Two-Thirds of All Solar Panels Installed Last Year Were in Europe

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Two-Thirds of All Solar Panels Installed Last Year Were in Europe

Let there be no doubt that strong renewable energy policy and political commitment led to this. This is a political and cultural choice, not just the market left to its own devices. New stats from the European Union Joint Research Centre show that Europe installed 18.5 gigawatts of solar photovoltaics in 2011—two-thirds of all the solar panels installed in the entire world—bringing total solar PV capacity to 52 GW. Two thirds of the global investment in solar PV was also concentrated in Europe, totaling roughly €65 billion ($84 billion). For the past decade the solar PV industry in Europe grew at an average of 40% annually (for the world it's 40-90%), with production costs dropping 60%, the report says. China remains the largest producer of solar power products in the world, with 50% of the market for solar PV. As an indicator of how much more needs to be done for Europe t...

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@treehuggeruk » 09 Oct '12, 9am
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China may be producing half the world's solar panels, but Europe installed two-thirds of the world's panels last year - [link]
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RT @Deltawind1: RT @Deltawind1: Tweederde van alle geïnstalleerde #zonnepanelen staan in Europa. Lees meer: [link]
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Tweederde van alle geïnstalleerde #zonnepanelen staan in Europa. Lees meer: [link]
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RT @sustainablework: RT @sustainablework: Time for the rest of us to step it up, 2/3 of solar panels installed last year were in Europe. [link] ...
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Time for the rest of us to step it up, 2/3 of solar panels installed last year were in Europe. [link] #TM1
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China maakt ze, maar Europa installeert ze. 2/3 van alle #zonnepanelen in 2011 geïnstalleerd in #Europa: [link] #solar #pv
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Two-third o f world solar installations were in Europe. Policy and political commitment were the keys. Learn more here. [link]
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