[Markets] Gtm Research: Pv Materials Market To See 50% Growth In Four Years

GTM Research's latest solar industry report - PV Bill of Materials Outlook 2010-2015, estimates that the market for glass used in manufacturing photovoltaic modules, along with other materials required in making PVs, will grow 50% in four years. The market for glass, pastes/screens, junction boxes/cables, encapsulants, frames, gases/chemicals, backsheets, ribbons and thin-film feedstock could be worth at least $1BN, while the overall market (excluding polysilicon feedstock), growing to $12.8BN or by 50% of its 2010 value, by 2014, according to the report.