Featured in Tipping point – 11-2023

South Korean solar in retreat – for now

Despite gigawatt gains for installed generation capacity, negative sentiment and local government regulation threaten progress in South Korea. At the same time, agrivoltaic development and a pioneering approach from the industry are offering grounds for optimism, according to Qcells’ Ian Clover.

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pv magazine

09 Nov 2023

Qcells’ Jincheon factory is slated to produce 3.9 GW of passivated emitter rear contact and 1.5 GW of tunnel oxide passivated contact solar cells in South Korea. | Image: Qcells

South Korea’s solar ambitions are falling from a high bar. In 2020, the nation installed 4.6 GW of new solar generation capacity, according to that year’s Korea Agency for New and Renewable Energy Supply Statistics. That was the high watermark for solar in the nation, the culmination of steady annual gigawatt-scale growth that began in …

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