{"id":14103,"date":"2020-05-19T13:08:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T13:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/?p=14103"},"modified":"2020-05-19T13:08:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T13:08:49","slug":"the-impact-on-solar-pv-during-the-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/the-impact-on-solar-pv-during-the-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"The Impact on Solar PV During the COVID-19 Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14103\" class=\"elementor elementor-14103\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-88f08f2 lead-section elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"88f08f2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e9b627\" data-id=\"2e9b627\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a8449f article-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a8449f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Impact on Solar PV During the COVID-19 Pandemic<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-59e4205 toc-and-author-bio-section elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59e4205\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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href=\"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/the-impact-on-solar-pv-during-the-covid-19-pandemic\/#The-Setback\" title=\"The Setback\">The Setback<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/the-impact-on-solar-pv-during-the-covid-19-pandemic\/#The-Silver-Lining\" title=\"The Silver Lining\">The Silver Lining<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/the-impact-on-solar-pv-during-the-covid-19-pandemic\/#Vulnerability-and-Self-Sustenance\" title=\"Vulnerability and Self-Sustenance\">Vulnerability and Self-Sustenance<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca3eec6 right-column\" data-id=\"ca3eec6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d091abe author-bio elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"d091abe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \"name\": \"Aniket\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \"url\": \"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/author\/aniket\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \"image\": \"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/324fd7f9d0b3e667f7223919e56f046a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \"jobTitle\": \"Author\"  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/script><p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"author-bio-avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/324fd7f9d0b3e667f7223919e56f046a?s=50&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Aniket\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/p><p class=\"author-bio-text\"><span class=\"written-by-text\">Written by<\/span> <span class=\"job-title\">qualified solar engineer<\/span> <span class=\"author-name\">Aniket<\/span><span class=\"written-by-period\">.<\/span> <span class=\"last-updated-text\">Last updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2020-05-19 13:08:49\">May 19, 2020<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4caed31 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4caed31\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3770e9\" data-id=\"b3770e9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ff3f74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ff3f74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Within a few months, the Coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the global economy. All businesses are hit badly. The solar energy sector, however, is an interesting unfolding of a story. On the surface, the sector seems to have taken a hit like any other, however a closer look reveals that recent events are going to shape the future of this industry.<\/p>\n<p>There is an increased discussion for a \u2018green recovery\u2019, which puts clean and primarily solar energy at the heart of the economic recovery from this pandemic. The reduced pollution from lockdowns around the world has shown greater power generation from solar plants, garnering more attention to itself. In addition, people are realizing the importance of self-sustenance and energy independence, which adds to solar energy\u2019s long-term promise of a more secure world.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The-Setback\"><\/span>The Setback<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On April 28, a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/04\/1062792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UN report<\/a> stated that nearly half of the global workforce may lose their jobs due to Covid-19. This statistic, among many others, underlines the gravity of the economic slowdown this pandemic has brought. Unfortunately, this does not spare the solar power industry. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/about.bnef.com\/blog\/how-virus-outbreak-may-change-solar-manufacturing-qa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg New Energy Finance<\/a> expects the volume of new solar projects to fall 30% or more in 2020, while the solar industry itself forecasts a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seia.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-04\/2020-April-SEIA-COVID-Factsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decline in rooftop solar<\/a> of up to 70% in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rechargenews.com\/transition\/global-solar-growth-slides-18-as-covid-19-hits-market-woodmac\/2-1-791441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wood Mackenzie analysis<\/a> had originally forecasted the solar PV installations to be 129.5GW, but as the pandemic spread, they brought the number down to 106GW. Without a doubt, the hardest hit sectors are the small and medium scale solar businesses, which deal mainly with rooftop systems of sizes ranging from a few kW to a few hundred kW.<\/p>\n<p><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/graph-on-global-annual-pv-installations-by-region.webp 740w,https:\/\/ecotality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/graph-on-global-annual-pv-installations-by-region-300x142.