Solar power by country

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Share of primary energy from solar, 2019
Global photovoltaic power potential[1]

Many countries and territories have installed significant solar power capacity into their electrical grids to supplement or provide an alternative to conventional energy sources. Solar power plants use one of two technologies:

  • Photovoltaic (PV) systems use solar panels, either on rooftops or in ground-mounted solar farms, converting sunlight directly into electric power.
  • Concentrated solar power (CSP, also known as "concentrated solar thermal") plants use solar thermal energy to make steam, that is thereafter converted into electricity by a turbine.

Worldwide growth of photovoltaics is extremely dynamic and varies strongly by country. By the end of 2019, a cumulative amount of 629 GW of solar power was installed throughout the world.[2] By early 2020, the leading country for solar power was China with 208 GW,[3][4] accounting for one-third of global installed solar capacity. As of 2020, there are at least 37 countries around the world with a cumulative PV capacity of more than one gigawatt.

The top installers of 2016 through 2019 were China, the United States, and India.[5][6] The available solar PV capacity in Honduras is now sufficient to supply 12.5% of the nation's electrical energy while Australia is approaching 11%. Italy, Germany and Greece can produce between 7% and 8% of their respective annual domestic electricity consumption.[7][8][9] Germany, situated in a region with only 1000 kWh per kWp solar potential, has produced up to 40 GW[10] of power during peak hours on 27 April 2021,[11] more than 60% of the necessary 65 GW.

After an almost two decade long hiatus, deployment of CSP resumed in 2007. However, the design for several new projects is being changed to cheaper photovoltaics.[12] Most operational CSP stations are located in Spain and the United States, while large solar farms using photovoltaics are being constructed in an expanding list of geographic regions. As of January 2017, the largest solar power plants in the world are the 850 MW Longyangxia Dam Solar Park in China for PV and the 377 MW Ivanpah Solar Power Facility in the United States for CSP.

Global deployment figures[]

Solar photovoltaics (PV)[]

See also: Growth of photovoltaics
Top 10 countries by added solar PV capacity in 2019[13]
ChinaUnited StatesIndiaJapanVietnamSpainGermanyAustraliaUkraineSouth KoreaAll othersCircle frame.svg
  •   China: 30,100 MW (26.2%)
  •   United States: 13,300 MW (11.6%)
  •   India: 9,900 MW (8.6%)
  •   Japan: 7,000 MW (6.1%)
  •   Vietnam: 4,800 MW (4.2%)
  •   Spain: 4,400 MW (3.8%)
  •   Germany: 3,900 MW (3.4%)
  •   Australia: 3,700 MW (3.2%)
  •   Ukraine: 3,500 MW (3.0%)
  •   South Korea: 3,100 MW (2.7%)
  •   All others: 31,200 MW (27.2%)
Top 10 countries by cumulative solar PV capacity in 2019[14]
ChinaUnited StatesJapanGermanyIndiaItalyAustraliaUnited KingdomSouth KoreaFranceAll othersCircle frame.svg
  •   China: 204,700 MW (32.6%)
  •   United States: 75,900 MW (12.1%)
  •   Japan: 63,000 MW (10.0%)
  •   Germany: 49,200 MW (7.8%)
  •   India: 42,800 MW (6.8%)
  •   Italy: 20,800 MW (3.3%)
  •   Australia: 14,600 MW (2.3%)
  •   United Kingdom: 13,300 MW (2.1%)
  •   South Korea: 11,200 MW (1.8%)
  •   France: 9,900 MW (1.6%)
  •   All others: 121,600 MW (19.4%)


