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of installations, the top 10 manufacturers each year and the changes in countries where manufacturing was
being undertaken.

In accordance with the IEA Trend Reports during the 2000’s:
• Annual installations grew from 195MW in 2000 to almost 7,000MW(7GW) in 2009.
• Cumulative installed capacity grew from approximatly700MW in 2000 to approximately 23GW in 2009.
• In 2000 off grid systems represented 16% of the annual installations and by 2009 this had decreased to
1%.
• In 2000 off grid systems represented 39% of the cumulative installed capacity and by 2009 this had
decreased to 4%.
• In 2000 grid connected centralised systems represented 0.8% of the annual installations and by 2009 this
had grown to 60%. (Note the 2009 Trends report did not have a breakdown)
• In 2000 grid connected centralised systems represented 5% of the cumulative installed capacity and by
2009 this had grown to 33%.

Note: Traditionally the IEA Trends Reports only covered IEA member countries which during the 90’s were
the main manufacturers and deployers of solar though some systems were not being installed in member
countries. During the 2000’s many systems started to be installed in non-member countries and the IEA then
started using other databases, in addition to member countries data, in preparing their installation tables.
While preparing these graphs some minor differences in figures were observed however the numbers shown
in this document are indicative of how the market has grown. China joined the IEA in 2010 so there were no
figures provided in the annual reports prior to 2010 however in the 2018 report China’s figures had been back
dated to 2000 and the following charts use a combination of the various trend reports.

Figure 82: Annual Installed Capacity
Source: IEA PVPS Annual Trend Reports (2000 to 2009 and 2018)

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