Changing Paradigms in the Solar Industry: A Case Study
Published By: Forum for Global Knowledge Sharing | Published Date: November, 13 , 2017At the moment, there are few industries in the world as fast changing as the solar energy industry.
The interest and use of solar energy is as old as mankind. However, the modern solar industry truly
started in the fifties, with the discovery of a practical way to make electricity from light, with silicon that
could make a photovoltaic material. Photovoltaics is now clearly to become the number one of
renewable electrical energy sources in the world.
The most striking trend from 2000 to now has been the rise of China, at present the world’s largest.
Now, the shift is back to the US, Europe and “sunny countries”, in the developing world. More and
more companies are getting into solar, all over the world.
Solar energy is the key issue for the 1.5 billion people still living without any electricity at all.
Hence the major trends are:
New technologies, cheaper and more efficient, new formats
Many more players worldwide
China dominance changing
Solar energy is clearly the future. There is a huge amount of effort to improve it, as it has still barely
scratched the surface.
The games are constantly changing, with fast growing demand, continuous innovations, new players
getting in, big business increasingly interested, China holding on, etc
Author(s): Françoise Pardos | Posted on: Mar 26, 2018 | Views() | Download (142)