Sites with large listings of solar providers:
Note: The lists provided below are not comprehensive and do not imply endorsement or rankings. Omissions likewise do not imply non-endorsement. These are only meant as convenient starting points for exploration of the industry, Some effort has been made here to include particular types of technologies (e.g. thin-film, shingles, etc.), a variety of different size companies (e.g. both very small and very large), and various special applications (e.g. transportation).
Some PV Manufacturers:
- Aiko Solar: China, Bifacial, crystalline silicon “PERC” (Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell) cells.
- Ascent Solar: thin-film CIGs PV.
- Canadian Solar: Canada; Bifacial, PERC, silicon PV.
- Certainteed: USA; Monocrystalline roof shingles.
- Crossroads Solar: USA; PERC silicon PV.
- First Solar: USA, Vietnam, Malaysia; Cad-Tel thin film PV.
- GAF Solar: Thailand, USA; Monocrystalline PERC silicon PV.
- Hanwha Q-CELLS: China, Korea, Malaysia, USA: PERC, silicon PV.
- Heliene Solar: Canada; Bifacial PERC silicon PV.
- JA Solar: China; Bifacial, half-cell, PERC, silicon PV.
- Jinko Solar: China, USA; Bifacial, half-cell, PERC, silicon PV; Manufacturers its own ingots and wafers.
- LONGi Solar: China, Malaysia; PERC, silicon PV.
- Merlin Solar: USA; Crystalline PV for transportation applications
- Mission Solar: USA; PERC silicon PV.
- Next Energy Alliance: USA; Crystalline silicon PV.
- Panasonic: Japan; Half-cell, HJT (heterojunction, crystalline + amorphous) silicon PV.
- Risen Energy: China; Bifacial; PERC silicon PV.
- SunPower Corporation: USA; high-efficiency “Maxeon” silicon PV.
- Talesun: China (owned by Zhongli); Bifacial; PERC silicon PV.
- Tesla Solar; China (apparently) and USA: They have used (Tesla branded) Hanwha Q-Cells, and more recently Pansonic manufactured modules.
- Tongwei Solar: China, Bifacial, mono and polycrystalline silicon.
- Trina Solar: China; Bifacial, “vertex”, silicon PV.
- Silfab Solar: Canada; Half-cell, crystalline silicon PV.
- Solaria: USA; Crystalline silicon PV.
- SunTech: China, Bifacial; HJT (heterojunction, crystalline + amorphous) silicon PV.