Solar Energy 2017 Outlook

State level action and competitive costs help renewables.

Solar energy 2017 outlook.

Four large scale shifts in the global energy system set the scene for the world energy outlook 2017. Analysts are not overly concerned that a new president could stop the growth of solar at least not for 2017. Energy information administration s eia annual energy outlook 2020 aeo2020 reference case u s. Economy continues through 2050.

Solar is one of the best options for that for carbon reduction in certain places he said. Energy consumption grows more slowly than gross domestic product throughout the projection period 2050 as u s. The rapid deployment and falling costs of clean energy technologies the growing electrification of energy the shift to a more services oriented economy and a cleaner energy mix in china and the resilience of shale gas and tight oil in the united states. The clean power plan is one regulation that is on the chopping block but that wasn t supposed to go into effect until 2020.

Projections in the annual energy outlook 2017 aeo2017 are not predictions of what will happen but rather modeled projections of what may happen given certain assumpti ons and methodologies. A new year promises new advances in solar technology and policy. Energy efficiency continues to increase. Even in the u s.

This decline in the energy intensity of the u s. Outlook for energy report. 246 world energy outlook 2017 global energy rends in the united states solar pv and wind power is set for strong growth over the medium term but then capacity growth slows on the assumption that the clean power plan is not implemented at the federal level. Here is our list of what to expect in the solar market in 2017.

Solar energy outlook for 2017. The federal and state level that prom ote the use of wind and solar energy. A perspective to 2040 the outlook for energy is exxonmobil s view of energy demand and supply through 2040. First solar s cautious 2016 and 2017 outlook in a defining year 1 historically vertically integrated solar cost leader first solar has executed well on its growth plans and technical.

We have made numerous strides in the solar industry in 2016 and predict there will be many more to come in the year ahead.