Table 10.8  Photovoltaic Cell and Module Shipments by End Use and Market Sector, 1989-2006






Year
End Use Market Sector





Total



Commun-
ications



Consumer
Goods
Electric Generation 1



Health
Original
Equip-
ment
Manu-
facturers 2



Trans-
portation



Water
Pumping




Other 3



Resi-
dential



Com-
mercial



Gov-
ernment



Indus-
trial 4



Trans-
portation



Electric
Utility




Other 5
Grid-
Inter-
active


Remote 
  Amount Shipped (peak kilowatts 6)
1989
2,590 2,788 1,251 2,620 5 1,595 1,196 711 69 1,439 3,850 1,077 3,993 1,130 785 551 12,825
1990
4,340 2,484 469 3,097 5 1,119 1,069 1,014 240 1,701 6,086 1,002 2,817 974 826 432 13,837
1991
3,538 3,312 856 3,594 61 1,315 1,523 729 13 3,624 3,345 815 3,947 1,555 1,275 377 14,939
1992
3,717 2,566 1,227 4,238 67 828 1,602 809 530 4,154 2,386 1,063 4,279 1,673 1,553 477 15,583
1993
3,846 946 1,096 5,761 674 2,023 4,238 2,294 74 5,237 4,115 1,325 5,352 2,564 1,503 856 20,951
1994
5,570 3,239 2,296 9,253 79 1,849 2,128 1,410 254 6,632 5,429 2,114 6,855 2,174 2,364 510 26,077
1995
5,154 1,025 4,585 8,233 776 3,188 4,203 2,727 1,170 6,272 8,100 2,000 7,198 2,383 3,759 1,347 31,059
1996
6,041 1,063 4,844 10,884 977 2,410 5,196 3,261 789 8,475 5,176 3,126 8,300 3,995 4,753 1,639 35,464
1997
7,383 347 8,273 8,630 1,303 5,245 6,705 3,783 4,684 10,993 8,111 3,909 11,748 3,574 5,651 2,367 46,354
1998
8,280 1,198 14,193 8,634 1,061 5,044 6,356 4,306 1,491 15,936 8,460 2,808 13,232 3,440 3,965 2,720 50,562
1999
12,147 2,292 24,782 10,829 1,466 12,400 8,486 4,063 322 19,817 17,283 3,107 24,972 4,341 5,876 1,392 76,787
2000
12,269 2,870 21,713 14,997 2,742 12,153 12,804 5,644 3,028 24,814 13,692 4,417 28,808 5,502 6,298 4,690 88,221
2001
14,743 4,059 27,226 21,447 3,203 6,268 12,636 7,444 641 33,262 15,710 5,728 28,063 8,486 5,846 571 97,666
2002
17,290 3,400 33,983 21,693 4,202 7,869 16,028 7,532 93 29,315 20,578 8,565 32,218 12,932 7,640 841 112,090
2003
14,185 2,995 42,485 15,025 2,924 11,334 14,143 6,073 194 23,389 32,604 5,538 27,951 11,089 8,474 313 109,357
2004
11,348 6,444 129,265 18,371 341 6,452 1,380 1,322 6,193 53,928 74,509 3,257 30,493 1,380 3,233 14,316 181,116
2005
8,666 5,787 168,474 24,958 0 11,677 2,159 1,343 3,853 75,040 89,459 28,683 22,199 1,621 143 9,772 226,916
2006
6,888 4,030 274,197 18,003 0 6,132 2,438 2,093 23,487 95,815 180,852 7,688 28,618 2,458 3,981 17,857 337,268
  Percent of Total
1989
20.2 21.7 9.8 20.4 (s) 12.4 9.3 5.5 0.5 11.2 30.0 8.4 31.1 8.8 6.1 4.3 100.0
1990
31.4 18.0 3.4 22.4 (s) 8.1 7.7 7.3 1.7 12.3 44.0 7.2 20.4 7.0 6.0 3.1 100.0
1991
