The Outlook for Global Solar Energy Continues to Be Bright
China and the US may be reducing policy support for the solar power sector, but Goldman Sachs Research still expects rapid growth, with solar installations set to rise by 57% between 2024
Of the 309 PV station clusters (hereafter, PV parks), the top 7% largest ones account for 61% of the total area of PV power stations, indicating that PV power stations in the Northwest tend to be developed in the form of large-scale centralized PV parks.
This method also can be further applied to other regional studies, because many large PV power stations around the world are being established at a similar scale and landscapes (i.e., sparsely populated areas with open and flat land, such as the Sahara desert (Nordrum, 2019) or the grasslands of Australia (Owano and Xplore, 2017).
Furthermore since this facility is located alongside Nevada Solar One (64 MW capacity), Boulder Solar (150 MW capacity) and Tecren Solar projects (300MW) in the Eldorado Valley thus is attributed as one of the largest photovoltaic plants in US by forming a solar generating complex of more than 1 GW.
Land used for PV power stations were mainly converted from Gobi desert, sandy land, sparse and moderate grassland. The focus of China's PV industry is shifting from the northwest to the south and east. Many leading countries are boosting renewables, especially solar energy, as a major way to mitigate future energy crises and climate change.
China and the US may be reducing policy support for the solar power sector, but Goldman Sachs Research still expects rapid growth, with solar installations set to rise by 57% between 2024
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