Dana Hull covers clean technology and energy policy for the San Jose Mercury News. She often writes about electric vehicles, the smart grid, the solar industry and California energy policy, from RPS goals to Gov. Jerry Brown's big dreams for distributed generation.
China to Outpace Germany as leading Solar PV consumer in 2013
Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand will increase by two gigawatts worldwide during 2013, to 31 gigawatts, according to a new report from NPD Solarbuzz. And for the first time, China will outpace Germany to become the world’s leading PV consumer.
“The Chinese end-market will largely compensate for the downturn in demand from Germany, which previously led PV demand,” said Michael Barker, a senior analyst at NPD Solarbuzz.
The full report costs money to read, and I wasn’t able to access it for free. It finds that emerging markets in South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Israel, and Mexico will have a strong impact on global demand going forward.
Dana Hull covers clean technology and energy policy for the San Jose Mercury News. She often writes about electric vehicles, the smart grid, the solar industry and California energy policy, from RPS goals to Gov. Jerry Brown's big dreams for distributed generation.
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