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3.1             Historical Industry Overview.. 6

Figure 3.1 Off-Grid Application Demand Profile: 2007-2012. 6

Figure 3.2 Off Grid & Grid Connected Application Growth, 1986-2000. 7

Figure 3.3 Off Grid & Grid Connected Application Growth, 1992-2000. 8

Table 3.1 PV Industry Growth 1991 – 2013 Estimate*. 9

Figure 3.4 Photovoltaic Industry History: 1976 to 2012. 11

Table 3.2 Application Trends 1996-2012 (1,2,3) 15

Table 3.3 Generic Application Segments. 16

Table 3.4 Regional Application Deployment, 2012*. 18

Table 3.5 Regional Demand, Installations and Shipments, 2007-2012*. 19

3.2             Application Market Share and Growth Rates. 20

Table 3.6 Aggregate Application Growth, 2007-2012*. 20

Figure 3.5 Low, Conservative & Accelerated Grid Connected Forecast, 2012- 2017. 22

Figure 3.6 Low, Conservative & Accelerated Off Grid Forecast, 2012- 2017. 22

Table 3.7 Major Application History, Growth, Forecast & CAGR Rates 2002-2022. 24

Table 3.8 Three Year Application Forecast, 2012 – 2015*. 25

Figure 3.7 PV Industry Inventory, Capacity, Production, Shipments, Installations & Defective modules, 2012  27

Figure 3.8 PV Industry Inventory, Capacity, Production, Shipments, Installations & Defective modules, Estimate 2013  27

3.3             Photovoltaic Revenue Growth. 28

Figure 3.9 Worldwide Cell/Module Revenue Forecast 2001-2017. 28

Figure 3.10 Worldwide System Revenue Estimate, 2012. 29

Table 3.9 Worldwide Module Revenues & Shipments, Conservative & Accelerated For cast 2002-2017 (1) 2012 Current Dollars. 30

3.4 Selling Channels. 31

Table 3.10 2012 Selling Channels for Major Applications by Volume Share(1) (2) 33

Table 3.11 Major Photovoltaic Application Categories. 42

3.5             Forecast Demand Volume 2012 – 2017. 43

Table 3.12 PV Industry Application Growth* 1987-2012. 43

Table 3.13 Conservative Application Forecast, 2007-2017*. 45

Table 3.14 Accelerated Application Forecast, 2007-2017*. 46

3.6             Market Sector Analysis. 47

3.6.1         Market Share by Application and Module Size. 48

Figure 3.11 Market Shares by Module Size, 2011. 48

Figure 3.12 Market Shares by Module Size, 2012. 49

Table 3.16 Historic Market Share by Application & Module Size (1) (2) (3) 50

Table 3.17 2012 Market Share by Application & Module Size(1) 51

Figure 3.13 Market Shares by Technology, 2010, 2011, 2012. 51

3.6.3         Remote Industrial Application. 52

Figure 3.14 Remote Industrial Regional Market Shares, 2012. 52

3.6.3         Remote Industrial: Communications and Telemetry. 53

Table 3.18 Communications & Telemetry, MWp & % of Category 2007-2017(1) (2) 54

3.6.4         Remote Industrial: Cathodic Protection. 58

Table 3.19 Cathodic Protection Applications MWp & % of Category, 2007-2017(1) (2) 60

3.6.5         Remote Industrial: Transportation Signals. 61

Table 3.20 Transportation Signals Applications MWp & % of Category, 2007-2017(1) (2) 64

3.6.7         Remote Habitation. 65

Figure 3.15 Remote Habitation Regional Market Shares, 2012. 65

3.6.8         Remote Habitation: Water Pumping. 66

Table 3.21 Water Pumping MWp & % of Category, 2007-2017(1) (2) 68

3.6.9 Remote Habitation : Village Power. 70

Table 3.22 Village Power Applications MWp & % of Category, 2007-2017(1) (2) 72

3.6.10       Remote Habitation: Outdoor Lighting. 76

Table 3.23 Outdoor Lighting Applications MWp & % of Category, 2007-2017(1) (2) 78

3.6.11       Remote Habitation: Other. 79

Table 3.24 Other Applications MWp & % of Category, 2007-2012(1) (2) 80

3.6.12       Consumer Power. 81

Figure 3.16 Consumer Power Regional Market Shares, 2012. 81

Table 3.25 Consumer Power Applications MWp & % of Category 2007-2017(1) (2) 84

3.6.13 Grid-Connected. 86

Figure 3.17 Grid Residential, Commercial and Utility Regional Market Shares, 2012. 86

Figure 3.18 Grid-Connected History & Forecast, 2012-2017*. 88

Table 3.26 Grid-Connected Application Growth 1992-2012*. 89

Table 3.27 Grid Connected Applications MWp & % of Category, 2007-2017 (1) (2) 90

Table 3.28 Summary of End User Concerns*. 93

Table 3.29 US and EU 2012 System Price Averages*. 98

3.6.14        Consumer Indoor. 99

Figure 3.19 Consumer Indoor Regional Market Shares, 2012. 99

Table 3.30 Consumer Indoor MWp & % of Category, 2007-2017(1) (2) 101

3.7             Application Forecast to 2022. 102

Figure 3.20 Long-Term Photovoltaic Forecast, MWp 2002-2022. 102

Figure 3.21 Long-Term Price Forecast, MWp 1992-2022. 103