Manufacturing capacity of solar PV components in the EU 2025, by country

Published by Lucía Fernández, May 7, 2025

As of May 2025, Germany was the country with the largest manufacturing capacity along the solar PV chain in the European Union. Germany had a module manufacturing capacity of 3.9 gigawatts, an inverter capacity of 26.4 gigawatts, and a polysilicon capacity of 26.1 gigawatts at that time. Spain ranked second due to the country's large inverter production capacity, which amounted to 37.7 gigawatts.

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Production capacity of solar PV components in selected European countries as of May 2025 (in gigawatts)

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May 2025

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EU

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May 2025

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Only countries with more than one gigawatt capacity have been included.
PV is the abbreviated form of photovoltaic.

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