Abstract
Despite a sluggish forecast for the overall high-tech industry in the near
term, alternative energies technologies are expected to grow at a 40% annual
rate through 2012, and semiconductors used in these applications will see a
comparable growth, according to the report Semiconductors for Alternative
Energy Technologies: Opportunities and Markets.
Renewable, alternative energy technologies continue to grab the attention of
private industries and world governments. Semiconductors are used in these
technologies to convert the energy or power to something functional, such as
converting solar energy into electricity.
Semiconductors used in products such as inverters, include MOSFETs, IGBTs,
SiC, microcontrollers, DSPs, and discretes.
Alternative energy technologies analyzed in the report are:
- Solar
- Wind
- Fuel Cells
- Storage
- Geothermal
- Nuclear
The semiconductor market in 2008 was nearly $800 million and will more than
double to nearly $2 billion in 2012. This represents an opportunity for
semiconductor companies and equipment and materials suppliers to address these
growth areas.
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