Solar PV capacity by country and territory (MW) and share of total electricity consumption [ view/edit ]
2016[7] 2017[15] 2018[16][17] 2019[18][19] 2020[20][21] W per capita
2019 		Share of total
consumption1
Country or territory New Total New Total New Total New Total New Total
China China 34,540 78,070 53,000 131,000 45,000 175,018 30,100 204,700 49,655 254,355 147 6.2% (2020)[20]
European Union European Union 101,433 107,150 8,300 115,234 16,000 134,129 18,788 152,917 295 6.0% (2020)[20]
United States United States 14,730 40,300 10,600 51,000 10,600 53,184 13,300 60,682 14,890 75,572 231 3.4% (2020)[20]
Japan Japan 8,600 42,750 7,000 49,000 6,500 55,500 7,000 63,000 4,000 67,000 498 8.3% (2020)[20]
Germany Germany 1,520 41,220 1,800 42,000 3,000 45,930 3,900 49,200 4,583 53,783 593 9.7% (2020)[20]
India India 3,970 9,010 9,100 18,300 10,800 26,869 9,900 35,089 4,122 39,211 32 6.5% (2020)[20]
Italy Italy 373 19,279 409 19,700 20,120 600 20,800 800 21,600 345 8.3% (2020)[20]
Australia Australia 839 5,900 1,250 7,200 3,800 11,300 3,700 15,928 1,699 17,627 637 10.7% (2020)[20]
Vietnam Vietnam 6 9 106 4,800 5,695 10,909 16,504 60
South Korea South Korea 850 4,350 1,200 5,600 2,000 7,862 3,100 11,200 3,375 14,575 217 3.8% (2020)[20]
Spain Spain[22] 4,669 4,688 4,707 8,711 5,378 14,089 186 9.0% (2020)[20]
United Kingdom United Kingdom 1,970 11,630 900 12,700 13,108 233 13,346 177 13,563 200 4.0% (2020)[20]
France France 559 7,130 875 8,000 9,483 900 9,900 1,833 11,733 148 2.8% (2020)[20]
Netherlands Netherlands 525 2,100 853 2,900 1,300 4,150 6,725 3,488 10,213 396 8.9% (2020)[20]
Brazil Brazil[23][24] 900 1,100 2,413 2,138 4,595 3,145 7,881 22 1.7% (2019)[18]
Turkey Turkey 584 832 2,600 3,400 1,600 5,063 5,995 673 6,668 73 5.9% (2020)[20]
South Africa South Africa 536 1,450 13 1,800 2,559 2,561 3,429 5,990 44 2.0% (2020)[20]
Taiwan Taiwan 2,618 4,100 1,717 5,817 172
Belgium Belgium 170 3,422 284 3,800 4,026 4,531 1,115 5,646 394 6.6% (2020)[20]
Mexico Mexico 150 320 150 539 2,700 3,200 4,426 1,218 5,644 35 3.2% (2020)[20]
Ukraine Ukraine 99 531 211 742 1,200 2,003 3,560 1,800 5,360 114 5.0% (2020)[25]
Poland Poland 487 1,300 2,636 3,936 34
Canada Canada 200 2,715 212 2,900 3,113 3,310 15 3,325 88 0.7% (2020)[20]
Greece Greece 2,652 2,763 484 3,247 258 9.3% (2020)[20]
Chile Chile 746 1,610 668 1,800 2,137 2,648 557 3,205 142 9.1% (2020)[20]
Switzerland Switzerland 250 1,640 260 1,900 346 2,246 2,524 594 3,118 295 4.7% (2020)[26]
Thailand Thailand 726 2,150 251 2,700 2,720 2,982 2,988 43 2.9% (2020)[20]
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 42 255 494 1,783 2,539 185
Austria Austria 154 1,077 153 1,250 1,431 1,578 2,220 178 3.4% (2020)[20]
Czech Republic Czech Republic 48 2,131 63 2,193 2,078 2,070 2,073 194 3.5% (2020)[20]
Hungary Hungary 665 1,277 1,953 131
Egypt Egypt 48 169 750 1,647 1,694 17
Malaysia 54 286 50 386 438 882 1,493 28 2.4% (2020)[20]
Israel Israel 130 910 60 1,100 1,070 1,190 1,439 134 4.7% (2019)[27]
Russia Russia 15 77 159 236 310 546 1,064 1,428 7
Sweden Sweden 60 175 93 303 421 644 1,417 63 0.7% (2020)[20]
Romania Romania 1,372 1,374 1,377 1,386 1,387 71 3.4% (2020)[20]
Jordan Jordan 298 471 829 998 1,359 100
Denmark Denmark 70 900 60 910 998 1,079 1,300 186 4.1% (2020)[20]
Bulgaria Bulgaria 1,028 1,036 0 1,036 1,065 1,073 152 4.7% (2020)[20]
Philippines Philippines 756 900 886 922 1,048 9
Portugal Portugal 58 513 57 577 670 828 1,025 81 3.4% (2020)[20]
Argentina 9 9 191 442 764
Pakistan Pakistan 589 655 679 713 737 6
Morocco Morocco 202 204 734 734 734 6 1.3% (2020)[20]
Slovakia 533 528 472 472 593 87 2.4% (2020)[20]
Honduras Honduras 414 451 485 511 514 53 12.9% (2020)[20]
AlgeriaAlgeria 219 400 423 423 448 10
El Salvador 28 126 206 391 429
Iran Iran 34 43 141 184 102 286 81 367 85 414 5 0.4% (2019)[17]
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 24 34 84 409 409
Finland Finland[28] 17 37 23 80 53.1 134 215 391 39 0.3% (2020)[20]
Dominican Republic 73 106 205 305 370
Peru Peru 146 298 325 331 331
Singapore Singapore 97 118 160 255 329 45 0.8% (2018)[29]
BangladeshBangladesh 161 185 201 284 301 2
Slovenia 232 247 247 264 267
Uruguay 89 243 248 254 256
Yemen Yemen 80 100 250 250 253
Iraq 37 37 216 216 216
Cambodia 18 29 29 99 208
Cyprus Cyprus 14 84 21 105 113 129 200 147 3.3% (2016)[30]
Panama 93 147 193 198 198
Luxembourg 122 127 134 150 195 244
Malta 20 93 19 112 127 154 184 312 6.5% (2017)[31]
Indonesia Indonesia 88 98 98 155 172
Cuba 37 65 128 159 163
Belarus Belarus 51 153 157 157 159
Senegal 43 113 134 134 155 8
Norway Norway 11 27 18 45 23 68 90 152 17 0.1% (2020)[20]
Lithuania Lithuania[16] 1 70 4 74 10 84 103 148 37
NamibiaNamibia 36 70 88 135 145 55
New Zealand New Zealand 53 70 90 117 142
Estonia 10 15 32 121 130
Bolivia Bolivia 6 8 70 120 120
Oman 2 8 8 9 109
Colombia Colombia 2 11 86 90 107
Kenya Kenya 32 39 105 106 106
Guatemala 93 99 101 101 101
Croatia [16] 8 56 4 60 1 61 69 85 17
World total 76,800 306,500 95,000 401,500 510,000 580,760 133,210 713,970 83 3.7% (2020)[20]
1 Share of total electricity consumption for latest available year


