In order to realize the sustainable development of society, the development of clean energy such as solar energy, wind energy, water energy, etc. has become a common choice for dealing with ecological and environmental problems worldwide. Among them, solar energy has many advantages such as universality, harmlessness and longevity. It has gradually become one of the key industries in the field of new energy development.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) released the 2021 Global Photovoltaic Report. The report shows that the global photovoltaic market will grow strongly again in 2021, with an installed capacity of 175GW+ in 2021 and a cumulative installed capacity of 942GW+.
Photovoltaic installations by continent: new installations in 2021 will account for Asia (52%), the Americas (21%), Europe (slightly over 17%), the Middle East and Africa (3%), and other regions (7%).
2021Annual global PV installed capacity was 175GW+, +20.7% year-on-year, of which the top 10 countries with installed capacity: China (54.9GW, year-on-year +40%), the United States (26.9GW, year-on-year +40%), India (13GW, year-on-year +195.5%), Japan (6.5GW, -21% YoY), Brazil (5.5GW, +77.4% YoY), Germany (5.3GW, +8.2% YoY), Spain (4.9GW, +75% YoY), Australia (4.6GW, +75% YoY) 12.2%), South Korea (4.2GW, +2.4% yoy), France (3.3GW, +266.7% yoy).
Looking at the year-on-year growth rate of the installed market in 2021, I think there are 4 countries showing unusual growth rates that should be paid special attention: India, Brazil, Spain and France.
First of all, India has abundant light resources and unique conditions for photovoltaic development. again with
In India's economic development, due to reasons such as large energy consumption and unbalanced energy structure development, local environmental problems have become more and more prominent. The policy is to promote the rapid development of India's photovoltaic industry. In recent years, support policies and financial subsidies for the photovoltaic industry have been introduced one after another. Drive the development of domestic local photovoltaic cell and module manufacturing. However, due to the problems of capital, technological development, talents, raw material supply, etc., the development of India's photovoltaic industry lags behind the expected goals, so the photovoltaic industry has been heavily dependent on imports. In order to get rid of the status quo, the Indian government has also introduced a series of support policies to stimulate domestic photovoltaic industry. Industrial development, including the implementation of various policies and financial incentive plans, the establishment of certification restrictions, the establishment of trade protection, etc.
Distributed photovoltaic projects have always enjoyed preferential policies in Brazil, including tax reductions and allowing owners to sell surplus electricity online. Rodrigo Lopes Sauaia, CEO of the Brazilian Solar Energy Association, said that policy support is the key to the continued expansion of the Brazilian PV market. According to Brazil's latest law, distributed photovoltaic projects put into operation before the end of 2022 will enjoy tax reductions until 2045. Photovoltaics has become a popular choice for electricity consumption in Brazil amid soaring electricity bills.
The development of photovoltaics in Spain mainly benefits from good sunshine conditions and strong government support. The Iberian Peninsula is the region with the best light conditions in Europe. At the same time, the Spanish government has successively approved a series of policies aimed at supporting the development of renewable energy since 2017. In February 2019, Spain's "National Energy and Climate Comprehensive Plan" was released. , it is recommended that by 2030, renewable energy accounts for 42% of final energy consumption, with an installed capacity of 120GW and 74% of power generation. These policies have actively and effectively promoted the development of photovoltaics in Spain.
Although France's photovoltaic development has been tepid, in the past two years, France has gradually realized its backwardness. In 2021, 3.3GW of photovoltaics will be built, ranking third in European countries. Recently, the European Union approved a French aid package worth 5.7 billion euros, aimed at supporting the French government to install small solar installations on buildings.
Although overall, the installed capacity of photovoltaics in the world has increased, but its proportion in the total power generation of each country or the proportion of the global total power generation is very small, and there is still a large room for growth in the future.
