1 Table of Contents 2
1.1 List of Tables 10
1.2 List of Figures 12
2 Global Solar Photovoltaic Power Market, 2001-13 13
2.1 Global Solar Photovoltaic Power Market, Overview 13
2.2 Global Solar PV Power Market Size and Growth, 2001-13 13
2.3 Global Solar PV Power Market, Top Countries, 2008 16
3 Germany Solar Photovoltaic Power Market, 2001-13 19
3.1 Germany Power Market, 19
3.2 Germany Renewable Power Market 20
3.3 German Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power Market 22
4 Germany Solar PV Cell Market, 2001-08 28
4.1 Germany Solar PV Cell Market, Overview 28
4.2 Germany Solar PV Cell Market, Cell Production, 2001-08 28
4.3 Germany Solar PV Cell Market – Top Solar Cell Producers, 2007-08 28
5 Germany Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Parks 31
5.1 Germany Solar PV Parks, Top Solar PV Parks (Active) 31
5.2 Germany Solar PV Parks, Upcoming Solar Parks 31
6 Germany Solar Photovoltaic Regulatory Framework 32
6.1 Germany Renewable Energy Regulatory Framework 32
6.2 Germany Solar Photovoltaic Regulatory Framework 35
7 Q-cells AG, Company Snapshot 41
7.1 Key Information 41
7.2 Company Overview 41
7.3 Financial Performance 41
7.4 SWOT Snapshot 41
7.5 Business Description 42
7.6 Major Products and Services 44
7.7 History 44
7.8 Business Strategy 46
7.9 Strategy 46
7.10 Corporate Social Responsibility 47
7.11 SWOT Analysis 48
7.12 Competitors 54
7.13 Revenue Analysis 54
7.14 Share Holding Structure 56
7.15 Key Employees 56
7.16 Key Employee Biographies 57
7.17 Company Statement 58
7.18 Locations and Subsidiaries 63
8 ersol Solar Energy AG , Company Snapshot 65
8.1 Key Information 65
8.2 Company Overview 65
8.3 Financial Performance 65
8.4 SWOT Snapshot 65
8.5 Business Description 66
8.6 Major Products and Services 71
8.7 History 73
8.8 Business Strategy 75
8.9 Corporate Social Responsibility 76
8.10 Equipment Manufacturing 78
8.11 Distribution 79
8.12 SWOT Analysis 80
8.13 Competitors 87
8.14 Revenue Analysis 87
8.15 Revenue by Segment 87
8.16 Revenue by Geography 88
8.17 Share Holding Structure 89
8.18 Key Employees 89
8.19 Key Employee Biographies 90
8.20 Company Statement 91
8.21 Locations and Subsidiaries 92
9 SCHOTT Solar GmbH , Company Snapshot 94
9.1 Key Information 94
9.2 Company Overview 94
9.3 Financial Performance 94
9.4 Business Description 94
9.5 Major Products and Services 96
9.6 History 98
9.7 Competitors 99
9.8 Key Employees 99
9.9 Key Employee Biographies 99
9.10 Company Statement 100
9.11 Locations and Subsidiaries 102
10 SOLON AG fuer Solartechnik, Company Snapshot 103
10.1 Key Information 103
10.2 Company Overview 103
10.3 Financial Performance 103
10.4 SWOT Snapshot 103
10.5 Business Description 104
10.6 Major Products and Services 107
10.7 History 107
10.8 Business Strategy 109
10.9 SWOT Analysis 111
10.10 Competitors 117
10.11 Revenue Analysis 117
10.12 Share Holding Structure 118
10.13 Key Employees 119
10.14 Key Employee Biographies 119
10.15 Company Statement 120
10.16 Locations and Subsidiaries 122
11 Sunways AG , Company Snapshot 124
11.1 Key Information 124
11.2 Company Overview 124
11.3 Financial Performance 124
11.4 Industry Outlook 124
11.5 SWOT Snapshot 125
11.6 Business Description 125
11.7 Major Products and Services 128
11.8 History 128
11.9 Business Strategy 130
11.10 SWOT Analysis 131
11.11 Competitors 135
11.12 Revenue Analysis 135
11.13 Key Employees 137
11.14 Key Employee Biographies 137
11.15 Company Statement 138
11.16 Locations and Subsidiaries 140
12 aleo solar Aktiengesellschaft , Company Snapshot 141
12.1 Key Information 141
12.2 Company Overview 141
12.3 Financial Performance 141
12.4 Business Description 141
12.5 Major Products and Services 142
12.6 History 143
12.7 SWOT Analysis 145
12.8 Key Employees 148
12.9 Key Employee Biographies 148
12.10 Company Statement 149
12.11 Locations and Subsidiaries 150
13 COLEXON Energy AG , Company Overview 151
13.1 Key Information 151
13.2 Major Products and Services 151
13.3 Competitors 152
