Renewable Energies II: Consolidation in the worldwide solar cell and module market

It is expected that by 2015, the solar market will be characterized by drastic consolidation effects: The number of solar cell and module producers will reduce by 40%. At the same time, the market share of the top 10 will increase from 44% today to 57% in 2015. Only these companies will be among the longterm winners who consequently use their already strong strategic and/or financial position to further expand their competitive advantages and actively take part in the consolidation process.

This is the result of an analysis of 100 international solar cell and module manufacturers carried out by goetzpartners. The consultancy has analyzed their financial ratios as well as market data and extrapolated them in planning scenarios up to 2015.