The research staff at the Prometheus Institute focuses on providing practical, timely information on the solar energy industry, its supply chain and the places and methods in which it is being deployed. These analyses range from short company profiles to long in-depth reports on the state of the industry.

Research Reports

• PV Technology, Performance, and Cost-2006 by Paul Maycock and Travis Bradford
  • Jointly prepared by PV Energy Systems and the Prometheus Institute, this report looks at the current and future costs to manufacture the major PV technologies in production worldwide today.
• Polysilicon: Supply, Demand and Implications for the PV Industry (October 2006)
  • A comprehensive review of the PV industry's vital feedstock. Examines various technological approaches to refining silicon, different methods of increasing efficiency of silicon use, and dynamics shaping the industry.

• 2006 World Photovoltaic Market Report
  • (Available July 15, 2006 from PV Energy Systems)
  • This is our flagship annual report prepared in partnership with Paul Maycock and PV Energy Systems.

• 2006 PV Technology Manufacturing Report (with PV Energy Systems)
• Thin Film PV Current and Future Technologies
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• Company profiles
  • Sharp, Q-Cells, BP Solar, Kyocera, SolarWorld, Mitsubishi, Suntech, E-Ton, Motech, and others
• Technology Assessments
  • Nanotechnology, Organic, Spheral, Thin film, Concentrating Solar
• Supply Chain Analyses
  • An Overview of the PV Supply Chain, An Overview of Markets for PV, The US Grid-Connected Market, Top Asian Cell Producers, and others