13.4 Key Employees 152
13.5 Locations and Subsidiaries 152
14 Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG , Company Snapshot 154
14.1 Key Information 154
14.2 Company Overview 154
14.3 Financial Performance 154
14.4 Business Description 154
14.5 History 156
14.6 Key Employees 158
14.7 Company Statement 158
14.8 Locations and Subsidiaries 159
14.9 Other Locations & Subsidiaries 159
15 Centrosolar Group AG , Company Snapshot 160
15.1 Key Information 160
15.2 Company Overview 160
15.3 Financial Performance 160
15.4 SWOT Snapshot 160
15.5 Business Description 161
15.6 Major Products and Services 164
15.7 History 164
15.8 Business Strategy 167
15.9 SWOT Analysis 170
15.10 Competitors 174
15.11 Revenue Analysis 174
15.12 Revenue by Segment 174
15.13 Revenue by Geography 175
15.14 Key Employees 176
15.15 Key Employee Biographies 176
15.16 Company Statement 177
15.17 Locations and Subsidiaries 178
16 EPURON GmbH , Company Overview 180
16.1 Key Information 180
16.2 Major Products and Services 180
16.3 Competitors 181
16.4 Key Employees 181
16.5 Locations and Subsidiaries 181
17 S.A.G. Solarstrom AG , Company Snapshot 183
17.1 Key Information 183
17.2 Company Overview 183
17.3 Financial Performance 183
17.4 Business Description 183
17.5 Major Products and Services 185
17.6 History 185
17.7 Competitors 186
17.8 Key Employees 186
17.9 Key Employee Biographies 186
17.10 Company Statement 187
17.11 Locations and Subsidiaries 190
18 Wagner & Co Solartechnik GmbH , Company Overview 191
18.1 Key Information 191
18.2 Major Products and Services 191
18.3 Competitors 191
18.4 Locations and Subsidiaries 192
19 Financial Deals Landscape 193
19.1 Detailed Deal Summary 193
20 Recent Developments 205
20.1 Strategy and Business Planning 205
20.2 Government and Public Interest 207
20.3 Other Significant Developments 209
21 Appendix 214
21.1 Methodology 214
21.2 About GlobalData 214
21.3 Contact Us 214
21.4 Disclaimer 214

1.1 List of Tables
Table 1: Global, Cumulative and Annual Solar PV Installed Capacity, MW, 2001-13 17
Table 2: Global, Cumulative Solar PV Installed Capacity Top Countries, MW, 2008 21
Table 3: Germany, Electricity Production by Fuel Type, Percentage Share, 2008 23
Table 4: Germany, Renewables Installed Capacity (Including Hydro), MW, 2001-08 24
Table 5: Germany, Share of Renewables in Installed Capacity, 2008 25
Table 6: Germany, Installed Capacity of Renewable Energy Sources, MW, 2001-08 25
Table 7: Germany, Cumulative Solar PV Installed Capacity, MW, 2001-13 28
Table 8: Germany, Solar PV Power Generation, GWh, 2001-13 29
Table 9: Germany, The Break-up of Cumulative On-grid and Off-grid PV Capacity, MW, 2001-08 30
Table 10: Germany, Top Cell Manufacturers, Based on Cell Production Capacity, MW, 2007-08 33
Table 11: Germany, Ten largest Active Solar Parks, 2008 34
Table 12: Germany, Planned/ Under construction Solar Parks 34
Table 13: Germany, Payment Structure for Different Types of PV Installations, 2004 39
Table 14: Germany, Feed-in-Tariff, € / KWh, 2008-09 40
Table 15: Q-Cells AG, Key Facts, 2007 44
Table 16: Q-Cells AG, SWOT Analysis 51
Table 17: Q-Cells AG, Revenue by Segment, Euro Million, 2003-2007 57
Table 18: Q-Cells AG, Revenue by Geography, Euro Million, 2003-2007 58
Table 19: Q-Cells AG, Share Holding Structure 2007 59
Table 20: Q-Cells AG, Key Employees, 2007 59
Table 21: Q-Cells AG, Other Locations 67
Table 22: ersol Solar Energy AG,Key Facts, 2007 68
Table 23: ersol Solar Energy AG, SWOT Analysis , 2007 83
Table 24: ersol Solar Energy AG, Revenue by Segment, Euro Thousand, 2003-2007 91
Table 25: ersol Solar Energy AG, Revenue by Geography, Euro Thousand, 2003-2007 92
Table 26: ersol Solar Energy AG, Share Holding Structure 92
Table 27: ersol Solar Energy AG, Key Employees, 2007 92
Table 28: ersol Solar Energy AG, Subsidiaries 96
Table 29: SCHOTT Solar GmbH, Key Facts, 2007 97
Table 30: SCHOTT Solar GmbH, Key Employees, 2007 102
Table 31: SCHOTT Solar GmbH, Other Locations 105
