In 2022, the European Union (EU-27) installed 41.4 gigawatts (GW) of new solar PV capacity. However, EU manufacturers only produced 1.7 GW of wafers, 1.37 GW of cells, and 9.22 GW of modules that year. Had all this output been deployed in the EU, it would have only met a small amount of the bloc's solar deployment capacity needs. This shows the current limited scale of the EU's solar PV industry. By comparison, manufacturers produced 17 GW worth of onshore wind turbines in 2021, exceeding deployment capacity needs.
European manufacturing and deployment capacities of select clean technologies from 2021 to 2022, by component
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Figures are for the manufacturing capacity in Europe of selected clean technologies, compared to the deployment (i.e. installation) of clean technologies. Figures do not show the manufacturing capacity destined for exports of clean technologies, and the deployment of imported clean technologies.
Deployment capacity of solar PV refers to newly installed capacity of solar PV in EU27. Deployment capacity of wind onshore/offshore refers to newly installed capacity of onshore/offshore wind installations in Europe (EU and United Kingdom). Deployment capacity refers to the million units of EVs sold in Europe (EU, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and United Kingdom) according to IEA (2022). Deployment capacity is computed by multiplying the amount of electric vehicles sold in Europe (EU, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and United Kingdom) in 2021 and 43 kWh (equivalent to the average capacity of a battery in battery electric vehicles (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV)). Manufacturing capacity of heat pumps is equal to 68 percent (equivalent to the share of suppliers located in Europe) of the total units sold in 2021. Units sold include brine-water, air-water, air-air and sanitary hot water systems sold in Europe (Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom) in 2022. Manufacturing capacity refers to the capacity of electrolysers in Europe (EU, Norway, Iceland, and United Kingdom).
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Bruegel. (May 17, 2023). European manufacturing and deployment capacities of select clean technologies from 2021 to 2022, by component [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1428182/europe-cleantech-manufacturing-and-deployment-by-component/
Bruegel. "European manufacturing and deployment capacities of select clean technologies from 2021 to 2022, by component." Chart. May 17, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1428182/europe-cleantech-manufacturing-and-deployment-by-component/
Bruegel. (2023). European manufacturing and deployment capacities of select clean technologies from 2021 to 2022, by component. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1428182/europe-cleantech-manufacturing-and-deployment-by-component/
Bruegel. "European Manufacturing and Deployment Capacities of Select Clean Technologies from 2021 to 2022, by Component." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1428182/europe-cleantech-manufacturing-and-deployment-by-component/
Bruegel, European manufacturing and deployment capacities of select clean technologies from 2021 to 2022, by component Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1428182/europe-cleantech-manufacturing-and-deployment-by-component/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
European manufacturing and deployment capacities of select clean technologies from 2021 to 2022, by component [Graph], Bruegel, May 17, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1428182/europe-cleantech-manufacturing-and-deployment-by-component/