Global PV (Photovoltaics) Market by Size, by Type, by Application, by Region, History and Forecast 2020-2031

Summary

Solar PV is one kind of device made from crystalline silicon or thin film which converts solar energy into electricity by a process known as the photovoltaic effect. The key indicator for solar PV is conversion efficiency.

In this report, the statistical product is considered from the solar module, the statistical data is considered from the shipment volume.

According to APO Research, The global PV (Photovoltaics) market is projected to grow from US$ million in 2025 to US$ million by 2031, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of % during the forecast period.

The US & Canada market for PV (Photovoltaics) is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

Asia-Pacific market for PV (Photovoltaics) is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

The China market for PV (Photovoltaics) is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

Europe market for PV (Photovoltaics) is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

The major global manufacturers of PV (Photovoltaics) include Jinko Solar, Trina Solar, Canadian Solar, Hanwha, JA Solar, First Solar, ReneSola, Yingli and SunPower, etc. In 2024, the world's top three vendors accounted for approximately % of the revenue.

In terms of production side, this report researches the PV (Photovoltaics) production, growth rate, market share by manufacturers and by region (region level and country level), from 2020 to 2025, and forecast to 2031.

In terms of consumption side, this report focuses on the sales of PV (Photovoltaics) by region (region level and country level), by company, by type and by application. from 2020 to 2025 and forecast to 2031.

This report presents an overview of global market for PV (Photovoltaics), capacity, output, revenue and price. Analyses of the global market trends, with historic market revenue or sales data for 2020 - 2024, estimates for 2025, and projections of CAGR through 2031.

This report researches the key producers of PV (Photovoltaics), also provides the consumption of main regions and countries. Of the upcoming market potential for PV (Photovoltaics), and key regions or countries of focus to forecast this market into various segments and sub-segments. Country specific data and market value analysis for the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, India, Germany, the U.K., Italy, Middle East, Africa, and Other Countries.

This report focuses on the PV (Photovoltaics) sales, revenue, market share and industry ranking of main manufacturers, data from 2020 to 2025. Identification of the major stakeholders in the global PV (Photovoltaics) market, and analysis of their competitive landscape and market positioning based on recent developments and segmental revenues. This report will help stakeholders to understand the competitive landscape and gain more insights and position their businesses and market strategies in a better way.

This report analyzes the segments data by type and by application, sales, revenue, and price, from 2020 to 2031. Evaluation and forecast the market size for PV (Photovoltaics) sales, projected growth trends, production technology, application and end-user industry.


PV (Photovoltaics) Segment by Company

Jinko Solar
Trina Solar
Canadian Solar
Hanwha
JA Solar
First Solar
ReneSola
Yingli
SunPower
Eging PV
Chint Group
Shunfeng
Risen
Solarworld
REC Group
CSUN
Hareonsolar
Kyocera Solar
Solar Frontier
HT-SAAE
SoloPower
NSP
Hanergy

PV (Photovoltaics) Segment by Type

Single Crystal Silicon
Polycrystalline Silicon
Other

PV (Photovoltaics) Segment by Application

Residential
Commercial
Ground Station

PV (Photovoltaics) Segment by Region

North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries

Study Objectives

1. To analyze and research the global status and future forecast, involving, production, value, consumption, growth rate (CAGR), market share, historical and forecast.
2. To present the key manufacturers, capacity, production, revenue, market share, and Recent Developments.
3. To split the breakdown data by regions, type, manufacturers, and Application.
4. To analyze the global and key regions market potential and advantage, opportunity and challenge, restraints, and risks.
5. To identify significant trends, drivers, influence factors in global and regions.
6. To analyze competitive developments such as expansions, agreements, new product launches, and acquisitions in the market.

Reasons to Buy This Report

1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global PV (Photovoltaics) market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of PV (Photovoltaics) and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in volume and value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market.
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally.
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of PV (Photovoltaics).
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.

Chapter Outline

Chapter 1: Provides an overview of the PV (Photovoltaics) market, including product definition, global market growth prospects, production value, capacity, and average price forecasts (2020-2031).
Chapter 2: Analysis key trends, drivers, challenges, and opportunities within the global PV (Photovoltaics) industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of PV (Photovoltaics) market competition landscape. Including PV (Photovoltaics) manufacturers' output value, output and average price from 2020 to 2025, as well as competition analysis indicators such as origin, product type, application, merger and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 5: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product production/output, value, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7: Production/Production Value of PV (Photovoltaics) by region. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region in the next six years.
Chapter 8: Consumption of PV (Photovoltaics) in regional level and country level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and its main countries and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and production of each country in the world.
Chapter 9: Analysis of industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry.
Chapter 10: Concluding Insights of the report.

