Data For: 2003
Report Released: September 2004
Next Release Date: 2005


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."