The study recommends policies to enhance solar energy uptake including the removal of non-economic trade barriers, developing stronger public-private partnerships, subsidizing research and development, and developing effective encouragement and support for innovation.
December 2011: The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published a study, titled “Solar Energy Perspectives,” exploring the role that solar energy could play in the long-term mitigation of climate change.
The study includes sections on markets, the outlook for solar energy, technologies and recommendations. The study also describes solar technologies including photovoltaics (PVs), solar heat, solar thermal electricity, and solar fuels, and further describes the policies that govern this energy resource. It recommends policies to enhance solar energy uptake including the removal of non-economic trade barriers, developing stronger public-private partnerships, subsidizing research and development, and developing effective encouragement and support for innovation. [Executive Summary] [IEA Press Release]