A study on global solar PV energy developments and policies with special focus on the top ten solar PV power producing countries
Bikash Kumar Sahu
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015, vol. 43, issue C, 621-634
Abstract:
The mitigations of global energy demands, climate change and energy related greenhouse gas effects are the most important factors in the modern days. However, renewable energy is one of the alternative sources which has the capacity to mitigate all the above. Among all the renewable energy sources, solar energy is one of the most abundant and the cleanest energy source. Different laboratories of the world have achieved different solar cell efficiencies, which are also discussed in the present paper. This paper presents the global solar PV developments, per capita values, government supportive invectives and policies of the top ten solar power producing countries. This paper also presents the investments of the global solar energy among the countries. Finally, through the study, it is found that these top ten leading countries are following fulfilment of their projections, supportive tariff rates, net metering, green certificates and government incentive policies as their instruments.
Keywords: Renewable energy; Solar PV developments; Solar PV policies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.11.058
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