{"id":9670,"date":"2022-12-13T13:30:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T13:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbillonenergy.com\/es\/?p=9670"},"modified":"2023-05-31T15:16:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T15:16:32","slug":"ranking-the-top-15-nations-for-solar-energy-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbillonenergy.com\/es\/2022\/12\/13\/ranking-the-top-15-nations-for-solar-energy-capacity\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking the top 15 nations for solar energy capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Solar photovoltaics is set to be the number one technology deployed across the globe for energy production, increasing the world\u2019s installed capacity by 75% through 2027, adding 2,400 GW over the period, said the International Energy Agency (IEA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IEA report said<\/a> that renewable energy expansion is 90% of the planned additions worldwide, and solar accounts for over 60% of all forecast renewable capacity expansion, setting records for annual additions every year through 2027. Cumulative PV capacity nearly triples in the IEA forecast, growing by almost 1,500 GW, and exceeding natural gas by 2026 and coal by 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cost declines and the desire to boost national energy security and climate resilience are driving widespread adoption. In the U.S., the cost of utility-scale PV fixed tilt was $4.75 per Watt in 2010, and it declined to $0.94 per Watt by 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world will need 5.2TW of solar power generation capacity<\/a> by 2030, and 14TW by mid century, to have any chance of limiting global average temperature rises this century to 1.5 degrees Celsius<\/a>, said the International Renewable Energy Agency<\/a> (IRENA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is the list of the 15 largest producers of solar energy today, ranked in terms of operational capacity as reported<\/a> in the BP Statistical Review of World Energy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15) Ukraine<\/strong> \u2013 8.06 GW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14) Brazil<\/strong> \u2013 13.05 GW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13) Spain<\/strong> \u2013 13.65 GW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12) United Kingdom<\/strong> \u2013 13.69 GW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11) Netherlands<\/strong> \u2013 14.25 GW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10) France<\/strong> \u2013 14.71 GW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9) Vietnam<\/strong> \u2013 16.66 GW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8) South Korea<\/strong> \u2013 18.16 GW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7) Australia<\/strong> \u2013 19.07 GW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6) Italy<\/strong> \u2013 22.69 GW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) India<\/strong> \u2013 49.34 GW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) Germany<\/strong> \u2013 58.6 GW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) Japan<\/strong> \u2013 74.19 GW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) United States<\/strong> \u2013 93.71 GW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) China<\/strong> \u2013 306.4 GW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world will have to install 450GW of new solar capacity each year \u2013 most of it utility scale \u2013 for the rest of this decade, with China and India to lead Asia to a roughly half share of the world\u2019s installed PV capacity in 2030, estimated IRENA\u2019s World Energy Transitions Outlook <\/em>report.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsewhere, North America will need to install 90GW per year of solar to claim a 14% share of the world\u2019s operating panels at the end of the decade, and Europe\u2019s 19% slice of the pie will require 55GW of annual solar capacity additions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image: IEA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The world will have to start devoting $5.7 trillion per year to the energy transition for the rest of the decade to reach these targets, said Irena. That can be feasible if the $700 billion per year channeled into fossil fuels is immediately diverted to the transition, the publication stated. Public investment in the transition will have to immediately double, too, said IRENA, to attract the remaining money needed from the private sector, which would bear most of the financial burden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francesco La Camera, director-general of IRENA said, \u201cProgress across all energy uses has been woefully inadequate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IRENA said policymakers also need to usher in sufficient international grid connections and flexibility; training; utility scale batteries; electricity demand-side management; digital tools; peer-to-peer power trading; community ownership of renewables; time-of-use energy tariffs; and net billing systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Solar photovoltaics is set to be the number one technology deployed across the globe for energy production, increasing the world\u2019s installed capacity by 75% through 2027, adding 2,400 GW over the period, said the International Energy Agency (IEA). The IEA report said that renewable energy expansion is 90% of the planned additions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[59],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbillonenergy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbillonenergy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbillonenergy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbillonenergy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbillonenergy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/barbillonenergy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9672,"href":"https:\/\/barbillonenergy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9670\/revisions\/9672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbillonenergy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbillonenergy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbillonenergy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbillonenergy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}