Research Article

Competing in the Global Solar Photovoltaic Industry: The Case of Taiwan

Table 1

Top 10 global solar photovoltaic suppliers.

ā€‰200920102011

1First Solar (USA)Suntech (China)First Solar (USA)
2Suntech (China)JA solar (China)JA solar (China)
3Sharp (Japan)First Solar (USA)Suntech (China)
4Q-Cells (Germany)Trina (China)Yingli (China)
5Yingli (China)Q-Cells (Germany)Trina Solar (China)
6JA solar (China)Yingli (China)Motech (Taiwan)
7Kyocera (Japan)Motech (Taiwan)Gintech (Taiwan)
8Trina (Chian)Sharp (Japan)NSP (Taiwan)
9SunPower (USA)Gintech (Taiwan)CSI (China)
10Gintech (Taiwan)Kyocera (Japan)SunPower (USA)

Source: Solarbuzz (2012) [6].