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2 November 2021 02:39 GMT
Between 2016 and 2018, the power generation capacity by solar panels in the Asian country increased by 184%, followed by Turkey by 143%.
The steep decline in the cost of photovoltaic solar power since 2010 (82%) has given a significant boost to the development of this sector. In this trend of shifting energy models, there are countries that stand out for their rapid adaptation; well, a Article Published last Friday in The Conversation, it highlights the work of India and Turkey, followed by China.
For the period between 2016 and 2018, the researchers have an objective source of data on the development of the photovoltaic sector around the world: geospatial photography corresponding to each of these years, whose data is processed through machine learning systems. had gone. .
when applying artificial intelligence To identify solar panel installations capable of generating at least 10 kWThe scientific team, headed by the author of the above article, Lukas Kruitwagen from the University of Oxford, estimated that there was a significant increase of 81% worldwide in two years.
According to this report, India’s leadership has proved to be more than double the overall index: 184%, while Turkey increased solar power generation by 143%, China by 120 and Japan by 119%. First global listing of large production facilities of solar energy. The researchers did not take into account the individual photovoltaic cells that provide light to multiple homes, as a typical generator panel on a small residential roof has a capacity of about 5 kW.
The International Energy Agency projects this development into the future and anticipates that photovoltaics can increase solar power generation capacity. Ten . multiply by 2040. till If its purpose is to contain Global warming below 2 °C. The mapping done by the research team made it possible to locate 68,661 solar installations, generating a total of about 423 gigawatts at the end of 2018.
The British author estimates that the growth rate of solar production becomes more predictable and, as this happens, electricity grid operators will “have to keep up Fewer fossil fuel power plants in reserveIn their view, this localization practice could allow governments to better design subsidies to encourage rapid growth in the sector, and to get more homes, especially on rooftops, to install solar panels.
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