European Space Agency – Plan to research solar power from space News
Solar Ways
Harnessing the Power of Sun
” Under the Paris Agreement, it’s expected the world’s carbon emissions will need to be cut by 50% by 2030 … Green H2 fuel plays a vital role during this critical energy transition period”
Decarbonising with green solar hydrogen energy – Source
“EU Approves Another $5.2 Billion For Green Hydrogen Projects”
“The new investment would contribute to the EC target of an 80 GW renewable hydrogen electrolyser capacity in Europe by 2030” – Source
“Germany put 561.35 MW of solar plants … into operation in August”
New solar power installations in August exceeded the level of the previous month but remained below the year’s record high of 733.36 MW deployed in March – Renewables Now
India deploys 8.4GW of solar PV in H1
News Source – India adds 8.4GW of solar PV in H1, 2022 target 20GW
[India’s total Solar capacity is c60GW].
Global Market Outlook For Solar Power 2022-2026
“Global solar capacity doubled in 3 years from 2018, bringing the world’s solar fleet to one Terawatt capacity in April 2022. … SolarPower Europe predicts global solar to more than double to 2.3 TW in 2025” – Source
Solar Power by Country 2022
“By the end of 2021, photovoltaic solar arrays provided an estimated 5% of the world’s electricity ….. countries of the world installed between 133 and 175 gigawatts (GW) of new solar power in 2021, and are expected to install another 200 GW by the end of 2022” – Source
Solar power costs continued to fall in 2021, despite rising panel prices
PV Magazine “… a global solar electricity cost of $0.048/kWh…. India offered the world’s second cheapest solar power, at $0.035/kWh”
Scaling up low-carbon energy sources
“…This will involve doubling solar photovoltaic capacity by 2025, putting it at 600 gigawatts by 2030. The EU had solar photovoltaic capacity of around 165 gigawatts in 2021..”
This is how the EU plans to end its reliance on Russian energy
State of the Union speech by EU President von der Leyen
“…To ensure Europe’s security of supply, the European Commission has presented a plan to phase out Russian fossil fuels, called REPowerEU. This helps further accelerate the green transition, through massive investments in renewable energy..”