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| A Snapshot of the Global PV Market: Social Acceptance is the key for TW scale deployment of PV Melodie de l'Epine1, Gaëtan Masson2, Arnulf Jaeger-Waldau3, Izumi Kaizuka4, Johan Lindahl 5, José Donoso6. 1IEA PVPS Task 1, Lyon, France.2Becquerel Institute, Brussels, Belgium.3European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy.4RTS Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.5Becquerel Sweden, Knivsta, Sweden.6UNEF, Madrid, Spain |
Abstract
This paper presents the latest survey results for the calendar year 2025 concerning photovoltaics (PV) markets and policies and social acceptance as one of the key issues for further deployment of PV installation reaching TW/year scale market. The installation of new capacity broke records again in 2024, enabling the energy transition, whilst bringing structural change in the industry. Annual installations reached the remarkable value of 601 GW (up from 465 GW in 2023), bringing the cumulative global PV capacity to over 2.2 TW at the beginning of 2025. This cumulative capacity should be able to supply at least 10% of the world’s electricity consumption in 2025, generating more than an expected 2 950 TWh, avoiding just over 1 000 Mt of CO2 emissions, equivalent to 2.8% of all energy-related emissions. Despite the growth of the global PV market, as penetration rates increase and utility scale and building integrated systems become more visible in local communities some populations are becoming less accepting of PV, whilst in specific countries, organized resistance to PV, most commonly for ground mounted systems but sometimes for building applied systems, has become a reality despite a generally positive opinion from the general public. This paper provides the global PV market status and analysis of the trends of social acceptance and examples of the good practices to overcome the issues.
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