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Alsace: 5.22
Aquitaine: 16.45
Auvergne: 7.48
Basse-Normandie: 2.95
Bourgogne: 6.79
Bretagne: 14.67
Centre: 5.11
Champagne-Ardenne: 4.38
Corse: 1.27
Franche-Comté: 4.55
Haute-Normandie: 1.60
Ile-de-France: 4.18
Languedoc-Roussillon: 44.59
Limousin: 3.25
Lorraine: 5.29
Midi-Pyrénées: 18.29
Nord-Pas-de-Calais: 8.40
Pays de la Loire: 34.79
Picardie: 1.56
Poitou-Charentes: 7.27
PACA: 45.40
Rhône-Alpes: 28.44
Total Métropole: 271.92
DOM: 77.27
Total Métropole+DOM: 349.19

Parc raccordé fin mars 2010 = 271 MW, file d’attente 3207 MW

Source: Enerplan

Selon EurObserv’ER, la surface annuelle des capteurs installée dans les pays de l’Union européenne en 2009 devrait atteindre près de 4,17 millions de m² (équivalent à une puissance thermique de 2,9 GWth). Cette surface est inférieure de 9,6 % à celle installée en 2008.

La superficie des capteurs solaires thermiques en fonctionnement dans l’Union européenne est de l’ordre de 32,6 millions de m², soit une puissance de 22,8 GWth. Les parcs les plus importants sont ceux de l’Allemagne, de l’Autriche et de la Grèce.

Le marché européen est resté en 2009 largement dominé par la technologie des capteurs plans vitrés. Ces derniers représentaient 86,6 % du marché européen, contre 9,8 % pour les capteurs à tubes sous vide et 3,6 % pour les capteurs non vitrés.

Source: Enerplan

Aperçu des premiers objectifs PV :

• Bulgarie : 357,2 MW de PV installés d’ici 2020 ;

• République Tchèque : 1 695 MW de PV installés d’ici 2020, dont 1 650 MW installés fin 2010, soit un marché annuel moyen de 4,5 MW jusqu’en 2020 ;

• Irlande : 0 MW de PV installés d’ici 2020 ;

• Italie : 8 000 MW PV de PV installés d’ici 2020, d’ici fin 2010, le marché cumulé sera de 2,7 GW ;

• Pologne : 451 MW de PV installés d’ici 2020 et un tarif d’achat est envisagé

• Portugal : 1 000 MW de PV installés d’ici 2020 ;

• Espagne : 8 367 MW de PV installés d’ici 2020 ; ce qui permet un marché annuel d’environ 500 MW pour les 10 prochaines années.

Source: Enerplan

Despite only a small improvement in solar inverter component supply expected in the second-half of the year, IMS Research has raised its forecast for global photovoltaics system installations. The market research firm expects installs to reach 14.6 GW, a 95% increase from 2009 and nearly three times size of the market back in 2008. Increased demand from Germany and other European countries is fuelling demand but growth in other regions such as the U.S. is playing a part, IMS Research said.

“Basing our forecast on inverter production is incredibly important this year as it’s well documented that inverter supply is limiting the PV market to a massive extent,” noted Ash Sharma, PV Research Director at IMS Research. “Although demand may be higher than this 14.6GW, if customers are not able to secure inverters then installations will not be completed.”

According to the market research firm, the top three markets in 2010 will be Germany, Italy and Czech Republic, which are predicted to install a combined 9.8GW of new PV capacity. Germany is expected to account for some 47% of new capacity, IMS Research said.

However, emerging markets in Asia and North America will gain share over Europe, leading to a slight share fall for EMEA countries to 78% of the market.

With acute shortages in top-brand inverters, IMS Research noted that double ordering is taking place.

“It’s possible we may see a large number of orders cancelled in 2H’10 or excess inventory in the supply chain,” noted Sharma.

Source: www.pv-tech.org

Strong demand for solar installations across multiple markets such as Europe, U.S., Japan, and China but especially Germany has forced market research firm Solarbuzz to increase its forecast for the solar industry in 2010. The firm has also made upward adjustments to its 2009 final installation figures to 7.5GW, compared to its previous projection of 7.3GW, issued in April.

« Despite much uncertainty over policy outcomes a challenging economic environment and inverter supply, the PV industry is once again demonstrating consumers respond to supportive government policies, » said Craig Stevens, president of Solarbuzz. « The growth in demand is a response to major cuts in price levels afforded by lower manufacturing costs. As a result, module and inverter supply is just barely keeping up with demand. »

Despite the expected feed-in tariff cuts due in markets such as Germany, Solarbuzz believes that continued attractive module pricing will result in 8GW installed in Germany this year.

Revenue growth for the industry in the first quarter of 2010 was nearly four times the level of one year earlier, Solarbuzz said. This was a drop of 40% to just over US$12 billion compared with the fourth quarter of 2009. The significant increase in revenue on a Y-o-Y basis and typically the weakest quarter for demand strongly indicates that significant annual growth can now be expected, barring any macroeconomic events.

Revenue growth is also underlined by price rises at the wafer, cell, and module levels due to capacity constraints, which are set to continue at least through the second quarter. Solarbuzz estimates that upstream inventory days will remain flat through the end of the second quarter, whereas downstream days are expected to fall to one-third of their levels seen at the end of the first quarter.

Solarbuzz also confirmed PV-Tech’s report on Sharp becoming the largest PV manufacturer in the first quarter of 2010, by revenue, surpassing thin-film producer First Solar. First Solar retained the top position in MW production terms, while Suntech Power was closing in on revenue terms, taking the number-two slot.

Source: www.pv-tech.org