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Solar and Energy Storage Trends for 2018
8 Significant Trends Impacting the Solar and Energy Storage Industry in 2018.
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April 16, 2018
2017 was a record year for deployment of grid-connected battery energy storage. The Asia-Pacific region exhibited the strongest growth, led by South Korea, Japan and Australia. The three largest markets in 2017, accounting for over half of all installations globally, were South Korea, the United States and Japan.
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April 13, 2018
In the first quarter of 2018, IHS Markit has made important changes to the Solar Market Tracker North America. These changes are made to reflect the rapid evolution of the solar market, to ensure that clients obtain the insights and data that they require.
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Offers comprehensive tracking and analysis of the downstream PV market. Market trackers as well as online project and integrator trackers cover solar system installations, market potential, and impactful government policies driving downstream solar activity around the world.
Presenting a wide-ranging detailed examination of the market for energy storage systems across all key global segments of the industry. Databases and reports cover small and large-scale renewable integration, grid support, and behind-the-meter storage.
Delivering the most detailed and accurate view into the established, growing and emerging power supply markets available. Data and analysis cover AC-DC and DC-DC merchant power supplies, external power adapters and chargers, digital power, power supplies in key applications, and DIN rail power supplies.
Global coverage of the major trends in digitalisation affecting the power transmission and distribution grid. Brand new research from IHS Markit explores the rising importance of software and services from vendors to utilities, including the changing business models as the market increasingly moves towards outcome-based solutions and data-driven management. This service aims to show the future direction for all industry stakeholders as the next generation utility takes shape.
Delivering essential information on the market for traditional inverters, microinverters, and power optimizers. Market trackers and reports cover supplier market share, shipments, revenues, pricing, policies, and demand for over 20 countries enabling comprehensive visibility into the global PV inverter market.
Detailed analysis and tracking of global PV supply and demand. Four market trackers give access to all aspects of supply, demand, prices, capacity, equipment spending, suppliers, technology roadmaps, and much more.
This service provides the most comprehensive research in the industry on smart utility meters; investigating the most important trends, drivers, and challenges affecting the current and future market for metering solutions.
This Service provides current and credible forecasts and analysis for installed PV capacity in North America, O&M and EPC coverage, as well as tracking and analyzing project activity and Balance of System suppliers in North America. The research also includes detailed analysis of the supply chain, with coverage including module and inverter data.
This premium intelligence service provides complete upstream and downstream coverage of the solar industry, with ongoing data, analysis and insights throughout the year.
Covering both UPS hardware and its service and support, provides industry-leading detail and comprehensive analysis across a number of key industry segments.
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Prices stabilize as supply and demand for Li-ion batteries begin to balance| April 23, 2018This report provides an update on the latest trends for Li-ion battery pricing, combining the latest insights gathered from purchasers of batteries, with analysis of the impact of growing demand from the automotive sector and rising raw material prices.Subscribers Only
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April 23, 2018
Each PV Country Profile provides in-depth analysis on the latest PV market development in each country, including incentives, tenders and other drivers or barriers. The study reviews the competitive landscape as a complement to the PV Projects Pipeline Tracker and the Solar Deal Tracker.Subscribers Only
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Half-Cell, Shingle and Bifacial Modules| April 23, 2018This report analyses the current situation and future outlook of advanced PV module technologies such as Half-Cell, Shingle and Bifacial modules, which have been successfully ramped up to mass production levels. It provides historical data from 2017 and forecast data per technology type for the 2017–2021 period.Subscribers Only
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April 13, 2018
Unit shipments for wireless power receivers and transmitters are forecast to grow to around 2 billion units shipped in 2022. With the technology already achieving mainstream adoption in the mobile phone market, the scope of its application is expected to follow suit in other applications, such as laptops, very quickly.Subscribers Only
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April 10, 2018
This database presents detailed information regarding all planned and completed energy storage system (ESS) installations and the companies that are involved in these projects. The extensive database of projects provides a unique datasource to analyse real activity in the energy storage market, including the requirements of the ESS in each grid interconnection location and which technologies are being deployed to provide these services. It also presents company profiles for companies active in this market and can be used to identify what companies are leading in installations in each key region.Subscribers Only
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April 06, 2018
The Solar Market Tracker - North America provides forecasts and analysis for installed PV capacity in the United States and Canada at a country and state/province level. The tracker is updated at least quarterly to provide the most up-to-date projections for each market based on the latest policy changes and market developments.Subscribers Only
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ESA Webinar| February 05, 2018The following slides were presented by Julian Jansen and Camron Barati as part of a webinar in partnership with the Energy Storage Association, focused on IHS Markit’s recent analysis of the commercial and industrial energy storage market in the United States.Subscribers Only
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European Utility Week Presentation| February 05, 2018The following slides were presented by Sam Wilkinson at the energy storage session of European Utility Week 2017, providing an overview of key trends in the global battery energy storage market.Subscribers Only
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February 02, 2018
This presentation is a review of the 2018 Distributech event. This year the show took place in San Antonio, Texas and was attended by David Green and Thomas Frashier from the IHS Markit Smart Utilities Infrastructure team and one representative of the Solar and Energy Storage team.Subscribers Only
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April 09, 2018
Global solar photovoltaic (PV) demand is forecast to hit another annual record of 113 gigawatts in 2018, propelled by strong demand anticipated in China.
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March 22, 2018
The new Samsung Galaxy S9+ equipped with 64 gigabytes (GB) of NAND flash memory (model number SM-G965U1) carries a bill of materials (BOM) cost of $375.80, much higher than for previous versions of the company’s smartphones.
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March 19, 2018
Annual solar installations grew almost 20 percent year over year in 2017, and the solar industry is also edging within 100 gigawatts, a milestone the industry will reach this year, according to IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions.
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Associate Director, Solar & Energy Storage
Sam Wilkinson is a Associate Director for the Solar and Energy Storage Research group at IHS Markit.
Case Studies
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Global Chemical Company Strengthens Leadership in Solar Energy Sector with Strategic Market Insights
One of the world’s largest chemical companies was well positioned at the forefront of the solar energy sector – where it was providing essential materials to manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells – and its leadership team wanted to expand that market footprint.
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