Title of Dissertation: national renewable energy policy

Figure 23. 
U.S. wafer, cell, module prices. 2010-2015. 
Source: U.S. Solar Market Insight Report: 2011 Year-in-Review; U.S. Solar Market 
Insight Report: 2012 Year-in-Review; U.S. Solar Market Insight Report: 2013 Year-in-
Review; U.S. Solar Market Insight Report: 2014 Year-in-Review; U.S. Solar Market 
Insight Report: 2015 Year-in-Review. 
As of November 7, 2015, 543 solar PV corporations were registered as a member 
of the SEIA. More than 70 percent of these corporations are service providers such as 
installers, project developers, finance institutions, and consultancy (Figure 24). The 
manufacturing of solar products such as cells and modules does not account for a 
significant share in terms of the number of the companies. Only 20 companies are 
manufacturers of cells and modules.
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0.50
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.50
Q4 2010 Q4 2011 Q4 2012 Q4 2013 Q4 2014 Q4 2015
Wafer ($/W)
Cell ($/W)
Module ($/W)

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Figure 24. 
Member companies of the SEIA by business. 
Source: Solar Energy Industry Association, November 7
th
, 2015. 
Figure 25 also supports that manufacturing is not significant in the U.S. solar PV 
industry. In 2013, the portion of the U.S in the production of solar cells and modules is 
only about 2 percent. The total production of cell and module has sharply increased in the 
world in recent years, but it has not increased in the U.S. Figure 26 shows that the 
production of cells and modules has decreased in the U.S. since 2010.
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10
42
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62
148
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Manufacturer - Cell/Module
Manufacturer - Component/Equipment
Manufacturer - Inverter
Financing
Installer
Project developer
Other service provider
Others
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50
100
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