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8 trends that will define the market in 2019
This complimentary whitepaper examines the top PV trends for 2019 that will shape and re-define this dynamic marketplace for the year ahead.
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Global Grid Transformation ESNA 2018: Facilitating the advancement of the energy storage industry
The range of energy storage technologies creates a diverse toolkit to tackle challenges created by energy sector transformation.
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Solar Services – Video Overview
View this online video to gain an overview of the global coverage of our Solar research and analysis.
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March 19, 2019
Global unit shipments of single-axis solar photovoltaic (PV) trackers increased by over 40 percent in 2018, surpassing 20 gigawatts-dc (GW) globally for the first time.
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March 08, 2019
There are a wide variety of initiatives, policies and mandates around the world designed to promote energy efficiency. However, energy efficiency strategies and investments vary depending on the industry, but the goal of reducing energy use and costs remains the same.
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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.
Providing a detailed and accurate view across all key areas of the growing market for energy storage in North America. Regularly updated, detailed forecasts for the industry are accompanied by reports, databases and insights to help provide additional detail on key topics and market segments.
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 analysing 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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March 14, 2019
This is a complete report of the industrial UPS hardware market data, forecasts, and vendor shares. It uses 2017 as a base year with historical data for 2016 and forecasts to 2022.Subscribers Only
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March 12, 2019
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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Part II - PV Module Glass and Aluminum Frames| March 07, 2019This report provides a detailed analysis of the market and technologies for PV module materials (Part II – Solar Glass and Aluminum Frames). It identifies the main regional markets, describes the competitive landscape, and provides a detailed price analysis.Subscribers Only
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March 22, 2019
IHS Markit’s revamped PV Installations Tracker (previously PV Demand Market Tracker) provides forecasts and analysis for installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity in more than 30 countries.Subscribers Only
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March 22, 2019
IHS Markit’s revamped PV Installations Tracker – Premium (previously PV Demand Market Tracker) provides forecasts and analysis for installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity in more than 70 countries.Subscribers Only
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March 07, 2019
This bi-annual report tracks production, capacity and equipment spending of photovoltaic (PV) wafer, cell and modules, supply chain tool demand, technology roadmap adoption rates and more. The PV Manufacturing and Equipment Spending Tracker will also provide quarterly data on market shares for cell types and production tools.Subscribers Only
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February 15, 2019
This presentation is a review of the 2019 DistribuTECH conference. This year the show took place in New Orleans, Lousiana and was attended by David Green and Alex Kaplan from the IHS Markit Smart Utilities Infrastructure team.Subscribers Only
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Vienna, Austria| November 16, 2018This presentation is a review of the 2018 European Utility Week event. The brief covers the main topics of the show: meter hardware, communication technologies, IoT, and energy storage and solar power.Subscribers Only
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Solar & Storage Finance USA Conference, New York| November 02, 2018Presented at the Solar and Storage Finance USA Conference in New York, this presentation provides an overview of the outlook for solar and energy storage in the United States and globally.Subscribers Only
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March 18, 2019
There are a wide variety of initiatives, policies and mandates around the world designed to promote energy efficiency.
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December 17, 2018
IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, will again host and judge the Innovation Awards at ShowStoppers at the media reception at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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May 24, 2018
Solar analysts at IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, will gather at the SNEC 12th International Photovoltaic Power Generation and Smart Energy Exhibition & Conference in Shanghai, China, on May 27-30, 2018.
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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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