February 27, 2012 Recent quarterly tracker results of the global UPS market reported by market analyst, IMS Research indicate that year-over-year growth slowed to 5% in Q4 2011 following three consecutive quarters of double digit growth. As part of its ongoing UPS market analysis, IMS Research shows 2011 revenues roughly in line with what was forecast. Read more

February 23, 2012 PV balance of system (BoS) equipment revenues are projected to increase from $17 billion in 2011 to close to $24 billion in 2016 according to a new market report released by market analyst, IMS Research. The report found that whilst inverters will continue to be the largest part of the market, monitoring hardware, mounting structures and tracker systems will outpace the rest of the market to capture an increasing share. Read more

February 8, 2012 The PV inverter market achieved a new record in 2011 with shipments exceeding 26 GW for the first time according to preliminary results from market analysts, IMS Research. The research firm found that inverter shipments grew by more than 10% in 2011, despite the inventory overhang from the year before. Read more

February 3, 2012 The global market for power supplies used in LED lighting is forecast to reach USD10 billion in 2016, according to a new report from IMS Research, “Opportunities for Power Components in LED Lighting”. The report revealed that rapid uptake of LED lighting, driven by legislation and rising costs of electricity, will result in a potential market of 4 billion power supply units by 2016, worth an astounding USD10 billion. Read more

December 20, 2011 As many as 40% of all three-phase uninterruptible power supplies in the field have a service contract attached according to a recent study published by market analyst, IMS Research entitled the ‘The World Market for UPS Service and Support’. Read more

December 19, 2011 The global power semiconductor market will grow by 5.0% in 2012 to $32 billion, according to market analyst, IMS Research, which is cutting the company's previous forecast of more than 8% due to global economic uncertainties and inventory being flushed from the supply chain. The market, which grew by 37% in 2010, is forecast to return to double-digit growth in 2013. Read more

December 15, 2011 Market analyst, IMS Research, is predicting that ABB’s acquisition of Newave points to more consolidation in a market where the top 10 suppliers control 72% of industry revenues. IMS Research describes the move as a smart acquisition citing that the $7 billion market is projected to grow by an average of 7% per year over the next five years. Read more

December 7, 2011 The PV inverter market has declined again in Q3’11 with industry revenues in Euros falling by more than 20% year-on-year says, market analyst, IMS Research. Read more

November 16, 2011 A new report released by market analyst, IMS Research predicts that despite the relatively weak start to the year, installations will rise by 24% in 2011 to reach 24 GW, up from 19 GW in 2010. The research also revealed that European installations will rise by 3% this year and that Italy will displace Germany as the world’s largest market. Read more

November 11, 2011 Market analyst, IMS Research's latest quarterly-updated report indicates that the market for PV manufacturing equipment will more than halve in 2012. IMS forecasts that significant decreases in the “new” manufacturing capacity required and limited demand for upgrade or replacement of existing capacity will result in a projected market decline of over 55% in revenues in 2012 from 2011. Read more

November 7, 2011 A new study focusing on the wireless power industry published by market analyst, IMS Research, reports that wireless power transmitters which enable wire-free power transfer to consumer devices, are projected to account for 75% of combined transmitter/ receiver revenues by 2016. Read more

November 4, 2011 The latest quarterly report published by market analyst, IMS Research states that the expansion of PV module, cell and wafer manufacturing capacity will slow rapidly throughout the rest of 2011 and the first half of 2012. Production capacity has been added at a frantic pace for the last two years and almost 30 GW of capacity has been added since the start of 2010, but expansions have finally slowed in response to slowing demand in many key regions and a severe oversupply of PV products. Read more

October 12, 2011 New analysis from market analyst, IMS Research predicts that PV component profits are set to fall by 70% year-on-year in Q4’11. The market research company’s analysis of the polysilicon, wafer, cell, module and inverter industries found that that collapsing prices throughout 2011 will cause gross margins for the whole PV industry combined to slide by 17 percentage points to just 12.4% in Q4’11. Read more

