The presentation gives a detailed account of the Solar PV industry - Sales, Revenue Size, Share, Exports, Imports, and Production Volume etc.

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2. The first conventional photovoltaic cells were
produced in the late 1950s, and throughout the
1960s were principally used to provide electrical
power for earth-orbiting satellites.
In the 1980s, photovoltaics became a popular
power source for consumer electronic devices,
including calculators, watches, radios, lanterns and
other small battery-charging applications.
Today, the industry’s production of PV modules is
growing at approximately 25 percent annually, and
major programs in the U.S., Japan and Europe
are rapidly accelerating the implementation of PV
systems on buildings and interconnection to utility
networks.

3. Solar cells, also called photovoltaic (PV) cells by scientists,
convert sunlight directly into electricity. PV gets its name from the
process of converting light (photons) to electricity (voltage), which
is called the PV effect.
Materials presently used for photovoltaics include monocrystalline
silicon, polycrystalline silicon, amorphous silicon, cadmium telluride,
and copper indium gallium selenide/sulfide.
PV systems can be categorized by various aspects, such as, grid-
connected vs. stand alone systems, building-integrated vs. rack-
mounted systems, residential vs. utility systems, distributed vs.
centralized systems, rooftop vs. ground-mounted systems, tracking
vs. fixed-tilt systems, and new constructed vs. retrofitted systems.

4. China has set its 2016 solar
installation cap at 18.1GW and took
significant steps to address curtailment
and encourage consolidation,
according to leaked documents being
widely circulated in China and seen
by PV Tech.
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5. The global solar PV market to grow 21 percent
and add 66 gigawatts of capacity by the end
of the 2016. Tempered by policy pullbacks
across major markets China, Japan and the
U.K., PV growth will slow in 2017, but the
market will reach 95 annual gigawatts by 2020.Read More…

7. Global Rooftop Solar PV Industry 2016 Market Research Report
China sets 2016 solar cap at 18.1GW
5 Trends Shaping the 66GW Global Solar Market