pavillion zx5000 Battery Media Technology Green predicted that by 2012 the capacity of thin film batteries, solar energy accounted for 30% of total capacity.