Snapshot of Photovoltaics—February 2020
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The use of local battery storage systems in solar farms as well as decentralized photovoltaic electricity generation systems combined has again increased, due to the falling storage system costs as mentioned in this paper.Abstract:
Since the demonstration of the first modern silicon solar cells at Bell Labs in 1954, it took 58 years until the cumulative installed photovoltaic electricity generation capacity had reached 100 GW by the end of 2012. Then, it took another five years to reach an annual installation capacity of over 100 GW in 2017 and close to 120 GW in 2019. As a consequence, the total world-wide installed photovoltaic electricity generation capacity exceeded 635 GW at the end of 2019. Although it witnessed a 20% and 25% decrease in annual installations in 2018 and 2019, respectively, China was again the largest market with 30 GW of annual installations. The number of countries in the club with more than 1 GW annually has increased to 18 countries in 2019. The use of local battery storage systems in solar farms as well as decentralized photovoltaic electricity generation systems combined has again increased, due to the falling storage system costs.read more
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Environmental impacts of solar energy systems: A review.
Malek Kamal Hussien Rabaia,Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem,Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem,Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem,Enas Taha Sayed,Khaled Elsaid,Kyu-Jung Chae,Tabbi Wilberforce,Abdul Ghani Olabi,Abdul Ghani Olabi,Abdul Ghani Olabi +10 more
TL;DR: The environmental impacts of several commercial and emerging solar energy systems at both small- and utility-scales are discussed, alongside with some technically and ecologically favorable recommendations for mitigating the impacts.
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Role of solar-based renewable energy in mitigating CO2 emissions: Evidence from quantile-on-quantile estimation
TL;DR: In this article , the authors analyzed the relationship between solar energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the top ten solar energy consuming countries (Australia, Germany, Japan, Spain, Italy, USA, South Korea, UK, France, and China).
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Role of solar-based renewable energy in mitigating CO2 emissions: Evidence from quantile-on-quantile estimation
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the relationship between solar energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the top ten solar energy consuming countries (Australia, Germany, Japan, Spain, Italy, USA, South Korea, UK, France, and China).
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How photovoltaics can contribute to GHG emission reductions of 55% in the EU by 2030
TL;DR: In this article, the role of photovoltaics (PV) in the European Commission's long-term strategy (LTS) for energy and climate is discussed.
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Assessment of floating solar photovoltaics potential in existing hydropower reservoirs in Africa
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provided a comprehensive analysis of the potential of floating photovoltaics (FPV) installation in Africa, by using highly accurate water surface data of the largest 146 hydropower reservoirs in the continent.
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How photovoltaics can contribute to GHG emission reductions of 55% in the EU by 2030
TL;DR: In this article, the role of photovoltaics (PV) in the European Commission's long-term strategy (LTS) for energy and climate is discussed.
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Photovoltaics in Europe after the Paris Agreement
TL;DR: The European Union is the largest economy with a legally binding target to reach 27% of its energy consumption from renewable energy sources by 2030 and efforts to increase it to 35% are underway.