Sharp Solar, a subsidiary of Sharp Electronics, is a solar energy products company owned by Sharp Corporation and based in Osaka, Japan.
Solar power has a small role in electricity production in the United Kingdom.
Feed-in electricity tariffs (FiT) were introduced in Germany to encourage the use of new energy technologies such as wind power, biomass, hydropower, geothermal power and solar photovoltaics. Feed-in tariffs are a policy mechanism designed to accelerate investment in renewable energy technologies by providing them remuneration above the retail or wholesale rates of electricity. The mechanism provides long-term security to renewable energy producers, typically based on the cost of generation of each technology. Technologies such as wind power, for instance, are awarded a lower per-kWh price, while technologies such as solar PV and tidal power are offered a higher price, reflecting higher costs.
Solar power in Arizona has the potential to, according to then-Governor Janet Napolitano, make Arizona "the Persian Gulf of solar energy". In 2012, Arizona had 1,106 MW of photovoltaic (PV) solar power systems, and 6 MW of concentrated solar power (CSP), bringing the total to over 1,112 megawatts (MW) of solar power. As an example, the Solana Generating Station, a 280 MW parabolic trough solar plant, when commissioned in 2013, was the largest parabolic trough plant in the world and the first U.S. solar plant with molten salt thermal energy storage.
EDF Renewables is a wholly owned subsidiary of the French utility EDF Group, specializing in renewable energy production. As an integrated operator, the Group develops and finances the construction of renewable energy facilities, and manages operations and maintenance for its own account and for third parties.
Development of solar power in Greece started in 2006 and installations of photovoltaic systems skyrocketed from 2009 because of the appealing feed-in tariffs introduced and the corresponding regulations for domestic applications of rooftop solar PV. In 2019, 90% of the around 2.5 GWp capacity was installed in 2011, 2012 and 2013. However, funding the FITs created an unacceptable deficit of more than €500 million in the Greek "Operator of Electricity Market" RES fund. To reduce that deficit, new regulations were introduced in August 2012 including retrospective feed-in tariffs reduction, with further reductions over time. These measures enabled the deficit to be erased by 2017.
The installed capacity of wind power in Hungary was 329 MW as of April 2011. Most of wind farms are in the Kisalföld region.
Energy in Greece is dominated by fossil gas and oil. Electricity generation is dominated by the one third state owned Public Power Corporation. In 2009 DEI supplied for 85.6% of all electric energy demand in Greece, while the number fell to 77.3% in 2010. Almost half (48%) of DEI's power output in 2010 was generated using lignite. 12% of Greece's electricity comes from hydroelectric power plants and another 20% from natural gas. Between 2009 and 2010, independent companies' energy production increased by 56%, from 2,709 Gigawatt hour in 2009 to 4,232 GWh in 2010.
Solar power in France including overseas territories reached an installed capacity figure of 11.2 GW in 2020, and rose further to 17.1 GW at the end of 2022. Government plans announced in 2022 foresee solar PV capacity in France rising to 100 GW by 2050.
Solar power in Mexico has the potential to produce vast amounts of energy. 70% of the country has an insolation of greater than 4.5 kWh/m2/day. Using 15% efficient photovoltaics, a square 25 km (16 mi) on each side in the state of Chihuahua or the Sonoran Desert could supply all of Mexico's electricity.
Solar power in South Africa includes photovoltaics (PV) as well as concentrated solar power (CSP). As of 2023, South Africa had over 2700 MW of installed PV solar power capacity in its grid, in addition to 500 MW of CSP. Installed capacity is expected to reach 8,400 MW by 2030.
Solar power in the Netherlands has an installed capacity of around 19,600 megawatt (MW) of photovoltaics as of the end of 2022. Around 4,777 MW of new capacity was installed during 2022.
Solar power in Switzerland has demonstrated consistent capacity growth since the early 2010s, influenced by government subsidy mechanisms such as the implementation of the feed-in tariff in 2009 and the enactment of the revised Energy Act in 2018. By the end of 2022, solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity had reached 4.7 GW, a notable increase from the 0.1 GW recorded in 2010. Concurrently, the contribution of solar power to electricity generation also rose, climbing from 0.1% in 2010 to 6.2% in 2022.
Mount Signal Solar, also known as Imperial Valley Solar Project, is a 794 MWp (614 MWAC) photovoltaic power station west of Calexico, California, United States, in the southern Imperial Valley, near the Mexican border. The facility is being developed and constructed by 8minutenergy Renewables in three phases, with two completed as of 2018. At full build-out, it will be one of the world's largest PV solar farms with a capacity of about 800 MWp (600 MWAC). The project has been supported by several environmental groups, as the power station was built on low productivity farmland.
Felsőzsolca Solar Park is a large thin-film photovoltaic (PV) power system, built on a 45 ha plot of land located in Felsőzsolca in Hungary. The solar park has around 74,000 state-of-the-art thin film PV panels for a total nameplate capacity of 20-megawatts, and was finished in November 2018. The solar park is expected to supply around 63 GWh of electricity per year enough to power some 10,000 average homes.
Dunai (Százhalombatta) Solar Park is a large thin-film photovoltaic (PV) power system, built on a 40 ha plot of land located in Százhalombatta in Hungary. The solar park has around 76,000 state-of-the-art thin film PV panels for a total nameplate capacity of 17.6-megawatts, and was finished in October 2018. The solar park is expected to supply around 63 GWh of electricity per year enough to power some 9,000 average homes.
Mátra Solar Power Plant is a large thin-film photovoltaic (PV) power system, built on a 30 ha plot of land located in Visonta in Hungary. The solar park has around 72,480 state-of-the-art thin film PV panels for a total nameplate capacity of 16-megawatts, and was finished in November 2015.
Pécs Solar Park is a large thin-film photovoltaic (PV) power system, built on a 20 ha plot of land located in Pécs in Hungary. The solar park has around 38,000 state-of-the-art thin film PV panels for a total nameplate capacity of 20-megawatts, and was finished in April 2016. The solar park is expected to supply around 63 GWh of electricity per year enough to power some 10,000 average homes.
MET Group is a Swiss-based European energy company with activities in natural gas, and power markets, focused on multi-commodity wholesale, trading and sales, renewable energy and industrial assets. MET was founded in 2007, starting as a MOL subsidiary. In 2022, MET Group's natural gas trading volume was 109 BCM.
