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Figure 83: Cumulative PV Installed Capacity
Source: IEA PVPS Annual Trend Reports ((2000 to 2009 and 2018)

Table 22: Top 10 PV Manufacturers by Year (2000-2004)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
252MW 352.9MW 504.9MW 675.3MW 1049.8MW
p p p p p
Kyocera 17% Sharp Solar 20% Sharp Solar 25% Sharp Solar 29% Sharp Solar 29%
BP Solar 17% BP Solar 15% BP Solar 13% BP Solar 11% Kyocera 10%
Sharp Solar 14% Kyocera 15% Kyocera 12% Kyocera 11% BP Solar 8%
Shell Solar 14% Shell Solar 13% Shell Solar 9% Shell Solar 8% Shell Solar 7%
Astropower 7% Astropower 7% RWE /Schott 6% RWE /Schott 7% Q Cells 7%
Mitsubishi
RWE /Schott 6% RWE /Schott 7% Astropower 6% 5% Schott Solar 6%
Electric
Photowatt 5% Isofoton 5% Isofoton 5% Sanyo 5% Sanyo 6%
Mitsubishi Mitsubishi
Isofoton 4% Photowatt 4% 4% Isofoton 5% 5%
Electric Electric
Sanyo 3% Sanyo 4% Sanyo 4% Q Cells 4% Isofoton 4%
Mitsubishi 1% Kaneka 1% Photowatt 3% Photowatt 3%
Other 12% Other 10% Other 13% Other 12% Other 18%

Source: Renewable Energy World

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