• Did you know there are more than 180 suppliers of PV inverters? IMS Research is the only company to closely track all of these suppliers and provides the most detailed and respected analysis on this market. 

• Are you looking for data on capacity, production, shipments, pricing, costs, margins and inventories for PV cell and module suppliers? IMS Research’s quarterly report provides the answers.

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• Do you need to know how demand for PV will vary by type and in all key regions, and installations in more than 70 countries will drive the future growth of the PV industry? 

• Want to track the market share and project pipelines of more than 500 EPCs and System Integrators?  IMS Research’s quarterly market share & pipeline report provides the answers.

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Silicon & Wafers -

IMS Research provides a range of annual and quarterly reports covering the polysilicon and wafer markets and the entire silicon supply chain. From quarterly supply databases to long term forecasts, these reports provide detailed analysis of the market examining key metrics such as capacity, production, shipments, pricing and costs.

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Cells & Modules -

IMS Research provides a range of in depth reports on the PV cell and module market and carries out detailed research of the entire silicon supply chain. The reports provided by IMS Research range from quarterly supply databases to annual reports including detailed long term forecasts, these reports provide comprehensive analysis of the market examining key metrics such as capacity, production, shipments, pricing and costs.

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Production Equipment -

IMS Research produces detailed studies each year on the global PV manufacturing equipment market. Its studies are the most detailed available providing market size and forecast data for equipment used at every stage of the thin-film and crystalline production process.

The company's wealth of knowledge and expertise at other stages of the PV supply chain helps to drive-out the long term forecasts provided within the equipment report.

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Inverters & BOS -

IMS Research is the industry's leading source for inverter market intelligence, working with 19 of the top 20 suppliers on a regular basis. It publishes more than 15 reports every year on the PV inverter industry and is the benchmark for assessing this market's current and future performance. It is the only provider of research on this market that collects data from more than 85% of the industry on a quarterly and annual basis and has unsurpassed knowledge and insight on this market.

Its strong presence and knowledge of the PV inverter market also has significant benefits for the rest of its PV research as it is able to cross-check its country-level inverter data against underlying PV demand. This provides one of the most reliable indicators of past, current, and future PV system demand.

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Projects & Demand -

IMS Research uses its extensive network of contacts throughout the PV supply chain to survey respondents on downstream demand. It combines this with its expertise of government policy and incentives schemes in operation and under discussion throughout the world to provide detailed and credible demand forecasts for dozens of countries.

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Integrators & Developers -

IMS Research is further developing its research portfolio to cover integrators, EPCs and project developers. It currently offers a detailed and quarterly report on the market share and project pipelines of several hundred public and private PV system integrators.

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