Local solar photovoltaic power generation

What is solar power in your community?

Solar Power in Your Community serves as a guidebook to assist local government officials and stakeholders in increasing local access to and deployment of solar photovoltaics (PV). This 2022 edition highlights new technologies and strategies to maximize the benefits of solar to all communities.

What is solar photovoltaic (PV)?

Introduction Solar photovoltaic (PV) plays an increasingly important role in many counties to replace fossil fuel energy with renewable energy (RE). By the end of 2019, the world's cumulative PV installation capacity reached 627 GW, accounting for 2.8% of the global gross electricity generation .

How will solar PV transform the global electricity sector?

Alongside wind energy, solar PV would lead the way in the transformation of the global electricity sector. Cumulative installed capacity of solar PV would rise to 8 519 GW by 2050 becoming the second prominent source (after wind) by 2050.

How can the solar PV industry continue to grow?

The further growth of the solar PV industry largely depends on reducing the balance of system (BoS), which makes up most of the total installed system costs and has the greatest potential for cost reduction.

Why is photovoltaic power generation important?

Owing to the significant reduction in battery costs , photovoltaic (PV) power generation is becoming the most important way to use solar energy, especially on the rooftops of buildings. The worldwide installed capacity of PV power generation has increased by nearly 40% every year , reaching 760 GW by 2020 .

Is solar PV a competitive source of new power generation capacity?

Solar PV is emerging as one of the most competitive sources of new power generation capacity after a decade of dramatic cost declines. A decline of 74% in total installed costs was observed between 2010 and 2018 (Figure 10).