Solar cell (photovoltaic) equipment industry report, 2009
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Solar Cell (Photovoltaic) Equipment Industry Report, 2009
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Published date :Nov, 2009
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Abstract
Due to the sharp drop in polysilicon price, most solar cell manufacturers have reduced the price,
which led to a fall of most manufacturers’ earnings. However, as to the output, most of them keep
it the same to 2008 or more.
Rank of Global Main Solar Cell Manufacturers by Revenue, 2009
Company Name Production Capacity in
2008
Output in
2008
Revenue
1H2009
(USD in
Millions)
FirstSolar 735 503 See the Report
SHARP 710 473 See the Report
Suntech Power, Wuxi, China 1,000 497.5 See the Report
SOLARWORLD N/A N/A See the Report
Q-Cells 760 574.2 See the Report
Kyocera 360 290 See the Report
Yingli Green Energy 400 281.5 See the Report
SANYO 345 215 See the Report
SunPower 414 237 See the Report
Trina Solar, Changzhou,
China
209 201 See the Report
Schott Solar N/A N/A See the Report
Taiwan Motech 410 272 See the Report
Solarfun 360 189 See the Report
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. 750 277 See the Report
Gintech 280 N/A See the Report
Canadian Solar Inc (CSI) 250 108 See the Report
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UnitedSolar N/A N/A See the Report
E-tonsolar N/A N/A See the Report
Green Energy N/A N/A See the Report
Super-solar N/A N/A See the Report
China Sunergy 320 111 See the Report
BP Solar 160 N/A See the Report
Ersol Solar Energy 145 N/A See the Report
Mitsubishi Electric 150 N/A See the Report
A 25MW polysilicon solar cell production line calls for total investment of approximately RMB40
million to RMB50 million. According to the current competition conditions, it starts from 100MW
in China, and the investment approximates RMB220 million, of which 70% goes to equipments.
In particular, the capital for PECVD equipment is the highest, accounting for around 30% of
equipment investment. In addition, a 25MW production line of amorphous silicon thin-film solar
cells is in need of RMB450million to RMB500million of investment, of which 70% are for
equipment, particularly PECVD with the highest proportion of 65-70%. In 2009, the global solar
cell equipment market is sized by about US$4.96 billion, of which PECVD holds 33%.
Rank of Global Solar Cell Equipment Manufacturers by Revenue, 2008-2009
Unit: US$ in Millions
Company 2008 2009
Applied Materials 808 1,208
Oerlikon 598 602
Centrotherm 375 601
ULVAC 382 432
GT Solar 510 508
Roth & Rau AG 272 200
MEYER BURGER 455 468
Manz 237 68
Gebr Schmid 502 468
Von Ardenne Anlagentechnik 124 128
RENA Sondermaschinen GmbH 96 96
Applied Materials Company is the overlord in the PECVD area, and it has great strength in the
field of amorphous silicon thin-film solar cell equipments. It performed quite well in 2009, while
other counterparts, except Manz adept in automation, have also made outstanding achievements.
This shows still strong growth in solar cell sector.
China has the most solar cell manufacturers all over the world. Chinese solar cell equipment
industry performs well in polysilicon solar cell, and it is endeavoring in the field of amorphous
silicon thin-film solar cells. In the 10 most important equipments for solar cell production line, 8
types can be made in China, of which 6 ones (diffusion furnace, plasma etcher, cleaning/flocking
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machine, PSG equipment, and low-temperature drying oven) hold leading roles in production lines
in China; and the rest two types (Tubular PECVD and Fast Sintering Furnace) coexist with the
imported equipments and their shares keep increasing. However, automatic screen printer,
automatic sorter, and flat PECVD are still dependent on import.
