Michael Schmela

European Solar & Storage Set to Grow over 400% by 2025: Study
Household solar and also storage is set to grow from 3 GWh capability in 2020 to 12.8 GWh in 2025, said SolarPower Europe just recently. European residential solar & storage skyrocketed by 44% to 140,000 set up units in 2020.
Nov 29, 2021 // Storage, Walburga Hemetsberger, Europe, SolarPower Europe, Michael Schmela, Raffaele Rossi
Global Solar Installations Reached 138.2 GW in 2020
In spite of the ongoing effect of COVID-19, a massive 138.2 GW of solar was set up in 2020, representing an 18% boost compared to 2019, locates a new report by SolarPower Europe. The study additionally found that the global collective solar capability reached 773.2 GW, surpassing 3 quarters of a terawatt for the first time ever, in 2020.
Aug 30, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Walburga Hemetsberger, SolarPower Europe, covid-19, Michael Schmela, Aristotelis Chantavas, EPIA, European Photovoltaic Industry Association, Global Market Outlook report
Up to EUR7 billion financial investment could be required to reach 20GW of solar module manufacturing capacity in Europe
Europe's solar technology experts may need up to EUR7 billion (US$ 8.51 billion) in capital investment in order to scale up domestic production to be around the world affordable, however continued assistance will be important to maintain the sector in the long-term.
May 11, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Europe, wacker chemie, meyer burger, Soltec, baywa r.e., wacker, esg, Michael Schmela, SolarPower, Christian Westermeier
'Huge possibility' for Europe's residential battery storage market as Germany pioneers development
Europe's residential battery power storage systems (BESS) market is anticipated to proceed its higher trajectory in the coming years after 745MWh of additional capability was set up in 2019, standing for a 57% rise year-on-year.
Oct 5, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Germany, Europe, solar-plus-storage, SolarPower Europe, covid-19, Michael Schmela
Terawatt scale by 2022
The solar field is no stranger to breaking records. Probably the most remarkable figure to emerge from SolarPower Europe's new 'Global Market Outlook' is that the global solar sector will reach terawatt scale by 2022-- just four years after the 500 GW milestone was reached. Michael Schmela from SolarPower Europe sets out the reasoning behind this and also various other key searchings for in the record.
Jul 23, 2020 // Opinions, WORLD, covid-19, Terawatt, Michael Schmela