Solar Electric Power -- The U.S. Photovoltaic Industry ... - Ecotopia

C HAPTER 4
Megawatts (peak) Per Year
SOLAR-ELECTRIC VISION, GOALS,
AND TARGETS … OUR DESTINATION
“Our vision is to provide the electricity consumer with competitive and
environmentally friendly energy products and services from a thriving United
States-based solar-electric power industry.”
Our Vision and Mission
Our Vision recognizes that a sustainable market-based approach will be required to achieve the
Mission — to bring the energy security, environmental, and economic benefits of solar-electric
power to the United States — by providing attractive products from a profitable industry.
Coupled with an aggressive market transformation strategy, our goal is to make solar-electric
power a significant component of the nation's energy portfolio within the next two decades.
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100
25%/year growth rate:
roadmap goal
15%/year growth rate
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0
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
Figure 7 - Goals for cumulative world PV
shipments showing U.S. share and
distribution in domestic and nondomestic
markets.
100
Gigawatts
0
2001
10
8
6
4
2
Gigawatts (peak) Per Year
SOLAR-ELECTRIC POWER
Figure 6 - Growth curves, showing annual
U.S. industry shipments ( into domestic
and non-domestic markets) in GWp as a
function of time, annualized at both 25%
and 15% growth. The U.S. shipments are
also shown on an expanded scale (lefthand
axis) by light brown curve.
Near-Term Mid-Term Long-Term
Rest of
World
U.S. Non-
Domestic
2003 2010
U.S. Domestic
2020
15
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