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Milestones since 2000
Turning points in solar policy, prices, technology and markets, with the source for each.
Silicon-perovskite tandem cell reaches 35.5%
LONGi's two-terminal laboratory cell, certified by the European Commission's ESTI, beat its own 34.85% record from 2025.
Read at source: pv magazineSolar meets three-quarters of the growth in world electricity demand
Ember's Global Electricity Review 2026: solar generation rose by a record 636 TWh in 2025, to 2,778 TWh, and met 75% of the net increase in demand.
Read at source: EmberIraq opens the first phase of the Karbala solar plant
The plant began supplying 22 MW to the national grid, with 75 MW expected within two months.
Read at source: Iraq Business NewsSilicon solar cell reaches 27.81% efficiency
LONGi's hybrid back-contact cell, confirmed by Germany's ISFH, set a world record for silicon.
Read at source: pv magazineChina installs a record 277 GW of solar in a single year
Official figures put China's new solar capacity in 2024 at 277.17 GW.
Read at source: pv magazineIraq signs a USD 27 billion deal with TotalEnergies, including 1 GW of solar
The agreement bundles gas, water and power projects, among them a 1 GW solar plant.
Read at source: Al-MonitorSolar investment overtakes oil production for the first time
The IEA expected spending on solar to pass USD 1 billion a day in 2023, more than investment in oil production.
Read at source: Engineering NewsThe world passes 1 terawatt of installed solar
Cumulative solar capacity worldwide passed 1,000 GW in early 2022.
Read at source: pv magazineIEA: solar is becoming the "new king" of electricity markets
Launching its World Energy Outlook 2020, the International Energy Agency said solar was set to lead growth in world power supply.
Read at source: PV TechAl Dhafra sets the world's lowest solar tariff: 1.35 US cents per kWh
Abu Dhabi Power Corporation announced the tariff for the 2 GW Al Dhafra solar plant.
Read at source: WAM (Emirates News Agency)Saudi Arabia's first solar tender draws bids below 2 US cents per kWh
Bids for the 300 MW Sakaka plant set a new low for the price of solar power.
Read at source: Renewable Energy World (Bloomberg)Abu Dhabi receives a record-low solar bid of 2.42 US cents per kWh
JinkoSolar and Marubeni offered 2.42 US cents per kilowatt-hour for the Sweihan plant, the lowest solar price bid at the time.
Read at source: CleanTechnicaChina overtakes Germany in installed solar
After record additions in 2015, China became the country with the most solar capacity installed.
Read at source: pv magazineInternational Solar Alliance launched at the Paris climate conference
India and France launched an alliance of sun-rich countries to expand the use of solar energy, on the opening day of COP21.
Read at source: UNFCCCGermany's Renewable Energy Sources Act takes effect
The EEG guaranteed renewable generators, solar included, a fixed price for every kilowatt-hour fed into the grid, for 20 years.
Read at source: Energy Transition (Heinrich Böll Foundation)
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