Category Archives: Analysis

Electric Car Development to Bring IGBT Revenue Past US$5.2 Billion in 2021, Says TrendForce

published: 2019-06-27 9:34 | editor et_editor | category: Analysis

According to TrendForce, electric cars have already become the main motivator for growth of the future car industry, and are expected to exceed 8 million units in 2021, twice the amount of shipments for 2018. ... more

[2019 SNEC] Trends in the Development of Solar Power Technology from SNEC Exhibition: Modules with Lower Costs and Higher Efficiency and Inverters Featuring Lower LCOE

published: 2019-06-19 17:14 | editor sharon chen | category: Analysis

The eye-catching SNEC PV Power Expo took place in Shanghai last week. This event has been held annually during late May and early June as this period of time best reflects the industry’s expectations for annual demand and the outl... more

Lithium Batteries Increasingly Used as UPSs in Datacenters Due to High Cost-Performance Ratio, Says TrendForce

published: 2019-06-10 15:27 | editor et_editor | category: Analysis

As the datacenter market continues to grow, UPS demand receives a boost. According to statistics by EnergyTrend , a division of TrendForce , sealed lead acid (SLA) batteries remain the most widely used UPSs for datacenters. Yet lithium batteries possess advantages such as a long lifespan, quick charge/discharge speeds and a small volume, and are poised to replace SLA batteries in the future. By 2019, lithium batteries comprise 12% of batteries used in datacenters. This percentage is predicted to grow to 16% in 2020. ... more

[2019 SNEC Preview] The Economic Impact of Bifacial Modules Calculated with the Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE)

published: 2019-06-03 17:00 | editor sharon chen | category: Analysis

As technological advances continue to be made in the solar industry, PERC process has received widespread use and produced excellent results in 2018, raising the conversion efficiency of batteries while promoting diversification o... more

[2019 SNEC Preview] FiT Reduction pushes PV Investors to seek Innovative Solution with lower LCOE

published: 2019-05-31 17:01 | editor sharon chen | category: Analysis

As prices along the entire supply chain continue to fall, cost-lowering and performance enhancing has always been sole, sure strategies to success. To PV power plant (PVPP) investors, the OPEX across 20 years and energy yield will... more

U.S. Department of Energy Sponsors R&D on Lightweight Wind-Turbine Generator

published: 2019-05-31 11:32 | editor et_editor | category: Analysis

In early May, the U.S. Department of Energy kicked off an US$8 million R&D project for the development of lightweight compact high-performance generators, in order to cope with the trend for the development of high-capacity wind turbines. ... more

Taiwan’s PV Industry to Become a GW Scale Market: Obstacles and Outs

published: 2019-05-13 16:02 | editor sharon chen | category: Analysis

To keep up with the global shift to renewable energies, the Taiwanese government has passed the first large set of amendments to its Renewable Energy Development Act since the legislation’s inception in 2009. The amendment bill pa... more

Reaching a Conversion Rate of Over 23%: When Will High-Efficiency Cells Become Widely Adopted?

published: 2019-05-10 14:17 | editor et_editor | category: Analysis

Several solar projects that are under China’s Top Runner Program officially commenced construction on 4 March 2019. ... more

Persistent Challenges Impede Adoption of HJT and Shingled Cells as Leading-Edge PV Solutions

published: 2019-05-08 13:42 | editor et_editor | category: Analysis

The phasing out of renewable energy subsidies worldwide have led to unprecedented changes in the solar industry. From diamond-wire sawing to PERC, the recent application of various advanced technologies by PV manufacturers shows that there has been a tremendous leap in R&D and innovation. ... more

Car Manufacturers Turn to Electrification to Turn the Tide in 2019, with a 28% Growth in Electric Vehicles, Says TrendForce

published: 2019-04-24 11:12 | editor et_editor | category: Analysis

Global research institute TrendForce asserts in its latest Global Automotive Market Decode for 1Q report that the global automotive market scale is predicted to reach 94.4 million in shipments 2019, a 0.8% decrease compared to 2018. ... more