In 2018, a cumulative capacity of more than 480 GWp of PV power was installed worldwide . Over one-third of the global capacity was installed in China, while the second third was made up of a combi-nation of Japan, the United States, and Germany. In total, the top 15 countries accounted for 90% of all PV capacity (Figure 3.13).
The breakneck expansion of domestic solar installations, triggered by high FITs, brought total capacity from 105 MW in 2018 to 17 GW in 2020. As a result, the country’s electricity grid became severely overloaded, leading to curtailments.
The utilization of renewable energy as a future energy resource is drawing significant attention worldwide. The contribution of solar energy (including concentrating solar power (CSP) and solar photovoltaic (PV) power) to global electricity production, as one form of renewable energy sources, is generally still low, at 3.6%.
Twenty-three countries of the mentioned 30 countries, about 76.7%, have no reported academic solar energy research yet.
Oceania installed capacity. It is observed from Table 12 that Australia, New Zealand, and Guam were the top three Oceanian solar energy installers (solar PV and CSP) in 2022, with total installed capacities of 26.8 GW, 0.3 GW, and 0.1 GW, respectively.
The figures come from the Energy Institute’s Statistical Review of World Energy 2024 report. China is far outpacing any other country in solar energy expansion, having a total of 609,921 MW of solar capacity installed so far.
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