Featured in Celebrating solar success story – 06-2018

United for a solar powered Europe

Today, solar is the fastest-growing source of new energy in the world, outperforming all other forms of power generation, writes SolarPower Europe CEO James Watson. According to SolarPower Europe’s Global Market Outlook 2018-2022, 1 TW of solar could be installed by 2021, a huge milestone for our industry and technology. To make this a reality, a common effort is needed to remove all barriers to solar’s growth.

Global solar power additions increased by 29.3% to 98.9 GW in 2017, in comparison to 76.5 GW in 2016, highlighting the dominant growth of solar across the world. This is a rise that is set to continue and in 2018 over 100 GW can easily be installed, driven by the markets of Asia, the Middle …

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