A significant growth of PV power capacity in the future is predicted by all scenarios, regardless of the existing differences in the deployment pathways and ambitions. Total electricity generation in 2021 was 27,813 TWh and would have required a PV capacity of about 20.2 TWp.
It is worthwhile to note that compared to the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2021, the modelled electricity supply of solar photovoltaics (PV) by 2030 in the WEO 2022 has increased from 6970 TWh to 7551 TWh (+8.3%) and from 23,469 TWh to 27,006 TWh (+15.1%) by 2050 . The corresponding capacities are given as 5.05 TW in 2030 and 15.47 TW in 2050.
Various types of policy are behind the capacity growth, including auctions, feed-in tariffs, net-metering and contracts for difference. The following important policy and target changes affecting solar PV growth have been implemented in the past couple of years:
In 2022, global solar PV manufacturing capacity increased by over 70% to reach 450 GW for polysilicon and up to 640 GW for modules, with China accounting for more than 95% of new facilities throughout the supply chain.
In 2023, global cumulative solar PV capacity amounted to 1,624 gigawatts, with roughly 447 gigawatts of new PV capacity installed in that same year. The growth in the solar PV use represents a shift of global markets towards renewable and distributed energy technologies.
Data from 2000 to 2009: Navigant; from 2010 to 2021 IHS Markit; from 2022 estimates basaed on IEA and other sources. Graph: PSE Projects GmbH 2024. Date of data 04/2024 The production capacity for PV modules in Germany amounted to about 3.2 GWp in July 2024.
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In year 2023, Germany accounted for about 5.2% (82.7 GWp) of the cumulative PV capacity installed worldwide (1581 GWp) with about 3.7 million PV systems installed in Germany. In 2023 the newly installed capacity in Germany
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