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Annual Solar Photovoltaic Module Shipments Report

With data for 2022  |  Release Date: September 6, 2023  |  Next Release Date: July 31, 2024  |  full report  |  
Re-released: September 6, 2023 Correction/revision

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Overview

This report includes summary data for the photovoltaic industry from annual and monthly respondents. Data include manufacturing, imports, and exports of modules in the United States and its territories. Summary data include volumes in peak kilowatts and average prices. Where possible, imports and exports are listed by country, and shipments to the United States are listed by state.

Fewer companies now report on the EIA-63B survey because of company consolidation and changes to strategic planning of companies in the U.S. solar photovoltaic (PV) industry. As a result of fewer survey respondents, the data tables in the 2022 report are less detailed than in past reports to protect the confidentiality of the individual company-level data. As a result of this protection, annual and monthly data are not published in some tables. Data can no longer be published for the specific types of PV cells and modules, or by region.

Table changes:

  • Table 1. Not published for 2022.
  • Table 2. Unchanged, includes data from annual and monthly respondents.
  • Table 3. Unchanged, includes data from annual and monthly respondents.
  • Table 4. Unchanged, includes data from annual and monthly respondents.
  • Table 5. Not published for 2022.
  • Table 6. Inventory and Total Available for Shipment data are not published because of poor data quality. Individual data for crystalline silicon, thin film, and concentrator types of modules cannot be published. The total for all types of PV modules is provided.
  • Table 7. Information in Table 7 covering imports has been consolidated into four categories: China, Singapore, Taiwan & Vietnam; Malaysia; South Korea, Thailand, and United Arab Emirates; and All Others and Unknown. All Others and Unknown includes data from annual and monthly respondents. Country-specific data are from monthly respondents only. Individual data for crystalline silicon, thin film, and concentrator types of modules cannot be published. The total for all types of PV modules is provided.
  • Table 8. Not published for 2022.
  • Table 9. State data collected from monthly respondents only. Individual data for crystalline silicon, thin film, and concentrator types of modules cannot be published. The total for all types of PV modules is shown.


Data Tables

1 U.S. photovoltaic industry status, 2022 -- --
2 Value and average value of photovoltaic module shipments, 2022
3 Annual photovoltaic module shipments,
2006–22 (peak kilowatts)
4 Average value of photovoltaic modules,
2006–22 (dollars per peak watt)
5 Source and disposition of photovoltaic cell shipments, 2022 (peak kilowatts) -- --
6 Source and disposition of photovoltaic module shipments, 2022 (peak kilowatts)
7 Photovoltaic module import shipments by country, 2022 (peak kilowatts)
8 Destination of photovoltaic module export shipments, 2022 (peak kilowatts) -- --
9 U.S. photovoltaic module shipments by state/territory, 2022 (peak kilowatts)