What are the countries in the world that use solar energy more?

The countries in the world today that use solar panels to generate more electricity are mainly divided between the Middle East, Southern Europe, North America, Australia, and Southeast Asia. In addition to the outstanding geographical factors, other aspects also influence the use of solar energy by residents.

What are the reasons that lead countries and regions to choose solar energy?

(1) Long Daylight Hours. When solar panels are used to generate electricity, having longer days increases the operating hours of the panels because solar panels require solar energy for basic energy conversion, and the efficiency of solar energy use is almost zero during the night. In this way, areas with longer days have an advantage in the use of solar panels, and in the absence of widespread use of solar panels at night, the length of the day is the main important factor.

(2) Climate. Compared to Sweden and Russia, countries near the poles, which are in winter for a longer period of time, not only have fewer daytime hours but also the intensity of the sun is not up to standard, so installing solar panels does not maximize the benefits of solar panels. On the contrary, near the equator near the countries and regions due to the impact of the geographic environment for a long time, high intensity of direct sunlight has become a regional characteristic, this feature facing the development of solar energy has more potential and advantages.

(3) Economic strength. From the global geographic location of solar power generation in a few high countries and not on the equator, the establishment of large-scale photovoltaic power stations require huge costs, as a non-mainstream power generation method of economic strength of the average country naturally can not be put into a large number of use, they will prioritize the traditional power generation, solar power belongs to the new edge of the science and technology, there is no strong economic support for the completion of this future planning is unrealistic.

(4) Market. As the only popular renewable resources, the amount of use without worrying about how much, with a huge market in China also deserves to become a large country in the development of solar energy, solar panels as a popular resource to a large extent to increase the solar power generation has become a popular demand, this demand consolidates the country’s position in the global solar power generation.

(5) Scarcity of resources. In countries such as South Korea and Japan, the area available for power generation is too small to meet the needs of residents, and the war factor makes it impossible to maintain basic power needs, and households living in remote areas have greater difficulties in power transmission, and islands and mountainous areas have a great need for this convenient solar energy.

(6) Positively responding to the carbon neutral program. In the global carbon neutral and environmentally friendly outlook, the United States, led by the superpowers to respond positively to the national call for the universalization of solar panels, and in-depth pursuit of every resident can use solar panels.

Incentive programs to promote solar energy development

In fact, the government also plays a large part in the development of new energy sources, in addition to tax credits for solar panels, many regions also provide incentive programs to promote public understanding and use of the solar industry, for example, California in the United States is at the forefront of solar energy development, by its own power to drive the surrounding states to gradually join in.

Where is the best place to install solar?

In addition to the two poles of the country, other regions of the light fully meet the needs of a normal family use, solar energy is not the main power generation resources at this stage, if you can, set up solar power system in areas closer to the equator is a good choice, in addition to the Gobi, the desert, the region is higher completely open-air is also a good choice.

To summarize 

The development of solar energy is not only related to the region, the country’s promotion is also an essential factor, in fact, there are many areas of the world there is a huge potential for solar energy development has yet to be developed. The future prospects of the solar energy industry need to be developed, not yet realized as a major source of electricity.