Form EIA-63A Annual Solar Thermal Collector Manufacturers Survey

EIA-63A
(06/07)

Form Approved
OMB No. 1905-0196
Expires:

U.S. Department of Energy
Energy Information Administration
Form EIA-63A
ANNUAL SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR MANUFACTURERS SURVEY
This report is mandatory under the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-275). Failure to comply may result in criminal fines, civil penalties and other sanctions as
provided by law. For further information concerning sanctions and data protections, see the sanction provision and the provisions concerning the confidentiality of information in the
Instructions. Title 18 USC 1001 makes it a criminal offense for any person knowingly and willingly to make to any Agency or Department of the United States any false,
fictitious, or fraudulent statements as to any matter within its jurisdiction.

THE REPORTING PERIOD FOR THIS SURVEY IS THE CALENDAR YEAR _____
For glossary and instructions, please refer to the instructions for this form.
1.0 IDENTIFICATION DATA
1.1 Respondent Identification:

Current Address of Principal Business Office
(a) Street Address: _________________________________
(b) City: __________________________________________
(c) State/U.S. territory or possession: ___________________
(d) Zip Code: _____________________________________

Current Address of Preparer’s Office (If different than principal address)
(a) Street Address: ______________________________________
(b) City: _______________________________________________
(c) State/U.S. territory or possession: ________________________
(d) Zip Code: ___________________________________________

1.2 Provide the name, title, and contact information for the principal people in your company to whom questions should be addressed regarding this
submission.
(a) Preparer’s Supervisor Name: ______________________
(a) Preparer’s Name: _____________________________________
(b) Title: _________________________________________
(b) Title: _______________________________________________
(c) Telephone: ____________________________________
(c) Telephone: __________________________________________
(d) Fax: __________________________________________
(d) Fax: ________________________________________________
(e) E-mail: ________________________________________
(e) E-mail: ______________________________________________
2.0 MANUFACTURING STATUS
2.1 During the current reporting period, did your company:
(a) Manufacture and ship solar thermal collectors?
(b) Cease manufacturing but continue to ship solar thermal collectors?
(c) Import and ship solar thermal collectors?
(d) Manufacture and export solar thermal collectors?

(Mark as appropriate)
□ Yes
□ No
□ Yes
□ No
□ Yes
□ No
□ Yes
□ No

Note: If you answered “Yes” to any part of question 2.1, please complete the remainder of this form. If you answered “No” to all parts of question 2.1, please complete questions 2.2
& 7.0 and submit this form electronically using EIA’s secure Internet Data Collection (IDC) system.

2.2 If you answered “No” to all parts of question 2.1, do you plan to manufacture, import, export, or ship solar thermal collectors in the future?
□ Yes
□ No
If yes, when? __________ (year)
3.0 MANUFACTURER AND MARKETING DATA
3.1 Mark the appropriate box or boxes to indicate all the solar-related activities in which your company was engaged during the survey year.
Mark only those that apply to your solar-related activities.
(a) □ Collector manufacturing
(b) □ Collector or system design
(c) □ Prototype collector development
(d) □ Prototype systems development
(e) □ Wholesale distribution
(f) □ Retail distribution
(g) □ Installation
(h) □ Manufacture of system-components other than those used for collector assembly
(i) □ Other (describe):________________________________________________________________________________________
3.2 If you are planning to introduce a new solar-related product in the next calendar year, please check the appropriate box.
(a) □ Low-Temperature Collector
(b) □ Medium-Temperature Collector
(c) □ High-Temperature Collector
(d) □ Noncollector Solar System Components
(e) □ Other (describe):________________________________________________________________________________________
3.3 Please enter the number of person-years expended in your company in solar-related activities during the survey year.
_________ person-years (For clarification of “person-year” see the instructions.)
3.4 What percentage of your company’s total sales revenue do solar-related activities compose?
(a) □ 90 - 100%
(b) □ 50 - 89%
(c) □ 10 - 49%
(d) □ Less than 10%

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Company Name:

Reporting Period (Calendar Year

)

4.0 SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR-DATA. For each type of collector manufactured or imported, and shipped, enter the data for this reporting period.
COLLECTOR TYPE
Medium
Temperature

Low
Temperature

ITEM

(Liquid and Air)

Air

Metallic and
Nonmetallic

All Medium
Temperature

(a)

(b)

High
Temperature
Liquid

Integral Collector
Storage/
Thermosiphon
(c)

Flat Plate
(pumped)

Concentrator

Evacuated Tube

Parabolic Dish/
Trough

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

Other
(Specify)

Total

(h)

(i)

4.1 Total Collector Shipments (square feet)
4.2 Total Value of Collector Shipments in 4.1 (dollars)
4.3 Average Thermal Performance Rating of Collector
2
in 4.1 (Btu/(ft day)
4.4 Domestic Shipments by Sector (square feet)
(1) Residential
(2) Commercial
(3) Industrial
(4) Electric Power
(5) Transportation
(6) Total domestic shipments by sector*
4.5 Domestic Shipments by End Use (square feet)
(1) Pool heating
(2) Hot water
(3) Space heating
(4) Combined space and water heating
(5) Space cooling
(6) Process heating
(7) Electricity generation
(8) Total domestic shipments by end use*
4.6 Imports (square feet of total in 4.1)
4.7 Exports (square feet of total in 4.1)
* Domestic shipments equal to total collector shipments in item 4.1 minus exports in item 4.7.

