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U.S. Solar Power Market

Publication Date March 2009
Publisher Research Reports Int.
Product Type Report
Pages 73
ISBN Number not applicable
Product Code RRI00024

Summary

The 3rd Edition of Research Reports International's U.S. Solar Power Market report is a 70-page overview of the domestic market for solar power. The report provides a concise look at the steps being taken to grow solar power in the U.S.

Renewable portfolio standards, concern over climate change, and large government rebate checks are charging up the U.S. solar power market driving double-digit annual growth of installed capacity. Thousand of residential and business customers are installing PV systems on their homes and business, while at the same time utilities are contracting for the development of hundred MW concentrating solar power systems.

The U.S. Solar Power Market report provides an understanding of the technological and business principles behind solar power. In addition, it identifies the key players in the U.S. market by profiling the states that are doing the most to encourage solar power development, as well as the manufacturers who are building up a domestic business.

Topics covered in the report include:

  • An overview of solar power including its history, the current market environment, and its future prospects
  • An analysis of the key business factors that are driving interest in solar power
  • A description of solar power technologies
  • A review of the economics of solar power
  • Profiles of the key U.S. markets for solar power

Content

  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Introduction
    • What Is Solar Power
    • History of Solar Power
    • The Current Status of U.S. Solar Power
    • What The Future Holds
  • Solar Power Business Drivers
    • Climate Change
    • Price of Fossil Fuels
    • Renewable Portfolio Standards
    • Environmental Consciousness of Consumers
  • The Technology of Solar Power
    • Photovoltaics
    • Crystalline Silicon Pv Cells
    • Thin-Film Pv Cells
    • Photoelectrochemical Pv Cells
    • Concentrating Photovoltaics
    • Concentrating Solar Power
    • Parabolic Trough
    • Power Tower
    • Dish/Engine
  • The Cost of Solar Power
    • Pv Costs
    • Csp Costs
    • Key U.S. Markets for Solar Power
    • Arizona
    • California
    • Colorado
    • Connecticut
    • Hawaii
    • Illinois
    • Massachusetts
    • New Jersey
    • New York
    • Nevada
    • Oregon
    • Texas
  • Federal Support for Solar Power
    • Solar Energy Technologies Program
    • Solar America Initiative
    • Federal Incentives
  • Glossary
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