This is interesting given the renewable nature of hydrogen produced by solar energy and the pollution free cycle it creates when used with a fuel cell:
Thursday December 9, 9:30 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Technical Insights
High Tech Materials will Pilot the Solar Century, Says
New Technical Insights Report
NEW YORK, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Solar Century beckons and the profits it
promises are getting executives fired up. As efficiencies improve and prices inch downward,
solar power becomes increasingly competitive with traditional energy sources. Within the solar energy field, an emerging
technology set to revolutionize the industry is the development of photovoltaic materials which convert light energy into
electricity at the atomic level.
Photovoltaic Materials: Analysis of Emerging Technology Markets (ISBN 0-471-38465-8), a just-published intelligence report
from Technical Insights, a unit of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., identifies, evaluates and forecasts the most promising research and
development in the field of photovoltaic materials. As presented in the report, photovoltaic power sales should reach $2 billion
in 2000. And, by 2005, manufacturing capacity of photovoltaic materials will need to double from present levels to keep up
with demand. The market for photovoltaic materials may reach $12 billion by 2010.
While photovoltaic solar electric power is expected to capture only a small fraction of the energy market at the beginning of the
century, this new report shows that this source of power is poised to make significant inroads. For example, the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory has recently recorded a record high efficiency of 18.8% for a thin film solar cell made of copper
indium gallium diselenide.
Among the emerging technological developments discussed in Technical Insights' report are dynamic research efforts that are
increasing photovoltaic cell efficiency and cutting cell production costs. The push to improve efficiency and streamline
production is fueled by increasing deregulation that is opening up the electric power industry to competition from non-traditional
power sources.
Based on extensive research including in-depth interviews with key players in the solar energy industry, Photovoltaic Materials
can assist corporate strategists, R&D directors and other executives in identifying business opportunities in this emerging
technology. The report details activities of the companies and organizations at the forefront of photovoltaic materials and solar
energy research, including ASE Americas, AstroPower, BP Solarex, Ebara, EPV, Evergreen, Sharp, Siemens, Solec/Sanyo,
Spire, Tecstar, United Solar, Applied Power, GPU, Utility Power, Arizona (APS), AES, Aqua Sun, PowerLine, Omnion, and
Trace.
Further details: Leo O'Connor, Acquisitions Editor, Technical Insights, 35 Carter Hill Rd., Concord NH 03303. Phone,
603-225-5593. E-Mail: loconnor@wiley.
Technical Insights publishes print and electronic intelligence services and reports. Since 1971, thousands of executives and
managers have relied on Technical Insights to identify, analyze and forecast emerging technologies and their commercial impact.
In 1996, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. an independent, global publishing company founded in 1807, acquired Technical Insights.
Today the resources of these two industry-leading organization are strengthened by the association. Visit our World Wide Web
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