Solar Balance-of-System — Where ECs Live

A 162p report from GTM Research — GTM as in Greentech Media — goes into the solar balance-of-system markets. Included in what’s been released to the public (see it here) are this graphic and lead paragraph:

Given the state of the global solar PV market, much of the industry’s attention has turned to BOS manufacturers to achieve the step-function reductions needed to help solar power deliver energy at or below costs of other generation resources. As a result, BOS manufacturers around the globe are being challenged to offer products at reduced prices, in addition to providing value-added benefits like professional engineering services, highly integrated components and lengthy, robust product warranties.

You might also like this BOS “market map” (or as it’s called in the release, a “taxonomy”):

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