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1 Market Overview
1.1 Product Definition
1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
1.2.1 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.2 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production Capacity Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.3 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.4 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Market Average Price (2020-2031)
1.3 Assumptions and Limitations
1.4 Study Goals and Objectives
2 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Market Dynamics
2.1 PV (Photovoltaics) Industry Trends
2.2 PV (Photovoltaics) Industry Drivers
2.3 PV (Photovoltaics) Industry Opportunities and Challenges
2.4 PV (Photovoltaics) Industry Restraints
3 PV (Photovoltaics) Market by Manufacturers
3.1 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production Value by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
3.2 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
3.3 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Average Price by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
3.4 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Industry Manufacturers Ranking, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2025
3.5 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Key Manufacturers Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters
3.6 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Manufacturers, Product Type & Application
3.7 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Manufacturers Established Date
3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
3.8.1 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Market CR5 and HHI
3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 PV (Photovoltaics) Players Market Share by Production Value in 2024
3.8.3 2024 PV (Photovoltaics) Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 PV (Photovoltaics) Market by Type
4.1 PV (Photovoltaics) Type Introduction
4.1.1 Single Crystal Silicon
4.1.2 Polycrystalline Silicon
4.1.3 Other
4.2 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production by Type
4.2.1 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production by Type (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
4.2.2 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production by Type (2020-2031)
4.2.3 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production Market Share by Type (2020-2031)
4.3 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production Value by Type
4.3.1 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production Value by Type (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
4.3.2 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production Value by Type (2020-2031)
4.3.3 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production Value Market Share by Type (2020-2031)
5 PV (Photovoltaics) Market by Application
5.1 PV (Photovoltaics) Application Introduction
5.1.1 Residential
5.1.2 Commercial
5.1.3 Ground Station
5.2 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production by Application
5.2.1 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production by Application (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
5.2.2 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production by Application (2020-2031)
5.2.3 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production Market Share by Application (2020-2031)
5.3 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production Value by Application
5.3.1 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production Value by Application (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
5.3.2 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production Value by Application (2020-2031)
5.3.3 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production Value Market Share by Application (2020-2031)
6 Company Profiles
6.1 Jinko Solar
6.1.1 Jinko Solar Comapny Information
6.1.2 Jinko Solar Business Overview
6.1.3 Jinko Solar PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.1.4 Jinko Solar PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.1.5 Jinko Solar Recent Developments
6.2 Trina Solar
6.2.1 Trina Solar Comapny Information
6.2.2 Trina Solar Business Overview
6.2.3 Trina Solar PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.2.4 Trina Solar PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.2.5 Trina Solar Recent Developments
6.3 Canadian Solar
6.3.1 Canadian Solar Comapny Information
6.3.2 Canadian Solar Business Overview
6.3.3 Canadian Solar PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.3.4 Canadian Solar PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.3.5 Canadian Solar Recent Developments
6.4 Hanwha
6.4.1 Hanwha Comapny Information
6.4.2 Hanwha Business Overview
6.4.3 Hanwha PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.4.4 Hanwha PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.4.5 Hanwha Recent Developments
6.5 JA Solar
6.5.1 JA Solar Comapny Information
6.5.2 JA Solar Business Overview
6.5.3 JA Solar PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.5.4 JA Solar PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.5.5 JA Solar Recent Developments
6.6 First Solar
6.6.1 First Solar Comapny Information
6.6.2 First Solar Business Overview
6.6.3 First Solar PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.6.4 First Solar PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.6.5 First Solar Recent Developments
6.7 ReneSola
6.7.1 ReneSola Comapny Information
6.7.2 ReneSola Business Overview
6.7.3 ReneSola PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.7.4 ReneSola PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.7.5 ReneSola Recent Developments
6.8 Yingli
6.8.1 Yingli Comapny Information
6.8.2 Yingli Business Overview
6.8.3 Yingli PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.8.4 Yingli PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.8.5 Yingli Recent Developments
6.9 SunPower
6.9.1 SunPower Comapny Information
6.9.2 SunPower Business Overview
6.9.3 SunPower PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.9.4 SunPower PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.9.5 SunPower Recent Developments
6.10 Eging PV
6.10.1 Eging PV Comapny Information
6.10.2 Eging PV Business Overview
6.10.3 Eging PV PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.10.4 Eging PV PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.10.5 Eging PV Recent Developments
6.11 Chint Group
6.11.1 Chint Group Comapny Information
6.11.2 Chint Group Business Overview
6.11.3 Chint Group PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.11.4 Chint Group PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.11.5 Chint Group Recent Developments
6.12 Shunfeng
6.12.1 Shunfeng Comapny Information
6.12.2 Shunfeng Business Overview
