Solar Energy Is Dropping in Price for Surprising Reasons
The drop in solar energy costs over the past five decades has been dramatic, from over $100 per watt in the 1970s to under $0.25 per watt today. However, while headlines have often
Wood Mackenzie's latest analysis expects market uncertainty in China, Europe and the U.S. to cause two consecutive years of contraction in the global solar inverter market, forecasting a fall to 577 GWac this year and 523 GWac in 2026. Image: Lauri Veerde, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
The global solar inverter market is set to contract over the next two years, according to analysis from Wood Mackenzie. The consultancy is forecasting the market will fall to 577 GWac in 2025, a 2% year-on-year decrease, followed by a further 9% drop to 523 GWac in 2026.
China's solar inverter market is set to decline 5% in 2025 to 304 GWac, representing the first annual decline in 2019. Nevertheless, the country is still expected to maintain its dominance in the global market, accounting for over 2.9 TWac of cumulative inverter demand through to 2034, according to Wood Mackenzie's forecasts.
By the early 2030s, Wood Mackenzie is projecting the solar inverter market to recover and surpass the 2024 market size with electrification, AI demand growth and a cyclical repowering market set to provide a solid foundation for inverter demand.
The drop in solar energy costs over the past five decades has been dramatic, from over $100 per watt in the 1970s to under $0.25 per watt today. However, while headlines have often
The global solar inverter market will contract for two consecutive years, declining 2% to 577 Gigawatts AC (GWac) in 2025 and a further 9% to 523 GWac in 2026, according to Wood
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Wood Mackenzie''s latest analysis expects market uncertainty in China, Europe and the U.S. to cause two consecutive years of contraction in the global solar inverter market, forecasting a
The global solar inverter market is set to contract over the next two years, according to analysis from Wood Mackenzie. The consultancy is forecasting the market will fall to 577 GWac in
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