Presentation by Research Director Reese Tisdale at IHS EER's Breakfast Briefing at the Solar Power International 2011 conference in Dallas, Texas. Key items reviewed include: Annual North America solar growth is expected to steadily increase with an average of 1.7 GW installed through 2015. Solar-on-solar competition is heating up in the Western US, where photovoltaic (PV) technology is further penetrating developer pipelines. Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity picked up in Q3 2011, with several significant loan guarantee projects being acquired by large power players. Falling system costs and resulting power purchase agreements (PPAs) continue to decline.
Presentation by Research Director Reese Tisdale at IHS EER's Breakfast Briefing at the Solar Power International 2011 conference in Dallas, Texas. Key items reviewed include: