Report: Worldwide BIPV sales to reach US$7.5 billion by 2015

  • The BIPV market will gain market share at the expense of conventional solar panels, NanoMarkets predicts.
    The BIPV market will gain market share at the expense of conventional solar panels, NanoMarkets predicts.

The global BIPV market is set to grow by over US$5 billion by 2015, according to a report by NanoMarkets.

Currently worth just US$2.1 billion, the market will increase to US$7.5 billion by 2015, the industry analysts predict.

The report, Building-Integrated Photovoltaics Markets – 2012, revealed that the growth in BIPV market share will mostly be at the expense of conventional solar panels. Furthermore, 63% of total BIPV revenues are expected to come from new builds.

As reported by PV-Tech’s sister site Design Build Solar, a breakdown of the market shows that by 2015 revenues from BIPV roofing products will be worth US$2.5 billion, revenues from the BIPV walling market will be worth US$830 million and revenues generated from BIPV glass products are projected to be worth US$4.2 billion.

Factors driving the growth in the industry include greater availability of BIPV products and a move towards zero-energy buildings.
 

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