According to the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), solar PV installations accelerated in 2013, with more than 38.4 GW installed during the year, up from 30 GW in 2012. China was the largest installer in 2013, with 11.8 GW added during the year, overtaking Europe (11 GW added in 2013). Europe thus only accounted for 29% of global capacity additions, compared to 59% in 2012 (17.7 GW). Japan added 6.9 GW while the United States installed 4.8 GW. Germany was the top European market with 3.3 GW. Several other European markets exceeded the one GW mark: the UK (1.5 GW), Italy (1.4 GW), Romania (1.1 GW) and Greece (1.04 GW ; PV now covers 3% of the electricity demand and 6% of the peak electricity demand in Europe. Several European markets that performed well in the past went down in 2013: Belgium (215
MW), France (613 MW) and Denmark (200 MW). Outside Europe, several markets continued to grow at a reasonable pace, including India (1,115
MW), Korea (442 MW), Thailand (317 MW) and Canada (444 MW). EPIA forecasts indicate that the globalisation trend of PV markets observed in 2013 will continue and further accentuate in the coming years.
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