10.4229/25THEUPVSEC2010-6EP.3.3
Hoffmann, W.
W.
Hoffmann
Pellkofer, T.
T.
Pellkofer
Europe's PV Deployment on its Way towards 12% Electricity Share by 2020 and Integrating "MENA" into the Greater Energy Picture
WIP-Munich
2010
Article
PV Taking Off: Large-scale Deployment
Markets for Large-scale PV
2010-10-28
2010
en
3-936338-26-4
7 pages
2170 kb
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25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Spain; 5217-5223
25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 5217-5223
Within the last 10 years Europe contributed most to the worldwide annual PV installations. With more
than 80% European market share in 2009 this will decrease gradually towards less than 50% until 2014 according to
the latest EPIA “policy driven” market forecast. In comparison to the “SET FOR 2020” study a significant effort is
needed in a number of member states to reach the ambitious “paradigm shift scenario” with 389 GW cumulative
installations providing 462 TWh equal to 12 % electricity needs in EU by 2020. In the recent EPIA study “Unlocking
the Sunbelt potential of PV” the increasing contribution coming from this region is highlighted. The development of
further growth until 2050 will be shown to realistically contribute substantially to the European and also global
electricity needs of future mankind. Within the portfolio of different Renewable Energy Sources (RES) PV will take
together with wind, solar thermal concentrators, biomass and low temperature solar thermal the major role in the
global final energy supply.