EUPD Research will publish the results of the 13^th edition of the Global PV Installer Monitor 2020/2021^© for the Spanish market in January. The survey sheds light on the rooftop PV segment in Spain and provides exclusive insights from the perspective of the PV installers. In 2020 significantly more PV installers purchased their PV modules directly from the PV manufacturers as compared to 2019.

Bonn, January 14, 2021

The results of the 13^th edition of the Global PV Installer Monitor 2020/2021^© will be published by EUPD Research this month. The survey targets PV installers in the main European PV markets plus Australia. This year 100 Spanish installation companies participated in the survey. The report provides exclusive insights on the latest developments in the rooftop PV segment in Spain.

One section of the report is dedicated to procurement management. The latest results show that last year 43 % of the surveyed installers procured their PV modules directly from the PV manufacturers. This exhibits a significant increase compared to last year’s results, when only 26 % of the installers purchased their PV modules directly. This shift in the procurement behavior of the installers comes at the cost of the wholesalers that are specialized in the supply of photovoltaic components. In fact, only 47% of the surveyed installers procured their PV modules from PV wholesalers in 2020 compared to 62 % in 2019.

When analyzing the results in more detail, it appears that high volume installers prefer to procure their modules directly from the manufacturers. This way they can increase their profit margin. The opposite holds true for low volume installers, who tend to procure more from wholesalers. This way they can benefit from a higher flexibility.