According to the Japanese non-governmental investigative bodies Yano Economic Research Institute recently released report shows that in 2008 the global solar cell production soared by 69.5% to 6.505GW, however, because of Spain’s restrictions on FIT (Feed-in Tariffs; power companies to buy back solar power at high The new energy power generation electricity) policy scale, combined with the U.S. financial crisis triggered by the aftermath of the global economic downturn is now spreading to the solar cell market, it estimates the 2009 global solar cell production will be 8.295GW, annual growth rate of only 27.5%, much less in 2008 to nearly 70% growth rate.
Solar cells on the terms of the types, the 2009 forecast for crystalline silicon solar cell production will grow by 20.0% to 6.715GW (the proportion of total output of solar cells 81.0%), thin-film silicon solar cell production estimate by 40.0% year to 500MW ( 6.0%), CdTe solar cell production estimate by 78.7% year to 900MW (10.8%), CIGS solar cell production is also predicted to increase 260.0 percent year to 180MW (2.2%).
Yano said the solar cell market in 2009 despite the impact made by the sluggish economy showed growth rates narrowed, provided that such is only a temporary phenomenon, the follow-up question as the prevention of global warming continue to simmer, solar cell market is expected to continue to expand. Yano also said that although the follow-up solar cell market is expected to continue to expand, but to enter the solar cell market as vendors continue to increase, in the past continue to successfully expand the market share of large companies will also be into a bitter struggle, in the future solar market from the old ” made out of respect as the hybrid (HV),
laptop battery as well as the best-selling electric vehicle (EV) the introduction of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, more and more attention. expand the use of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, the pace is accelerating, Executive Chairman of Hitachi, Ltd. Takashi Kawamura president and chief executive, said: “will be for the use of social infrastructure and industrial development of large lithium-ion rechargeable
battery.” symbolic significance of which is that Hitachi will be within the year 2009 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi mack.Saerna . Hitachi, Ltd. in the future not only for consumer products and electric vehicles, will be facing the electric power storage and industrial equipment to carry out lithium-ion rechargeable battery business.
Lithium-ion rechargeable battery, as the potential uses, the industry is hybrid and electric vehicles such as electric vehicles, high hopes. But at the moment the automotive industry for reliability and durability concerns, on the use of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, be cautious, the market takes time to expand.
Under such circumstances, there has been prepared without first for the automotive and the first power-storage market for set-based lithium-ion rechargeable battery production enterprises. This is the ELIIYPower. As Japan’s Keio University, created the risk of the company, the company plans within the year 2009, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture set up factories planned in 2010 with an annual output of 200,000 of the scale of production
NF343 ,
PC764 ,
TD347. Will strive to reach an annual output of 1.2 million. Units used cathode material for safety and durability are excellent lithium iron phosphate.
Despite Japan’s economic slump was still in the situation, but for the establishment of production bases and to strengthen the financing of research and development progress very smoothly. Its inception in 2006, only the large and Housing Group, Dai Nippon Printing, and Sharp, and other enterprises funded, but by the end of May 2009 and before that received 7.5 billion yen of new funds for the production bases. Among them, the international oil development Emperor Shi, Mitsuuroko, Yaskawa Electric, Hing Bank Leasing, JAFCO (JAFCO), YokohamaCapital have been funded for its. Recently, in July 2009 for the purpose of strengthening research and development, from the Toyota Tsusho, Mitsumi Electric, Mitsui Sumitomo VentureCapital received about 8 billion yen investment, 10.1 billion total registered capital of ¥ 67,220,000. Most of the enterprises planning to funding renewable energy such as solar power used in power-storage uses lithium-ion rechargeable battery.