256 911.8 mw Cumulative photovoltaic capacity in the European Union in 2023
Solar photovoltaic had an outstanding year in 2023. IRENA reported that over 345.5 GW of capacity was installed globally compared to 199.1 GW in 2022 and 145.1 GW in 2021 (net maximum capacity installed and connected at the end of the calendar year). Thus, installed global capacity to date rose to 1 412.1 GW. The European Union and United States enjoyed unheard of increases in their solar photovoltaic capacities. Yet, they pale by comparison with the unbridled rise of photovoltaic in China, which installed 216.9 GW in 2023… more than the previous year’s total global market. With net maximum capacity standing at 53.1 GW in 2023 as quantified by EurObserv’ER, the European Union is the world’s No. 2 market, ahead of the United States, which added 27.1 GW.

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195 413.2 mw Cumulative photovoltaic capacity in the European Union in 2022
Solar photovoltaic energy is keeping its shine. Initial assessments of the net maximum capacity connected to grids worldwide in the twelve months to the end of 2022 indicate at least 191.5 GWac (ac for alternative current), which would take global capacity up to 1 046.6 GWAC. The expansion of industrial module and electrochemical storage manufacturing capacities is hastening solarization of the global electricity mix. The European Union, having connected at least 32.8 GWac of net maximum capacity in 2022 and 195.4 GWac of capacity to date, is eyeing new heights. Its combined solar power output of 205.2 TWh, boosted by the record sunshine levels of 2022, increased by 29.6% (by 46.9 TWh) on its 2021 performance.

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158 911.4 mw Cumulative photovoltaic capacity in the European Union in 2021
The solar photovoltaic market upturn held up well in spite of the increase in energy and solar system component prices that characterised 2021 across the globe. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) put worldwide maximum net installed solar capacity at 843.1 GW at the close of the year, which equates to 133.6 GW of new capacity in 12 months. More than half of this additional capacity was installed in Asia (53.7%), while Europe and North America ran neck and neck with 17.2% and 16.5% respectively. The EurObserv’ER consortium’s calculations conclude that the European Union of 27 added maximum net capacity of 22.3 GW, which takes the European base to date to 158.4 GW after subtracting decommissioned capacity.

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130 670 MW Cumulative photovoltaic capacity in the EU 28 at the end of 2019
The amount of solar photovoltaic capacity installed across the world in 2019 is lower than expected. It will just pass the 100-GW threshold, which is much the same as in 2018 (which the IEA PVPS experts reassessed at 103.6 GW in December 2019), and enough to pass the half-million installed megawatts threshold worldwide. In 2019, the Chinese market’s continuing and greater than forecast decline, was offset by strong growth in the other markets, the United States and European markets in particular. The global Covid-19 pandemic, its effects on the global production, distribution and installation circuits, and the ensuing global economic recession will naturally have an impact on the 2020 market, even if it is too early to quantify.

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130 670 MW La puissance photovoltaïque cumulée
de l’Union européenne à 28 fin 2019
Contrairement aux prévisions plus optimistes, la puissance solaire photovoltaïque installée dans le monde en 2019 devrait finalement se contenter de dépasser légèrement le seuil des 110 GW. Ce volume d’installation, un peu plus élevé que celui de 2018 (qui a été réévalué en décembre 2019 à 103,6 GW par les experts de l’AIE PVPS), devrait toutefois suffire à porter le niveau des installations mondiales nettement au-dessus du seuil des 600 GW. En 2019, la nouvelle baisse, plus franche que prévu, du marché chinois a été contrebalancée par la forte croissance d’autres marchés, états-unien et européen en particulier. La pandémie mondiale du Covid-19, ses conséquences sur les circuits mondiaux de production, de distribution et d’installation et la récession économique mondiale qu’elle va engendrer aura logiquement un impact sur le marché 2020, même si ce dernier est encore difficile à quantifier.

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114 549 MW Cumulative photovoltaic capacity
in the European Union at the end of 2018
The global photovoltaic base continues to make inroads across the five continents. At the end of 2018, its capacity exceeded half a million megawatts, which equates to about 100 GW of newly-installed capacity. In 2018, China’s market faltered, while there was a revival in the European Union market and the emerging markets picked up steam.

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106 606 MW Cumulative photovoltaic capacity in the European Union at the end of 2017
The spectacular growth of solar power based on solid industrial bases, makes photovoltaic one of the mainstays of global energy transition. In 2017, roughly 100 GW was installed worldwide, and just over half of that in China. The global market amounted to slightly less than half the European Union’s installed base. The EU ended the year at 106.6 GW, i.e. 5.6 GW more than in 2016. While at just over 2% in 2017 solar photovoltaic output may still seem negligible on a global level, photovoltaic already supplies about 6% of the electricity mix in Japan, and more than 7% in Germany and Italy.

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