Top 30

Solar PV markets

Top 30 Solar PV Markets, sorted by Capacity installed in 2011 (kw)

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Country
Italy
Germany
China
USA
France
Japan
UK
Australia
Belgium
Greece
India
Spain
Slovakia
Canada
Korea
Isral
Czech Republic
Bulgaria
Switzerland
Austria
Taiwan
Slovenia
Netherlands
Portugal
Denmark
Malta
Turkey
Sweden
Cyprus
Hungary

2009
723,000
3,806,700
160,000
464,500
250,000
482,976
7,077
83,140
493,700
36,500
17,000
17,010
126
61,850
166,838
22,000
411,000
4,293
25,700
20,209
10,000
6,858
10,700
34,253
1,300
1,289
1,000
854
1,142
200

2010
2,321,010
7,390,922
500,000
918,000
719 146
990,979
45,255
383,300
376,500
150,400
66,000
371,200
143,617
185,000
131,200
45,000
1,151,000
26,600
37,300
42,902
12,000
27,332
20,000
28,645
2,500
2,200
1,000
2,687
2,918
1,100

2011
9,304,600
7,500,243
2,500,000
1,867,000
1,634,100
1,295,804
937,100
837,000
614,100
425,900
355,000
354,900
314,100
289,000
156,700
130,000
110,000
100,400
100,000
91,674
70,000
44,900
33,000
12,700
9,700
7,700
6,000
4,310
3,800
2,400

Cumulative
12,802,910
24,794,243
3,301,000
3,966,000
2,831,400
4,913,948
1,014,000
1,407,940
1,587,000
631,300
537,000
4,214,200
488,200
569,000
812,300
200,000
1,726,000
132,700
210,900
187,172
100,000
90,400
137,000
143,600
16,680
11,500
12,000
15,750
10,100
4,100

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Top 30
Solar PV markets

Top 30 Solar PV Markets, sorted by Cumulative capacity (kw)

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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

Country
Germany
Italy
Japan
Spain
USA
China
France
Czech Republic
Belgium
Australia
UK
Korea
Greece
Canada
India
Slovakia
Switzerland
Isral
Austria
Portugal
Netherlands
Bulgaria
Taiwan
Slovenia
Luxembourg
Denmark
Sweden
Malaysia
Turkey
Malta

2009
3,806,700
723,000
482,976
17,010
464,500
160,000
250,000
411,000
493,700
83,140
7,077
166,838
36,500
61,850
17,000
126
25,700
22,000
20,209
34,253
10,700
4,293
10,000
6,858
1,795
1,300
854
2,300
1,000
1,289

2010
7,390,922
2,321,010
990,979
371,200
918,000
500,000
719 146
1,151,000
376,500
383,300
45,255
131,200
150,400
185,000
66,000
143,617
37,300
45,000
42,902
28,645
20,000
26,600
12,000
27,332
916
2,500
2,687
2,000
1,000
2,200

2011
7,500,243
9,304,600
1,295,804
354,900
1,867,000
2,500,000
1,634,100
110,000
614,100
837,000
937,100
156,700
425,900
289,000
355,000
314,100
100,000
130,000
91,674
12,700
33,000
100,400
70,000
44,900
1,200
9,700
4,310
0
6,000
7,700

Cumulative
24,794,243
12,802,910
4,913,948
4,214,200
3,966,000
3,301,000
2,831,400
1,726,000
1,587,000
1,407,940
1,014,000
812,300
631,300
569,000
537,000
488,200
210,900
200,000
187,172
143,600
137,000
132,700
100,000
90,400
30,600
16,680
15,750
13,000
12,000
11,500

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energy (PV) industry. Follow us by subscribing to the daily newsletter SUN, subscribing to several newsfeeds on the
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