PVPS Report: Trends in Photovoltaic Applications 2017

22nd edition of the international survey report on Trends in Photovoltaic (PV) Applications up to 2016 provided by the IEA PVPS Programme.

The IEA  PVPS countries represented more than 264 Gw of cumulative PV installations altogether, mostly grid-connected, at the end of 2016. the other 38 countriesthat have been considered and are not part of the IeA PVPS Programme represented 40 additional Gw.

An historical part is located in europe: Uk with almost 12 Gw, Greece with 2,6 Gw, czech republic with 2,2 Gw installed, romania with 1,4 Gw, bulgaria with 1,0 Gw and Ukraine and Slovakia below the Gw mark. the other major countries that accounted for the highest cumulative installations at the end of 2016 are India with more than 9 Gw, South Africa with 1 Gw, taiwan with 1,2 Gw, Pakistan with an estimated 1 Gw, Ukraine with 0,7 Gw and the Philippines with 0,9 Gw. numerous countries all over the world have started to develop PV but few have yet reached a significant development level in terms of cumulative installed capacity at the end of 2016 outside the ones mentioned above.

According to a paper released in 2017 49 countries had a least 100 Mw cumulative at the end of 2016 and 58 countries had more than 10 Mw. Presently it appears that 303 Gw represents the minimum installed by end of 2016 with a firm level of certainty.