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Data For: 2007
Release Date: October 2008
Next Release Date: October 2009

Table 2.1 Annual Shipments of Solar Thermal Collectors, 1998 - 2007
(Thousand Square Feet)
Year Number of Companies Collector Shipments
Total1 Imports Exports
1998 28 7,756 2,206 360
1999 29 8,583 2,352 537
2000 26 8,354 2,201 496
2001 26 11,189 3,502 840
2002 27 11,663 3,068 659
2003 26 11,444 2,986 518
2004 24 14,114 3,723 813
2005 25 16,041 4,546 1,361
2006 44 20,744 4,244 1,211
2007 60 15,153 3,891 1,376
1Includes shipments of solar thermal collectors to the government, including some military, but excluding space applications.
Note: Total shipments as reported by respondents include all domestic and export shipments and may include imported collectors that subsequently were shipped to domestic or foreign customers.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-63A, "Annual Solar Thermal Collector Manufacturers Survey."


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Table 2.6 Shipments of Solar Thermal Collectors by Destinationhtmlpdfxls
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Table 2.8 Distribution of U.S. Solar Thermal Collector Imports by Countryhtmlpdfxls
Table 2.9 Export Shipments of Solar Thermal Collectors by Typehtmlpdfxls
Table 2.10 Distribution of U.S. Solar Thermal Collector Exports by Countryhtmlpdf xls
Table 2.11 Distribution of Domestic Solar Thermal Collector Shipmentshtmlpdfxls
Table 2.12 Solar Thermal Collector Shipments by Type, Quantity, Revenue, and Average Pricehtmlpdf xls
Table 2.13 Shipments of Solar Thermal Collectors by Market Sector, End Use, and Typehtmlpdfxls
Table 2.14 Average Thermal Performance Rating of Solar Thermal Collectors by Type Shippedhtmlpdfxls
Table 2.15 Shipments of Complete Solar Thermal Collector Systemshtmlpdfxls
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Table 2.19 Companies Involved in Solar Thermal Collector Related Activities by Type html pdf xls
Table 2.20 Solar-Related Sales as a Percentage of Total Company Sales html pdf xls
Stirling Energy Systems, Inc. (SES)/Boeing, 25 kW Dish Stirling system at sunset.

Stirling Energy Systems, Inc. (SES)/Boeing, 25 kW Dish Stirling system at sunset.

   Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Photographic Information Exchange.

Solar thermal devices use direct heat from the sun, concentrating it in some manner to produce heat at useful temperatures. The modern solar industry began with the oil embargo of 1973-1974 and was strengthened with the second embargo in 1979. The growth of the solar industry during this period of fuel shortages and high prices (1974-1984) soared from 45 solar collector manufacturing firms to 225 firms.The solar market was helped during this period by government assistance, both Federal and State. Currently, solar thermal devices do everything from heating swimming pools to creating steam for electricity generation.

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