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Release Date: October 19, 2011 
Next Update: August 2012

Table 10.9  Photovoltaic Cell and Module Shipments by Market Sector and End Use, 1989-2009
                        (Peak Kilowatts 1 )





Year		 By Market Sector By End Use




Total


Resi-
dential

Com-
mercial 3

Govern-
ment

Indus-
trial 4

Trans-
portation

Electric
Power 5


Other 6

Commun-
ications

Consumer
Goods		 Electricity Generation 2


Health		 Original
Equipment
Manu-
facturers 7

Trans-
portation

Water
Pumping


Other 8
Grid-
Interactive
Remote 
  Total Shipments 9
1989
 1,439 3,850 1,077 3,993 1,130 785 551 2,590 2,788 1,251 2,620 5 1,595 1,196 711 69 12,825
1990
 1,701 6,086 1,002 2,817 974 826 432 4,340 2,484 469 3,097 5 1,119 1,069 1,014 240 13,837
1991
 3,624 3,345 815 3,947 1,555 1,275 377 3,538 3,312 856 3,594 61 1,315 1,523 729 13 14,939
1992
 4,154 2,386 1,063 4,279 1,673 1,553 477 3,717 2,566 1,227 4,238 67 828 1,602 809 530 15,583
1993
 5,237 4,115 1,325 5,352 2,564 1,503 856 3,846 946 1,096 5,761 674 2,023 4,238 2,294 74 20,951
1994
 6,632 5,429 2,114 6,855 2,174 2,364 510 5,570 3,239 2,296 9,253 79 1,849 2,128 1,410 254 26,077
1995
 6,272 8,100 2,000 7,198 2,383 3,759 1,347 5,154 1,025 4,585 8,233 776 3,188 4,203 2,727 1,170 31,059
1996
 8,475 5,176 3,126 8,300 3,995 4,753 1,639 6,041 1,063 4,844 10,884 977 2,410 5,196 3,261 789 35,464
1997
 10,993 8,111 3,909 11,748 3,574 5,651 2,367 7,383 347 8,273 8,630 1,303 5,245 6,705 3,783 4,684 46,354
1998
 15,936 8,460 2,808 13,232 3,440 3,965 2,720 8,280 1,198 14,193 8,634 1,061 5,044 6,356 4,306 1,491 50,562
1999
 19,817 17,283 3,107 24,972 4,341 5,876 1,392 12,147 2,292 24,782 10,829 1,466 12,400 8,486 4,063 322 76,787
2000
 24,814 13,692 4,417 28,808 5,502 6,298 4,690 12,269 2,870 21,713 14,997 2,742 12,153 12,804 5,644 3,028 88,221
2001
 33,262 15,710 5,728 28,063 8,486 5,846 571 14,743 4,059 27,226 21,447 3,203 6,268 12,636 7,444 641 97,666
2002
 29,315 20,578 8,565 32,218 12,932 7,640 841 17,290 3,400 33,983 21,693 4,202 7,869 16,028 7,532 93 112,090
2003
 23,389 32,604 5,538 27,951 11,089 8,474 313 14,185 2,995 42,485 15,025 2,924 11,334 14,143 6,073 194 109,357
2004
 53,928 74,509 3,257 30,493 1,380 3,233 14,316 11,348 6,444 129,265 18,371 341 6,452 1,380 1,322 6,193 181,116
2005
 75,040 89,459 28,683 22,199 1,621 143 9,772 8,666 5,787 168,474 24,958 0 11,677 2,159 1,343 3,853 226,916
2006
 95,815 180,852 7,688 28,618 2,458 3,981 17,857 6,888 4,030 274,197 18,003 0 6,132 2,438 2,093 23,487 337,268
  Domestic Shipments 9
2007
 68,417 10 140,434 [10] 32,702 3,627 35,294 – – 2,836 589 253,101 10,867 410 4,802 4,018 3,852 – – 280,475
2008
 173,989 10 253,852 [10] 51,493 9,100 35,819 – – 2,622 312 500,854 15,527 217 2,659 916 1,145 – – 524,252
2009
 221,245 10 282,273 [10] 43,445 534 53,636 – – 1,817 290 585,189 8,119 381 3,455 961 923 – – 601,133
1See "Peak Killowatt" in Glossary. 8Through 2006, includes applications such as cooking food, desalinization, and distilling.
2Grid-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.		 9Through 2006, data are for domestic and export shipments, and may include imports that
subsequently were shipped to domestic or foreign customers.  Beginning in 2007, data are for domestic
shipments only.
3Through 2006, data are for the commercial sector, excluding government, which is included in
"Government."  Beginning in 2007, data are for the commercial sector, including government. 		 10Beginning in 2007, the government sector is included in "Commercial."
4Through 2006, data are for the industrial sector and independent power producers.  Beginning in
2007, data are for the industrial sector only; independent power producers are included in "Electric Power." 		 – – =Not applicable.  
5Through 2006, data are for electric utilities only; independent power producers are included in
"Industrial."  Beginning in 2007, data are for electric utilities and independent power producers. 		 Note:  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
6Through 2006, data are for shipments for specialty purposes such as research. Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.gov/renewable/.
7"Original Equipment Manufacturers" are non-photovoltaic manufacturers that combine photovoltaic
technology into existing or newly developed product lines.		 Sources:  ·  1989-1992—U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Solar Collector Manufacturing
Activity, annual reports.  ·  1993-2002—EIA, Renewable Energy Annual, annual reports.
·  2003 forward—EIA, Solar Photovoltaic Cell/Module Manufacturing Activities (and predecessor reports),
annual reports.