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Expansion despite interruptions

A supply chain interrupted by a multitude of factors, a COP outcome that left much to be desired, and a global economy and business environment still struggling to shake off the ongoing impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. They’re hardly the ingredients for a year of expansion, yet as 2021 draws to a close, solar appears to have racked up another record year for installations.

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Jonathan Gifford

08 Dec 2021

Image: pv magazine/Stefanie Loos

Forecasts for new solar installed for the year sit somewhere in the realm of 160-180 GW – although there remain many questions as to project timelines and PV’s pervasive knack for surprising on the upside. Nonetheless, it represents another year of unrelenting expansion and a growing number of multi-gigawatt marketplaces and innovative applications for solar …

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