World falling short on key renewables target – and other energy
Top energy news: World falling short on key renewables target; Japan looks to nuclear to cut fuel imports; UK says it will create 400,000 new clean energy jobs.
Economic fluctuations and policy changes have led to a slowdown in global solar market growth in the second half of 2024. InfoLink forecasts solar demand to reach up to 568 GW in 2025, growth of 7% compared to up to 533 GW in 2024. China will continue to lead solar deployments, with ground-mounted sites comprising 60% of demand.
The utilization of renewable energy as a future energy resource is drawing significant attention worldwide. The contribution of solar energy (including concentrating solar power (CSP) and solar photovoltaic (PV) power) to global electricity production, as one form of renewable energy sources, is generally still low, at 3.6%.
Regarding global power generation, solar nearly doubled its share over the past 3 years, growing by 1.3 percentage points only last year to a 7% share in the world's electricity mix. This growth continued to drive renewable penetration and pushed additions of conventional electricity sources to a new low.
Through a detailed and systematic literature survey, the present review study summarizes the world solar energy status, including concentrating solar power and solar PV power, along with published solar energy potential assessment articles for 235 countries and territories as the first step toward developing solar energy in these regions.
Top energy news: World falling short on key renewables target; Japan looks to nuclear to cut fuel imports; UK says it will create 400,000 new clean energy jobs.
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