In its newly published Snapshot of Global PV Markets 2014, the IEA PVPS said preliminary market numbers showed that both IEA PVPS network countries as well as other major markets installed about 38.7 GW of global PV capacity last year, up from 37.6 GW in 2013. The figure raises total installed capacity in IEA PVPS countries and key markets to at least 177 GW, with 155 GW in IEA-PVPS countries and another estimated 22 GW of capacity installed in other major countries, according to the March 30 report, which provides estimated data about PV capacity in the countries reporting to the IEA PVPS Programme and additional key markets. IEA PVPS points out that after several years of rapid growth and a stabilization in 2012, the PV market grew to at least 37.6 GW in 2013 and then slightly in 2014. With the biggest share for the second year in a row, the Asia Pacific region represented about 59% of the global PV market in 2014. While Europe still represented 59% of this ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...