Concentrated solar power[]

See also: Concentrated solar power § Deployment around the world
National CSP capacities in 2016 (MW)
Country Total Added
 Spain 2,300 0
 United States 1,738 0
 India 225 0
 South Africa 200 100
 Morocco 180 0
 United Arab Emirates 100 0
 Algeria 25 0
 Egypt 20 0
 Australia 12 0
 China 10 10
 Thailand 5 0
Source: REN21 Global Status Report, June 2017[32]

Africa[]

Main article: Solar power in Africa

Many African countries receive on average a very high number of days per year of bright sunlight, especially the dry areas, which include the arid deserts (such as the Sahara) and the semi-desert steppes (such as the Sahel).[33] This gives solar power the potential to bring energy to virtually any location in Africa without the need for expensive large-scale grid-level infrastructural developments. The distribution of solar resources across Africa is fairly uniform, with more than 85% of the continent's landscape receiving at least 2,000 kWh/(m2 year). A study indicates that a solar generating facility covering just 0.3% of the area comprising North Africa could supply all of the energy required by the European Union.[34]

Algeria[]

Main article: Solar power in Algeria

Algeria has the highest technical and economical potential for solar power exploitation in the MENA region, with about 170 TWh per year. First industrial scale solar thermal power project has been initiated by inauguration of Hassi R'Mel power station in 2011. This new hybrid power plant combines a 25-megawatt (MW) concentrating solar power array in conjunction with a 130 MW combined cycle gas turbine plant. In addition, Algeria has launched in 2011 a national program to develop renewable energy based on photovoltaics (PV), concentrated solar power (CSP) and wind power, and to promote energy efficiency. The program consists of installing up to 12 GW of power generating capacity from renewable sources to meet the domestic electricity demand by 2030.

Morocco[]

Main article: Solar power in Morocco

Solar power in Morocco is enabled by the country having one of the highest rates of solar insolation among other countries— about 3,000 hours per year of sunshine but up to 3,600 hours in the desert. Morocco has launched one of the world's largest solar energy projects costing an estimated $9 billion. The aim of the project is to create 2,000 megawatts of solar generation capacity by the year 2020.[35] Five solar power stations are to be constructed, including both photovoltaic and concentrated solar power technology. The Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN), a public-private venture, has been established to lead the project. The first plant will be commissioned in 2015,[36] and the entire project in 2020. Once completed, the solar project will provide 38% of Morocco's annual electricity generation.

Somalia[]

Main article: Solar power in Somalia

South Africa[]

Main article: Solar power in South Africa

South Africa had 1329 MW of PV installations and 100 MW of concentrating solar thermal at the end of 2016. It is expected to reach an installed capacity 8,400 MW by 2030, along with 8,400 MW of wind power.[37] The country's insolation greatly exceeds the average values in Europe, Russia, and most of North America.[38]

Asia[]

Armenia[]

Main article: Solar power in Armenia

Armenia due its geographical and climate properties is well-suited for the solar energy utilization. According to the Ministry of Energy Infrastructure and Natural Resources of Armenia the country is capable of producing 1850 kWh/m² per year. For comparison European countries are capable of around 1000 kWh/m² per year on average.[39] Two main panel types utilized in Armenia are the photovoltaic and thermal solar panels. The country is aiming to invest heavy in the segment of renewable energy, as that arises from the geopolitical situation in the region, where Armenia has tenuous relations with some competitive (due to distance) oil-reach suppliers of the region. Thus, besides the investment in the sector by the state - e.g. providing finance for solar energy utilization for rural areas, Armenia also prepared a suitable legislative base to help attract foreign investments of capital - e.g. the guarantee by the state to buy at least for 15 years the surplus energy that will be produced by the solar plants.[40] The country is aiming to developing its economy sustainably, through increase in the technological potential and productivity.

China[]

Main article: Solar power in China
China's installed solar PV

China is leading the world in solar PV generation, with the total installed capacity exceeding 200 GW by the end of 2019.[3][41] Since overtaking Germany in 2015, China has been #1 in the world in solar power.[42] China is the world's largest market for both photovoltaics and solar thermal energy. and in the last few years, more than half of the total PV additions came from the country. Solar power in the People's Republic of China is one of the biggest industries and the subsidies by the government have helped in bringing down the cost of solar power, not only in China, but the whole world. China also leads the world in solar water heating with 290 GWth in operation at the end of 2014, accounting for about 70% of the total world capacity. China's goal is to reach 1,300 GW of Solar Capacity by 2050.

