Solar Egypt Market Report 2026
Unlock the full potential of Egypt’s fast-growing solar and storage sector with our comprehensive Egypt Market Report. Inside, you’ll find in-depth insights on national clean energy targets, major projects like Benban, Kom Ombo, and Scatec, the evolving regulatory and...
France Solar Market Report 2025
France is emerging as a European solar powerhouse, with capacity surging to 17.1 GW in 2022 and a goal of 100 GW by 2050. This report explores the country’s innovative policies, groundbreaking technologies like floating solar farms, and the key players propelling the...
Italy Solar Market Report 2025
Italy’s solar market has grown from 4,000 MW in 2005 to over 26 GW in 2023, driven by strong policies and cutting-edge technologies like bifacial panels and agrivoltaics. With ambitious goals of 52 GW by 2030 and 74.6% renewable electricity by 2050, the report...
Report: EU solar power overtook coal in 2024
The latest European Electricity Review report from energy think tank Ember has shown that 47% of the European Union’s energy comes from renewable sources, with solar taking the lead over coal in the energy mix for the first time. According to Ember's report, solar...
Report: SolarPower Europe finds 92% solar growth decline
In SolarPower Europe’s annual EU Market Outlook report, the organisation found that the EU’s solar sector has hit its first 2020s deployment slowdown – after four years of impressive growth. The sector has dropped from 53% growth in 2023 to 4% in 2024, demonstrating a...
USA considers tariffs on Southeast Asian solar imports
According to a report from Bloomberg, the USA is considering placing tariffs on Southeast Asia’s solar industry – the largest producer of solar panels after China. The news comes as the USA accuses Chinese-run factories in the region, which have opened in the last...
Report says European solar needs more cyber protection
Cybersecurity firm Secura has reported that a large European solar power grid is currently vulnerable to attacks on its system. The report highlights the Netherlands having a “significant area of attack in the solar power industry”, while the case study additionally...
EU data shows solar overtook hard coal in 2022 for energy
Eurostat, a statistics and data site officially owned by the European Union, has reported that 2022 saw solar energy overtake hard coal for the EU’s total electricity production for the first time. Solar energy accounted for 210 249 GWh and hard coal generated 205 693...
Italy Adds 3.34 GW of Solar PV in First Half of 2024
Italy installed approximately 3.34 GW of new PV capacity in the first six months of 2024, according to a new report by the Italian PV association Italia Solare. During the same period in 2023, the country deployed around 2.3 GW of solar power. Over the full year of...
Solar and wind surpass coal in China for first time
Solar and wind energy in China surpassed coal in capacity for the first time as of June this year, according to the National Energy Administration (NEA). Rystad Energy’s forecast predicts that by 2026, solar power alone will exceed coal as China’s primary energy...
IEA: Floating PV systems have a slightly larger carbon footprint
The Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (TNO), a Dutch independent research organisation, has released its analysis of floating PV systems. The research was conducted on behalf of the International Energy Agency's (IEA) Photovoltaic...
EU solar and wind overtake fossil fuels for the first time
According to a report released on Tuesday by Ember, an independent energy thinktank, the EU’s solar and wind farms generated more electricity than fossil fuels from January – June 2024. The think tank says that this is the first time such gains have been achieved in a...
Energy forecaster says UK will fall short of solar 2030 goal
According to UK energy forecaster Cornwall Insight, Britain is set to miss its target of decarbonising the electricity grid by 2030. Cornwall Insight, a widely well-regarded forecaster, has predicted in its latest Benchmark Power Curve report that solar and wind power...
Research shows Swiss floating PV outperform ground-mounted arrays
[Image: The FPV system on the Lac des Toules reservoir. Image credit: Romande Energie] New research from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences has been released and explores the life-cycle environmental impact assessment (LCA) of an Alpine floating PV system....
New report shows demand for solar displaced fossil fuels
According to a new report by Montel Analytics, energy generation from fossil fuels in Europe reached a record low in Q2 2024 while demand for solar power increased. The new report also demonstrates that Q2 saw a record high of solar and wind energy generation....
China’s solar and wind capacity almost double the world’s combined
A recent study published on Thursday 11th July by US think tank Global Energy Monitor revealed that nearly two-thirds of the world's large wind and solar energy production plants are located in China. Currently, China has 339 gigawatts (GW) of capacity under...
New Wood Mackenzie data forecasts next decade of solar
Data from energy transition analysts Wood Mackenzie has demonstrated that over 5.4TWac of new solar and wind capacity will come online from 2024 -2025. This will bring the worldwide cumulative total to 8TWac. This will be an increase from 2023’s 500GW figure of newly...
UK achieved solar record ahead of government election
Fresh statistics from the UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) have shown that the UK exceeded 16GW of solar capacity in May 2024, marking a year-on-year increase of 1.2GW. Additionally, the capacity total for April 2024 was revised by government...
60% of Spain’s power was renewable from January – June
According to data from grid operator Redeia, almost 60% of Spain’s electricity was made up of renewable sources during the first half of 2024. Redeia attributes the uptick to recently installed solar capacity and increased output from hydropower plants. Spain’s...
What does the Market Outlook report say about the MEA?
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) will see its solar PV installations grow by 15% during 2024 to 17.1GW, according to a new report by SolarPower Europe. The Global Market Outlook for Solar Power 2024-2028 report indicates that 2023 saw the MEA region grow 78% during...
