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schemes and some, such as Spain, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, and Romania, applied
retroactive measures to solar investments, seriously limiting the value of the assets held
by owners. This began to inject uncertainty into the market, which was compounded in
2012 with the introduction of preliminary antidumping measures on solar panels and cells
imported from China.
FIGURE 24.1 Evolution of total global installed solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity 2000–2016. SolarPower Europe,
2017, p. 4.
FIGURE 24.2 European solar PV connections 2000–2016 for selected countries. SolarPower Europe, 2017, p. 16.
