Solar Cells in Russia and CIS: Production, Market and Forecast

Introduction

1. Principle of operation, the main types, design and fileds of application of solar cells

2. Production of semi-conductor silicon for solar batteries in Russia and CIS

3. Production of solar cells in Russia and abroad.

3.1. World production of solar cells

3.2. Production of solar cells in Russia and CIS countries

3.3. The main producers of solar cells in Russia and Ukraine

4. Export and import of solar cells in Russia and Ukraine

4.1. Volume and tendencies of Russian export-import supplies of solar cells

4.2. Analysis of Ukrainian export-import supplies of solar cells

5. Forecast of world and Russian market of solar cells

5.1 Prospects of world market of solar energy

5.2 Prospects of market of solar energy in Russia and Ukraine

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Contact information on main producers of solar cells in Russia and CIS

Appendix 2: List of main sources

Table 1. Efficiency of solar batteries of various types, %

Table 2. The main advantages of solar batteries

Table 3. National indices of investment attractivity of renewable energy in various countries in the 1^st half of 2007 (maximal level - 100)

Table 4. The main company-producers of solar batteries in Russia and range of the products

Table 5. Share of export of solar cells in total volume of their production in Russia in 2003-2007

Table 6. Pattern of Russian export of solar cells by country-customers in 2003–2007, thousand USD

Table 7. Pattern of Russian export supplies

Table 8. Resources and potentiality of various kinds of alternative energy in Russia up to 2050, mln t coal equivalent

Table 9. The main directions of development of solar energy in Russia

Figure 1. Principle of operation of solar battery

Figure 2. Flow sheet of production of silicon solar batteries

Figure 3. Dynamics of increasing world production of solar batteries (in total capacities) in 1995 – 2007, MW

Figure 4. Dynamics of utilisation of world capacities on production of solar batteries in 2003 – 2007, MW

Figure 5. Distribution of production of solar batteries between the main world producers in 2007, %

Figure 6. Estimation of volumes of solar batteries production in Russia (in total capacities) in 2003 – 2007, MW

Figure 7. Dynamics of export-import supplies of solar cells in Russia in 2003-2007, MW

Figure 8. Dynamics of export-import supplies of solar cells in Russia in 2003-2007, thousand USD

Figure 9. Dynamics of export-import supplies of solar cells in Ukraine in 2003-2007, MW

Figure 10. Dynamics of export-import supplies of solar cells in Ukraine in 2003-2007, thousand USD

Figure 11. Forecast of rates of increasing population up to 2050, bln persons

Figure 12. Forecast of consumption of power resources up to 2050, t conventional equivalent.

Figure 13. Forecast of distribution of СО₂ emission up to 2050, %

Figure 14. Forecast of development of world productive capacities of solar energy up to 2015, MW

Figure 15. Forecast of production of solar batteries in various countries up to 2015, %

Figure 16. Forecast of development of solar batteries production in Russia up to 2015, MW