Table 18.
Shipments of Solar Collectors by Market Sector, End Use, and
Type,
2002 and 2003
(Thousand Square Feet) |
Type |
Low- Temperature |
Air |
Medium-
Temperature |
High- Temperature |
2003 P Total |
2002 Total |
Liquid/
Air |
Liquid |
Parabolic Dish/Trough |
Metallic and Non-
metallic |
ICS/Ther- mosiphon |
Flat-Plate
(Pumped) |
Evacuated
Tube |
Concen-trator |
| Market Sector |
| Residential |
9,993 |
6 |
106 |
400 |
1 |
* |
0 |
10,506 |
11,000 |
| Commercial |
813 |
0 |
3 |
40 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
864 |
595 |
| Industrial |
71 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
71 |
62 |
| Utility |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| Other a |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
| Total |
10,877 |
6 |
111 |
440 |
2 |
* |
7 |
11,444 |
11,663 |
| End use |
| Pool Heating |
10,778 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10,800 |
11,073 |
| Hot Water |
0 |
0 |
111 |
397 |
2 |
* |
0 |
511 |
423 |
| Space Heating |
65 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
* |
0 |
0 |
76 |
146 |
| Space Cooling |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
0 |
0 |
* |
* |
| Combined Space and Water Heating |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
23 |
17 |
| Process Heating |
34 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
34 |
4 |
| Electricity |
| Generation |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other b |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
10,877 |
6 |
111 |
440 |
2 |
* |
7 |
11,444 |
11,663 |
a
Other market sector include shipments of solar thermal collectors
to sectors such as government, including the Military but excluding
space applications.
b
Other end use includes shipments of solar thermal collectors
for other uses such as cooking, water pumping, water purification,
desalinization, distillation, etc.
*=Less than 500 square feet. ICS=
Integral Collector Storage.
P = Preliminary. Note: Totals may
not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
Source: Energy Information Administration,
Form EIA-63A, "Annual
Solar Thermal Collector Manufacturers Survey." |
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