Between 2022 and 2026, it is forecast that China will be the leading country in terms of new solar PV (photovoltaic) capacity installations, with a total of 569 gigawatts on a high end scenario and 413 gigawatts on a low end scenario. The United States is expected to install 115 gigawatts of solar PV capacity by 2024 on a high end scenario. In 2021, there were 167.8 gigawatts worth of new PV
Projected new installations of solar PV capacity worldwide between 2022 and 2026, by select country (in gigawatts)
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Statistics on Solar energy industry worldwide
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Global cumulative installed solar PV capacity 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Solar PV - new installed capacity worldwide 2000-2020
- Basic Statistic Global solar photovoltaic capacity by region 2021
- Basic Statistic World's largest solar PV power plants worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Global solar tech investments 2004-2019
Capacity and consumption
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- Basic Statistic Global cumulative solar PV capacity 2021, by select country
- Premium Statistic Global share of cumulative solar PV installations 2021, by region
- Basic Statistic Solar PV capacity - new installations worldwide by country 2021
- Premium Statistic Global share of solar consumption 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Global share of solar power in overall electricity mix 2022, by country
Cost of solar
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- Premium Statistic Global benchmark capex for utility-scale solar PV 2010-2020
- Premium Statistic Global solar PV installed cost 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Global solar PV capacity factor 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Global CSP installed cost 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Global LCOE in solar PV systems by key country 2021
Solar components
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- Basic Statistic Global module manufacturing production 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Distribution of solar cells manufacturing capacity 2021, by country or region
- Premium Statistic Distribution of solar modules manufacturing capacity 2021, by country or region
- Premium Statistic Global solar companies based on PV cell and module shipments 2018-2019
- Basic Statistic Global PV inverter market share by shipments 2021
Companies
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- Premium Statistic Leading solar technology manufacturers 2021, by pipeline capacity
- Premium Statistic Global solar firms based on market capitalization 2023
- Premium Statistic Canadian Solar's net revenue FY 2009-2021
- Premium Statistic SunPower's revenue FY 2010-2022
- Premium Statistic First Solar's net sales FY 2007-2022
- Premium Statistic JinkoSolar's revenue FY 2011-2021
Outlook
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- Premium Statistic Global renewable energy popularity, by selected country
- Premium Statistic Worldwide demand for solar photovoltaics outlook 2015-2024
- Premium Statistic Total global solar PV capacity forecast 2015-2026
- Premium Statistic New installations of solar PV capacity forecast 2015-2026
- Premium Statistic Global new solar PV capacity forecast by select country 2022-2026
Further related statistics
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- Newly installed solar power capacity China 2013-2020
- Cumulative installed solar power capacity China H1 2020, by region
- Global solar PV cumulative installed capacity share by country 2019
- Japan's market segmentation of solar industry by sector 2016
- Ontario's photovoltaic power capacity 2012-2016
- Saskatchewan's capacity for photovoltaic power 2012-2016
- Global solar PV capacity installations 2021
- Alberta's photovoltaic power capacity 2012-2016
- British Columbia's photovoltaic power capacity 2012-2016
- Commercial solar power capacity in the U.S. 2019, by company
- Newfoundland & Labrador's solar photovoltaic power capacity 2012-2016
- Japan's installed solar capacity projection 2015-2020
- Nova Scotia's solar photovoltaic power capacity 2012-2016
- Japan's installed solar capacity 2013-2016
- New Brunswick's photovoltaic power capacity 2012-2016
- U.S. corporate capacity of installed solar energy 2004-2019
- Global installed prices of residential PV by key country 2017
- Power generation volume from residential PV Japan FY 2012-2019
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- Global solar PV cumulative installed capacity share by country 2019
- Japan's market segmentation of solar industry by sector 2016
- Ontario's photovoltaic power capacity 2012-2016
- Saskatchewan's capacity for photovoltaic power 2012-2016
- Global solar PV capacity installations 2021
- Alberta's photovoltaic power capacity 2012-2016
- British Columbia's photovoltaic power capacity 2012-2016
- Commercial solar power capacity in the U.S. 2019, by company
- Newfoundland & Labrador's solar photovoltaic power capacity 2012-2016
- Japan's installed solar capacity projection 2015-2020
- Nova Scotia's solar photovoltaic power capacity 2012-2016
- Japan's installed solar capacity 2013-2016
- New Brunswick's photovoltaic power capacity 2012-2016
- U.S. corporate capacity of installed solar energy 2004-2019
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SolarPower Europe. (May 30, 2022). Projected new installations of solar PV capacity worldwide between 2022 and 2026, by select country (in gigawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024149/forecast-for-new-installations-of-solar-energy-capacity-by-country/
SolarPower Europe. "Projected new installations of solar PV capacity worldwide between 2022 and 2026, by select country (in gigawatts)." Chart. May 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024149/forecast-for-new-installations-of-solar-energy-capacity-by-country/
SolarPower Europe. (2022). Projected new installations of solar PV capacity worldwide between 2022 and 2026, by select country (in gigawatts). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024149/forecast-for-new-installations-of-solar-energy-capacity-by-country/
SolarPower Europe. "Projected New Installations of Solar Pv Capacity Worldwide between 2022 and 2026, by Select Country (in Gigawatts)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024149/forecast-for-new-installations-of-solar-energy-capacity-by-country/
SolarPower Europe, Projected new installations of solar PV capacity worldwide between 2022 and 2026, by select country (in gigawatts) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024149/forecast-for-new-installations-of-solar-energy-capacity-by-country/ (last visited March 28, 2023)
Projected new installations of solar PV capacity worldwide between 2022 and 2026, by select country (in gigawatts) [Graph], SolarPower Europe, May 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024149/forecast-for-new-installations-of-solar-energy-capacity-by-country/