Top 10 by year

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Solar module company	Shipments (GW)							Country
	2015*	2015†	2016 (Forecast)	2018[3]	2019[3]	2020[4][5]	2021[6]
LONGi Solar	–	–	–	7.2	9	24.5	(1st)	China
Trina Solar	4.55[7][8]	5.74[9]	–	8.1	9.7	15.9	(2nd)	China
JA Solar	3.38[7][8]	3.93[9]	5.2-5.5[9]	8.8	10.3	15.9	(3rd)	China
JinkoSolar	3.79[7][8]	4.51[9]	6-6.5[9]	11.4	14.2	18.8	(4th)	China
Canadian Solar	3.9[7][8]	4.7[9]	5.4-5.5[9]	7.1	8.5	11.3	(5th)	Canada
Risen Energy [zh]	–	1.24[9][10]	–	4.8	7	(7th)	(6th)	China
First Solar	2.9[11]	2.8[9]	2.9-3[9]	2.7	5.5	(9th)	(7th)	United States
Suntech Power						(10th)	(8th)	China
Hanwha Q CELLS	3.2[7][8]	3.3[9]	4.5-4.7[9]	5.5	7.3	(6th)	(9th)	South Korea
Chint [fr]						(8th)	(10th)	China
GCL System Integration Technology				4.1	4.8			China
SFCE (Shunfeng International Clean Energy Limited)	–	2.28[9]	–	3.3	4			China
Yingli Green	2.35[7]	2.35-2.40[9]	–	–	–			China
SunPower Corp.	1.18-1.25[12]	–	1.7-2[13]	–	2.5[14]			US
Sources:[11][7][8][9][12][13][10] tenth place depending on source. Total world 2015 shipment was 50.8 GW. * March 2016 source. † April 2016 source.

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Summary

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According to EnergyTrend, the 2011 global top ten polysilicon, solar cell and solar module manufacturers by capacity were found in countries including People's Republic of China, United States, Taiwan, Germany, Japan, and Korea.

In 2011, the global top ten polysilicon makers by capacity were GCL, Hemlock, OCI, Wacker, LDK, REC, MEMC/SunEdison, Tokuyama, LCY and Woongjin, represented by People's Republic of China, United States, Taiwan, Germany, Japan and South Korea.

Historical rankings

In 2015, GCL System Integration Technology Company made an increase of 500%, topping 2.5-2.7 GW, which puts it at seventh rank, overtaking Yingli Green, compared to 0.5 GW in 2014. Their solar PV module production appears to have reached a 3.7 GW capacity at the end of 2015.^[20]

Solar modules, as the final products to be installed to generate electricity, are regarded as the major components to be selected by customers willing to choose solar PV energy. Solar module manufacturers must be sure that their products can be sustainable for application periods of more than 25 years. As a result, major solar module producers have their products tested by publicly recognized testing organizations and guarantee their durable efficiency rate for a certain number of years. The solar PV market has been growing for the past few years. According to solar PV research company PVinsights, worldwide shipments of solar modules in 2011 was around 25 GW, and the shipment year-over-year growth was around 40%. The top five solar module producers in 2011 were: Suntech, First Solar, Yingli, Trina, and Canadian. The top five solar module companies possessed 51.3% market share of solar modules, according to PVinsights' market intelligence report.

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Ranking 2011	Market share	Solar module company	Ranking 2010	Market share	Country
1	5.8%	Suntech	1	8.1%	China
2	5.7%	First Solar	2	7.9%	US
3	4.8%	Yingli Solar	4	6.4%	China
4	4.3%	Trina Solar	5	6.1%	China
5	4.0%	Sungen Solar	6	5.3%	China
6	2.8%	Sharp	3	[21]	Japan
7	2.8%	Sunpower	8	[21]	US
8	2.7%	Hanwha Solarone	7	[21]	South Korea
9	2.3%	Jinko	–	[21]	China
10	1.9%	REC	10	[21]	Norway
Sources:[21][22]

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Top 10 solar cell producers

According to an annual market survey by the photovoltaics trade publication Photon International, global production of photovoltaic cells and modules in 2009 was 12.3 GW. The top ten manufacturers accounted for 45% of this total.^[15] In 2010, a tremendous growth of solar PV cell shipments doubled the solar PV cell market size. According to the solar PV market research company PVinsights,^[21] Suntech topped the ranking of solar cell production. Most of the top ten solar PV producers doubled their shipment in 2010 and five of them were over one gigawatt shipments. The top ten solar cell producers dominated the market with an even higher market share, say 50~60%, with respect to an assumed twenty gigawatt cell shipments in 2010.

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Solar cell company	Country	Shipment 2009 in MW	Shipment 2010 in MW
Suntech	China	704	1,572
JA Solar	China	520	1,464
First Solar	US	1,100	1,411
Yingli Solar	China	525	1,062
Trina Solar	China	399	1,057
Motech Solar	Taiwan	360	924
Q-Cells	Germany	586	907
Gintech	Taiwan	368	827
Sharp	Japan	595	774
Sungen Solar	China	193	588
Sources: PhotonMagazine[23] and PVinsights.[21] Note: 2009 shipments of Motech and Canadian Solar are by PVinsights.

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Quarterly ranking

Although yearly ranking is as listed above, quarterly ranking can indicate which company can sustain particular conditions such as price adjustment, government feed-in tariff change, and weather conditions. In 2Q11, First Solar regained the top spot in solar module shipments from Suntech. From the 2Q11 results, four phenomena should be noticed: thin film leader First Solar still dominates; more centralization in the solar module market; Chinese companies soared; and the giga-watt game is prevailing (according to the latest solar model shipment report by PVinsigts).^[24]

Thin film ranking

Thin film solar cells are commercially used in several technologies, including cadmium telluride (CdTe), copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS), and amorphous and other thin-film silicon (a-Si, TF-Si). In 2013, thin-film declined to 9% of worldwide PV production.

In 2009, thin films represented 16.8% of total global production, up from 12.5% in 2008. The top ten thin-film producers were:

• 1100.0 MW First Solar
• 123.4 MW Suntech solar
• 94.0 MW Sharp
• 60.0 MW HELIOSPHERA
• 50.0 MW Sungen Solar
• 50.0 MW Trony
• 50.0 MW Moser Baer
• 43.0 MW Solar Frontier
• 42.0 MW Mitsubishi
• 40.0 MW Kaneka Corporation
• 40.0 MW Vtech Solar
• 30.0 MW Würth Solar
• 30.0 MW Bosch (formerly Ersol)
• 30.0 MW EPV

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2011 global top 10 polysilicon manufacturers by capacity

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On the other hand, the 2011 global top ten solar cell makers by capacity are dominated by both Chinese and Taiwanese companies, including Suntech, JA Solar, Trina, Yingli, Motech, Gintech, Canadian Solar, NeoSolarPower, Hanwha Solar One and JinkoSolar.

2011 global top 10 solar cell manufacturers by capacity

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In terms of solar module by capacity, the 2011 global top ten are Suntech, LDK, Canadian Solar, Trina, Yingli, Hanwha Solar One, Solar World, Jinko Solar, Sunneeg and Sunpower, represented by makers in People's Republic of China and Germany.

2011 global top 10 solar module manufacturers by capacity

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In terms of wafer and cell capacities, both makers from Taiwan and China have demonstrated significant year over year growth from 2010 to 2011.

China and Taiwan production capacity

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