The sharp reduction in the ex-factory prices of components this summer has contributed to the significant development of U.S. photovoltaic projects. Two months ago, the number of non-residential projects to be installed in the United States was 17GW, which has now climbed to 24GW.

The United Statess DealTracker, the latest publication of Solarbuzz in September 2011, includes 1,865 non-residential installations, totaling 25.9 GW, including projects that have been installed, started, and still under development since January 1, 2010. The projects in the development phase include the pre-tendering, bid invitations, and plans that do not require tendering procedures.

Motivated by the active Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) policy of 33% and the recent trend of solar thermal power generation becoming photovoltaic, California currently accounts for 61% of the total installed capacity in the United States. The six largest states to be installed are California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, New Jersey, and New Mexico, and there are 40 states in the United States that have solar power projects to be installed.

Public utilities projects have spread across 35 states in the United States. In addition, other non-residential projects below 1MW are also quite worthy of attention. A total of 771 projects have been regularly monitored. but. The rapidly growing non-residential project market will create important market opportunities for project developers and contractors (EPCs). The top twelve projects sorted by install volume so far account for 51% of the total un-installed volume.

The continuous decline in the ex-factory prices of components in the past four months has affected utility prices. One-fifth of the projects that exceed 1 MW or more have an average system installation price of 3.75 yuan per watt or less.

Solarbuzz Managing Director Craig Stevens said: "Since the past few quarters, the utility companies have found that the photovoltaic power generation efficiency is higher than originally expected, coupled with the decline in the price of components and the cost of installation, which will create more bidding projects and photovoltaic orders. growth of."

From the perspective of the components to be installed, the top three component suppliers are FirstSolar, SunPower and Suntech. Yingli, Sharp and SolarWorld are also increasing their market share in non-residential projects. Leading inverter suppliers are still AdvancedEnergy and SatConTechnology.