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First Solar tops PV module supplier rankings
Wellingborough, U.K. — First Solar, a leading thin-film manufacturer, is the top PV module supplier in 2009, surpassing all of its crystalline rivals to ship more than a gigawatt (GW) of modules, according to a report from IMS Research. The report also shows that modules sold by U.S.-based suppliers exceeded those from Japanese makers for the first time.
Although the top ten suppliers did not change in 2009, the previous year’s leader, Suntech, fell to second place, followed again by Sharp in third. While no other suppliers experienced the same growth as First Solar, Trina Solar climbed two positions, increasing its annual shipments by nearly 90 percent, said IMS Research’s PV group.
All three Japanese suppliers in the top ten — Sharp, Kyocera and Sanyo — lost share compared to 2008.
“2009 was an incredible year for PV module suppliers, with the top ten companies’ shipments growing by 75 percent. This is an amazing result given how poor the outlook had looked just over one year ago,” said Sam Wilkinson, research analyst at IMS Research’s PV group, in a statement. “Although many others did not share in this success, this measure alone is an indicator that the PV module market grew far more than had been expected in 2009, with shipments far exceeding installations.”
Although 7.5 GW of installations were completed and connected in 2009, IMS Research estimates that shipments of PV modules were far higher. Shipments exceeded installations due to the record amount of modules shipped in the fourth quarter of 2009 to complete installations in the first quarter of 2010 in European markets such as Germany, Italy, France and Czech Republic, according to IMS.
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