If the energy crisis was the wake-up call to accelerate the renewable energy-based transition and foster EU energy security, the solar sector has heard it loud and clear. In 2023, we not only installed more new power generation capacity than all other technologies in the EU combined; solar has shown outstanding performance – the third year in a row – at annual growth rates of at least 40%. Grid connecting around 56 GW of solar in 2023, the sector has delivered what the International Energy Agency (IEA) was asking for a year ago to avoid any energy supply short falls this winter.