Solar is one of the fastest growing energy technologies in the global economy and in the cleantech universe. When compared with other energy sources, such as coal, petroleum, nuclear, and hydropower, solar energy is clean, safe, infinite, and inexhaustible. It will have an immeasurable impact on the future of human race, as the market is discovering…

“China's solar energy industry research and forecast: 2008 to 2010” is your best and most detailed guide to understanding this future. It is a prerequisite to making wise investments in China's solar future.

Scope of the report:
• New energy resource usage in the world and China
• Solar energy industry basic status analysis (including leading public companies' analysis)
• Chinese solar energy photovoltaic utilization development analysis
• Chinese solar heating usage analysis (mainly Chinese solar water heater industry analysis)
• Solar energy and construction
• Solar energy industry market investment and development trends (including investment risk analysis, key enterprise analysis, market analysis and investment advice, and industry development trends)
• 73 detailed charts

Some highlights:
• Solar energy output is expected to increase by 30% or greater annually between now and 2010. Annual before tax profit margins are expected to average 19%.
• The market share of photovoltaic energy is expected to grow from 4 percent in 2003 to 20 percent in 2010 and to 60 percent in 2020.
• It is estimated that by 2030 solar energy-generated power will account for over ten percent of total global power supply, and that figure will rise to twenty percent in 2050.
• In the near future the cost of electricity from solar generation will be close to or lower than that of power generation by coal.

The Chinese government is well aware of the need for greater energy independence, and the role of Solar in the process of getting there.
Whether it is measured in terms of output or number of solar water heaters sold domestically, China ranks No.1 in the world. The annual growth rate in the coming years will be maintained at 20 to 30 percent.

One major trend, and opportunity, is the development of the techniques for integrating solar energy utilization with construction.

It is reported that major Chinese solar energy enterprises have been running at full capacity, receiving orders that have to be put off well into the future.