Digital Innovation as an Accelerator for Rapid Growth in Solar

Description and Background: To achieve the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 in line with the UN Paris Agreement on climate change, renewable energy must be deployed at significantly greater speed and scale than it has to date. In particular, solar PV is viewed as key to achieving this goal. While supply chain issues and labor shortages are currently plaguing the solar industry's growth, the long-term challenge for solar PV is to deploy with speed, at scale, and at a sustained rate for the next several decades.

To illustrate the scope of this challenge, consider this: industry experts estimate that to get to net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050, we must install 455 gigawatts (GW) of new solar PV capacity globally each year through 2030. Total U.S. installed solar capacity stood at about 121 GW as of early 2022, and that of China – the world’s largest solar-energy market – at perhaps 350 GW. So each year, the world must deploy roughly as much solar as has ever been installed in its two largest economies, to support the 2050 net zero goal.

This poster will explore how the solar industry can tackle this challenge of deployment through centralized, intelligent tools that lead to better project, site, asset and field management. It will share insights on key areas of deployment like how to speed deployment timelines, reduce cancellation rates, and scale your commercial and residential programs. It will also share best practices for managing a diverse supplier and subcontractor network to ensure high visibility.