Georgia[]

Main article: Solar energy in Georgia (country)

India[]

Main article: Solar power in India
Installed solar PV on 31 March
Year Cumulative Capacity (in MW)
2010
161
2011
461
2012
1,205
2013
2,319
2014
2,632
2015
3,744
2016
6,763
2017
12,289
2018
21,651
2019
28,181
2020
37,627

India has the world's third fastest expanding solar power program (next only to China & USA). In the year 2017 alone India added a record 9,255 MW of solar power with another 9,627 MW of solar projects under development.[43][44][45][46] India launched its National Solar Mission in 2010 under the National Action Plan on Climate Change, with plans to generate 20 GW by 2022. This target has been achieved four years ahead of its deadline with India surpassing 20 GW of installed solar capacity in January 2018.[47][44][48][49][50] In January 2015, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an initiative to increase the solar capacity to 100 GW[51] and total renewable power capacity to 175 gigawatts (GW) by 2022. This target is ambitious considering the worldwide installed solar capacity at that time was 177 GW, out of which only 2.5 GW was installed in India.

To reach the goal of 100 GW of installed solar capacity by 2022, Modi's government has set a target to auction at least 77 gigawatts of additional solar power capacity by March 2020.[52] A total of 1.2 GW of solar power is tendered in the first week of 2018 and a solar power tender of 20 GW, world's largest so far, is to be auctioned off in one go in 2018.[52] Several large grid-scale solar parks are in operation, several of which are among the world's largest such as Kurnool Ultra Mega Solar Park with the capacity of 1,000 MW, the Kamuthi Solar Power Project with the capacity of 648 MW, the 345 MW Charanka Solar Park, the 480 MW Bhadla Solar Park with a proposed capacity of 2,255 MW and the Gujarat solar parks with a combined capacity of 605 MW.[53] In July 2017, Indian Railways rolled out trains with rooftop solar to power the lights, fans and displays inside the coaches.[54][55] Cochin International Airport, seventh busiest in India, is the first one in the world to run entirely on solar power,[56][57] handling more than 1,000 flights a week. Similarly, the Union Territory of Diu is fully run by solar power.[58]

Solar power features prominently in Modi government's US$2.5 billion SAUBHAGYA scheme launched in July 2015 to electrify every Indian household by 2019 — a huge task considering around 300 million people were without electricity. The use of local mini-grids run on solar power is “a big part of the push, with 60 percent of new connections expected to be to renewable power", according to a report by the International Energy Agency.[59] The government provides subsidy of up to 90% of the upfront capital cost to install solar-powered water pumping systems for irrigation and drinking water.[32] As of 30 November 2017, more than 142,000 solar pumps have been installed to irrigate the agricultural fields.[33] This scheme weans farmers away from diesel-powered pumps and generates extra income for them by allowing to sell surplus power to the grid. It is one of the innovative ways that the government is empowering the rural population with the help of solar energy by addressing specific issues such as water availability. The solar panels are being built over the irrigation canals to preserve water from evaporation in drought-prone sunny areas. The world's first canal-top solar project was set up on Narmada in Gujarat in 2012. For the last mile connectivity in remote and inaccessible areas, the government provides solar power packs of 200 to 300 watt-peak (Wp), along with battery bank, that includes five LED lights, one DC fan and one DC power plug.[34] Other schemes includes Solar Street Light Scheme, providing solar direct current lighting systems, solar lanterns, solar cookers, etc.

In January 2016, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, and the former President of France, François Hollande, laid the foundation stone for the headquarters of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) in Gwalpahari, India, an alliance of 121 countries, announced at the Paris COP21 climate summit.[60][61] The ISA focuses on promoting and developing solar energy and reducing production and development costs through wider deployment of solar technologies in the developing world.[62][63] On 30 June 2016, the alliance entered into a partnership with the World Bank for accelerating mobilization of finance for solar energy — an estimated US$1000 billion in investments that will be needed by 2030, to meet ISA's goals for the massive deployment of affordable solar energy worldwide.

At the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) held in Abu Dhabi in January 2018, the government of India announced the setting up of a $350 million solar development fund to enable financing of solar projects. Prime Minister Narendra Modi promoted solar energy during the plenary speech at World Economic Forum annual meet in Davos in 2018 and invited investments in the sector in India promising ease of doing business.[64] Modi's ambitious plan when announced in the leading up to the Paris COP21 climate summit received much skepticism and the government's strategy to scale-up the renewable energy by relying on competitive bidding to reduce the cost was regarded as infeasible. However, starting around 2016–2017, new renewable energy became cheaper to build than running existing coal-fired plants in India. As of January 2018, 65% of coal power generation in India is being sold at higher rates than new renewable energy bids in competitive power auctions.[65] India has scrapped tenders for coal-fired power stations and around 80% of new coal-fired power plants under planning have been halted or canceled.[66] In the month of May 2017 alone, plans for building coal power for nearly 14 GW – about the same as the total amount in the UK – were canceled on account of declining solar costs.[67] Analyst Tim Buckley said “Measures taken by the Indian Government to improve energy efficiency coupled with ambitious renewable energy targets and the plummeting cost of solar has had an impact on existing as well as proposed coal fired power plants, rendering an increasing number as financially unviable. India’s solar tariffs have literally been free falling in recent months."[67][68] As reported by NYTimes in May 2017, "According to research released last week at a United Nations climate meeting in Germany, China and India should easily exceed the targets they set for themselves in the 2015 Paris Agreement..... India is now expected to obtain 40 percent of its electricity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2022, eight years ahead of schedule."[69][70]

Japan[]

Main article: Solar power in Japan

Solar power in Japan has been expanding since the late 1990s. By the end of 2017, cumulative installed PV capacity reached over 50 GW with nearly 8 GW installed in the year 2017. The country is a leading manufacturer of solar panels and is in the top 4 ranking for countries with the most solar PV installed. Overall installed capacity is now estimated to be sufficient to supply 2.5% of the nation's annual electricity demand.[9] The insolation is good at about 4.3 to 4.8 kWh/(m2·day).

