NanoMarkets
has begun shipping its latest report on the building-integrated
photovoltaics (BIPV) market titled, "BIPV Wall Markets - 2012."
Glen
Allen, Virginia - September 6, 2012 -- Industry analyst firm
NanoMarkets
has begun shipping its latest report on the building-integrated
photovoltaics (BIPV) market titled, "BIPV Wall Markets - 2012."
This report quantifies the potential for wall-attached PV, repurposed
BIPV roofing products, BIPV curtain walls and dedicated BIPV siding.
It also discusses future directions for BIPV walling; from
integrations with outdoor panel lighting to "solar paint."
Although negligible today, NanoMarkets sees the BIPV walling market
exceeding $1.5 billion ($US) in revenues by 2016.
Additional
details about the report are available at:
http://nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/bipv_wall_markets_2012
NanoMarkets
has covered the BIPV market for more than six years; it recently
published penetrating analyses of both the BIPV glass and BIPV
roofing markets as well as BIPV substrates and encapsulation.
About
the Report:
In
this report, NanoMarkets identifies the opportunities from the
fastest growing segment of BIPV; BIPV walling products. For each
product type this report contains separate eight-year forecasts with
breakouts by value ($ millions), volume (MW) and PV technology. Other
forecasts show which types of buildings and which geographical
regions will generate revenues and how this will change over time.
Among
the firms discussed within the report include: BISEM, Dow Chemical,
Evonik, Gloria Solar, Guardian Industries, Heliatek, Mage Sunovation,
Onyx Solar, Pythagoras, RECKLI, Soladigm, Solar-Wall, Sol-Ice and
Tata Steel.
Findings
from the Report:
In
terms of products specifically designed for BIPV walling, the most
developed are BIPV curtain walls; a small niche today, although it
will grow to reach around $250 million by 2016. For the next few
years most of the revenues from “BIPV walls” will come from
conventional PV panels disguised by architectural features or from
“repurposed” BIPV roofing. Nonetheless, NanoMarkets expects solar
panel makers, outdoor wall product firms and start-ups to catch onto
the BIPV wall opportunity quite quickly and to respond by designing
dedicated products for BIPV walls. These might be products that can
be easily attached to walls or that are plug-in replacements for
popular siding or wall tiling options. NanoMarkets believes that
dedicated BIPV siding products will exceed $1 billion in sales by the
2016-2017 period although these sales will come at the expense of
conventional solar panels and walling products. NanoMarkets also
notes that BIPV siding is an easier business to get into than BIPV
roofing, because required product lifetime requirements are much
lower for siding than roofing.
The
advent of dedicated BIPV walling products is also good news for firms
making flexible solar panels with CIGS and OPV/DSC technologies.
Flexible panels are inherently lightweight and therefore ideally
suited to wall installations. These technologies also have a smaller
reduction in cell performance under indirect or shaded illumination
and this again makes them highly suited to wall installations. Many
of the suppliers of these types of PV panels have targeted BIPV
walling and by 2016, almost 40 percent of BIPV wall products are
expected to be built using CIGS or OPV/DSC.
About
NanoMarkets:
NanoMarkets
tracks and analyzes emerging markets in energy, electronics and other
areas created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a
recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts of the BIPV
industry.
Visit
http://www.nanomarkets.net
for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.
Media
Contact:
Robert
Nolan
NanoMarkets,
LC
PO
BOX 3840
Glen
Allen, VA 23058
(804)
270-1718
