Global PV installation additions will slow to a crawl next year after registering a 34% year-on-year expansion in 2016 – and completing an uninterrupted 10 years of growth, said analyst IHS Markit.

The research group expects the world to end the year with an extra 77GW in place, with strong demand from China driving another bumper year following the 32% year-on-year growth seen in 2015 – the first time this decade that expansion has beaten 30% for two years in a row.

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