Japan was the world's second largest market for solar PV growth in 2013 and 2014, adding a record 6.9 GW and 9.6 GW of nominal nameplate capacity, respectively.

Myanmar[]

Main article: Solar power in Myanmar

Pakistan[]

Pakistan has set up a solar power park, funded by the Chinese company TBEA, in the Cholistan desert near Yazman, about 30 kilometers from the eastern city of Bahawalpur. The solar project, which is set up on 5,000 acres, is producing 100 MW . Another Chinese company, Zonergy is setting up 900MW of Solar Power Plant in the same region.

The first unit was completed with a cost of 15 billion rupees in a short period of eleven months. The electricity generated by the project will be added to the national grid through grid stations and power supply transmission lines. Second phase of the park will comprise 900 MW which will be completed with the help of Chinese Government.[71][72][73]

Philippines[]

In 2019, the Philippines generated a modest 1,246 GWh of solar energy.[74] Given the country’s geographic location advantage and the high potential for generating electricity from solar energy, its generation capacity is expected to increase from the current 1.2% of the total 23 GW to at least 3.5% of the total 43 GW generating capacity by 2040.[75]

South Korea[]

Main article: Energy in South Korea

The Sinan solar power plant is a 24 MW photovoltaic power station in Sinan, Jeollanam-do, South Korea. As of 2009, it is the largest photovoltaic installation in Asia. The project was developed by the German company Conergy and it cost US$150 million. It was built by the Dongyang Engineering & Construction Corporation.[76]

Taiwan[]

Main article: Renewable energy in Taiwan

The government has a long-term plan to make the PV solar capacity become 6.5 GW by 2020 and 20 GW by 2025.[77] To give further incentives, the government has designated solar energy and LED industries as two industries to actively develop in the near future.

Thailand[]

Main article: Solar power in Thailand

In 2015, Thailand has more solar power capacity than all the rest of Southeast Asia combined. Thailand's solar capacity will rise to 2,500-2,800 MW in the end of 2015 from about 1,300 MW in 2014. Thailand aims to increase its solar capacity to 6,000 MW by 2036. That would account for 9% of total electricity generation.[78]

Middle East[]

Cyprus[]

Main article: Solar power in Cyprus

Israel[]

Main article: Solar power in Israel
The Negev Desert is home to the Israeli solar research industry, in particular the National Solar Energy Center and the Arava Valley, which is the sunniest area of Israel.

There is no oil on Israeli land and the country's tenuous relations with its oil-rich neighbors (see Arab–Israeli conflict) has made the search for a stable source of energy a national priority.[79][80] So Israel has embraced solar energy. Israeli innovation and research has advanced solar technology to a degree that it is almost cost-competitive with fossil fuels.[81] Its abundant sun made the country a natural location for the promising technology. The high amount of sunshine received by the Negev Desert every year has spurred an internationally renowned solar research and development industry, with (founder of Luz, Luz II and BrightSource Energy), Harry Tabor and David Faiman of the National Solar Energy Center its more prominent members.[79] At the end of 2008 a feed-in tariff scheme was approved, which immediately put in motion the building of many residential and commercial solar energy power station projects. Luz and Bright Source R&D centers in Jerusalem pioneered industrial scale solar energy fields with initial installations in California's Mojave Desert.

Jordan[]

Main article: Solar power in Jordan

Saudi Arabia[]

Main article: Solar power in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi agency in charge of developing the nations renewable energy sector, , announced in May 2012 that the nation would install 41 gigawatts of solar capacity by 2032, this plan was later was revised to 9.5 GW installed capacity. At the time of this announcement, Saudi Arabia had only 0.003 gigawatts of installed solar energy capacity.[82]

In 2018 there has been a proposal for a total of 200 GW of solar power capacity by 2030. The newly announced project is estimated to cost $200 billion through 2030.[citation needed]

United Arab Emirates[]

Main article: Solar power in United Arab Emirates

In 2013, the Shams solar power station, a 100 MW Concentrated solar power plant near Abu Dhabi became operational. The US$600 million Shams 1 is the largest CSP plant outside the United States and Spain and is expected to be followed by two more stations, Shams 2 and Shams 3.[83]

Yemen[]

Main article: Solar power in Yemen


Europe[]

See also: Solar power in the European Union
BedZED 2007.jpg CIS Tower.jpg
Solar panels on a 1930s semi on Barleyfields Road, Wetherby (31st May 2013).JPG
Top-left: solar panels on the BedZED development in the London Borough of Sutton. Bottom-left: residential rooftop solar PV in Wetherby, Leeds. Right: the CIS Tower was clad in building-integrated PV and connected to the grid in 2005.

