Foreign media talks about solar power generation projects

Will the EU make solar power its single biggest source of energy?

The EU wants to make solar power its single biggest source of energy by 2030. That would mean almost tripling its solar power generation capacity over the next seven years. Yet, as Simson reminded delegates, more than three-quarters of the EU’s solar panel imports in 2021 “were from one single country”.

How do solar panels work in China?

On rooftops and sometimes the south-facing walls of apartment towers, solar panel installations soak up the sun’s energy. China has invested heavily in high-voltage transmission lines to move electricity from wind turbines and solar panel farms to energy-thirsty cities. Gilles Sabrié for The New York Times

Are EU officials making a case for a solar resurgence?

Solar PV manufacturing capacity, by region (%) With the Biden administration pouring hundreds of billions of dollars of subsidies into clean energy under the auspices of the US Inflation Reduction Act, and amid growing Sino-scepticism in Europe, some EU officials are making the case for an industrial resurgence at home.

Will the European Parliament block solar panel imports from China?

Two policies are working their way through the European parliament that could lead to obstacles for solar panel imports from China: the corporate sustainability due diligence directive and the forced labour regulation. Both will require agreement between the parliament and the EU’s 27 member states.

Are Africans getting electricity from solar-panel kits?

And, as the journalist Bill McKibben has reported, some homeowners in African countries who have never been connected to the grid are getting electricity for the very first time via solar-panel kits, skipping over a fossil-fuel phase entirely. Across the global South, solar is capturing unprecedented portions of the energy market.

Will China add more solar panels in 2023?

In addition to supplying the rest of the world with panels, China installed more than half of the planet’s new solar capacity within its own borders in 2023, and the Ember report says it’s on track to add a similar amount this year. In 2023, the country more than doubled its own solar capacity year over year.