|
Link
back to the text of this ECO-ECONOMY INDICATOR
| World
Photovoltaic Annual Production, 1971-2003 |
| |
| Year |
Annual
Production
|
Cumulative
Production
|
Annual
Growth
|
| |
Megawatts
|
Megawatts
|
Percent
|
| |
|
|
|
| 1971 |
0 |
0
|
|
| 1975 |
2 |
2
|
|
| 1976 |
2 |
4
|
|
| 1977 |
2 |
6
|
|
| 1978 |
3 |
9
|
|
| 1979 |
4 |
13
|
|
| 1980 |
7 |
20
|
|
| 1981 |
8 |
28
|
|
| 1982 |
9 |
37
|
|
| 1983 |
17 |
54
|
|
| 1984 |
22 |
76
|
|
| 1985 |
23 |
99
|
|
| 1986 |
26 |
125
|
|
| 1987 |
29 |
154
|
|
| 1988 |
34 |
188
|
|
| 1989 |
40 |
228
|
|
| 1990 |
46 |
274
|
15
|
| 1991 |
55 |
329
|
20
|
| 1992 |
58 |
387
|
5
|
| 1993 |
60 |
447
|
3
|
| 1994 |
69 |
516
|
15
|
| 1995 |
79 |
595
|
14
|
| 1996 |
89 |
684
|
13
|
| 1997 |
126 |
810
|
42
|
| 1998 |
153 |
963
|
21
|
| 1999 |
201 |
1,164
|
31
|
| 2000 |
288 |
1,452
|
43
|
| 2001 |
391 |
1,842 |
36 |
| 2002 |
560 |
2,402 |
43 |
| 2003 |
742 |
3,145
|
32
|
| |
|
|
|
| Source:
Worldwatch Institute Vital Signs 2001, CD-Rom (Washington, DC: 2001); Paul
Maycock, Photovoltaic News, several issues. |
Selected Examples of Government Incentives for Solar Energy
Country |
Year |
Incentive
|
Japan |
1992 |
New Sunshine Program: Established to introduce renewable energy throughout the country. Targets were set and a net metering law enacted. |
Japan |
1994 |
70,000 Roofs Program: Initially, 50 percent of PV installation costs were subsidized and the annual budget (for R&D and market incentives) was $18.3 million. In 2003, the subsidy was reduced to 15 percent and the budget allocation increased to $186 million. |
United States |
1997 |
Million Solar Roofs Initiative: National program designed to facilitate the installation of solar energy systems on one million U.S. buildings by 2010. |
Germany |
1998 |
100,000 Roofs Program: Provided 10-year loans with reduced interest rates to buyers of PV systems. It ended early, in 2003, when all targets were met. |
Germany |
1999 |
Renewable Energy Sources Act (Feed-In Tariff): Customer applications receive 56¢ per kWh for solar-generated electricity sold back to the grid. |
Italy |
2001 |
10,000 Roofs Program: Regions offer different investment subsidies to promote building-integrated photovoltaic applications. |
Japan |
2003 |
Renewable Power Portfolio Standard: Requires that renewable energy be provided at a constant percentage of the electric power supply. This legislation aims for renewable energy to be 3.2 percent of the total by 2010. |
China |
2004 |
Allocation of $1.21 billion to adopt solar and wind energy for power generation in remote areas of West China. |
Sources: Arnulf Jager-Waldau, PV Status Report 2003 (Ispra, Italy: September 2003); Paul Maycock, “China PV Booming,” Photovoltaic News, May 2004; Jane Pulaski and Larry Sherwood, “Power Roofs,” Solar Today, July/August 2004, pp.36-39; Janet L. Sawin, Mainstreaming Renewable Energy in the 21st Century, Worldwatch Paper 169 (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, May 2004).
|
Close
window |