September 30, 2011 A new quarterly report from market analyst, IMS Research indicates that rapidly declining PV module prices will result in the global industry revenues contracting in 2011 and 2012. A huge oversupply of PV modules and fierce competition has led to module prices falling quickly throughout 2011; despite shipments increasing, revenues are forecast to shrink by almost 10% in 2011, and shrink yet again in 2012. Read more

September 22, 2011 The global power discrete and module market is forecast to grow by $10 billion to reach $25.5 billion in 2015 according to a new report from market analyst, IMS Research. The market saw a 40% recovery in 2010 and despite demand waning in the second half of 2011 the research company forecast the longer-term prospects remain positive. Read more

September 20, 2011 Market analyst, IMS Research has published a new report 'The World Market for Uninterruptible Power Supplies – 2011' which shows that after experiencing severe declines following the global recession in 2009, the UPS market turned around in 2010 with revenues 8.3% higher than in 2009 and the recovery is continuing following the severe cutbacks in IT expenditures and new project builds. Read more

September 1, 2011 US PV module supplier, Solyndra, announced yesterday that it had shut its manufacturing facility and will file for bankruptcy, the third to do so in a month. The sudden decision, and the failure of the business, should really come as no surprise and is a warning to all other PV module start-ups. Read more

August 24, 2011 PV inverter suppliers continued to suffer in Q2'11 with industry revenues falling by 1.3% year-on-year, following sharp price declines, according to market analyst, IMS Research's latest quarterly report.  Q2 inverter shipments grew sharply by more than 40% compared with Q1 indicating that excess inventory is no longer blighting the industry and that demand may be more robust downstream in 2H'11. Read more

August 9, 2011 The global market for wireless power components and accessories will grow 85.5 percent annually to be worth $4.5 billion in 2016 according to market analyst, IMS Research. The market is up from $100 million in 2010, as numerous companies aim to capitalize on the smartphone explosion. Read more

July 27, 2011 ‘Smart’ PV inverter shipments are forecast to grow to 27 GW in 2015, accounting for almost 60% of the market compared to just 20% in 2010 according to the latest report from market analyst, IMS Research. The growth is being driven by utility concerns over grid imbalances, the growing proportion of PV connected to the grid, as well as the need for energy storage to take advantage of self-consumption tariffs and further incorporate PV into the ‘smart grid’. Read more

July 19, 2011 The latest analysis from market analyst, IMS Research, shows that a period of highly competitive pricing from PV module suppliers has led to gross margins declining by more than 25% in the last six months. Suppliers have been forced to engage in a tough price war, but have not been able to reduce their costs as quickly as their prices; their margins have been the victim. Read more

July 6, 2011 A new report from market analyst, IMS Research predicts the global PV inverter market will decline below $6bn in 2011, a fall of more than 10% following 2010’s upsurge. Despite the analyst firm predicting global installations to grow this year, inventory overhang from 2010 and high price pressure will drive industry revenues down in 2011 the report reveals. Read more

July 4, 2011 Market analyst, IMS Research estimates that the worldwide market for medium voltage soft starters was worth an estimated $170 million in 2010, with more than 5,000 units shipped during the year. Sales of the products contracted in 2009 as a result of the global economic downturn, and the market recovery in 2010 was gradual. However, high commodity prices and robust demand from regions like Asia Pacific and the Middle East are expected to help the market grow by nearly 10% in 2011. Read more

June 29, 2011 The power semiconductor discrete and module market bounced back from 2009’s downturn and grew by 43% in 2010 due to a year of recovery, according to a new report released by IMS Research. Read more

June 29, 2011 PV module shipments are set to recover strongly in the second half of 2011, according to the latest report from IMS Research. The strong rebound follows declines in volumes during the past two consecutive quarters. The market analyst predicts that rapidly falling PV module prices will be a key factor in re-establishing demand in the second half of the year. Read more

June 23, 2011 A new report released by market analyst, IMS Research, forecasts that global production of electric cars – either hybrids, plug-in hybrids, battery electric or fuel cell vehicles – will surpass 16 million in 2021, which will account for 16 percent of all vehicles manufactured. Read more

