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USA, being the leader among many nations world wide, is not the leading user of solar power since they can easily afford to buy fossil fuels from the global market. Quite a few countries however, are looking into some much better alternative which could free them from the continually soaring price of oil in the market. The most considered alternative source of power is the solar power and more and more nations are looking on making it the principal source of power. Below are some of the nations that mostly considered the use of solar power technology as their principal source of power. Germany is no . 1 on the list. Approximately 50% of the pv cells in the world market is being captured by Germany. To prove that they're the main user of solar power, nowhere else worldwide can you find the most number of homeowners with solar power panels installed on their roof tops. In 2000, the country has passed this so-called Renewable Energies Laws (EEG). The law made the Germans realized that going green is more preferable. According to reports, Germans devoted about US$5 billion in solar photovoltaic systems and have contributed considerable in the development of the solar energy market. Although most of the things that we see are solar energy panels, it doesn’t mean that Germany’s solar industry isn't limited to the production of pv cells for electricity. Home water heating system is one of other noteworthy usage of solar energy panels in Germany. Several news indicate that the German solar hot water market earns fU.S.$1.5 billion per year. Another visible proof of Germany being the number one user of solar power is the “solar park” in Arnstein. With over 1,400 PV solar power panels which made it one of the biggest photovoltaic plants globally can produce 12 megawatts of energy. It became operational in 2006. Next to Germany, Spain has shown its aggressive and pro-active approach in solar energy causing them to have a market share of 27% all over the world market particularly in the pv cells usage. It has constantly built solar fields across the country and the 60MW solar field in Olmedilla de Alarcon is amongst the latest ones. Spain is known to have major solar plants and these include the solar park outside of Salamanca which have 70,000 PV panels divided into three 36-hectare arrays that has been powering about 5,000 homes with its 13.8 megawatts since it opened in 2007. With Germany and Spain's successful ways of utilizing alternative source of energy, solar power in these case, other nations follow the lead. Each nations taking the initiative were Japan and the US both have 8% market share in the photovoltaic world market. Their share may be a far cry compared to the main nations but still its comforting to learn that more and more nations endeavor to improve in worldwide solar market. Other significant country that makes use of solar power includes Algeria, Australia, Italy, and Portugal. Apart from the rich European nations, people in Israel and India are realizing the significance of having alternative sources of energy. Other countries aside from the ones stated earlier are slowly catching up and are also considering the use of solar power as an alternative source of power particularly now that the price of oil continues to soar globally market. Countries like Israel required all residential building to install solar water heating system in the early 90's. These days, business establishments like hotels and office buildings are trying to use solar power instead of the usual fossil fuels. India, noted for its big population, also experienced similar power crisis and is thinking about the use of solar energy to get them through it.
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