2020 new solar technology where are we headed.
Country with most advanced solar panel technology.
And with good reason.
Traditional utility scale and rooftop solar panels have dominated the solar market until this point.
Add in the rooftop space potential in the u s.
Despite its lack of abundant open space japan is.
In fact in 2009 germany installed 3 806 megawatts of solar energy capacity nearly eight times the amount installed by the u s.
As one of the most densely populated countries in the world japan does not have the luxury of covering huge swathes of land with solar panels.
In the same year.
When most people hear the words solar power they instantly think of good ole solar panels on rooftops or in a solar farm in the desert.
This large jump in efficiency resulted in the power output of a standard size.
Hypothetically covering the country s roads in solar technology gets us most of the way to being completely solar powered.
Germany is considered the world leader in solar energy as the country currently uses vastly more solar power than any other country.
By the end of 2016 cumulative photovoltaic capacity increased by more than 75 gigawatt gw and reached at least 303 gw sufficient to supply approximately 1 8 percent of the world s total electricity consumption.