Key trends in this Data Insight include: Europe experienced another record solar PV year, connecting 21 GW to the grid. Aggressive price declines combined with policy uncertainty mainly in Italy and Germany unleashed demand. Sense of urgency has boosted utility-scale PV deployment. Top 20 PV developers connected 2 GW of systems to the grid in 2011, comprising 10% of the total market. 2012 pipeline of announced PV projects amounts to 5 GW.
Key trends in this Data Insight include: