– 30.2% The decrease of the solar thermal market in the European Union between 2023 and 2024
Slowdown contagion spread to the main European Union solar thermal markets, including the Greek market, said to be its ost stalwart, and depressed 2024 sales. The previous year’s 21.1% drop in collector surface worsened to 30.2%. In 2024, just over 1.3 million m² of collectors were installed – almost 570 000 m² less than in 2023. Many mainly residential segment-related factors contributed to this 100% European technology’s ill fortunes. Examples are the Europe-wide sluggish heating and construction markets, the dilution and suspension of several energy renovation aid policies, not to mention the sector’s struggle to compete with the current rush to adopt photovoltaic self-consumption. Announcements of
new mega-projects in a number of European countries mean that the very large installation segment is taking shape.
Category Archives: 2025
Photovoltaic barometer 2025

306 429.6 mw Cumulative photovoltaic capacity in the European Union in 2024
Once again, solar photovoltaic displayed its aptitude for rapid deployment on a global scale in 2024. The International Renewable Energy Agency, IRENA, reported that net maximum global photovoltaic capacity worldwide had risen to 1 858.6 GW by the end of the year, amounting to 451.9 GW of additional capacity in the space of 12 months. This amounts to a 28.1% year-on-year increase, compared to the 352.7 GW added in 2023. China towers above the rest of the world for installation (it added 278 GW) and accounts for over 60% of the global market. The European Union remained in second place in 2024 with net maximum additional capacity of about 60 GW, according to EurObserv’ER, and established a clear lead over the United States and India. This global solar growth now goes hand in hand with large scale development of electrochemical storage. China and the United States have already installed tens of GW of storage facilities, while the European and Indian markets are burgeoning.
23rd annual overview barometer
Wind energy barometer 2025

488.1 TWh The estimated electricity production from wind power in the EU of 27 in 2024
One of the European Union’s main weapons for combatting climate change and reducing our reliance on fossil energies is wind energy, which is also a driving force behind competitive electricity pricing for Europe’s economies. The year’s performance was slightly dented by a drop in newly connected capacity. If decommissioned capacity is subtracted from the total, net wind turbine capacity in the European Union to date reached 231.9 GW, having increased by 12.2 GW, including 1.7 GW of offshore capacity. A European regulation was adopted at the end of 2022 that set up a framework for accelerating renewable energy deployment, on the hypothesis that constructing and harnessing renewable energy production facilities are of major public interest. It should make construction permits easier to obtain and relaunch the sector as early as 2025. China’s wind energy market has kept its upward momentum with at least 80 GW of capacity connected in 2024.
Baromètre éolien 2025

488,1 TWh La production d’électricité éolienne estimée dans l’Union européenne à 27 en 2024
L’éolien est dans l’Union européenne un des principaux fers de lance de la lutte contre le changement climatique et de la réduction de notre dépendance aux énergies fossiles, tout en permettant à l’économie européenne de bénéficier d’un prix de l’électricité compétitif. Durant l’année 2024, la lame s’est un peu émoussée avec une baisse de la puissance nouvellement raccordée. Après déduction de la puissance mise hors service, la puissance éolienne nette de l’Union européenne a augmenté de 12,2 GW en 2024, dont 1,7 GW maritime, pour atteindre une puissance cumulée de 231,9 GW. L’adoption d’un règlement européen fin 2022 établissant un cadre en vue d’accélérer le déploiement des énergies renouvelables, présumant que la construction et l’exploitation d’énergies renouvelables présente un intérêt public majeur, devrait favoriser l’octroi des permis de construire et relancer la filière dès 2025. En Chine, le marché éolien a continué son ascension avec au moins 80 GW raccordés en 2024.