| Report Description | | | | space heating. Purchases are further analyzed by |
| Summary of Major Findings | | | | state. The report also investigates sales to installers, |
| | | | wholesalers, retailers, and directly to end-users. |
| Solar Industry Market Trends | | | | U.S. Solar Energy Consumption And Factors Affecting |
| Catalina Research has uncovered these trends in our | | | | Demand |
| 167-page in-depth report on the U.S. solar industry. U.S. | | | | Catalina has analyzed solar energy output |
| shipments, imports, exports, and price trends are | | | | consumption and calculated the installed based of U.S. |
| evaluated for photovoltaic cells and modules and solar | | | | photovoltaic capacity. Output/consumption is provided |
| thermal collectors. Data is also segmented by | | | | for residential and nonresidential buildings and electric |
| technology. PV trends are segmented for crystalline | | | | utilities. This section also provides data on factors |
| silicon, thin-film, and concentrator silicon technologies; | | | | driving domestic demand including the production, |
| and solar thermal collectors for low-, medium-, and | | | | consumption, and cost of competing energy sources. |
| high-temperatures. Data is also provided for complete | | | | Electricity sales and costs were also tracked. An |
| systems. | | | | analysis of energy costs by household income and |
| U.S. Shipments And International Trade | | | | region and state also provide a guide to regional sales |
| The market is also segmented by source of supply. | | | | potential. In addition, Catalina reviewed government and |
| The report analyzes domestic plant shipments and | | | | financial incentives that have enhanced solar energy |
| imports. Import data is provided by solar technology | | | | cost competitiveness. |
| and by major country of origin. Prices are compared | | | | Solar Industry Profitability And The Competitive |
| for domestically produced and imported PV products. | | | | Environment |
| Similar data is provided for export shipments. In | | | | Catalina analyzed the financial trends of 29 global solar |
| addition, this section reviews the various solar | | | | industry manufacturers. From this base of data, |
| technologies employed and recent technical | | | | Catalina compiled data on worldwide PV production |
| innovations. | | | | capacity and research and development spending. |
| End-Use Markets And Distribution | | | | Catalina also extracted these company's U.S. sales |
| U.S. solar sales are broken out by end-use market and | | | | and calculated the market share for the top ten |
| distribution channel. The photovoltaic data is | | | | suppliers. As part of this process, Catalina profiled 14 |
| segmented for grid-interactive and remote applications. | | | | leading U.S. suppliers of photovoltaic products and |
| Markets include commercial, government, industrial, and | | | | three leading suppliers of photovoltaic manufacturing |
| residential buildings; electric utilities; transportation; water | | | | equipment. Company profiles cover product lines, and |
| pumping, communications, and other users. Solar | | | | technology, manufacturing and distribution, acquisitions |
| thermal collector uses include pool, hot water, and | | | | and capital investments, and sales and profit trends. |