This is a list of notable photovoltaics (PV) companies.

Grid-connected solar photovoltaics (PV) is the fastest growing energy technology in the world, growing from a cumulative installed capacity of 7.7 GW in 2007, to 320 GW in 2016. In 2016, 93% of the global PV cell manufacturing capacity utilizes crystalline silicon (cSi) technology, representing a commanding lead over rival forms of PV technology, such as cadmium telluride (CdTe), amorphous silicon (aSi), and copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS). In 2016, manufacturers in China and Taiwan met the majority of global PV module demand, accounting for 68% of all modules, followed by the rest of Asia at 14%. The United States and Canada manufactured 6%, and Europe manufactured a mere 4%.^[1] In 2021 China produced about 80% of the polysilicon, 95% of wafers, 80% of cells and 70% of modules. Module production capacity reached 460 GW with crystalline silicon technology assembly accounting for 98%.^[2]

Photovoltaics companies include PV capital equipment producers, cell manufacturers, panel manufacturers and installers. The list does not include silicon manufacturing companies.

Photovoltaic manufacturers

Top 10 by year

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
Jinko Solar	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]			USA
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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