Solar Power Brightens E&C Project Demand

Healthy demand in the solar cell industry has energized growth for the engineering and construction (E&C) firms serving the sector. Solar industry market sales are expected to reach $100 billion in 2013, up from $33 billion in 2008, says market research firm Lux Research (New York). Growth will be driven by aggressive capacity expansion and increasing availability of polysilicon, Lux says. Jacobs Engineering says it expects to benefit from investments in polysilicon, the key raw material in solar cells. “I’m not sure that there will be global...

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