103 GW of PV installed in 2018

EnergyTrend (Taiwan-based market research company) said global solar demand was up 4.9% year-on-year in 2018, to 103 GW. In its previous forecast, released in September, the company had predicted new global PV capacity of 100 GW for last year. In 2019, EnergyTrend expects the global market may grow by as much as 7.7%, to 111.3 GW, with the EU highlighted as one of the growing markets for 2019, with expected year-on-year growth of more than 50%.