Despite its lack of abundant open space japan is.
Country with most advanced solar panel technology.
And we re all the way there nrel estimates that around 39 percent of the country s energy use could be supplied by rooftop solar panel systems equaling 1 118.
2020 new solar technology where are we headed.
Add in the rooftop space potential in the u s.
This large jump in efficiency resulted in the power output of a standard size.
And with good reason.
Traditional utility scale and rooftop solar panels have dominated the solar market until this point.
By early 2020 the leading country for solar power was china with 208 gw accounting for one third of global installed solar capacity.
In fact in 2009 germany installed 3 806 megawatts of solar energy capacity nearly eight times the amount installed by the u s.
As one of the most densely populated countries in the world japan does not have the luxury of covering huge swathes of land with solar panels.
Germany is considered the world leader in solar energy as the country currently uses vastly more solar power than any other country.
Hypothetically covering the country s roads in solar technology gets us most of the way to being completely solar powered.
In the same year.