Electricity Shortage Boosts Solar Energy
Date
8/30/2022 4:06:31 AM
(MENAFN- Swissinfo)
Solar energy systems supplied 6.5% of the electricity required in Switzerland in the first half of 2022 © Keystone / Jean-christophe Bott
Fears of an electricity shortage in Switzerland appear to have had a positive effect on the expansion of solar energy. The Swiss federal Office of Energy (SFOE) expects the market to grow by around 50% in 2022.
This content was published on August 30, 2022 - 09:51 August 30, 2022 - 09:51 Keystone-SDA/ts
New photovoltaic construction in Switzerland rose by 43% to 683 megawatts in 2021, revealed SFOE statistics on solar energy published in July. This year the SFOE expects an increase of 900-1,000 megawatts in solar energy, according to an enquiry by the Swiss News Agency Keystone-SDA. This corresponds to a market growth of around 50%.
The SFOE currently expects production to exceed 1,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) per kilowatt (kW) of installed capacity in 2022, a spokeswoman said. In 2021 the figure was 895kWh. The long-term average was around 960kWh.
In 2021 as a whole the share of solar power production in domestic electricity consumption was still just under 6% owing to weather conditions. According to the industry association Swissolar, solar energy systems supplied 6.5% of the electricity required in Switzerland in the first half of 2022.
The SFOE confirmed this estimate and also expects a slight increase in the current year. With a production of 960kWh per kW of installed capacity, more than 1% of Switzerland's electricity consumption could be additionally covered each year with the current expansion.
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