As a country that receives high levels of solar radiation coupled with its almost insatiable appetite for energy, it is only a question of time before India evolves to one of the key global markets for PV. The next three years will be crucial in shap ...

Against the background of a competitive market environment it is becoming more and more difficult to compare oneself to the competition. Highly relevant aspects are for instance the price policy as well as the sales network and details on installed system components. ...

The German PV market is clearly different from all other country markets. It is not only the political framework conditions that constitute the difference, but also Germany’s regional particularities. The PV market segment varies extremely in all Ger ...

Within the last few years, the number of players in the US PV market has increased significantly, while at the same time, new business models and customer segments have emerged. Since the financial crisis, the US administration has implemented many new financial incentives to support the clean energy sector, including the PV industry. ...

The global photovoltaic market increasingly becomes more heterogeneous. Apart from the European lead markets, more promising markets have developed not only in Europe, but also in Asia and North America. Moreover, the drastic fall in prices on the PV market has led to an significant increase in competition intensity ...

April 1st marks the beginning of a new feed-in tariff for energy generated from renewable energy sources in the United Kingdom. In this context, the lucrative promotion for solar energy opens the door for a very promising sales market in the photovol ...

Within only a few years, China has become the world’s leading nation regarding the supply of photovoltaic products. In 2008, the Chinese “PV factory” has produced about 37 percent of the global cell and 44 percent of the worldwide module supply. Due ...

In principle photovoltaic modules are extremely robust products. People knew how to build a robust and reliable solar module twenty years ago. In the final analysis, our current modules still look very much like their predecessors ...

The Procurement Management of Installers in Germany – Trends, Factors of Success and Best-practice Cases Since 2002, EuPD Research has examined PV installers, the most important market intermediaries, in Germany. The newest edition of the Installe ...

Knowing what the image of your brand is, as well as finding out how the perception of it is changing is an important foundation stone to successful marketing strategy. These assets can assist in conducting targeted marketing in an atmosphere of compe ...

The rapidly growing PV market and its dynamic nature compel decision makers to cope with a vast quantity of information everyday. The "PV Executive News Summary", published by EuPD Research, compiles the most relevant PV news and provides an overview of current developments as well as activities of ...

The rapidly growing PV market and its dynamic nature compel decision makers to cope with a vast quantity of information everyday. The "PV Executive News Summary", published by EuPD Research, compiles the most relevant PV news ...

Against the backdrop of the ever changing market situation, it is more important than ever to understand the last link in the distribution chain – the end customer. EuPD Research has recognized long ago that the end customer plays an essential role i ...

After years of rather static market development, a rising demand for clean energy and the interest of financial investors in undertaking sustainable investments is promoting the development of concentrating solar thermal power generation (CSP). In or ...

Farmers are becoming a star segment on the consolidating German PV market. This comprehensive analysis conducted by EuPD Research is the first PV study focusing on the agricultural customer segment in Germany. The study provides a substantial suppor ...

In the light of the current oversupply of PV modules, the off-grid market represents an important alternative for market players involved in PV production and distribution. But which are the most promising markets apart ...

PV Market Intelligence Quarterly – USA The PV industry’s market situation faces different – often very quickly shifting – influencing factors: The overall economic situation, the political framework conditions such as guidelines, legislation or f ...

Despite being among the top ten worldwide photovoltaic markets with a current annual market growth of more than 100 percent, little information has been available on the French photovoltaic market in the past. The new report by EuPD Research, which i ...

With the latest version of the feed-in tariff Conto Energia in 2007, the annual installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity in Italy has increased rapidly: 9.4 MW in 2006, 70 MW in 2007 and expected 140 MW in 2008. This is why companies and investors from E ...

In this update of the third study about photovoltaics in Spain, EuPD Research examines the current state and future development of what is the biggest solar market worldwide at present. Thanks to ideal natural condi-tions and high remuneration for el ...

After the boom in 2009 when more than half of the newly installed PV capacity was installed in Germany, newly installed capacity is set to increase again and Germany remains the most important sales market worldwide. ...

Everybody is talking about PV thin film. Some sixty companies have announced plans to start thin film production by 2010, and EuPD Research estimates that by then, the production output will amount to 3.5 GW. ...

The Internet has become an increasingly important channel of distribution. Turnover in e-commerce is growing faster than in other distribution channels. Although the growth in 2007 hasn’t turned out to be as positive as expected in 2006, the majority ...

Bad debt losses signify an existential problem for 45 percent of German small and medium-sized companies – a third complains of liquidity bottlenecks. Nevertheless, factoring is hardly or not known to more than the half of German businesses of a smal ...

The question of how market research is used in the German B2B segment, is at present largely unanswered in scientific literature. For this reason, the B2B market research firm EuPD Research, based in Bonn, raised the issue in the form an explorative ...

As has been revealed by the study, there are in practice many very different approaches and concepts regarding the generation of internal ideas. Within the scope of the “Ideas Management 2007/08” study, the specifics of these different approaches wil ...

The study series "Health Management" has been researching the status and development trend of corporate health management amongst the largest German companies since 2005. The focus clearly rests on the management perspective - which corporate health ...

During the elections for the Bundestag, experts considered the energy policy as one of the crucial topics. Here, parties had strongly differing strategies. This was particularly noticeable regarding the question how to shape the energy policy of the ...

In total, the local tax offices in Baden-Wurttemberg and Bavaria perform the best. With a little distance follow tax offices of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hamburg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony. Inferior results are to be found in the North East. Fi ...