According to the data collected by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory of the United States, the global photovoltaic shipment volume in 2008 was 92 GW, of which 98% was supplied by Asian countries, and China accounted for 57%.
The United States produced 260 megawatts of photovoltaic cells and 970 megawatts of photovoltaic modules in the United States in 2017, a decrease of 66% and 43% from the previous year. This year, crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells accounted for 39% of the crystalline silicon components produced in the United States, and the United States Photovoltaic modules produced account for 9% of all photovoltaic installations.
In 2017, the utilization rate of crystalline silicon cells in the United States was 29%, the utilization rate of crystalline silicon modules was 47%, and the capacity utilization rate of thin-film modules was 57%. With the implementation of the import tariff of photovoltaics in the United States in 2018, the utilization rate of photovoltaic capacity in the United States is expected to be significant. At the same time, due to China’s anti-dumping duties on polysilicon imports from the United States since August 2014, US polysilicon capacity utilization rate was only 43% in 2017, much lower than the 86% in 2014.