Contents
1. Solar (PV) Cell
1.1 History
1.2 Generating Theory
1.3 Categories
1.4 Manufacturing Process
1.5 Industry Chains
2. Solar Cell Industry Chains
2.1 Markets
2.2 Policies for Solar Cell in Countries
2.2.1 Germany
2.2.2 America
2.2.3 Spain & Japan
2.2.4 India
2.2.5 China
2.2.6 China Policies by Province
2.3 Global Solar Cell Industry
2.4 China Solar Cell Industry
2.5 China Thin-film Solar Cell Industry
2.5.1 Tianwei Baoding
2.5.2 Ennsolar
2.5.3 Shenzhen Topray Solar
2.5.4 Shenzhen Trony Solar
2.5.5 Chint
2.5.6 Golden Sun (Fujian) Solar
2.5.7 Jinneng Solar Cell
2.5.8 QS Solar
2.5.9 Bengbu Polar-PV
2.5.10 Suzhou Best Solar Energy
2.6 Solar Cell Industry in Germany
2.6.1 Policies
2.6.2 German Solar Cell Enterprises
2.7 Upstream--Polysilicon
2.8 Supply & Demand of Polysilicon
2.9 Thin-film Solar Cell
2.9.1 CdTe Thin-film Cell
2.10 CPV
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2.10.1 Profile
2.10.2 Developments
2.10.3 Trough Solar Thermal Power Generation
2.10.4 Paraboloid CPV
2.10.5 Tower CPV
2.11 Dye-sensitized Solar Cell
3. Solar Cell Equipment Industry
3.1 Market Scale
3.2 Polysilicon Solar Cell Equipment
3.3 Amorphous Silicon Thin-film Solar Cell Equipment
3.3.1 Single Room with Multi Chips
3.3.2 Multi Rooms with Single Chip
3.3.3 Single Room with Multi Rooms
3.3.4 Roll to Roll
3.4 Global Solar Cell Equipment Industry
3.5 Chinese Solar Cell Equipment Industry
3.5.1 Cleaning and Flocking Machines
3.5.2 Diffusion Furnace
3.5.3 Bubular PECVD
3.5.4 Suppliers of Whole line
4. Solar (PV) Cell Equipment Manufacturers
4.1 Oerlikon
4. 2 Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG
4.3 ULVAC
4.4 GT Solar
4.5 Roth & Rau
4.6 MEYER BURGER
4.7 Manz Automation
4.8 Gebr Schmid
4.9 Applied Materials
4.10 CCEG 48th Institute
4.11 VON ARDENNE
4.12 Sunhisolar
Appendix. Overview of Global Solar Cell Equipment Manufacturers
1. Complete Production Lines
2. Cleaning Instruments
3. Diffusion Equipments
4. Etching Equipments
5. Laminating Equipments
6. Screen Printing
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7. Tester and Sorter
8. Other Oven Equipments
9. Other Equipments
10. Discretes and Packaging Equipments
Selected Charts
Cumulated Installed Capacity of Solar Cells in Germany, 2000-2008
German Output of Solar Cells, 2000-2010
The Process of Extracting Polysilicon
Prices of Polysilicon, 2004--2011
Global Solar Cell Shipment by Power, 2004-2011
Market Demand of Global Solar Cell Equipments, 2003-2014
Polysilicon Solar Cell Process Flows
Amorphous Silicon Thin-film Solar Cell Process Flows
Output Value of Global Solar Cell Equipments by Technology, 2008
Output Value of Global Solar Cell Equipments by Region, 2009
Organization Structure of OERLIKON
Revenues and EBIT of Oerlikon, 2004-2009
Oerlikon Revenue by Dept., 2007-Sep.2009
Oerlikon Technology Roadmap
Organization Structure of Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG
Revenue and EBIT Statistics and Forecast of Centrotherm Photovoltaics, 2005-2009
Revenue of Centrotherm Photovoltaics by Region, 2006-Sep.2009
Revenue of Centrotherm Photovoltaics by Business, 2006-Sep.2009
Revenue of Centrotherm Photovoltaics by Product, 2007-Sep.2009
Backlog Statistics of Centrotherm Photovoltaics, Aug.2008-Sep.2009
Revenue of Centrotherm Photovoltaics by Business, Q3 2009
Revenue of Centrotherm Photovoltaics by Region, Q3 2009
Shipment of Centrotherm Photovoltaics by Product, 2008 vs. Q1-Q3 2009
Expenditure of Centrotherm Photovoltaics, Jan.2009-Sep.2009
Revenue and Operating Profit Margin of ULVAC, FY2004-FY2010
Global Presence of ULVAC
ULVAC Revenue by Dept., Q1 2004FY-Q1 2009FY
ULVAC Orders by Dept., Q1 2004FY-Q1 2009FY
ULVAC Revenue Forecast by Dept., FY2010
ULVAC Orders Forecast by Dept., FY2010
ULVAC Capital for R&D, FY2000-FY2010
ULVAC Revenue from Flat Displays and Solar Equipments, 2005-2010 vs. FY2014
ULVAC Revenue by Region, FY2005-FY2009
GT Solar Revenues and Gross Profit Margins, FY2006-FY2010
GT Solar Revenues by Region, FY2007-FY2009
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Main Customers of GT Solar
Revenue and EBIT Statistics and Forecast of Roth&Rau AG, 2004--2009
Bridge Map of EBIT, Roth&Rau, 2009
Organization Structure of MEYER BURGER
Revenues and Gross Profits of MERYER BURGER, 2006--2009
