
Additionally, the article highlights ten companies in the solar space that embody the above-mentioned technologies and trends to keep an eye on:
1. Applied Materials: Semiconductor powerhouse now venturing into solar, including thin-film technolologies
2. Miasole: Founders were technology pioneers in hard disk storage, which requires thin-film technology applications; now parlaying this knowledge to CIGS (copper, indium, gallium, selenium)-based thin-film technologies in solar
3. MMA Renewable Ventures: Innovative financier, operator and owner of renewable energy projects. See e.g.
4. Nanosolar: An innovator of "photovolatic ink", the next generation in thin-film technology
5. Q-Cells: A leading German crystalline player
6. REC : Diversified Norwegian wafer and module producer
7. Sharp: The global leader of solar module supply with a 25% market share.
8. Sun Edison: Systems integrater and installer, and provides third-party financing to make PV systems more affordable for the consumer.
9. Sunpower: Maker of the most efficient PV modules commercially available, and one of the first vertically-integrated solar companies.
10. Suntech Power: China's leading solar company, previously focused on crystalline-based modules, but now venturing into thin-film and BIPV (see report)
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