Becquerel Sweden has a decade of experience in market insights, pertaining to both the international and national PV markets. Every year since 2010, we have authored and been responsible for a comprehensive report on the Swedish PV market. This report serves as a basis for the global market reports published by IEA PVPS Task 1. Over the years, a substantial body of accumulated knowledge and valuable statistics on market development has thus been acquired.
Becquerel Sweden possesses an extensive network within both the Swedish and international PV industries, and has access to unique, detailed, and in some cases non-public statistics regarding installation volumes, price trends, and industry.
Becquerel Sweden offers authorities and other public/institutional organizations data collection and market analyses concerning the PV market. Becquerel Sweden also assists other stakeholders with analysis, such as organizations within the PV industry, within the broader energy sector, or financial investors with an interest in the industry.
Selection of ongoing or completed market assignments
| Period | Mission | Client | Assignment Description |
| Jan 2011 – ongoing | Swedish representative in IEA PVPS Task 1 | Swedish Energy Agency | The International Energy Agency – Photovoltaic Power System Programme (IEA PVPS) is a collaborative research and development agreement within the IEA with 27 member countries working on various aspects of solar cell technology. Johan Lindahl represents Sweden in the programme's "task 1" working group, whose task is to analyse and demonstrate developments in the global solar cell market. Each year, the national representatives collect data on installation volumes, price trends, manufacturing, support systems, and laws in their country and/or region. This data is first published in national reports and then analyzed jointly, resulting in market reports on the global solar cell market. |
| Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Analyst — Power from New Installations | Energiforsk | The aim of the project was to provide an up-to-date summary of the costs of producing electricity using commercially available technology, and to report on the factors that affect electricity production costs. Becquerel Sweden contributed with general method development, updated costs for solar cell technology, and the writing of parts of the report. |
| Apr 2020 – ongoing | Njord, Methodology Development — Customs Data Analysis | Internal project | Becquerel Sweden has developed a statistical tool that analyzes international trade flows of hardware and then converts them into an estimated installed solar cell capacity. The method has been used to provide data and analyses for the IEA PVPS global market reports and for analyses carried out by the European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC). |
| Oct 2020 – Feb 2021 | Project Management and Execution — Cost Structure for Typical Residential PV Systems 2020 | Energiforsk | The project Cost Structure for Swedish Villa Installations examined the Swedish villa segment of the market and presents an updated cost structure. The project was commissioned by Energiforsk and partially funded by the Swedish Energy Agency. |
Selected publications addressing either the Swedish or global PV market
Swedish NSR Reports
J. Lindahl, and G. Öhgren, National Survey Report of PV Power Applications in Sweden 2024, IEA PVPS task 1 (2025).
A. Oller Westerberg, and J. Lindahl, National Survey Report of PV Power Applications in Sweden 2023, IEA PVPS task 1 (2024).
A. Oller Westerberg, and J. Lindahl, National Survey Report of PV Power Applications in Sweden 2022, IEA PVPS task 1 (2023).
J. Lindahl, A. Oller Westerberg, and J. Berard, National Survey Report of PV Power Applications in Sweden 2021, IEA PVPS task 1 (2022).
J. Lindahl, A. Oller Westerberg, K. Vanky, and J. Berard, National Survey Report of PV Power Applications in Sweden 2020, IEA PVPS task 1 (2021).
J. Lindahl, M. Dahlberg Rosell, A. Oller Westerberg, and J. Berard, National Survey Report of PV Power Applications in Sweden 2019, IEA PVPS task 1 (2020).
J. Lindahl, C. Stoltz, A. Oller Westerberg, and J. Berard, National Survey Report of PV Power Applications in Sweden 2018, IEA PVPS task 1 (2019).
J. Lindahl, and C. Stoltz, National Survey Report of PV Power Applications in Sweden 2017, IEA PVPS task 1 (2018).
J. Lindahl, National Survey Report of PV Power Applications in Sweden 2016, IEA PVPS task 1 (2017)
Global Overview Reports from IEA PVPS
G. Masson, M. de l’Epine, I. Kaizuka, J. Lindahl, A. Oller Westerberg et al. Trends in PV Applications 2023, IEA PVPS Task 1 (2023)
G. Masson, I. Kaizuka, J. Lindahl, et al. Trends in Photovoltaic Applications 2022, IEA PVPS Task 1 (2022)
G. Masson, I. Kaizuka, J. Lindahl, et al. Trends in Photovoltaic Applications 2021, IEA PVPS Task 1 (2022).
G. Masson, I. Kaizuka, J. Lindahl, et al. Trends in Photovoltaic Applications 2020, IEA PVPS Task 1 (2020).
G. Masson, I. Kaizuka, A. Jaeger-Waldau, A. Detollenaere, and J. Lindahl, Snapshot of Global PV Markets 2018, IEA PVPS (2019).
Other Market Reports
O. Ortega Alvarado, and J. Lindahl, Current state of the EU photovoltaic industry — An in-depth look at the ingot-wafer supply chain, European Solar PV Industry Alliance (2024).
J. Lindahl, How to address the unsustainably low PV module price to ensure a renaissance of the PV industry in Europe, the European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) (2023).
A. Oller Westerberg, Dominant PV trade flows in Europe 2022, the European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) (2023).
J. Lindahl, et al., Electricity from new facilities, Energiforsk (2022) [Contribution through derivation of LCOE equation and background report on solar energy]
A. Oller Westerberg, and J. Lindahl, Cost structure for Swedish villa systems, Energiforsk Solar Energy Program (2021).
A. Oller Westerberg, Dominant PV trade flows in Europe 2016-2020, the European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) (2021).
J. Lindahl, and A. Oller Westerberg, PV Parks In Sweden – Key Economic Parameters, Solar Plaza (2021)
Jenny Gode, Markus Wråke, J. Lindahl, et al., Insights and Strategic Directions in the Energy Transition - NEPP Final Report (2020).
A. Detollenaere, P. Silvia, G. Masson, D. Wedepohl, M. Tepper, G. Serra, and J. Lindahl, Solarize Africa Market Report, BWS and Becquerel Institute (2019).