| Renewable energy - solar | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cumulative installed photovoltaic (PV) power* | Change | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010 over | share | ||||||||||||||||||
| Megawatts | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | of total | ||
| US | 76.5 | 88.2 | 100.1 | 117.3 | 138.8 | 167.8 | 212.2 | 275.2 | 376.0 | 479.0 | 624.0 | 830.5 | 1168.5 | 1641.6 | 2519.6 | 53.5% | 6.3% | ||
| Canada | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 10.0 | 11.8 | 13.9 | 16.7 | 20.5 | 25.8 | 32.7 | 94.6 | 199.6 | 111.0% | 0.5% | ||
| Mexico | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 12.9 | 13.9 | 15.0 | 16.2 | 17.1 | 18.2 | 18.7 | 19.7 | 20.8 | 21.8 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 12.0% | 0.1% | ||
| Total North America | 89.1 | 102.6 | 116.6 | 136.0 | 159.9 | 191.6 | 238.4 | 304.1 | 408.1 | 514.4 | 664.2 | 877.1 | 1223.0 | 1761.2 | 2747.2 | 56.0% | 6.9% | ||
| Austria | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 10.3 | 16.8 | 21.1 | 24.0 | 25.6 | 27.7 | 32.4 | 52.6 | 102.6 | 95.1% | 0.3% | ||
| Belgium | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 23.0 | 94.0 | 379.0 | 803.0 | 111.9% | 2.0% | ||
| Bulgaria | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 17.7 | 121.3% | 0.0% | ||
| Czech Republic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 65.0 | 463.0 | 1953.0 | 321.8% | 4.9% | ||
| Denmark | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 7.1 | 54.3% | 0.0% | ||
| Finland | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 6.9 | 40.7% | 0.0% | ||
| France | 4.4 | 6.1 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 11.3 | 13.9 | 17.2 | 21.1 | 26.0 | 33.0 | 43.9 | 75.2 | 81.0 | 261.0 | 1025.0 | 292.7% | 2.6% | ||
| Germany | 11.0 | 18.0 | 23.0 | 32.0 | 76.0 | 186.0 | 296.0 | 435.0 | 1105.0 | 2056.0 | 2899.0 | 4170.0 | 6120.0 | 9914.0 | 17320.0 | 74.7% | 43.5% | ||
| Greece | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 20.0 | 56.0 | 206.0 | 267.9% | 0.5% | ||
| Italy | 16.0 | 16.7 | 17.7 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 26.0 | 30.7 | 37.5 | 50.0 | 120.2 | 458.3 | 1181.3 | 3502.3 | 196.5% | 8.8% | ||
| Netherlands | 3.3 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 9.2 | 12.8 | 20.5 | 26.3 | 45.7 | 49.2 | 50.7 | 52.2 | 52.8 | 56.8 | 67.5 | 96.9 | 43.5% | 0.2% | ||
| Norway | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 5.7% | 0.0% | ||
| Portugal | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 17.9 | 68.0 | 102.2 | 130.8 | 28.0% | 0.3% | ||
| Slovakia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 145.0 | n/a | 0.4% | ||
| Spain | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 24.0 | 49.0 | 148.0 | 705.0 | 3463.0 | 3523.0 | 3892.0 | 10.5% | 9.8% | ||
| Sweden | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 10.1 | 14.8% | 0.0% | ||
| Switzerland | 8.4 | 9.7 | 11.5 | 13.4 | 15.3 | 17.6 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 23.1 | 27.1 | 29.7 | 36.2 | 47.9 | 73.6 | 100.0 | 35.9% | 0.3% | ||
| Turkey | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 20.0% | 0.0% | ||
| United Kingdom | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 8.2 | 10.9 | 14.3 | 18.1 | 22.5 | 26.5 | 71.5 | 169.8% | 0.2% | ||
| Rest of European Union | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 53.1 | 24.3 | 29.4 | 54.5 | 70.2 | 97.0 | 77.0 | 88.5 | 112.6 | 149.2 | 212.0 | 42.1% | 0.5% | ||
| Total Europe | 57.5 | 71.5 | 85.7 | 106.0 | 210.7 | 310.4 | 448.8 | 657.9 | 1381.8 | 2415.7 | 3377.4 | 5372.6 | 10671.4 | 16288.9 | 29617.1 | 81.8% | 74.5% | ||
| Australia | 15.7 | 18.7 | 22.5 | 25.3 | 29.2 | 33.6 | 39.1 | 45.6 | 52.3 | 60.6 | 70.3 | 82.5 | 104.5 | 183.6 | 503.6 | 174.3% | 1.3% | ||
| China | 1.0 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 19.0 | 30.0 | 45.0 | 55.0 | 64.0 | 68.0 | 80.0 | 100.0 | 145.0 | 373.0 | 893.0 | 139.4% | 2.2% | ||
| Israel | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 21.0 | 61.0 | 190.5% | 0.2% | ||
| India | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 10.0 | 18.0 | 30.0 | 50.0 | 90.0 | 120.0 | 189.0 | 57.5% | 0.5% | ||
| Japan | 59.6 | 91.3 | 133.4 | 208.6 | 330.2 | 452.8 | 636.8 | 859.6 | 1132.0 | 1421.9 | 1708.5 | 1918.9 | 2144.2 | 2627.2 | 3617.2 | 37.7% | 9.1% | ||
| South Korea | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 8.5 | 13.5 | 35.8 | 81.2 | 357.5 | 441.9 | 572.9 | 29.6% | 1.4% | ||
| Malaysia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 11.1 | 14.6 | 31.5% | 0.0% | ||
| Rest of World | 228.1 | 292.1 | 368.4 | 489.6 | 701.3 | 754.0 | 831.5 | 905.6 | 931.5 | 912.9 | 1040.6 | 1080.4 | 1153.2 | 1214.6 | 1562.2 | 28.6% | 3.9% | ||
| Total Others | 306.5 | 407.1 | 532.3 | 737.0 | 1084.7 | 1277.2 | 1561.3 | 1877.8 | 2199.2 | 2495.9 | 2972.0 | 3321.8 | 4006.2 | 4992.4 | 7413.5 | 48.5% | 18.6% | ||
| Total World | 453.2 | 581.3 | 734.6 | 979.0 | 1455.3 | 1779.2 | 2248.5 | 2839.8 | 3989.1 | 5426.0 | 7013.5 | 9571.5 | 15900.6 | 23042.5 | 39777.8 | 72.6% | 100.0% | ||
| Sources: IEA Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme, EPIA, EurObserver and SolarBuzz. | |||||||||||||||||||
| * End of year. | |||||||||||||||||||