![]() ![]() Still, the share of distributed applications in total PV deployment is expected to decline to 37%, the lowest since 2017.Īnnual net wind capacity additions are expected to reach around 65 GW (of which about 5 GW are offshore wind), 8% more than in 2019. Deployment remains sluggish for distributed PV applications in large markets such as China and the United States, although activity in most European markets, Australia and Brazil has not seen a significant slowdown. Despite the slowdown, global solar PV capacity will exceed wind capacity for the first time, claiming second place among renewables behind hydropower. In 2020 global solar PV net capacity additions are expected to reach 107 GW, 1% lower compared to 2019. New investment in renewables was delayed in the first half of 2020…ĭespite delays in the first half of the year, renewables are on track to achieve a new record of net capacity additions (198 GW, 4% higher than in 2019). Lockdown measures slowed construction activities in Thailand and Indonesia. The ASEAN region installed nearly 60% less capacity from January to June this year than during the same period in 2019 – mostly due to the unrepeated strong growth last year in Viet Nam, when developers rushed to complete PV projects before policy deadlines. In the Netherlands the pace of combined wind and solar installations slowed during March and April, but recovered again in June. In Italy capacity additions rebounded to pre-pandemic levels in May, after a 90% decline from February to April. In Germany the installation of ground-mounted PV installations slowed, but then recovered rapidly in May and June, outpacing 2019 installations during the same period. In Europe new renewable capacity additions were lower in the first half of 2020 than in 2019, increasing in the second quarter with the easing of lockdowns and movement restrictions. This resulted largely from the persistent challenges of utilities’ poor financial health and project delays. During the same period, growth in renewable capacity in India slowed significantly before the nationwide lockdown was imposed at the end of March. This was mainly due to wind developers rushing to commission projects to meet federal tax incentive deadlines. In the United States policy deadlines dictated wind and solar PV expansion, resulting in almost twice the renewable capacity additions in the first half of 2020 than in the same period last year. With lockdown measures being eased, capacity additions in China picked up again, headed by utility-scale PV, wind and large hydropower plants. New wind installations declined by 50% and solar PV by 25% in the first three months of the year. China was the main factor for wind and solar PV, as Covid-19 measures led to labour shortages and consequently reduced construction activity. ![]() In the first quarter of 2020 capacity additions slowed for all technologies except hydro, by 25% for both solar PV and wind compared with 2019. Despite initial delays, available data indicate that in most countries new installation activity ramped up after restrictions were eased, compensating for previous lags. Hydropower capacity, in contrast, increased in the first half of 2020, driven by large-scale projects in China. Solar PV expansion was down by 17% and wind by nearly 8%. Global renewable electricity capacity additions were 11% lower in the first half of 2020 than in the same period in 2019. ![]()
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