Analyst IHS says this would beat the previous high of 12.7GW in the same quarter of 2013.

According to an IHS report, PV Demand Tracker, the top five solar markets this year in terms of new capacity will be China, Japan, the US, the UK and Germany.

“The second half of 2014 will see a surge in global PV demand driven by incentive policy changes in several key markets, as well as the ramping of installations triggered by record low system prices,” says IHS.

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