European labor shortage hinder the installation of solar panels

European labor shortage hinder the installation of solar panels

Just as the European continent strives to deal with an unprecedented energy shortage crisis, thousands of solar panels are idle in warehouses across Europe. After the Russian and Ukraine War, electricity bill prices soared, which provided reasons for accelerating the transformation of renewable energy. Household and enterprises' demand for solar energy is soaring; the supply of batteries is also increasing to meet this demand. However, there is still a key problem: there are not enough engineers to install the roof module at a fast speed to keep up with the progress of the order.

Bloomberg chief photovoltaic analyst Jenny Chase said: "Photovoltaic power generation is an infrastructure, you cannot build infrastructure by moving your fingers. In fact, the photovoltaic company began to realize that in fact, the speed they installed is slower than the speed of customers' buying. ","

It's reported that in the export data of the world's largest solar panel manufacturer, there have also been accumulated orders that have not been delivered. According to the data of Bloombergnef, from January to July, China's total sales to Europe were US $ 14.2 billion, or about 54 billion watts. This is enough to provide electricity for more than 16 million German families, and also exceeds BNEF forecast -BNEF is expected to have 41 billion watts of European installed capacity this year.

Dries Acke, the policy director of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association, said that the photovoltaic installed capacity of Europe will still record in 2022, but if everyone seeks to install solar panels can get solar panels later, then this number will be higher.

ACKE said: "The installations of many countries have been scheduled for the next few weeks or even a few months. In Belgium or Germany, the solar panels ordered now may not be installed before March."

The problem is that installing solar panels on the roof is a labor -intensive project. Daniel Tipping, an analyst of the consulting company Wood Mackenzie LTD. analyst, pointed out that the interruption due to insufficient installation staff was more common in the industry when building large -scale power plants in public institutions.

Holaluz-Clidom Sa, one of Spain's largest roof installation company, has opened a college to train workers to solve the problem of labor shortage. The company's CEO Carlota Pi Amoros said that it took about 180 days one year ago to install the roof solar system, but it only takes up to 45 days now.

Pi AMOROS said in an interview: "Spain's demand for solar energy is very strong. We have entered autumn, and we guarantee to customers that they will get solar panels before winter. This is a very powerful selling point."

In addition, although the shortage of labor is the main bottleneck in the current European photovoltaic industry, in Rotterdam, the largest port in continental Europe, the accumulation of battery plates is also related to logistics. According to reports, it has been delayed in the customs. The shortage of chip means that some panels lack inverters used to deal with power.

German Solar Trading Platform PVXCHANGE Trading GMBH managing director Martin Schachinger said: "If this shortage delay the growth of the industry, we will have no chance to achieve our climate goals in the next few years."

In the first half of this year, sales in the European market more than doubled. However, due to the problem of affecting the logistics chain, the needs of some European countries are expected to slow down in the second half of the year.

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