May 31, 2011 Market analyst, IMS Research has raised its outlook for 2011 based on new information on supply chain pricing and predicts that more than 21 GW of new PV capacity will be installed in 2011, which is up from about 18 GW in 2010. Read more

May 26, 2011 IMS Research's latest quarterly report shows that global PV inverter shipments declined to 4 GW in Q1’11, 39% lower than the previous quarter, but 31% higher than in Q1’10. The market analyst points to rising channel inventory in markets such as Germany, Italy and France contributed to the disappointing first quarter results. Read more

May 24, 2011 Global PV module inventory levels have reached the highest amount recorded to date with market analyst, IMS Research, indicating that the levels have reached more than 10 GW in Q2’11. The high inventory levels, as well as lower incentive levels in key European markets, have contributed to rapidly decreasing prices during the quarter. Read more

May 11, 2011 Market analyst, IMS Research has released preliminary results which reveal that Texas Instruments (TI) remained the largest supplier in the power management and driver IC market in 2010, a year in which most suppliers experienced an exploding market but struggled at times to have the capacity to meet demand. Read more

May 11, 2011 The latest analysis of the global PV industry by market analyst IMS Research reveals that global PV module shipments for the first quarter of 2011 declined by almost 10%. Read more

April 28, 2011 The latest market report published by IMS Research says that Power-One gained the PV inverter market’s largest share in 2010 and moved up to second in the global rankings. The report also reveals that for the first time all of the top 10 suppliers to the market in 2010 were European – largely due to the explosive market growth in key European markets that these suppliers enjoyed. Read more

April 13, 2011 IMS Research's latest analysis of the global PV supply chain, based on shipment data from hundreds of suppliers, reveals that Suntech was the largest PV module supplier in 2010, growing the company’s shipments by more than 130% compared with the previous year, to ship more MWs than any of its competitors. Read more

April 6, 2011 Latest data from market anaysts, IMS Research suggests that Texas Instruments' acquisition of National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion will create a giant that will dominate the power IC arena. Read more

April 5, 2011 Global PV inverter revenues reached $1.6 billion in Q4'10, 24% lower than the previous quarter according to market analyst IMS Research's latest quarterly report on the market. Read more

March 28, 2011 Data from market analyst, IMS Research, shows the global market for Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS) grew twice as fast in the second half of 2010 compared with the first half of that year. The growth helped to push the total annual value past $7 billion. IMS Research predicts demand for UPS to return to pre-recessionary levels by 2012. Read more

February 25, 2011 In a major move, Maxim Integrated Products is entering into the emerging digital power market. Read more

February 17, 2011 Market analyst, IMS Research is predicting that Asia's share of PV cell production will reach nearly 85% by the end of 2011 with Asian electronics giants such as Samsung and LG continuing to enter the growing PV market and transferring their expertise in other cost-driven fields with the aim of capturing a major share of the market. Read more

February 14, 2011 A new analysis report from market analyst, IMS Research, indicates that prices have begun falling sharply throughout the PV crystalline supply chain in the first quarter of 2011. Read more

February 3, 2011 Market analyst, IMS Research, is predicting that global demand for rack PDUs will exceed $1 billion by 2014, driven by adoption of “intelligent” rack power distribution units (PDUs) in data centers. Read more

January 26, 2011 A recent announcement from Italy's GSE, revealing that cumulative applications for PV systems reached 7 GW by the end of 2010, appears to confirm IMS Research's earlier prediction that global installations reached 17.5 GW last year, several GW higher than most forecasts; though it also suggests the market researcher’s estimate of 3.5 GW for Italy may have been conservative. However, these numbers from GSE may not reveal the whole truth as they also include partially completed PV systems. Read more

January 25, 2011 Market analyst, IMS Research, has released a new report that says the explosive growth projected for power supplies with digital control and management will increase demand for Silicon Carbide (SiC) diodes, Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) and Microprocessors (MPUs). The report concludes that in the long term this trend will be at the expense of PFC controller ICs, and analog controllers and regulators. Read more

