Reportstack, provider of market research reports, has announced the release of the China Solar Glass Industry Report: 2010-2015.??
The report covers the current development of the solar glass industry, market overview and competition pattern of crystal silicon solar cell glass and thin film solar cell glass in China, and demand prospect for the upcoming five years.
?In the domestic photovoltaic (PV) glass industry, there are many ultra clear glass manufacturers in China whose capacity has witnessed high growth. As of late 2009, the actual annual capacity of ultra clear rolled glass in China had exceeded 600,000 tons, making China the world’s largest ultra clear rolled glass producer.??
In contrast, there are not so many large-scale, solar-coated glass manufacturers in China. NSG of Japan, Dawson International and AFG of the USA mainly dominate the market.
??As of late 2010, the ultra clear rolled glass capacity of CSG Holding, a glass manufacturer based in China, reached 12.5 million metres2 and its solar glass capacity realised 460,000 metres2. The company invested RMB499 million to build a 600T/D ultra clear rolled glass production line in Dongguan, China, a project that is expected to realise its full capacity in late 2011. ??Changzhou Almaden, a company in the processing and manufacturing of PV anti-reflection glass, with the glass sheets bought from other enterprises. The company introduced a coating technology and as of late June 2011, this realised 18 million metres2.
??Jiangsu Xiuqiang Glasswork is mainly engaged in the production of home appliance chromatic crystallised glass and solar glass and is a supplier of solar battery businesses, including LDK Solar and Canadian Solar. It is expected that the company’s capacity of crystalline silicon solar glass and transparent conductive oxide (TCO) solar glass will reach 7.91 million metres2 and 300,000 metres2 at the end of 2011.