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4.8 List of Country(ies) of Origin for Imports in 4.6 and
Shipments (Square Feet)
Country

Total

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4.9 List of Country(ies) of Destination for Exports in 4.7 and
Shipments (Square Feet)

Shipments
(Square Feet)

Country

Shipments
(Square Feet)

Total

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4.10 Domestic Shipments by Customer Type (square feet).
Square feet
(Domestic Shipments)
(a) Exporters

______________

(b) Wholesale Distributors

______________

(c) Retail Distributors

______________

(d) Installers

______________

(e) End-Users

______________
______________

TOTAL

5.0 SYSTEMS DATA
5.1 Of the collector shipments reported in question 4.1 (i), how many complete systems were shipped_________(number of systems)?
5.2 Of the collector shipments reported in question 4.1 (i), enter the square footage that was sold as part of complete systems____________(square
feet).
5.3 What was the value of complete systems shipped in question 5.1_______________________(dollars)?
6.0 GEOGRAPHIC DATA
6.1

Please check the box for each State/U.S. territory or possession in which you manufactured/imported. Report the square footage of your company’s
collectors manufactured in the State/U.S. territory or possession listed below under Code 01-78, this indicates manufacture from the State/U.S. territory
or possession. If some collectors were imported from another country, please indicate under Code 00 the square footage imported and report details
about the country of import in question 4.8.
State
Code

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Collectors Imported
or Manufactured
in the State
(Square Feet)

State
Code

Imported________________________
Alabama________________________
Alaska_________________________
Arizona________________________
Arkansas_______________________
California_______________________
Colorado_______________________
Connecticut_____________________
Delaware_______________________
D.C.___________________________
Florida_________________________
Georgia________________________
Hawaii_________________________
Idaho__________________________
Illinois__________________________
Indiana_________________________
Iowa___________________________
Kansas_________________________
Kentucky________________________

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Collectors Imported
or Manufactured
in the State
(Square Feet)
Louisiana_______________________
Maine__________________________
Maryland_______________________
Massachusetts__________________
Michigan_______________________
Minnesota______________________
Mississippi______________________
Missouri________________________
Montana________________________
Nebraska_______________________
Nevada________________________
New Hampshire__________________
New Jersey_____________________
New Mexico_____________________
New York_______________________
North Carolina___________________
North Dakota____________________
Ohio___________________________
Oklahoma_______________________

State
Code

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72
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Collectors Imported
or Manufactured
in the State
(Square Feet)
Oregon__________________________
Pennsylvania_____________________
Rhode Island_____________________
South Carolina____________________
South Dakota_____________________
Tennessee_______________________
Texas___________________________
Utah____________________________
Vermont_________________________
Virginia__________________________
Washington______________________
West Virginia_____________________
Wisconsin_______________________
Wyoming________________________
American Samoa _________________
Guam __________________________
Puerto Rico______________________
Virgin Islands (U.S.) _______________
Other U.S. territory or possession
(Specify)________________________

Total ____________

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6.2

Please check the box for each State/U.S. territory or possession to which you shipped/exported. Report the square footage of your company’s collectors
shipped to the State/U.S. territory or possession listed below under Code 01-78, this indicates shipments to the State/U.S. territory or possession. If
some collectors were exported to another country, please indicate under Code 00 the square footage exported and report details about the country of
export in question 4.9.
State
Code

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Collectors Exported
or Shipped
to a State
(Square Feet)

Collectors Exported
or Shipped
to a State
(Square Feet)

State
Code

Exported________________________
Alabama________________________
Alaska_________________________
Arizona________________________
Arkansas_______________________
California_______________________
Colorado_______________________
Connecticut_____________________
Delaware_______________________
D.C.___________________________
Florida_________________________
Georgia________________________
Hawaii_________________________
Idaho__________________________
Illinois__________________________
Indiana_________________________
Iowa___________________________
Kansas_________________________
Kentucky________________________

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Louisiana_______________________
Maine__________________________
Maryland_______________________
Massachusetts__________________
Michigan_______________________
Minnesota______________________
Mississippi______________________
Missouri________________________
Montana________________________
Nebraska_______________________
Nevada________________________
New Hampshire__________________
New Jersey_____________________
New Mexico_____________________
New York_______________________
North Carolina___________________
North Dakota____________________
Ohio___________________________
Oklahoma_______________________

State
Code

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Collectors Exported
or Shipped
to a State
(Square Feet)
Oregon__________________________
Pennsylvania_____________________
Rhode Island_____________________
South Carolina____________________
South Dakota_____________________
Tennessee_______________________
Texas___________________________
Utah____________________________
Vermont_________________________
Virginia__________________________
Washington______________________
West Virginia_____________________
Wisconsin_______________________
Wyoming________________________
American Samoa _________________
Guam __________________________
Puerto Rico______________________
Virgin Islands (U.S.) _______________
Other U.S. territory or possession
(Specify)________________________

Total ____________

7.0 COMMENTS – Enter comments in the space provided.

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