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CPV Industry Growth Forecast & Strategic Landscape

CPV success strategies - Identify market opportunities and address your biggest challenges to ensure you maximise your growth potential and beat your competitors to market!

Based on in-depth interviews with key decision makers and thorough analysis, this report offers you an assessment of the most crucial strategic issues, including:

• Where are the main CPV projects and who is carrying them out?
• Which companies are scaling up more quickly and where are they based?
• Which countries have the most favourable regulatory environments?
• What's going to be the market share of CPV in 2020?

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Introduction and Executive Summary

Chapter 2 - Background Information

2.1. Brief explanation of CPV technology
2.1.1. Basic Principles
2.1.2. High Concentration, Medium Concentration and Low Concentration
2.1.3. Types of cells: multi-junction and high efficiency silicon cells 10
2.2. Requirements for CPV
2.2.1. Solar Resources and Geographical limitations of HCPV and LCPV
2.2.2. The need for precise tracking systems in HCPV
2.2.3. The advantages and disadvantages of CPV
2.2.3.1. Efficiency
2.2.3.2. Cost per kWh
2.2.3.3 Modularity
2.2.3.4 Scalability
2.2.3.5 Technological Maturity

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Chapter 3 - The CPV Industry: Current state, facts and figures

3.1 Global context: CPV as part of the solar market
3.1.1 Growth in the PV market
3.1.2 Growth in the CPV market
3.2 CPV Value Chain
3.4 Companies involved in the CPV industry and their projects
3.4.1 Introduction
3.4.2 Table of main projects
3.4.3 Commentary
3.4.3.1 Location of main projects
3.4.3.2 Location of main players
3.4.3.3 Research bodies
3.4.3.3 Intended market segments of selected CPV companies
3.4.3.4 Summary Chart of Selected CPV Companies and Systems

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Chapter 4 -Overcoming the challenges - the way forward for CPV 

4.1 CPV as an emerging industry
4.2 Evolution of CPV
4.3 Analysis of the challenges that CPV faces as an industry 
4.3.1 Technological Challenges 
4.3.1.1 Cell efficiency
4.3.1.2 Minimising efficiency losses
4.3.1.3 Weight and maintenance considerations in tracking 
4.3.1.4 Proof of longevity 
4.3.1.5 Extending into areas of lower solar radiation
4.3.1.6 Climate change
4.3.2 Economic challenges
4.3.2.1 Economies of scale
4.3.2.2 Production capabilities and limitations 
4.3.2.3 Scaling up – business and operational challenges
4.3.2.4 Supply chain issues
4.3.2.5 Funding Challenges
4.3.2.6 Industry image and level of trust/marketing push and pull
4.3.2.7 Environmental regulations

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4.4 Regulatory and support frameworks 
4.4.1 The need for a regulatory and support framework
4.4.2 Regulatory environments 
4.4.3 What constitutes a favourable regulatory environment? 
4.4.4 Types of regulation and support currently in place 
4.4.1 Feed in Tariffs 
4.3.2 Capital allowances 
4.3.3 Grants 
4.3.4 Other 
4.3.5 Regulatory environment in selected countries
4.3.5.1 Australia 
4.3.5.2 Europe 
4.3.5.2.1 Greece
4.3.5.2.2 Italy
4.3.5.2.3 Portugal
4.3.5.2.4 Spain
4.3.5.2.5 Israel
4.3.5.3 Japan 
4.3.5.4 USA 
4.4 Summary of industry challenges and possible ways of overcoming them 
4.4.1 Perfect the technology 
4.4.2 Enter new geographical markets 
4.4.3  Position for growth
4.4.4 Build brand
4.4.5 Attract investment funding

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Chapter 5 - Forecasting summary 

5.1 Key Report Findings
5.1.2 Key assumptions
5.1.3 Key variables studied
5.1.4 CPV Installations till 2020
5.1.4.1 Conservative scenario
5.4.1.2 Neutral scenario
5.1.4.3 Optimistic scenario
5.1.5 Methodology 

Chapter 6 - Conclusions

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