In line with the energy transition, the development of renewable energy, particularly wind and solar energy, is growing rapidly. If in 2008 the world's wind energy capacity was only 121 gigawatts (GW), by 2018 it had surged to 591 GW.

Meanwhile, solar energy capacity that was 23 GW in 2008, has surged to 505 GW in the following decade. Last year, an additional capacity of 191 GW was added, bringing the current global solar energy capacity to 1,185 GW.

With such a pace, the solar energy capacity will increase threefold or equivalent to an additional 1,500 GW, so that the cumulative amount will exceed the gas-fired power plant capacity in 2026 and the new coal-fired power plant in 2027 (IEA, 2022).

The development of renewable energy in the last two decades has indeed been dominated by solar energy, in the form of utility-scale Solar Power Plants (PLTS) in the form of power plants built on large plots of land and large-scale PLTS residential which is built on the roofs (rooftop) of buildings, buildings and houses so that it is known as "PLTS roof".

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