6.12.3 Shunfeng PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.12.4 Shunfeng PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.12.5 Shunfeng Recent Developments
6.13 Risen
6.13.1 Risen Comapny Information
6.13.2 Risen Business Overview
6.13.3 Risen PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.13.4 Risen PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.13.5 Risen Recent Developments
6.14 Solarworld
6.14.1 Solarworld Comapny Information
6.14.2 Solarworld Business Overview
6.14.3 Solarworld PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.14.4 Solarworld PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.14.5 Solarworld Recent Developments
6.15 REC Group
6.15.1 REC Group Comapny Information
6.15.2 REC Group Business Overview
6.15.3 REC Group PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.15.4 REC Group PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.15.5 REC Group Recent Developments
6.16 CSUN
6.16.1 CSUN Comapny Information
6.16.2 CSUN Business Overview
6.16.3 CSUN PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.16.4 CSUN PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.16.5 CSUN Recent Developments
6.17 Hareonsolar
6.17.1 Hareonsolar Comapny Information
6.17.2 Hareonsolar Business Overview
6.17.3 Hareonsolar PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.17.4 Hareonsolar PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.17.5 Hareonsolar Recent Developments
6.18 Kyocera Solar
6.18.1 Kyocera Solar Comapny Information
6.18.2 Kyocera Solar Business Overview
6.18.3 Kyocera Solar PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.18.4 Kyocera Solar PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.18.5 Kyocera Solar Recent Developments
6.19 Solar Frontier
6.19.1 Solar Frontier Comapny Information
6.19.2 Solar Frontier Business Overview
6.19.3 Solar Frontier PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.19.4 Solar Frontier PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.19.5 Solar Frontier Recent Developments
6.20 HT-SAAE
6.20.1 HT-SAAE Comapny Information
6.20.2 HT-SAAE Business Overview
6.20.3 HT-SAAE PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.20.4 HT-SAAE PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.20.5 HT-SAAE Recent Developments
6.21 SoloPower
6.21.1 SoloPower Comapny Information
6.21.2 SoloPower Business Overview
6.21.3 SoloPower PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.21.4 SoloPower PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.21.5 SoloPower Recent Developments
6.22 NSP
6.22.1 NSP Comapny Information
6.22.2 NSP Business Overview
6.22.3 NSP PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.22.4 NSP PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.22.5 NSP Recent Developments
6.23 Hanergy
6.23.1 Hanergy Comapny Information
6.23.2 Hanergy Business Overview
6.23.3 Hanergy PV (Photovoltaics) Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.23.4 Hanergy PV (Photovoltaics) Product Portfolio
6.23.5 Hanergy Recent Developments
7 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production by Region
7.1 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.2 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production by Region (2020-2031)
7.2.1 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production by Region: 2020-2025
7.2.2 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production Forecast by Region: 2026-2031
7.3 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.4 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production Value by Region (2020-2031)
7.4.1 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production Value by Region: 2020-2025
7.4.2 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Production Value by Region (2026-2031)
7.5 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Market Price Analysis by Region (2020-2031)
7.6 Regional Production Value Trends (2020-2031)
7.6.1 North America PV (Photovoltaics) Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.2 Europe PV (Photovoltaics) Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.3 Asia-Pacific PV (Photovoltaics) Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.4 South America PV (Photovoltaics) Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.5 Middle East & Africa PV (Photovoltaics) Production Value (2020-2031)
8 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Consumption by Region
8.1 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Consumption by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.2 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Consumption by Region (2020-2031)
8.2.1 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Consumption by Region (2020-2025)
8.2.2 Global PV (Photovoltaics) Consumption by Region (2026-2031)
8.3 North America
8.3.1 North America PV (Photovoltaics) Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.3.2 North America PV (Photovoltaics) Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.3.3 U.S.
8.3.4 Canada
8.3.5 Mexico
8.4 Europe
8.4.1 Europe PV (Photovoltaics) Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.4.2 Europe PV (Photovoltaics) Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.4.3 Germany
8.4.4 France
8.4.5 U.K.
8.4.6 Italy
8.4.7 Netherlands
8.5 Asia Pacific
8.5.1 Asia Pacific PV (Photovoltaics) Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.5.2 Asia Pacific PV (Photovoltaics) Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.5.3 China
8.5.4 Japan
8.5.5 South Korea
8.5.6 Southeast Asia
8.5.7 India
8.5.8 Australia
8.6 South America
8.6.1 South America PV (Photovoltaics) Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.6.2 South America PV (Photovoltaics) Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.6.3 Brazil
8.6.4 Argentina
8.6.5 Chile
8.6.6 Colombia
8.7 Middle East & Africa
8.7.1 Middle East & Africa PV (Photovoltaics) Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.7.2 Middle East & Africa PV (Photovoltaics) Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.7.3 Egypt
8.7.4 South Africa
8.7.5 Israel
8.7.6 Türkiye
8.7.7 GCC Countries
9 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis
9.1 PV (Photovoltaics) Value Chain Analysis
9.1.1 PV (Photovoltaics) Key Raw Materials
9.1.2 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
9.1.3 Manufacturing Cost Structure
9.1.4 PV (Photovoltaics) Production Mode & Process
9.2 PV (Photovoltaics) Sales Channels Analysis
9.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
9.2.2 PV (Photovoltaics) Distributors
9.2.3 PV (Photovoltaics) Customers
10 Concluding Insights
11 Appendix
11.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
11.2 Research Methodology
11.3 Research Process
11.4 Authors List of This Report
11.5 Data Source
11.5.1 Secondary Sources
11.5.2 Primary Sources
11.6 Disclaimer

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