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Why photovoltaic power generation will become the mainstream energy in the future?

 

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Germany has announced that it will abolish nuclear power in 2022, following the Fukushima nuclear leak in Japan. After abandoning nuclear, Germany officially plans to "abandon coal".

 

On the morning of January 26, local time, after 20 hours of overnight talks, the German Coal Exit Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee") announced that it will close all coal-fired power plants by 2038.

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This marks a major shift in the energy strategy of Europe's largest country. Germany has long been a leader in cutting carbon dioxide emissions, but has become a laggard in recent years, falling far short of its targets. Although the proportion of coal power in the total power generation has declined in recent years, it still accounted for nearly 40% of Germany's total power generation in 2018.

 

"Decoaling" is not a new topic for Germany. As early as 2016, a draft document released by the German Ministry of the Environment showed that the country will reduce carbon emissions by shutting down all coal-fired power stations. The planned full exit schedule at the time was by 2050, and now it has been brought forward to 2038, apparently under enormous pressure from commitments to emission reduction targets.

This marks a major shift in the energy strategy of Europe's largest country. Germany has long been a leader in cutting carbon dioxide emissions, but has become a laggard in recent years, falling far short of its targets. Although the proportion of coal power in the total power generation has declined in recent years, it still accounted for nearly 40% of Germany's total power generation in 2018.

 

"Decoaling" is not a new topic for Germany. As early as 2016, a draft document released by the German Ministry of the Environment showed that the country will reduce carbon emissions by shutting down all coal-fired power stations. The planned full exit schedule at the time was by 2050, and now it has been brought forward to 2038, apparently under enormous pressure from commitments to emission reduction targets.

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In the next 5 to 10 years, photovoltaic power generation will become a new bright spot in the energy field. Because of its inexhaustible, inexhaustible, clean, environmentally friendly and non-polluting characteristics, solar energy will surely become a mainstream alternative to traditional energy in the near future.

 

Over the past 10 years, global solar PV power generation has increased by about 90 times, while costs have fallen by more than 90%. Although currently affected by the economic downturn in Europe and the United States, the photovoltaic market has some fluctuations, but in the next 10 years or even longer, solar energy will maintain a strong growth momentum and will become a mainstream energy source.

 

With the further aggravation of the greenhouse effect and the increasing attention paid to the global air pollution problem, more and more countries have put the abolition of coal power on the agenda, and most countries in the world have begun to pay attention to the renewable energy of photovoltaic and wind power. Investment and utilization of energy. A report pointed out that by 2050, the earth will use 100% clean energy, of which photovoltaic power generation will account for 69%.

 

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