Table 1 Land areas (as percentage of global total land) required to meet energy demand using PV under different scenarios, and the change in PV potential due to climate change
Regions | Land area required with conventional PV technologies across the SSPs | Land area required with new PV technologies across the SSPs | Change in PV potential (irrespective of the technology considered) across the RCPs, 2085 (2071–2100) | Land area required with conventional PV technologies across the SSP-RCPs | Land area required with new PV technologies across the SSP-RCPs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Asia and Pacific | 1.0–2.2% | 0.5–1.7% | −3.2 to −5.3% | 1.2–2.7% | 0.6 2.1% |
Europe and Central Asia | 0.4–1.1% | 0.2–0.9% | −3.3 to −4.6% | 0.5–1.3% | 0.2–1.0% |
Latin America and the Caribbean | 0.2–0.4% | 0.1–0.% | −3.1 to −3.5% | 0.3–0.5% | 0.1–0.4% |
Middle East and North Africa | 1.2–2.5% | 0.6–2.0% | −4.5 to −6.8% | 1.5–3.2% | 0.7–2.5% |
North America | 0.5–1.7% | 0.3–1.3% | −4.3 to −5.5% | 0.6–2.0% | 0.3–1.6% |
South Asia | 0.8–1.7% | 0.4–1.3% | −3.8 to −7.8% | 1.0–2.2% | 0.5–1.7% |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.06–0.13% | 0.03–0.1% | −4.2 to −6.5% | 0.08–0.17% | 0.04–0.13% |
