{"id":58239,"date":"2022-01-26T07:40:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T21:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=58239"},"modified":"2022-01-26T07:40:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T21:10:52","slug":"panel-cell-shipments-2021-mb2330","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/panel-cell-shipments-2021-mb2330\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Solar Panel Manufacturers In 2021 (Shipments)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In spite of various challenges during 2021, shipments of solar panels and cells continued at a rapid clip. Here’s who the top manufacturers were in each category.<\/p>\n

Solar Panel Shipment Rankings: 2021<\/h2>\n

Chinese solar panel manufacturing giant Longi held on to the distinction of the top position in module shipment rankings for 2021 according to a recent report from PV InfoLink.<\/p>\n

How the top ten rankings looked for 2021:<\/p>\n

1. Longi<\/a>
\n2. Trina<\/a>\/JA Solar<\/a>
\n4. Jinko<\/a>
\n5. Canadian Solar<\/a>
\n6. Risen<\/a>
\n7. Hanwha Q-Cells<\/a>
\n8. First Solar<\/a>
\n9. Suntech<\/a> (Wuxi + Changzhou)
\n10. Astronergy<\/a><\/p>\n

Capacity shipped figures weren’t provided. Another company, GlobalData, used to publish top 10 rankings including estimated capacities, but I haven’t seen a list from them for a couple of years.<\/p>\n

PV InfoLink notes<\/a> Longi shipped 10 GW+ more modules thanTrina and JA Solar, so its lead was by quite a margin. The research firm says the top ten manufacturers collectively shipped a total of more than 160 GW of modules, accounting for more than 90% of 172.6 GW of demand; far exceeding the previous 70% to 80%. The top 5 companies all shipped more than 10GW each – no surprise there as all were exceeding that or closing in on it a couple of years ago.<\/p>\n

“Increasingly high concentration will make it even harder to medium and small-sized module makers to survive,” says PV InfoLink.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some smaller solar panel manufacturers focusing on high-end modules such as REC<\/a> may beg to differ. And locally, Tindo Solar<\/a> seems to be going gangbusters, capitalising on its Australian-made street cred.<\/p>\n

As we’ve seen throughout the history of the SolarQuotes auSSII report series, there is a significant proportion of solar buyers looking for top-shelf gear. In the January 2022 auSSII report<\/a> we noted 12% of quote requests in December selected the \u201ctop quality\u201d (most expensive) system option.<\/p>\n

Looking back at PV InfoLink’s rankings for 2020, the changes in 2021 were:<\/p>\n