160 120 140 100 80 60 40 20 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Year figure 10. The global annual PV module production by region. (Source: Fraunhofer Inst. for Solar Energy, " Photovoltaics report, " Jul. 27, 2021; used with permission.) Rest of World North America Europe Asia of thin films and some new solar modules. Figures 6 and 7 illustrate the data. Monocrystalline solar cell efficiency is about 4.3% higher than that of polycrystalline, while copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) is about 2.4% higher than that of cadmium telluride (CdTe). Table 1 highlights the key features and efficiency levels of different solar PV technologies as well as the pros and cons of each implementation. Solar PV Modules- Production and Installation At the end of 2020, China had the most installed solar PV power, followed by Europe and North America, as shown in Figure 8. The chart in Figure 9 shows the global production rate of Calling PES Members! Save $130 now! During early bird registration for the 2022 IEEE PES General Meeting Early bird rates end 10 June 2022 pes-gm.org Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MPE.2022.3161855 84 ieeepower & energy magazine may/june 2022 Global Annual Production (GWp)http://www.pes-gm.org