European deployment of photovoltaics has slowed down considerably since the record year of 2011. This is mainly due to the strong decline of new installations in some major markets such as Germany and Italy, while the United Kingdom and some smaller European countries are still expected to break new records in 2014.[84] Spain deployed about 350 MW (+18%) of concentrated solar power (CSP) in 2013, and remains a worldwide leader of this technology. European countries still account for about 60 percent of worldwide deployed capacity of solar power in 2013.[85][86]

Austria[]

Main article: Solar power in Austria

Austria had 421.7 MW of photovoltaics at the end of 2012, 234.5 MW of which was installed that year. Most of it is grid connected.[87] Photovoltaic deployment in Austria had been rather modest for many years, while in other European countries, such as Germany, Italy or Spain installations were booming with new records year after year until 2011. The tide has turned in 2012. New PV installations jumped to more than 200 megawatt per year in Austria in an overall declining European solar market. The forecasts, that Austria, together with other midsized countries, will contribute significantly to European PV deployment in the coming years.[88]

Belarus[]

Main article: Solar power in Belarus

Belgium[]

Main article: Solar power in Belgium

In October 2009, the city of Antwerp announced that they wanted to install 2,500 m2 of solar panels on the roofs of public buildings, which would be worth 265,000 kWh per annum.[89]

In December 2009, Katoen Natie announced that they would install 800,000 m2 of solar panels in various places, including Antwerp.[90] It is expected that the installed solar power in the Flemish region will be increased by 25% when finished,[90] resulting in the largest installation in Europe.,[90] the total cost being 166 million euros.[91]

Bulgaria[]

Main article: Solar power in Bulgaria

Bulgaria had seen a record year in 2012 when its PV capacity multiplied several times over to more than 1 GW. In 2013, however, further deployment came to a halt.

Czech Republic[]

Main article: Solar power in the Czech Republic

Denmark[]

Main article: Solar power in Denmark

Finland[]

Main article: Solar power in Finland

France[]

Main article: Solar power in France

Germany[]

Erlasee Solar Park
Main article: Solar power in Germany

Germany is among the top 4 ranking countries in terms of installed photovoltaic solar capacity. The overall capacity has reached 42.98 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2017.[92][93] Photovoltaics contribute almost 6% to the national electricity demands. Germany has seen an outstanding period of photovoltaic installations from 2010 until 2012. During this boom, about 22 GW, or a third of the worldwide PV installations of that period was deployed in Germany alone. However, the boom period ended in 2012, and Germany's national PV market has since declined significantly, due to the amendments in the German Renewable Energy Act (EEG) that reduced feed-in tariffs and set constraints on utility-scaled installations, limiting their size to no more than 10 MW.[94]

The current version of the EEG only guarantees financial assistance as long as the overall PV capacity has not yet reached 52 GW. It also foresees to regulate annual PV growth within a range of 2.5 GW to 3.5 GW by adjusting the guaranteed fees accordingly. The legislative reforms stipulates a 40 to 45 percent share from renewable energy sources by 2025 and a 55 to 60 percent share by 2035.[95]

Large PV power plants in Germany include Senftenberg Solarpark, Finsterwalde Solar Park, Lieberose Photovoltaic Park, Strasskirchen Solar Park, Waldpolenz Solar Park, and Köthen Solar Park.

Greece[]

Main article: Solar power in Greece

By September 2013, the total installed photovoltaic capacity in Greece had reached 2,523.5 MWp from which the 987.2 MWp were installed in the period between January–September 2013 despite the unprecedented financial crisis.[96] Greece ranks 5th worldwide with regard to per capita installed PV capacity. It is expected that PV produced energy will cover up to 7% of the country's electricity demand in 2014.[97]

A large solar PV plant is planned for the island of Crete. Research continues into ways to make the actual solar collecting cells less expensive and more efficient. Smaller solar PV farms exist throughout the country.

Hungary[]

Main article: Solar power in Hungary

Italy[]

Main article: Solar power in Italy

Italy added nearly 400 MW of solar PV capacity in the year 2017 reaching a total installed PV capacity of around 19.7 GW.[98]

At the end of 2010 there were 155,977 solar PV plants, with a total capacity of 3,469.9 MW.[99]:24 The number of plants and the total capacity surged in 2009 and 2010 following high incentives from Conto Energia. The total power capacity installed tripled and plants installed doubled in 2010 compared to 2009, with an increase of plant's average dimensions.[99]:24

Energy production from photovoltaics was 1,905.7 GWh in 2010. Annual growth rates were fast in recent years: 251% in 2009 and 182% in 2010.[99]:30 More than a fifth of the total production in 2010 came from the southern region of Apulia.[99]:30

In December 2012, solar PV in Italy provided employment to 100,000 people especially in design and installation.[100]

Lithuania[]

Main article: Solar power in Lithuania

Netherlands[]

Main article: Solar power in the Netherlands

Poland[]

Main article: Solar power in Poland

Portugal[]

Main article: Solar power in Portugal

A large photovoltaic power project, the Serpa solar power plant, has been completed in Portugal, in one of Europe's sunniest areas.[101] The 11 megawatt plant covers 150 acres (0.61 km2) and comprises 52,000 PV panels. The panels are raised 2 metres off the ground and the area will remain productive grazing land. The project will provide enough energy for 8,000 homes and will save an estimated 30,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year.[102][103]

The Moura photovoltaic power station is located in the municipality of Moura, in the interior region of Alentejo, Portugal. Its construction involves two stages, with the first one being constructed in 13 months and completed in 2008, and the other will be completed by 2010, at a total cost of €250 million for the project.

