Solar PV in the world

[sicetaitsimple]

Just a note: China is about 20 times France on the surface and about 20 times the number of inhabitants (you can check, I do not put a source, I have the figures in mind)
And the installed power is 20 times higher!
China -France on the PV installed, draw, at least for now!

[Christophe]

Well seen ... but an average Chinese person must certainly consume less MWh per year than his French equivalent ...

Even if we take the industrial consumption of China it is not sure!

Suddenly with current growth, a good ten years will be enough to make the PV far from being anecdotal!

The Chinese Wc is around $ 0,3 is nothing at all! It takes 1 to 2 years to amortize it economically ...

[sicetaitsimple]

Suddenly with current growth, a good ten years will be enough to make the PV far from being anecdotal!

Certainly, it will improve, then everything depends on the percentage from which you declare that it is no longer "anecdotal".
Personally I don't care, what matters for me is the substitution of fossils, whatever the use.
And the Enerc post reminds us that the first way to substitute intermittent renewable for fossil is to manage demand.
I am not saying that it is easy, but the hybridization dear to Remundo (not only him!) In the field of the private vehicle will certainly have to spread to other areas so that renewable electricity can exceed certain limits.

Then there is storage, yes. It does not create energy, it consumes it .....

[moinsdewatt]

€ 14,89 / MWh: new historic record for photovoltaics in Spain
The Spanish authorities have allocated around 2,04 GW to solar projects, for an average price of € 24,47 / MWh, the lowest level ever recorded.

JANUARY 28, 2021 ALEJANDRO DIEGO ROSELL
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read https://www.pv-magazine.fr/2021/02/01/q ... leau-gele/

[moinsdewatt]

Hamburg makes solar on buildings compulsory from 2023
With the first ordinance of its Climate Protection Act, the Hanseatic City Senate introduced the obligation to build a photovoltaic system on new buildings from 2023 and on existing ones from 2025.

JANUARY 26, 2021 SANDRA ENKHARDT

The Senate of the German city-state of Hamburg has adopted an ordinance which obliges from 1 January 2023 the construction of photovoltaic systems on all new buildings. From 2025, this regulation will also apply to existing constructions, provided that the roof covering has been completely renovated. No minimum size has been written into the law.

In addition, exceptions have been made, for example in the case where the installation of a PV system contradicts other regulations, such as those governing the protection of historic monuments or when the installation is technically impossible or economically unreasonable. In addition, it is not mandatory to install a photovoltaic system if the roof is already largely occupied by a solar thermal system.

“With this ordinance, Hamburg has created a set of rules that promotes the necessary expansion of solar energy without overloading homeowners,” explained Gerhard Stryi-Hipp, head of the Smart Cities Group at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Systems. solar energy ISE. The objective is also to stimulate the economy and local and regional businesses, to be able to cushion the economic consequences of the pandemic.

This is why the Association for Renewable Energies of North Rhine-Westphalia (LEE NRW) asked the city of Düsseldorf to also introduce compulsory photovoltaics, taking the example of Hamburg. Currently, in this Land, only 6% of the rooftop photovoltaic potential is exploited, which the LEE NRW considers insufficient.
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https://www.pv-magazine.fr/2021/01/26/h ... r-de-2023/

[moinsdewatt]

Belgium installed 900 MW of solar capacity in 2020
Renewable energy production increased by 31% and now represents 18,6% of the electricity mix in 2020. Photovoltaics increased from 3 MWp at the end of 887 to 2019 MWp at the end of 4.

JANUARY 8, 2021 GWÉNAËLLE STANDING UP
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[moinsdewatt]

Beijing: China installed 48.2 GW of solar in 2020

JANUARY 20, 2021 VINCENT SHAW AND MAX HALL

China's National Energy Administration (NEA) this morning announced the country added 48.2 GW of solar last year, as it published the nation's official energy statistics.

That figure - marking a 60% rise on 2019, according to in-country analyst the Asia Europe Clean Energy (Solar) Advisory (AECEA) - surpasses the 30.1 GW added in 2019 and 44.3 GW witnessed a year earlier but falls short of the 2017 record of 52.8 GW, in a year in which China continued to be assailed by the spread of Covid-19.
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https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/01/20/ ... r-in-2020/

[moinsdewatt]

100 GW of solar PV installed in the US!

The American solar market has exceeded the 100 GW of installed solar mark

Ecofin Agency June 16, 2021

Power generation capacity in the US solar market now exceeds 100 gigawatts. The US Solar Market Insight Q2 2021 report, published by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, shows that this capacity has doubled from the past three years.

