Renewable & Alternative Fuels

Overview

Beginning in January 2017, some respondents to the Form EIA-63B, Photovoltaic Module Shipments Report, survey were required to report monthly data. The subset of respondents who now must report monthly accounts for about 90% of photovoltaic (PV) activity in the United States, based on 2019 data.

Data collected on the monthly and annual Form EIA-63B are protected from disclosure of individual company data. As a result of this protection, monthly data are not published in some tables.

The tables in this report include

• Table 1. U.S. photovoltaic industry status
  • Not published monthly.
• Table 2. Value and average value of photovoltaic module shipments
  • See Table 3.
• Table 3. Monthly photovoltaic module shipments
  • This table includes the total shipments, values, and average values of module shipments by year/month. This table is a compilation of annual Tables 2, 3, and 4.
• Table 4. Average value of photovoltaic modules
  • See Table 3.
• Table 5. Source and disposition of photovoltaic cell shipments
  • No longer published as of 2016.
• Table 6. Source and disposition of photovoltaic module shipments
  • U.S. shipments and sales to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for resale and export shipments are not published for January–August to protect individual company data.
• Table 7. Photovoltaic module import shipments by country
  • Imports at the national level are published in Table 6. Country of origin is not published to protect the confidentiality of individual company data.
• Table 8. Destination of photovoltaic module export shipments
  • Exports at the national level are published in Table 6. Destination country is not published to protect the confidentiality of individual company data.
• Table 9. U.S. photovoltaic module shipments by state/territory
  • Individual data for most states are not published to protect the confidentiality of individual company data. Total U.S. shipments and sales to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for resale are not published for January–August to protect Individual company data.