1、Global Solar Report:2025 EditionThe State of PV Performance1 2025 Raptor Maps.All rights reserved.ContentsChapter 2:Anatomy of Power LossIntroductionExecutive SummaryChapter 1:Scaling Power,Sharpening PerformanceChapter 3:Benchmarking DC HealthConclusionAbout Raptor Maps2 2025 Raptor Maps.All rights
2、 reserved.IntroductionRaptor Maps studies the performance and risk profiles of solarassets around the world in order to distill industry trends and tohighlight opportunities for the rapidly growing solar industry.This report is a summary of Raptor Maps research.The 2025 Global Solar Report draws upo
3、n 193 GWdc of utility-scale and commercial and industrial(C&I)solar PV analysis,with67 GWdc of analysis in 2024 alone.In this report,you will find:Asset performance metrics over the last 5 years and findingson macro-trends driving underperformanceCommon problems found and their impact on powerproduc
4、tionTrends in site work automation and resource deploymentA wide range of performance benchmarks by:Type of panel technology utilizedCapacity of installationU.S.electric power markets and U.S.statesNote on Underperformance Data:We assign underperformance(power loss)by each granular issue observed to
5、 calculate power loss.This report corrects for sites inspected multiple times in a single calendar year(an increasing trend)and significant outliers.3Executive SummaryIn 2024,the solar industry demonstrated remarkable growth and resilience,surpassing 2terawatts(TW)in global capacity just two years a
6、fter broaching 1 terawatt 1.Thephotovoltaic(PV)market has cemented its position as a robust and competitivealternative to traditional energy generation,with the International Energy Agency(IEA)projecting solar to account for 80%of renewables growth by 2030 with strong installationfrom some of the wo