23.7 22.2 5.7 24.1 .4 8.8 10.2 4.9 .1 24.3 22.4 5.5 26.4 10.4 8.5 2.5 100.0
1992
23.9 16.5 7.9 27.2 .4 5.3 10.3 5.2 3.4 26.7 15.3 6.8 27.5 10.7 10.0 3.1 100.0
1993
18.4 4.5 5.2 27.5 3.2 9.7 20.2 10.9 .4 25.0 19.6 6.3 25.5 12.2 7.2 4.1 100.0
1994
21.4 12.4 8.8 35.5 .3 7.1 8.2 5.4 1.0 25.4 20.8 8.1 26.3 8.3 9.1 2.0 100.0
1995
16.6 3.3 14.8 26.5 2.5 10.3 13.5 8.8 3.8 20.2 26.1 6.4 23.2 7.7 12.1 4.3 100.0
1996
17.0 3.0 13.7 30.7 2.8 6.8 14.7 9.2 2.2 23.9 14.6 8.8 23.4 11.3 13.4 4.6 100.0
1997
15.9 .7 17.8 18.6 2.8 11.3 14.5 8.2 10.1 23.7 17.5 8.4 25.3 7.7 12.2 5.1 100.0
1998
16.4 2.4 28.1 17.1 2.1 10.0 12.6 8.5 2.9 31.5 16.7 5.6 26.2 6.8 7.8 5.4 100.0
1999
15.8 3.0 32.3 14.1 1.9 16.1 11.1 5.3 .4 25.8 22.5 4.0 32.5 5.7 7.7 1.8 100.0
2000
13.9 3.3 24.6 17.0 3.1 13.8 14.5 6.4 3.4 28.1 15.5 5.0 32.7 6.2 7.1 5.3 100.0
2001
15.1 4.2 27.9 22.0 3.3 6.4 12.9 7.6 .7 34.1 16.1 5.9 28.7 8.7 6.0 .6 100.0
2002
15.4 3.0 30.3 19.4 3.7 7.0 14.3 6.7 .1 26.2 18.4 7.6 28.7 11.5 6.8 .8 100.0
2003
13.0 2.7 38.8 13.7 2.7 10.4 12.9 5.6 .2 21.4 29.8 5.1 25.6 10.1 7.7 .3 100.0
2004
6.3 3.6 71.4 10.1 .2 3.6 .8 .7 3.4 29.8 41.1 1.8 16.8 .8 1.8 7.9 100.0
2005
3.8 2.6 74.2 11.0 .0 5.1 1.0 .6 1.7 33.1 39.4 12.6 9.8 .7 .1 4.3 100.0
2006
2.0 1.2 81.3 5.3 .0 1.8 .7 .6 7.0 28.4 53.6 2.3 8.5 .7 1.2 5.3 100.0
1Grid-interactive means connection to the electrical distribution system; remote means electricity, for
general use, that does not interact with the electrical distribution system, such as at an isolated residential
site or mobile home.  The other end uses in this table also include electricity generation but only for the
specific use cited.  
6See "Peak Kilowatt" in Glossary.
2"Original Equipment Manufacturers" are non-photovoltaic manufacturers that combine photovoltaic
technology into existing or newly developed product lines.
(s)=Less than 0.05 percent.  
3Represents such applications as cooking food, desalinization, and distilling. Notes:  ·  Data are for domestic and export shipments, and may include imports that subsequently were
shipped to domestic or foreign customers.  ·  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent
rounding.
4Includes all independent power producers. Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelrenewable.html.
5Shipments for specialty purposes such as research. Sources:  ·  1989-1992—Energy Information Administration (EIA), Solar Collector Manufacturing Activity,
annual reports.  ·  1993-2001—EIA, Renewable Energy Annual, annual reports.  ·  2002 forward—EIA, Solar
Thermal and Photovoltaic Collector Manufacturing Activities, annual reports.