Two distinct metrics, often confused:

EU manufacturing capacity = the gigawatts (GW) of inverter nameplate AC output per year at plants located inside the EU, regardless of where that output ships. It measures what European factories can produce. The ~112 GW/yr figure is the combined nameplate of the 10 EU-headquartered manufacturers in this table; 40–55% of that output is exported to the US, Latin America and other non-EU markets.

EU shipment volume = the GW of inverters delivered into the EU market in a given year, regardless of where they were manufactured. It measures market presence. The ~65 GW/yr figure approximately matches 2024–2025 EU solar deployment; Chinese brands (Huawei, Sungrow, GoodWe, Growatt, Solis, Deye) dominate by this measure, particularly in residential and small C&I.

Why both matter under EU policy: shipment volume drives exposure to the April 2026 high-risk supplier funding ban (which restricts EU-funded projects from using inverters from China, Russia, Iran or North Korea). Manufacturing capacity drives eligibility under the Industrial Accelerator Act’s Made-in-EU procurement preferences. The gap between the two numbers — European factories producing more than the EU consumes, while Chinese brands still ship the majority of inverters into the EU — is the structural story this table is designed to surface.

Inclusion criteria: brands shipping meaningful volumes into the EU in 2024–2025 plus all manufacturers named in EU policy announcements. Excludes very small EU specialists below ~1 GW/yr (Steca, Sirio, Riello Solartech, Studer Innotec, Diehl AKO, Carlo Gavazzi, Zucchetti Azzurro), brands that have effectively exited the EU inverter market (LG, Samsung), and tier-3 Chinese brands with limited EU presence (Tongfang Weishi, Sineng, Kehua, Hoymiles, Sofar, TBEA, Afore, Sermatec).