Table 32: Solon AG fuer Solartechnik, Key Facts, 2007 106
Table 33: Solon AG fuer Solartechnik, SWOT Analysis , 2007 114
Table 34: Solon AG fuer Solartechnik, Revenue by Segment, Euro Thousand, 2003-2007 121
Table 35: Solon AG fuer Solartechnik, Revenue by Geography, Euro Thousand, 2003-2007 121
Table 36: Solon AG fuer Solartechnik, Share Holding Structure 121
Table 37: Solon AG fuer Solartechnik, Key Employees, 2007 122
Table 38: Solon AG fuer Solartechnik, Other Locations 125
Table 39: Solon AG fuer Solartechnik, Subsidiaries 126
Table 40: Sunways AG, Key Facts, 2007 127
Table 41: Sunways AG, SWOT Analysis , 2007 134
Table 42: Sunways AG, Revenue by Segment, Euro Thousand, 2003-2007 138
Table 43: Sunways AG, Revenue by Geography, Euro Thousand, 2003-2007 139
Table 44: Sunways AG, Key Employees, 2007 140
Table 45: aleo solar Aktiengesellschaft, Key Facts, 2007 144
Table 46: aleo solar Aktiengesellschaft, SWOT Analysis , 2007 148
Table 47: aleo solar Aktiengesellschaft, Key Employees, 2007 151
Table 48: aleo solar Aktiengesellschaft, Other Locations 153
Table 49: aleo solar Aktiengesellschaft, Subsidiaries 153
Table 50: COLEXON Energy AG, Key Facts, 2007 154
Table 51: COLEXON Energy AG, Key Employees, 2007 155
Table 52: COLEXON Energy AG, Subsidiaries 156
Table 53: Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG,Key Facts, 2007 157
Table 54: Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG, Key Employees, 2007 161
Table 55: Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG, Other Locations 162
Table 56: Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG, Subsidiaries 162
Table 57: Centrosolar Group AG,Key Facts, 2007 163
Table 58: Centrosolar Group AG, SWOT Analysis , 2007 173
Table 59: Centrosolar Group AG, Revenue by Segment, Euro Thousand, 2003-2007 178
Table 60: Centrosolar Group AG, Revenue by Geography, Euro Thousand, 2003-2007 178
Table 61: Centrosolar Group AG, Key Employees, 2007 179
Table 62: Centrosolar Group AG, Subsidiaries 181
Table 63: EPURON GmbH ,Key Facts, 2007 183
Table 64: EPURON GmbH, Key Employees, 2007 184
Table 65: EPURON GmbH, Other Locations 185
Table 66: S.A.G. Solarstrom AG, Key Facts, 2007 186
Table 67: S.A.G. Solarstrom AG, Key Employees, 2007 189
Table 68: S.A.G. Solarstrom AG, Subsidiaries 193
Table 69: Wagner & Co Solartechnik GmbH, Key Facts, 2007 194
Table 70: Solara AG, Biohaus PV Handels and Solarstocc AG Merge to Form CENTROSOLAR AG 196
Table 71: Thenergo Acquires Stake in ENRO 197
Table 72: SOLON Acquires Minority Stake in CBD Energy 198
Table 73: SolarWorld Acquires Minority Interest in Solarparc from Eifelstrom 199
Table 74: Conergy Acquires voltwerk 200
Table 75: Eifelstrom Acquires 82% Share in Solar Parc from SolarWorld 201
Table 76: SolarWorld Acquires Majority Interest in WindWelt 202
Table 77: voltwerk AG Forms Joint Venture with Fortore Energia S.p.A. 203
Table 78: Juwi and Stadtwerke Form Joint Venture 204
Table 79: SOLON Signs an Agreement with S.A.G. Solarstrom 205
Table 80: Shell Solar Forms a Joint Venture with Geosol 206
Table 81: EPURON Sells Photovoltaic Projects To Hannover Leasing 207

1.2 List of Figures
Figure 1: Global, Cumulative and Annual Solar PV Installed Capacity, MW, 2001-13 17
Figure 2: Global, Cumulative Solar PV Installed Capacity Top Countries, %, 2008 20
Figure 3: Global, Cumulative Solar PV Installed Capacity Top Countries, MW, 2008 20
Figure 4: Germany, Electricity Production by Fuel Type, Percentage Share, 2008 22
Figure 5: Germany, Renewables Installed Capacity (Including Hydro), MW, 2001-08 23
Figure 6: Germany, Share of Various Sources in the Cumulative Installed Renewable Power Capacity, 2008 24
Figure 7: Germany, Cumulative Solar PV Installed Capacity, MW, 2001-13 27
Figure 8: Germany, Solar PV Generation, GWh, 2001-13 28
Figure 9: Germany, Cumulative On-grid and Off-grid PV Capacity, MW, 2001-08 30
Figure 10: Germany, Solar PV Cell Production, MW, 2001-08 31
Figure 11: Germany, Top Solar Cell Producers Market Share, %, 2008 32