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/graph-on-global-annual-pv-installations-by-region.jpg\" height=\"350\" width=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/graph-on-global-annual-pv-installations-by-region.jpg 740w, https:\/\/ecotality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/graph-on-global-annual-pv-installations-by-region-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14108 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"graph on global annual pv installations by region\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  > <\/picture><\/p>\n<p>The unfortunate part, however, is that the government is not keen in saving the solar energy sector.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2020\/05\/04\/coronavirus-crisis-hits-solar-wind-energy-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Post<\/a>, \u201cThe lack of attention to renewables in Congress\u2019s relief efforts so far is in stark contrast to 2009, when the United States spent $112 billion to boost \u2018green\u2019 energy, according to the World Resources Institute. The government\u2019s package then provided a mixture of grants and loans for a variety of renewable energy ventures \u2014 including a $465 million loan Tesla used to get its Fremont factory off the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The-Silver-Lining\"><\/span>The Silver Lining<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Thousands of jobs have been lost within the solar industry. But the International Energy Agency (IEA) has stated that while the demand for global energy fell 3.8 percent in the first quarter, renewables were the only source to post an increase in demand. This is attributed mainly to the growth of solar plants and their low operating prices.<\/p>\n<p>Worldwide, movements are taking shape to put clean energy \u2013 mainly solar \u2013 at the heart of the stimulus packages that will be employed to bring the economy back on rails. The most noteworthy of these is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2020\/04\/09\/european-green-deal-must-central-resilient-recovery-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demand by the ministers of 13 European nations<\/a> to put the \u2018European Green Deal\u2019 at the center of the green recovery. This includes nations such as Germany, France, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Solar energy plays a significant role, as it is the most flexible and cost-effective energy source in the Green Deal. Several other national and international organizations are demanding governments to focus on a more sustainable recovery by giving greater emphasis to solar power, such as CANSIA in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>In an unexpected way, lockdowns all over the world have <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5824644\/germany-coronavirus-solar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reduced pollution levels<\/a> by a large extent \u2013 six times lower than the last low in 2009, as per an IEA report. This has led to the reduction in diffusion of sunlight, which is a common occurrence in polluted areas. As a result, the direct sunlight is far more capable of producing peak or near peak power from arrays of solar plants.<\/p>\n<p>A study by the ETH Zurich said that global dimming from pollution can cost China, which is the world\u2019s greatest solar energy producer, billions of dollars due to pollution levels. The lockdown following the coronavirus outbreak has underlined solar power\u2019s potential to generate tremendous amounts of electricity in a much cleaner atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>For example, in Europe alone, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carbonbrief.org\/analysis-coronavirus-has-cut-co2-from-europes-electricity-system-by-39-per-cent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lockdown has cut CO2 emissions<\/a> by 39% and increased solar power generation by a staggering 28%. This has evidently attracted attention to what the <a href=\"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/climate-change-report-how-advantages-of-solar-energy-help\/\">combination of a cleaner environment and solar power<\/a> can do!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Vulnerability-and-Self-Sustenance\"><\/span>Vulnerability and Self-Sustenance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As the pandemic set in and news of lockdowns were heard, a wave of panic buying was seen among citizens. Their stocking up consisted of not only sanitizers and toilet paper, but seeds for vegetables and sometimes even solar panels and batteries.<\/p>\n<p>One example is this company in Australia that saw a 400% increase in solar panel and battery enquiries. Another is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/2020\/05\/05\/why-sunrun-stock-jumped-389-in-april.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunrun\u2019s nearly 40% jump<\/a> in stock prices, an all-time high for per-day sales in April, especially after a difficult few months after the pandemic began.<\/p>\n<p>People have realized, among other things, how vulnerable their lives are to events like these. They know that by being self-sustaining, being future-proof will take them a long way, until we have a <a href=\"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/how-many-solar-panels-to-power-the-world\/\">world powered by solar energy<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-513533f post-rating-section elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"513533f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72f6be6\" data-id=\"72f6be6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f32531a post-rating elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"f32531a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><!-- Rate my Post Plugin --><div  class=\"rmp-widgets-container rmp-wp-plugin rmp-main-container js-rmp-widgets-container js-rmp-widgets-container--14103 \"  data-post-id=\"14103\">    <!-- Rating widget -->  <div class=\"rmp-rating-widget js-rmp-rating-widget\">          <p class=\"rmp-heading rmp-heading--title\">        We hope you liked this article. 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