Solar Power Growth 2017

Tue 7 mar 2017 08 00 est last modified on wed 14 feb 2018 12 50 est.

Solar power growth 2017. Cumulative installed capacity exceeded 401 gw by the end of the year sufficient to supply 2 1 percent of the world s total electricity consumption. India also had a huge year in 2017. The growth of solar power 2017 update september 1 2017 charlieonenergy ray kurzweil the futurist and director of engineering at google predicts that solar power will grow at an exponential rate throughout the 21st century. In 2017 photovoltaic capacity increased by 95 gw with a 34 growth year on year of new installations.

Solar power growth leaps by 50 worldwide thanks to us and china this article is more than 3 years old. China remains the world s leader in solar power installing 52 8 gw in 2017 which accounted for 53 percent of new global solar capacity added last year. The latest figures for the end of 2017 show that china has continued to build solar power at an astonishing rate adding 53gw in 2017. The new capacity brings the total operating solar power in the world to 405 gw 89 percent of which was installed in the last seven years according to iflscience.