electricity production from solar photovoltaics among EU members. Together, they accounted for almost 60 percent of the region’s solar PV generation. Germany alone generated more than 60 gigawatt hours of solar electricity in 2022.
In 2022, the European Union had a solar photovoltaic electricity generation of 205 terawatt hours. Since 2012, solar power production in the region has more than tripled. Germany, Spain, and Italy are the countries with the largest Annual volume of electricity produced from solar photovoltaic in the European Union* from 2012 to 2022 (in gigawatt hours)
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EurObserv'ER. "Annual volume of electricity produced from solar photovoltaic in the European Union* from 2012 to 2022 (in gigawatt hours)." Chart. May 5, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 08, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/863229/solar-photovoltaic-power-electricity-production-volume-european-union-eu-28/
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EurObserv'ER. "Annual Volume of Electricity Produced from Solar Photovoltaic in The European Union* from 2012 to 2022 (in Gigawatt Hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/863229/solar-photovoltaic-power-electricity-production-volume-european-union-eu-28/
EurObserv'ER, Annual volume of electricity produced from solar photovoltaic in the European Union* from 2012 to 2022 (in gigawatt hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/863229/solar-photovoltaic-power-electricity-production-volume-european-union-eu-28/ (last visited May 08, 2024)
Annual volume of electricity produced from solar photovoltaic in the European Union* from 2012 to 2022 (in gigawatt hours) [Graph], EurObserv'ER, May 5, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/863229/solar-photovoltaic-power-electricity-production-volume-european-union-eu-28/