Strategies Unlimited, a leading market research company covering the LED & Lighting, Lasers, Photonics, and Photovoltaic industries is pleased to announce a partnership with Paula Mints and her new company, SPV Market Research. The two companies will collaborate on photovoltaic market research, custom consulting, and an industry service.

Ms. Mints has an MBA from San Jose State. She was most recently a director in the energy division responsible for the Solar Services Program at Navigant Consulting, and prior to that was a Senior Market Analyst at Strategies Unlimited.

Strategies Unlimited began providing photovoltaic market research products in the mid-1970s.

Ms. Mints is widely recognized for her expertise in the global solar technologies market. Her insight and analysis on the technology, manufacturing, and demand sides of the solar industry are regarded as “must reads” for industry professionals. Ms. Mints is currently working with the CPV consortium to develop its forecast. She publishes often with Renewable Energy World and Renewable Energy Focus. Recently her chapter, Overview of Photovoltaic Production, Markets and Perspectives, was published in the Fraunhofer/Elsevier book Advances in Photovoltaics Volume 1, edited by Dr. Gerhard Willeke and Dr. Eicke Weber. In 2012, Ms. Mints spoke at several conferences, including the IEEE PVSC and EU PVSEC, where she presented her work on photovoltaic technology pricing. In December 2012 she will speak at Intersolar China, Beijing, where she will present an analysis of, and forecast for, the US solar market.

Globally, the manufacturing side of the solar industry is in the midst of its most significant consolidation while the industry as a whole adjusts to a low incentive environment. In 2013, SPV Market Research, and Strategies Unlimited will publish quarterly and biannual reports addressing the concerns facing the solar industry its technologies, suppliers, markets and participants and will be available for special projects.

For more information on products offered through the Solar Information Service please contact Tim Carli, Sales Manager at +1 650 946-3163 (voice) or e-mail at tcarli@strategies-u.com [1], or visit the company's web site at www.strategies-u.com/photovoltaics.html [2].