Solar power companies are the up and coming businesses across the world. These innovative companies are striving to develop new and efficient solar technologies that could very well take us in entirely new directions when it comes to powering our homes, businesses, government buildings, and utility companies.
These are ten of the top solar companies in today's world.
First Solar
One of the fastest growing and largest manufacturers of thin film solar technology
Residential, commercial, and utility applications
Produce and recycle solar film modules
Corporate headquarters - Tempe, Arizona
Manufacturing locations - Germany, Maylasia, United States
Employ 4,000 associates
Future - create a sustainable energy source
Suntech
Regional headquarters locations include Wuxi, China, San Francisco, CA, and Schaffhause, Switzerland
Provides solar power for residential, commercial, government and utility applications
Leader in development of thin-film solar cell technology
Future - research and develop solar panels with greater efficiency and longevity and increasing the output of solar panels
Q-Cells
Based in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Specializes in the production of monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon PV solar cells
One of top solar power companies in the world
Residential and commercial applications
Future - working hard to make solar technology permanently affordable and efficient. Also building up Q-Cells International, a subsidiary - specializing in solar technology specifically for large-scale projects.
Sharp
Corporate offices located in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan
Leading electronic and solar technology company in the world in area of thin-film solar technology
Offers solar power systems for high-end homes, commercial applications, remote locations, and satellites and has installed solar in 1,900 lighthouses across the country
Future goal - a Sharp solar module in every area of the globe
Trina Solar
Headquartered in China
Leading manufacture of vertically integrated solar panels and products
Residential, commercial, and industrial applications
Future - improving wafer, solar cell, ingot, and solar module performance and to improve technologies involving recycling discarded silicon into new materials used to produce solar panels, etc.
Gintech
Located in Taiwan
Third largest manufacturer of solar cell technology worldwide
Just established in 2005
Primarily commercial applications currently
Future - working toward making solar power the most utilized resource for electricity production around the world by the year 2015.
SunPower
Corporate headquarters located in San Jose, California with offices across the country and world
Leading U.S. manufacturer of solar cells for residential, commercial, government, and utility applications, but also quickly becoming global leader
Future - SunPower wants their name to become a consumer brand name
Yingli
Corporate headquarters located in Baoding, China
Employ 6,000 associates
One of largest manufacturers of vertically integrated PV modules for utilities and commercial applications
Future - to create products that efficiently use solar, making it the most affordable and long-term energy source
Kyocera
Manufacturing headquarters located in Kyoto, Japan
One of the largest producers and suppliers of vertically integrated solar technologies in the world
Future - by 2012, Kyocera wants to increase the production of their solar cells to 650MW per year. Kyocera solar panels may be available on the new Toyota Prius.
JA Solar Holdings
Located in Ningjin, People's Republic of China
Manufactures and sells solar cells to solar manufacturers across the globe
Future - solar cells called SECIUM which are highly efficient and promise to generate more power than solar cells currently being manufactured
The future of solar power companies is bright, especially if they are focused on the future and how their discoveries can help make solar power a core energy source around the world.
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