US shipments of PV modules reached a brand new excessive final yr amid continued demand for brand new photo voltaic capability.
That’s in keeping with the nation’s Power Data Administration (EIA), which revealed that 2021 module shipments elevated 32% year-on-year to a file producing capability of 28.8GW.
Shipments embrace imports, exports and domestically produced and shipped panels, the EIA stated. About 80% of the module shipments final yr have been imports, primarily from Asia.
The figures reveal that 49% of the module import shipments have been from China, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam; 22% have been from South Korea, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates; 14% from Malaysia; and 15% from different nations.
In the meantime, the EIA stated that regardless of larger materials prices final yr, the common worth of US photo voltaic module shipments was US$0.34/kWp, 11% decrease than in 2020.
When it comes to the locations for modules, 5 states accounted for 46% of all shipments final yr: California, Texas, Florida, Georgia and Illinois.
In keeping with the EIA’s Annual Electrical Generator Report, the US added a file 13.2GW of utility-scale photo voltaic capability in 2021 – a 25% enhance on 2020 – regardless of venture delays, provide chain constraints and unstable pricing.
Small-scale photo voltaic capability deployment within the nation reached 5.4GW in 2021, up 23% from 2020, most of which was put in on houses.
Nevertheless, US photo voltaic installs fell earlier this yr as module imports dropped on account of the Division of Commerce’s investigation into alleged circumvention anti-dumping and countervailing duties by entities in Southeast Asia.
President Joe Biden has since declared a two-year freeze on new tariffs on photo voltaic imports from Southeast Asia.