Romania[]

Main article: Solar power in Romania

Romania has an installed capacity of 1.2 GW as of 2014. Romania is located in an area with a good solar potential of 210 sunny days per year and with an annual solar energy flux between 1,000 kWh/m2/year and 1,300 kWh/m2/year. The most important solar regions of Romania are the Black Sea coast, Dobrogea and Oltenia.

Russia[]

A solar power plant in Russia

Current production of 5 MW is very modest, however there are plans for an expansion in capacity by 70 MW in 2012–13 in a $210 million joint project by Rosnano and Renova.[104] The development of renewable energy in Russia has been held back by the lack of a conducive framework and government policy.[105]

Spain[]

The first three units of Solnova in the foreground, with the two towers of the PS10 and PS20 solar power stations in the background.
Main article: Solar power in Spain

Spain was an early adopter in the development of solar energy, since it is one of the countries of Europe with more hours of sunshine. The Spanish government committed to achieving a target of 12 percent of primary energy from renewable energy by 2010 with an installed solar generating capacity of 3000 megawatts (MW).[106] Spain is the top tenth in the installed PV solar capacity and used to export 80 percent of solar power output to Germany.[107] Total solar power in Spain reached nearly 7 GW by the end of 2016 including both installed PV and CSP.[108] Nearly 8 TWh of electricity was generated from photovoltaics, and 5 TWh from CSP plants in 2016.[109] Solar PV accounted for nearly 3% of total electricity generation in 2016 along with an additional of 1.9% from solar thermal.[110]

Through a ministerial ruling in March 2004, the Spanish government removed economic barriers to the connection of renewable energy technologies to the electricity grid. The Royal Decree 436/2004 equalized conditions for large-scale solar thermal and photovoltaic plants and guaranteed feed-in tariffs, which led to a boost in solar power adoption in Spain.[111] In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the Spanish government drastically cut its subsidies for solar power and capped future increases in capacity at 500 MW per year leading to a stagnation in the new installations.[112]

Switzerland[]

Main article: Solar power in Switzerland

Turkey[]

Main article: Solar power in Turkey

Registered solar capacity of Turkey stood at 3,420 MW by the end of 2017,[113] although the actual installation can be lower. The increase in registrations mostly happened in December and was attributed to a reduction in feed-in tariffs starting from 2018 (from US$0.13 to US$0.10).

Ukraine[]

Main article: Solar power in Ukraine

United Kingdom[]

Main article: Solar power in the United Kingdom

At the end of 2011, there were 230,000 solar power projects in the United Kingdom,[114] with a total installed generating capacity of 750 megawatts (MW).[115] By February 2012 the installed capacity had reached 1,000 MW.[116] Solar power use has increased very rapidly in recent years, albeit from a small base, as a result of reductions in the cost of photovoltaic (PV) panels, and the introduction of a Feed-in tariff (FIT) subsidy in April 2010.[114] In 2012, the government said that 4 million homes across the UK will be powered by the sun within eight years,[117] representing 22,000 MW of installed solar power capacity by 2020.[114] As of April 2015, PV capacity had risen to 6,562 MW across 698,860 installations.[118] The latest government figures indicates UK solar photovoltaic (PV) generation capacity has reached 12,404 MW in December 2017.[119]

Americas[]

Brazil[]

Main article: Solar power in Brazil

Canada[]

Main article: Solar power in Canada

Sarnia Photovoltaic Power Plant near Sarnia, Ontario, was in September 2010 the world's largest photovoltaic plant with an installed capacity of 80 MWp.[120] until surpassed by a plant in China. The Sarnia plant covers 950 acres (380 ha) and contains about 10.3 million sq feet / 966,000 square metres (96.6 ha), which is about 1.3 million thin film panels. The expected annual energy yield is about 120,000 MW·h, which if produced in a coal-fired plant would require emission of 39,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.

Canada has many regions that are sparsely populated and difficult to access, but also does not have optimal access to sunlight given the high latitudes of much of the country. Photovoltaic cells are increasingly used as standalone units, mostly as off-grid distributed electricity generation to power remote homes, telecommunications equipment, oil and pipeline monitoring stations and navigational devices. The Canadian PV market has grown quickly and Canadian companies make solar modules, controls, specialized water pumps, high efficiency refrigerators and solar lighting systems.[121] Ontario has subsidized solar power energy to promote its growth.

One of the most important uses for PV cells is in northern communities, many of which depend on high-cost diesel fuel to generate electricity. Since the 1970s, the federal government and industry has encouraged the development of solar technologies for these communities. Some of these efforts have focused on the use of hybrid systems that provide power 24 hours a day, using solar power when sunlight is available, in combination with another energy source.[121]

Chile[]

Main article: Solar power in Chile

The 246MW El Romero solar photovoltaic plant open in November 2016 at Vallenar in the Atacama region[122] It was the largest solar farm in Latin America when it opened.

