InvestorsHub Logo
Followers 71
Posts 3317
Boards Moderated 1
Alias Born 09/29/2009

Re: None

Thursday, 05/13/2010 11:52:10 AM

Thursday, May 13, 2010 11:52:10 AM

Post# of 3082
From the quarterly report:

PV Solar Electricity

According to a report released in July, 2009, by IntertechPira, a market research firm in the UK, the global photovoltaic (PV) market is expected to double within the next five years, reaching US$48 billion by 2014. Wafer-based silicon will continue as the dominant technology, but amorphous thin-film and cadmium telluride (CdTe) technologies will gain ground, and are expected to account for a combined 22% of the market by 2014.

Wind Power

There is huge and growing global demand for emissions-free wind power, which can be installed quickly, virtually everywhere in the world. Wind energy has grown into an important player in the world’s energy markets, with the 2008 market for turbine installations worth about $56.5 billion. Over the past ten years, global wind power capacity has continued to grow at an average cumulative rate of over 30%, and 2008 was another record year with more than 27 GW of new installations, bringing the total up to over 120 GW. The United States passed Germany to become the number one market in wind power, and China’s total capacity doubled for the fourth year in a row.

Bet on the jockey, not the horse.