The Europe solar photovoltaic (PV) market has undergone significant changes in the last 18 months—underpinned by regulatory revisions, economic crisis, and technology oversupply. As a result, the 2010‐2012 period is shaping up to be one of significant transformation as PV companies navigate this volatile market toward 100 GW of total installed capacity by 2025.
While European PV growth in 2009 was driven by Germany’s 3.8 GW of additions, going forward PV market growth is shifting to new capacity additions in southern and central Europe. The market’s broadening outside of Germany is scaling up competition among a growing number of global utilities, IPPs, and developers seeking to capture PV opportunities in rooftop, ground‐based, and building‐integrated PV markets.
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