Net capacity of solar PV installed in the European Union 2017-2023

Published by Lucía Fernández, Jun 4, 2024

The 27 European Union members added 53.1 gigawatts worth of solar photovoltaic capacity in 2023, up from 32.8 gigawatts in 2022. Overall, this was a significant increase when compared to the previous years.

Annual net solar photovoltaic capacity additions installed in the European Union* from 2017 to 2023 (in megawatts)

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April 2024

Region

Europe

Survey time period

2017 to 2023

Supplementary notes

* Figures from 2017 to 2019 refer to the EU-28 (including the United Kingdom). As of 2021, figures correspond to the EU-27, in which data for the United Kingdom is no longer included.

The source did not provide values for 2020.

This statistic was compiled using several releases of the publication.

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