January 24, 2011 A new report released from market analyst, IMS Research forecasts the global PV inverter market will reach $8.5 billion by 2014, growing at compound annual growth rate of almost 25%. The report also revealed that more than 7 million inverters will be sold in 2014, up from less than one million in 2009. Read more

January 17, 2011 A new report from market analyst, IMS Research predicts that PV installations will see double-digit growth in 2011, to reach 20.5 GW and take the total installed capacity to 58 GW by the end of the year. IMS Research estimated that new PV installations grew by 130% to reach 17.5 GW in 2010. Read more

January 13, 2011 IMS Research has released a new study which forecast that the multi-million dollar market for PV inverter service plans and extended warranties is to grow by over 480% between 2010 and 2014, creating growth opportunities for inverter suppliers. Read more

January 10, 2011 The latest analysis from market analyst, IMS Research, shows that US PV system integrators gained places in the rankings in 2010. The market intelligence provider, which conducts ongoing surveys of system integrators and utilities, revealed that three large-scale system providers from the US appeared amongst the ten largest integrators in 2010 for the first time. Read more

January 6, 2011 Market analyst, IMS Research, reports that PV module production capacity increased by nearly 70% during the course of 2010, reaching nearly 30 GW by the end of the year. The company also forecast that capacity will continue increasing, despite the growth of PV installations being predicted to slow from more than 100% in 2010 to less than 20% in 2011. Read more

December 10, 2010 A new report from market analyst, IMS Research, forecasts the adoption of smart appliances will begin in the US, followed by Canada and then Western Europe. The company predicts that by the end of 2020 nearly 10 million appliances will have been installed in US homes. Read more

December 1, 2010 IMS Research is predicting that the global PV market will see double-digit growth again in 2011, growing to 19 GW. The market in Germany, the world's largest, is still forecast to decline next year but IMS Research is identifying dozens of new and existing markets that will help drive demand and counteract the fall. Read more

December 1, 2010 Data from market analyst, IMS Research shows that after nearly two years of lackluster performance, the recovery of the global market for Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) is picking up steam with the 3Q 2010 figures being 12.9% higher than those posted for 3Q 2009. Read more

November 26, 2010 Market analyst, IMS Research reports that the global market for solar inverter shipments grew by 50% in Q3’10 to reach 7.3 GW which represents another record quarter for the industry that earlier peaked at 5 GW the previous quarter. Read more

November 18, 2010 A detailed analysis of key industry metrics by market analyst, IMS Research reveals that although MW shipments of modules have grown at an average of 60% over the past two years, industry revenues have only grown by only 13%. As the industry prepares to enter a period of softening demand and decreasing prices, suppliers will need to concentrate on growing revenues and profits and not just focus on who’s shipping the most MWs. Read more

November 9, 2010 Market analysis from IMS Research forecasts that pricing pressure for solar modules will result in a growing share of production taking place in Asia as suppliers seek to drive down PV module manufacturing costs. Read more

November 5, 2010 Market analyst, IMS Research, is forecasting that inverter capacity will be ramped past 30 GW in 2010 and inverter production may exceed actual demand by more than 2 GW in Q4'10 leading to large inventory build. Read more

November 1, 2010 New market  analysis from IMS Research indicates that US thin film PV producer First Solar continued to lose ground in Q3'10. Read more

October 20, 2010 New market analysis from IMS Research points to the utility-scale PV market being set to surge next year, growing five-times faster than the rest of the industry. Read more

October 19, 2010 New market analysis from IMS Research forecasts that the world market for power management and driver ICs will fully recover in 2010, growing by 20% to more than $12 billion. In 2009 the market declined by more than 14%. Read more

October 1, 2010 IMS Research's updated PV Demand Database corroborates results released yesterday by The Bundesnetzagentur which shows that registered installations in Germany in the first eight months of 2010 reached 4.8 GW and equates to 327% higher than the same period in 2009. Read more

