December 5, 2006
Total Market World PV
- 1,500-2,000 MW/yr
- $11-14 billion/yr
- Growth: 20-40%/yr
Major Markets
- Germany: 600-750 MW/yr; $4-5 billion/yr
- Japan: 300-400 MW/yr; $2-3 billion/yr
- USA: 80-100 MW/yr; $600-700 million/yr
Tariffs
- German: $0.51/kWh, ground mounted; $0.71/kWh façade cladding
- France: $0.70/kWh building integrated
- Spain: $0.53/kWh
- Ontario: $0.37/kWh
Germany PV
- 1,500 MW installed
- 40% homeowners; 240 MW; $1.7 billion
- 50% homeownes, farms, commercial buildings; $2 billion
- 300 MW on barn roofs!
- Total market: $4 billion/yr
- Jobs: 30,000
- 1 TWh/yr; 0.02%
German EEG Cost (minimal)
- 3% of German consumer electricity costs
- $25 Euro/yr; in 2020: $50/yr
- $0.007/kWh today; $0.01/kWh 2020
Germany Solar Thermal
- 1 million m2 collector area; 100,000 new units/yr
- ~5,000 MWt ; ~4 TWh/yr
- $1 billion/yr
- 12,000 jobs
Germany Biomass
- 11 TWh/yr; 2%
California
- Solar thermal: ~1/2 TWh; ~1/4%
- Geothermal: 14 TWh/yr; 5%
