In 2013, Worldwide Solar Power Installations Will Overtake Wind For The First Time

In 2013, Worldwide Solar Power Installations Will Overtake Wind For The First Time

Bloomberg New Energy Finance predicts that 33.8GW of new onshore wind farms, plus 1.7 GW of offshore wind power, will be added globally in 2013.

This compares with its median forecast of 36.7GW of new photovoltaic, or PV, capacity.

This year is set to be the first in which PV has added more megawatts than wind energy.

In 2012, wind