GLOBAL MARKET OUTLOOK FOR PHOTOVOLTAICS UNTIL 2016
1 INTRODUCTION 5
2 METHODOLOGY AND SCENARIOS 9
3 MARKET EVOLUTION 11
3.1. Historical PV market development 11
a. World 11
b. Europe 15
3.2. The European market in 2011 and forecast until 2016 18
a. General presentation 18
b. Installations vs. connections in Europe 19
c. Market segmentation 20
d. European PV forecasts until 2016 21
e. Scenarios by country 23
f. 2020 potential and targets in the EU 27 37
g. Support schemes in Europe 40
3.3. The global market in 2011 and forecast until 2016 41
a. General presentation 41
b. Global PV forecasts until 2016 43
c. Scenarios by country 46
4 PHOTOVOLTAICS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR 59
4.1. PV: The first new generation capacity in Europe in 2011 59
4.2. PV contributes almost 30% of new generation in 2011 60
4.3. PV positioning in electricity generation capacity over the last 10 years 62
4.4. Global PV electricity production 62
5 CONCLUSION 63
ANNEXES 66
GLOSSARY 72
LIST OF FIGURES 73
LIST OF TABLES 74