According to Abigail Ross Hopper, President and CEO of SEIA, "It is incredible to see the solar industry exceed 100 gigawatts after the political and regulatory hurdles we have faced in recent years." For her, it is important to accelerate the deployment of solar energy and its storage to face the climate crisis.

Solar power accounted for 58% of all new electric capacity added in the United States during the first quarter of 2021. Over this period, all renewables accounted for almost 100%. The US solar industry installed 5 GW of new capacity during the first quarter of 2021, an increase of 46% from the first quarter of 2020. Utilities accounted for the majority of these installations, with 3,6 GW capacity in the first quarter. Sales of residential solar products also increased 11% from the first quarter of 2020.

Wood Mackenzie's forecast indicates that by 2026, total installed solar PV capacity is expected to exceed 250 GW. Moreover, the report mentions rising costs in the solar industry. According to Michelle Davis, analyst and lead author of the report, supply chain constraints have intensified since the second half of 2020. The increase affects installers who manage current equipment shortages and must decide whether to renegotiate their equipment. contracts.

https://www.agenceecofin.com/solaire/16 ... -installes

[moinsdewatt]

German government study assesses the potential of solar floating on lakes from old mines
Around 500 open-pit lakes left as a legacy by the German open-pit lignite mining industry could potentially accommodate more than 50 GW of solar generation capacity. It is with this in mind that the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy is funding a three-year study on the revenue potential of this technology.

JULY 6, 2021 JOËL SPAES

The German government will fund a research project to explore the economic potential of installing floating solar panels on lakes left by surface lignite mining.

The project partner Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE estimates that the technical potential of some 500 such water bodies in Germany is in the double-digit gigawatt average. The clean energy development arm of German energy company RWE Renewables will incorporate the results of a three-year trial period to help assess the production potential of these sites in its home market and in the world.

The German developer will also select the open-air lake on which Dutch installer Volta Solar will participate in the construction of four floating panels, with a nearby ground reference panel included in the study. Each of the panels will have a production capacity of 30 kWp, a Fraunhofer ISE spokesperson told pv magazine yesterday Monday.

According to the Fraunhofer press release, the PV2Float study, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, will assess the technical requirements of installing solar panels on such water surfaces, their economic viability, their ecological effects and their acceptance by the public.
According to the Fraunhofer ISE, the German manufacturer Heckert Solar will supply the project with “innovative photovoltaic module concepts”. The research organization will carry out sustainability studies on the installations and develop the modules if necessary. Fraunhofer staff will also review the regulations for floating photovoltaic systems in Germany, encourage the participation of local stakeholders in the project, and investigate the commercial merits of floating systems.

Another project partner, the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, as well as the Geo and Hydroscience Center in Dresden, the Institut für Wasser und Boden Dr Uhlmann, will study the ecological effects of floating solar systems.

https://www.pv-magazine.fr/2021/07/06/u ... nes-mines/

[moinsdewatt]

Engie commissions a 200 MWp solar power plant in Gujarat, India

Despite the multiple difficulties encountered during the pandemic, Engie's second largest photovoltaic project in India is completed on schedule. With this new PV contract, Engie's renewable energy portfolio in India now stands at 17 projects, representing more than 1,1 GWp of solar energy and 280 MW of wind energy.

AUGUST 20, 2021 MARIE BEYER


ENGIE 200MW Solar Power Plant Raghanesda Gujarat Photo: Engie

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The site covers 380 hectares and will produce nearly 546 GWh / year of electricity. Its construction was completed in 14 months, the original expected timeframe, and mobilized more than 800 skilled and unskilled workers for a total of 1,5 million hours of work. A team of experts took charge of the constraints linked to the very high level of water observed in the local water table, which posed a challenge for the assembly structures of the modules. The conduct of the project was also confronted with the seismic characteristics of the area and the difficulties encountered by the country and the populations in the face of the global pandemic. The solar modules were supplied by the Chinese manufacturers Jinko and Longi, and the Indian String, while Huaweï procured the inverters. Sterling & Wilson has performed industrial systems balancing and will also be the operating and maintenance service provider for a period of five years.

https://www.pv-magazine.fr/2021/08/20/e ... u-gujarat/