September 29, 2010 The power discrete and module market is set to regain much of its previous years' losses and will be worth 13.7 billion US Dollars in 2010, increasing by 24.3% from 2009 according to IMS Research's new market report. Read more

September 28, 2010 Market analysts, IMS Research, has published a new report that indicates that annualized PV cell production capacity increased once again in Q2’10, reaching more than 25 GW. Read more

September 22, 2010 Market analysts, IMS Research reports in a new study that the highest demand for PV inverters in 2010 will come from both the smallest and the largest three-phase inverters.  Read more

September 16, 2010 The global PV market is forecast to exceed 16 GW in 2010 according to projections released by market analysts, IMS Research. Demand for PV systems is predicted to more than double in 2010, with the top five markets accounting for more than 13 GW. Read more

September 16, 2010 Ongoing analysis from market analysts, IMS Research, indicates that PV module shipments grew for the sixth consecutive quarter to 4.4 GW in Q2'10, whilst channel inventory also remained high at almost the same figure. Read more

August 27, 2010 Crystalline PV module supplier Suntech, has shipped more modules during the second quarter of 2010 than any other company according to the latest analysis from market analyst, IMS Research. Read more

August 23, 2010 Market analyst, IMS Research is forecasting solar microinverters and DC-DC power optimizers will generate more than $1.5 billion in revenues over the next five years. Read more

August 16, 2010 Global shipments of solar inverters reached 4.9 GW in Q2’10, growing by 284 percent, according to a new report published by research analysts, IMS Research. Read more

August 2, 2010 Market research analyst, IMS Research of Wellingborough, UK, has published its latest rankings for the power management and driver IC market which reveals that Texas Instruments has extended its lead in the market during the downturn in 2009 and held a share of 10.5 percent. Read more

July 22, 2010 Market analyst, IMS Research's new report warns that the PV industry's future is not all bright from Q4'10 and shipments will decline by close to ten percent quarter-on-quarter in Q1'11.  The warning comes despite PV module shipments forecast to increase for six consecutive quarters since Q1'09. Read more

July 12, 2010 For the fifth consecutive quarter PV module shipments have been on the increase according to market analyst, IMS Research's latest quarterly report on the solar cell and module market.  In Q2'10 the shipments rose to 3.7 GW, generating 7.1 billion US Dollars in revenues. Read more

July 8, 2010 The latest forecasts reported by market analyst, IMS Research, point to the global PV marketalmost doubling in 2010 to reach 14.6 GW, nearly three times size of the market back in 2008.  IMS says the 95 percent increase in installations will be driven by a number of countries, most notably Germany. Read more

July 2, 2010 Emerson Electric raising its offer to 1.5 billion US Dollars appears to have ended the bidding war for British UPS maker Chloride and has prompted ABB to announce that it would not outbid its rival. Read more

June 15, 2010 Sales of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) into Asia during the first quarter grew by more than 25 percent from 2009 and the first quarter of 2010 marked a milestone in the history of the market with research consultancy, IMS Research estimating that UPS revenues from the Asia eclipsed those of the Americas and EMEA for the first time. Read more

May 28, 2010 The global semiconductor market is likely to see a rise in annual growth in the next decade, to about 8 to 10 percent on average, due to the demands of environmental engineering on semiconductor technologies, according to Matthew Towers, CEO and founder of Intex Management Services Ltd. (Wellingborough, England), which trades as IMS Research. Read more

April 16, 2010 The PV inverter market saw record shipments of more than 8 GW during 2009 according to market analysts, IMS Research. Read more

April 14, 2010 Despite the impending cut to Germany's FIT, market analysts, IMS Research is continuing to forecast the global PV market will grow in 2010, up to 10 GW in terms of new installations with strong demand coming from many different countries. Read more

March 3, 2010 A new market research study by IMS Research reports that Q-Cells International was the largest PV system integrator in 2009 having gained significant market share. Read more

February 16, 2010 A new report from market analyst, IMS Research (Wellingborough, UK) estimates the world market for PV manufacturing equipment was just more than $5 billion in 2008. Read more