The 2026 edition of Wood Mackenzie's global solar tracker market share report puts 2025 shipments at 134 GWdc, up 19 percent from 111 GWdc in 2024.
The report title says 2026 but the statistics describe 2025 shipments. That mismatch causes more citation errors than any other number in this market.
We publish the figure as a fixed data point with its unit, year and basis, so later articles can link to one canonical source instead of re-quoting a press summary.
What the data says
What GWdc measures
It is the DC capacity of modules mounted on trackers shipped in the period. It is not AC grid capacity, not installed capacity and not cumulative delivered capacity.
Reading the units
The share table
The top-five ranking and the leader's roughly 30 percent share are shipment-share figures. A separate S&P Global estimate near 133 GW is a different estimate and is used only as a cross-check.
Building our own tracker
The Data section maintains a quarterly shipment tracker with fields for period, unit, source, methodology note and last-verified date. This article is its first baseline entry.
Data box
| Field | Value as reported |
|---|---|
| 2025 shipments | 134 GWdc |
| Growth | +19 percent |
| 2024 shipments | 111 GWdc |
| Leader | Nextpower, about 40 GWdc and roughly 30 percent, eleventh consecutive year |
| Cross-check | S&P Global estimate near 133 GW, different basis |
All figures above are quoted with the unit and reference period used by the primary source. They are reproduced here for reference, not independently re-measured.
What the number does not mean: verification note
The report is the 2026 edition but covers 2025 shipments; headlines and body copy must say 2025. The S&P figure is a different estimate and only a cross-check. The exact publication month still needs confirmation.
What to watch next
The 2027 edition, and any restatement of the 2025 baseline.
Primary sources
- Wood Mackenzie, 'Global solar tracker market share 2026' press release
- S&P Global Energy shipment estimate (~133 GW) for cross-check
- Vendor 10-K / annual reports (SEC EDGAR)
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