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Hype Cycle for Photovoltaic Solar Energy, 2009
31 July 2009
 
James F. Hines   Philip Koh   Alfonso Velosa   Zarko Sumic   Kristian Steenstrup   Jim Tully  

Following several years of rapid growth, the PV solar energy industry has entered a period of severe oversupply and consolidation, which is slowing the rate of adoption of many technologies, especially those aimed at reducing silicon consumption in the manufacturing process.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

    
 What You Need to Know
    
 The Hype Cycle
    
 The Priority Matrix
    
 Off The Hype Cycle
    
 On the Rise

    
 Kerfless Wafering
    
 Vehicle-Integrated Solar Panels
    
 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
    
 Organic/Polymer Solar Cells
    
 BIPV Systems
    
 DC-DC Converters
    
 At the Peak

    
 Nanomaterial Supercapacitors
    
 High-Concentration Photovoltaics
    
 Microinverters
    
 CIGS Thin-Film Solar Cells
    
 Emitter Wrap-Through
    
 Sliding Into the Trough

    
 Low-Concentration Photovoltaics
    
 UMG Silicon
    
 Silicon Thin-Film Solar Cells
    
 PV Monitoring Services
    
 Solar PPA
    
 Photovoltaic Generation
    
 Climbing the Slope

    
 CdTe Thin-Film Solar Cells
    
 Appendixes

    
 Hype Cycle Phases, Benefit Ratings and Maturity Levels

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Hype Cycle Phases
 

Table 2.  
 Benefit Ratings
 

Table 3.  
 Maturity Levels
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Hype Cycle for Photovoltaic Solar Energy, 2009
 

Figure 2. 
 Priority Matrix for Photovoltaic Solar Energy, 2009
 



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