Dive Summary:

• According to data supplied by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association, the solar photovoltaic industry has passed 100 gigawatts (GW) of cumulative installations worldwide.
• This figure includes more than 30 GW of installations in 2012; historically, PV installation numbers have been dominated by Europe but the U.S. and China are starting to catch up.
• In 2008, wind industry reached the 100-GW global capacity mark, which, at the time, was considered a significant milestone for the most "mature of the renewables."

From the article:

Other regions are emerging as well. According to a report from GTM Research, the Middle East and North Africa could install 3 gigawatts annually by 2015.

Even with these modest geographic shifts, the rest of the world has a lot of work to do before it rivals Germany and the rest of Europe. ...