Full Title: Global Solar Report: 2025 Edition: The State of PV Performance
Author(s): Raptor Maps
Publisher(s): Canary Media
Publication Date: April 17, 2025
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Description (excerpt):
The global solar industry has surpassed 2 terawatts of installed capacity—but asset performance isn’t keeping pace. Over the past 5 years, equipment-driven underperformance increased by 214%, translating to potentially US$10 billion of unrealized revenue for the industry in 2024. Raptor Maps’ 2025 Global Solar Report provides an unprecedented look into the state of solar performance across 193 GWdc of utility-scale and C&I assets. For owners and operators, the message is clear but unsurprising: asset management and operational excellence are two defining levers for profitability.
In this report, you’ll learn:
– How performance varies across the industry: Benchmarks by market, asset capacity, and module technology
– What’s driving power loss: A detailed look at drivers of power capacity loss, including weather-related risk exposure by U.S. power market
– How market dynamics contextualize solar performance: Analysis and research on how solar tailwinds that motivate capacity growth have impacted operations and labor
– How leaders are responding: New technologies for remote monitoring and resource optimization, including automation and robotics
– Why precision intelligence matters: A breakdown of issues most impactful to site health and how best-in-class owners and operators approach increasingly complex needs for asset management
– What’s next for solar: Smarter workflows, targeted interventions, and evolving methods for troubleshooting & monitoring