2021 was a record-breaking year for European solar, now we must increase ambition.
More and more EU member states are reaching (or returning to) GW-scale annual installation levels for solar. At least two member states – Estonia and Lithuania – have already hit their National Energy and Climate Energy solar targets, with Poland, Ireland and Sweden expected to do so through 2022 – well before their 2030 deadline.
In 2021, all but two of the EU27 countries grew their solar capacities more than the year before. The forecast is brighter than even the most optimistic predictions could have hoped for a few years ago – in just the most-likely Medium Scenario, the cumulative capacity of the EU solar fleet will double within four years, up to 327.6GW by 2025, and on to 672GW by 2030. We have more than reason to hope, we have a responsibility to act, and level up solar ambitions.
Part of the article excerpted from the network, infringement contact deleted.
