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Solar Panel Brackets Demand Growth Driven by an Increased PV Installation


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    China is the world’s largest photovoltaic market. According to data from the National Energy Administration, in 2021, China’s newly installed photovoltaic grid-connected capacity will be about 53 million kilowatts, ranking first in the world for nine consecutive years.

    Solar panel brackets refer to special functional brackets used to install, support and fix photovoltaic modules. As the skeleton supporting the photovoltaic power station, the performance of the photovoltaic bracket support directly affects the operation stability and power generation safety of the photovoltaic power station. Solar panel mounting brackets are usually made of carbon steel, aluminum alloy, stainless steel and other materials, and have good shock resistance, corrosion resistance, and wind pressure resistance. In recent years, benefiting from the support of national policies, the photovoltaic industry has developed rapidly, providing a broad space for the development of the PV bracket industry.

    Globally, the photovoltaic market is mainly concentrated in China, Europe, the United States, Japan and other countries and regions. It is estimated that in 2021, the global installed photovoltaic capacity will reach 180GW, an increase of more than 30% year on year. China is the world’s largest photovoltaic market. According to data from the National Energy Administration, in 2021, China newly installed photovoltaic grid-connected capacity will be about 53 million kilowatts, ranking first in the world for nine consecutive years. The continuous growth of photovoltaic installed capacity is beneficial to the development of the solar panel bracket industry.

    According to whether they can be rotated, photovoltaic brackets can be divided into two categories: fixed brackets and tracking brackets. Among them, tracking brackets have the advantages of high power generation efficiency, good component performance, and low failure rate, and are expected to become mainstream products in the market in the future. Globally, the United States is the largest tracking bracket market, with a penetration rate of 72% in the US tracking bracket market. Due to the high cost, the application of tracking stents in the Chinese market is currently less, but as the cost decreases, the penetration rate of the tracking stent market in my country will increase, and it is expected to reach about 30% in 2022.

    According to the “2022-2026 China Photovoltaic Mounting Industry Application Market Demand and Development Opportunities Research Report” released by the Xinsijie Industry Research Center, the photovoltaic mounting market has a relatively high concentration. In the international market, large-scale photovoltaic mounting manufacturers There are American NEXTracker, Array Technologies, PVHardware, Italian Convert Italia and other foreign companies, as well as Chinese companies such as Tuori New Energy and Trina Solar. In 2020, the new shipments of the top ten tracking bracket companies in the world will be around 40GW, accounting for about 90% of the global shipments.

    From the perspective of the industrial chain, the upstream of the solar mounting brackets industry chain is the raw material layer, involving bulk metal materials such as steel and aluminum alloys. The upstream market has sufficient supply and the pattern is relatively scattered; the downstream is photovoltaic power station developers, EPC contractors, etc., and the market concentration is higher. In terms of industry entry barriers, fixed brackets have lower entry barriers, while tracking brackets have structural design barriers, wind engineering and testing barriers, algorithm barriers, etc., and the industry quasi-entry threshold is high.

    Industry analysts said that in recent years, the global photovoltaic installed capacity has continued to increase, providing a broad space for the development of the solar panel mounting brackets market. China is the largest photovoltaic market in the world, and the market demand for solar panel brackets is large. Tracking stents have outstanding advantages and are expected to become mainstream products in the market in the future. However, compared with the US market, the current market penetration rate of tracking stents in my country is still low, and there is still room for improvement in the industry in the future.