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companies like Sharp, Kyocera and Sanyo are the main PV producers. Ten
companies accounted for almost 90% of the world’s cell/module production
in 2002 (see Table 13).
Table 12
World PV Production in MW, 1994-2002
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1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Europe 21.7 20.1 18.8 30.4 33.5 40.0 60.7 86.4 112.8
USA 25.6 34.8 38.9 51.0 53.7 60.8 75.0 100.3 100.6
Japan 16.5 16.4 21.2 35.0 49.0 80.0 128.6 171.2 251.1
ROW* 5.6 6.3 9.8 9.4 18.7 20.5 23.4 32.6 47.8
Total 69.4 77.6 88.7 125.8 154.9 201.3 287.7 390.5 512.3
* ROW – Rest of the World
Source: PVNews, March 2003.
Table 13
Main PV Producers, 1999-2002
Company 1999 2000 2001 2002
MW MW MW MW
Sharp 30.0 50.4 75.0 123.1
BP Solar 32.5 41.9 54.2 66.8
Kyocera 30.3 42.0 54.0 60.0
Shell Solar 22.2 28.0 39.0 47.5
Sanyo 13.0 17.0 19.0 35.0
Astropower 12.0 18.0 26.0 29.7
RWE (ASE) 10.0 14.0 23.0 29.5
Isofoton 6.1 9.5 18.0 27.4
Mitsubishi n.a. 12.0 14.0 24.0
Photowatt 10.0 14.0 14.0 15.0
Total 166.1 246.8 336.2 458.0
World total 201.3 287.7 390.5 512.3
Source: PVNews, March 2003.
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