By the first half of 2015 Chile reached 546 MW of PV installed capacity, and 1,647 MW are under construction.[123]

Dominican Republic[]

Main article: Electricity sector in the Dominican Republic § Solar

In the Dominican Republic, the Monte Plata Project is the largest operating solar plant in the Caribbean with an installed capacity of 69MW.[124][125]

Jamaica[]

Main article: Solar power in Jamaica

In 2014, a 1.6 MW photovoltaic rooftop system at a seaside resort, located near the parish capital, Lucea in the parish of Hanover, was inaugurated.[126][127] It was developed by Sofos Jamaica,[128] and is the largest in Jamaica until a 20 MW utility-scale solar PV plant is constructed in the Parish of Clarendon in 2015.[129][130][131]

No central database yet exists with information on installed capacity but, web searches reveal media articles, press releases and vendor web pages that share some details. Based on these sources up to the middle of 2015, there was over 3.7 MW connected to the grid but, a sizeable portion of that total, including the 1.6 MW rooftop system of a seaside resort[127] and a commercial 500 kW-system in the country's capital, Kingston,[132] do not feed power back to the grid despite being interconnected.

Mexico[]

Main article: Solar power in Mexico

Mexico was the greatest solar energy producer in Latin America until passed by Chile. It is planning a solar trough-based plant with 30 MW which will use a combined cycle gas turbine about 400 MW to provide electricity to the city of Agua Prieta, Sonora. To date, the World Bank has given US$50 million to finance this project.[133]

United States[]

Main article: Solar power in the United States
The SEGS CSS plant in San Bernardino County, California was built in the 1980s.
U.S. President Barack Obama addressed an audience at the Nellis in May 2009.

Solar power in the United States includes utility-scale solar power plants as well as local distributed generation, mostly from rooftop photovoltaics. Installations have been growing rapidly in recent years as costs have declined with the U.S. hitting 76 GW of installed solar PV capacity at the end of 2019.[134] The United States is in the top 4 ranking for countries with the most solar PV installed. The American Solar Energy Industries Association projects that total solar PV capacity will reach over 100 GW by 2021.[135]

Electrical generation has been rising in tandem with capacity as U.S. Energy Information Administration data show that utility-scale solar power generated 1.8% of total U.S. electricity in 2019, up from <0.1% in 2005.[136][137] This figure is even higher in certain states, already reaching over 10% of generation in five states (California, Hawaii, Nevada, Massachusetts, and Vermont).[138]

The United States conducted much early research in photovoltaics and concentrated solar power and is among the top countries in the world in deploying the technology, being home to 4 of the 10 largest utility-scale photovoltaic power stations in the world as of 2017. The energy resource continues to be encouraged through official policy with 29 states having set mandatory renewable energy targets as of October 2015, solar power being specifically included in 20 of them.[139][140] Aside from utility projects, roughly 784,000 homes and businesses in the nation have installed solar systems through the second quarter of 2015.[141]

Oceania[]

A number of Pacific island states have committed to high percentages of renewable energy use, both to serve as an example to other countries and to cut the high costs of imported fuels. A number of solar installations have been financed and assisted by Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates.[142] Solar farms have gone online in Tuvalu, Fiji and Kiribati.[143] UAE-Pacific Partnership Fund solar projects completed by Masdar in 2016 included: 1MW in the Solomon Islands, 500 kW in Nauru, 600 kW in the Marshall Islands, 600 kW in Micronesia and a 450 kW solar-diesel hybrid plant in Palau.[144][145] American Samoa has 2 MW of solar installed at Pago Pago Airport.[146]

Australia[]

Main article: Solar power in Australia
Broken Hill Solar Plant, New South Wales

Australia had over 21,352 megawatts (MW) of installed photovoltaic (PV) solar power by March 2021 making it a leader in solar power deployment on a watts per capita basis.[147] The largest solar power station in Australia is the 313 MW Limondale Solar Farm. Other significant solar arrays include the 220 MW Bungala solar plant, 168 Daydream Solar Farm, 150 MW Coleambally Solar Farm and 133 MW Finley Solar Farm.

A 9 MWe (megawatts, electrical) solar thermal `coal saver' system was constructed at Liddell power station. The system used `compact linear Fresnel reflector' technology developed in Australia. It provided solar-powered steam to the 600 MW black coal power station's boiler feedwater heater. By 2016, it was "effectively" closed and an effort to build a similar 40 MW solar boost at Kogan Creek coal power station was stopped.[148]

The planned Australia–ASEAN Power Link aims to connect Singapore to 26,000MW of solar and wind energy in the north west of Australia.

New Zealand[]

Main article: Solar power in New Zealand

Solar power in New Zealand currently only generates 0.1 percent of New Zealand's electricity since more emphasis has been placed on hydroelectric, geothermal, and wind power in New Zealand's push for renewable energy. Solar power systems were installed in 42 schools in New Zealand in the Schoolgen program, a program developed by Genesis Energy to educate students in solar power. Each participating school has a 2 kW solar panel. Between February 2007 and 29 December 29, 2012, 395.714 MWh were produced.[149]

In 2010, New Zealand's largest thin film solar array was the 20 kW array installed at Hubbard Foods[150] A 21.6 kW photovoltaic array was installed in Queenstown in 2009.[151] In April 2012, New Zealand's largest solar power plant was the 68.4 kW array installed to meet 70% of the electricity needs of South Auckland Forging Engineering Ltd, which is expected to pay for itself in eight to nine years.[152][153]

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