China Solar Thermal Industry Market Prospect and Investment Strategic Planning Report, 2013-2017

The thermal utilization is a very important way to utilize solar energy, which includes solar water heater, solar thermal power generation, seawater desalination, solar house, solar cooker, solar greenhouse, solar drying system, solar energy air-conditioning, and so on. As to the current technology, solar power generation and solar water heater are more mature technologies.

Solar thermal power generation

From the perspective of the global solar thermal power generation: there was 668.15MW total installed capacity of solar thermal power generation that had been put into operation, and as of the end of 2010, the total installed capacity of solar thermal power reached 988.65MW. The trough-type product accounted for 94.57% and the tower-type product ranked the second, taking up 4.37%.

It's predicted that the total installed capacity of solar thermal power generation in the globe will reach 24.5GW by 2015, and the five-year compound growth will increase by 90%; the solar thermal power generation will account for 1% to 1.2% of the global energy supply by 2020; it will take up 3% to 3.6% by 2030; moreover, it will increase to 8.5% to 11.80%, namely, the installed capacity of solar thermal power generation in the globe will grow to 830GW, with an annual increase of 41 GW.

From the perspective of domestic solar thermal power generation: in recent years, the position of solar thermal power generation begins to be promoted in China solar power generation policy planning. With the evaluation of strategic position in China energy structure, solar thermal industry is expected to gain more policy support, which results in a rapid industrialization progress of solar thermal industry. It's predicted that China installed capacity of solar thermal power generation will reach around 3GW, and its market size will achieve 45 billion Yuan.

Solar water heater

More and more people realize the problems of the environmental degradation and energy shortage. Solar energy, as a green and clean energy, has been paid more attention to and utilized by human beings, so solar water heater industry develops fast. In 2009, the position of China solar water heater was effectively improved; the State and every level of governments attached great importance to the utilization of solar energy. When the 92 solar water heater manufacturers were listed in the range of "Appliance Going Into Rural Movement", the solar water heater "Going Into Rural Movement" was launched officially. In 2009, the market size of China's solar water heater increased sharply, with a market inventory volume of 145 million sqm. In 2010, the volume reached 168 million sqm. It's predicted that the inventory volume of China's solar water heater will grow to 400 million sqm by 2015 and to 800 million sqm by 2010.

With Forward’s long-term tracking and collecting market data of solar thermal industry, we roundly and accurately analyze the industry structure system for you from the view of mastering the whole industry. This report mainly focuses on analyzing the development environment, development status and development risksof solar thermal industry; the development condition of the global solar thermal industry; the development condition of China solar thermal industry; the costs and technology condition of solar thermal industry; the development condition of solar water heater industry; the development situation of solar thermal industry in other segmentation fields; as well as the leading corporations' operational condition in solar thermal industry. Meanwhile, with comprehensive and specific first-hand market data in several years, Forward helps you to grasp the market and development trends of solar and thermal industry, so as to win advantages from competition! This report helps solar thermal enterprises, R&D institutions, marketing enterprises and investment enterprises to precisely grasp current latest developments of the industry. Afterwards, they can make wise operating decisions and define enterprises' development directions.

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Qianzhan Business Information Co., Ltd. Industry Research Center
Research Team of Solar Thermal Industry