Revenues and Pre-tax Profit of Manz, 2005-Sep.2009
Revenues and Gross Profit Margins of Applied Materials, FY2004-FY2009
Sales Revenue of Applied Materials by Dept., FY2006-FY2009
Sales Revenue and Operating Profit of Applied Materials, Q12009FY-Q4 2009FY
Revenues of Applied Materials by Dept., Q4 2009FY
Orders of Applied Materials by Region, Q4 2009FY
Order Sum of Applied Materials by Region, 2006FY-2009Q1-Q3FY
Sales Revenue of Applied Materials by Region, 2006FY-2009Q1-Q3FY
Order Sum of Applied Materials by Dept., 2006FY-2009Q1-Q3FY
Cumulated Photovoltaic Installed Capacity in Main Countries, 2001-2008
Newly Added Photovoltaic Installed Capacity in Main Countries, 2002-2008
Demand Forecast of Global Newly Added Photovoltaic Installation, 2007-2011
FIT Comparison of Main European Countries
Rank of 34 Global Solar (Photovoltaic) Cell Manufacturers, 1H 2009
Rank of 38 Chinese Solar Cell Manufacturers by Output, 2008
Output Value of German Solar Cell Manufacturers, 2004-2009
Output Capacity of Global Main Polysilicon Manufacturers, 2006-2010
Forecast of Polysilicon Demand, 2008-2011
Forecast of Polysilicon Supply, 2007-2011
Cost Estimation of CdTe Cell Generation, 2008-2011
Tables for Main Core Parts of Trough Generating
Tables for Gloal Main Trough Solar Generating Projects
Tables for Global Main Paraboloid Solar Generating Projects
Target of Paraboloid Soalr Generating Cost and Performance
Tables for Global Main Tower Solar Generating Projects
Rank of Global Solar Cell Manufacturers, 2008-2009
Orders, Sales and EBIT Statistics of Oerlink's PV Dept., 2007-Mar.2009
Main Customers of Oerlinkon, 2009
Assets and Net Asset Value of Centrotherm Photovoltaics, 2005-2008
Staff Members and Left Amounts of Orders of Centrotherm Photovoltaics, 2005-Sep.2009
Sales, EBITDA, and EBIT of Centrotherm Photovoltaics, Jan.2009-Sep.2009
Occupied Proportions of Main Customers of GT Solar, FY2007-FY2009
Financial Data of Manz, 2005-2009
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Main Customers of GT Solar
Revenue and EBIT Statistics and Forecast of Roth&Rau AG, 2004--2009
Bridge Map of EBIT, Roth&Rau, 2009
Organization Structure of MEYER BURGER
Revenues and Gross Profits of MERYER BURGER, 2006--2009
Revenues and Pre-tax Profit of Manz, 2005-Sep.2009
Revenues and Gross Profit Margins of Applied Materials, FY2004-FY2009
Sales Revenue of Applied Materials by Dept., FY2006-FY2009
Sales Revenue and Operating Profit of Applied Materials, Q12009FY-Q4 2009FY
Revenues of Applied Materials by Dept., Q4 2009FY
Orders of Applied Materials by Region, Q4 2009FY
Order Sum of Applied Materials by Region, 2006FY-2009Q1-Q3FY
Sales Revenue of Applied Materials by Region, 2006FY-2009Q1-Q3FY
Order Sum of Applied Materials by Dept., 2006FY-2009Q1-Q3FY
Cumulated Photovoltaic Installed Capacity in Main Countries, 2001-2008
Newly Added Photovoltaic Installed Capacity in Main Countries, 2002-2008
Demand Forecast of Global Newly Added Photovoltaic Installation, 2007-2011
FIT Comparison of Main European Countries
Rank of 34 Global Solar (Photovoltaic) Cell Manufacturers, 1H 2009
Rank of 38 Chinese Solar Cell Manufacturers by Output, 2008
Output Value of German Solar Cell Manufacturers, 2004-2009
Output Capacity of Global Main Polysilicon Manufacturers, 2006-2010
Forecast of Polysilicon Demand, 2008-2011
Forecast of Polysilicon Supply, 2007-2011
Cost Estimation of CdTe Cell Generation, 2008-2011
Tables for Main Core Parts of Trough Generating
Tables for Gloal Main Trough Solar Generating Projects
Tables for Global Main Paraboloid Solar Generating Projects
Target of Paraboloid Soalr Generating Cost and Performance
Tables for Global Main Tower Solar Generating Projects
Rank of Global Solar Cell Manufacturers, 2008-2009
Orders, Sales and EBIT Statistics of Oerlink's PV Dept., 2007-Mar.2009
Main Customers of Oerlinkon, 2009
Assets and Net Asset Value of Centrotherm Photovoltaics, 2005-2008
Staff Members and Left Amounts of Orders of Centrotherm Photovoltaics, 2005-Sep.2009
Sales, EBITDA, and EBIT of Centrotherm Photovoltaics, Jan.2009-Sep.2009
Occupied Proportions of Main Customers of GT Solar, FY2007-FY2009
Financial Data of Manz, 2005-2009
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