Snapshot of Photovoltaics—February 2019

Snapshot of Photovoltaics—February 2019

Over the last two decades, grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) systems have increased from a niche market to one of the leading power generation capacity additions annually. In 2018, over 100 GW of new PV power capacity was added. The annual PV capacity addition in 2018 was more than the total cu...

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Main Author: Arnulf Jäger-Waldau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-02-01
Series:Energies
Subjects:
renewable energies
photovoltaic (PV)
energy challenge
policy options
technological development
market development
battery storage
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/5/769
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spelling doaj-48e878cff00c4acf9450a86686d077c52020-11-25T01:28:22ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732019-02-0112576910.3390/en12050769en12050769Snapshot of Photovoltaics—February 2019Arnulf Jäger-Waldau0European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Via E. Fermi 2749, I-21027 Ispra (VA), ItalyOver the last two decades, grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) systems have increased from a niche market to one of the leading power generation capacity additions annually. In 2018, over 100 GW of new PV power capacity was added. The annual PV capacity addition in 2018 was more than the total cumulative installed PV capacity installed until the mid of 2012. Total installed PV power capacity was in excess of 500 GW at the end of 2018. Despite a 20% decrease in annual installations, China was, again, the largest market with over 44 GW of annual installations. Decentralized PV electricity generation systems combined with local battery storage have substantially increased as well.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/5/769renewable energiesphotovoltaic (PV)energy challengepolicy optionstechnological developmentmarket developmentbattery storage
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Energies
renewable energies
photovoltaic (PV)
energy challenge
policy options
technological development
market development
battery storage
author_facet Arnulf Jäger-Waldau
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title Snapshot of Photovoltaics—February 2019
title_short Snapshot of Photovoltaics—February 2019
title_full Snapshot of Photovoltaics—February 2019
title_fullStr Snapshot of Photovoltaics—February 2019
title_full_unstemmed Snapshot of Photovoltaics—February 2019
title_sort snapshot of photovoltaics—february 2019
publisher MDPI AG
series Energies
issn 1996-1073
publishDate 2019-02-01
description Over the last two decades, grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) systems have increased from a niche market to one of the leading power generation capacity additions annually. In 2018, over 100 GW of new PV power capacity was added. The annual PV capacity addition in 2018 was more than the total cumulative installed PV capacity installed until the mid of 2012. Total installed PV power capacity was in excess of 500 GW at the end of 2018. Despite a 20% decrease in annual installations, China was, again, the largest market with over 44 GW of annual installations. Decentralized PV electricity generation systems combined with local battery storage have substantially increased as well.
topic renewable energies
photovoltaic (PV)
energy challenge
policy options
technological development
market development
battery storage
url https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/5/769
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