As renewable energies become more and more important in the Netherlands, the solar market is constantly gaining ground. Hence Holland Solar, the Dutch industry association, expects a total of 1 GW of new PV installations in 2017. This estimate is mainly based upon the stable investment environment in the sector.
An ambitious national energy plan is meant to push solar in the Netherlands. The plan intends for 1 – 2 million Dutch households to be furnished with PV installations over the course of the next 10 years.
In Turkey, new PV projects face a long and tiring bureaucratic process before they can be put to action. As a result, a current auction is receiving little attention. Nonetheless, Turkey’s solar sector continues to grow.
The new American president Donald J. Trump has released a first statement regarding the government’s energy plans. It puts clear emphasis on shale oil and completely ignores renewables in the USA.
Ukraine is likely to exceed the 1 GW barrier this year, with 56 new major PV installations planned. If all of these plans are brought to action, it will add 488 MW to the Eastern-European country’s PV capacity.
India seems to have overcome the rough patches its solar sector went through over the past years. With a variety of new projects and developments in sight, the future of the solar market in India is in fact one of the rosiest.
