China Solar Energy Installed Capacity

Last year 53 gigawatts of solar capacity were installed in china.

China solar energy installed capacity.

That amounted to 38 3 percent of china s total installed power capacity up 1 7 percentage points on the year and around 7 percentage points higher than at the end of 2015. China is expected to grow its cumulative installed capacity from 175 gw in 2018 to a staggering 448 gw by the end of 2023 an increase of 273 gw or more than 150. Of the 6 412 twh electricity produced in china in 2017 118 2 twh was generated by solar power equivalent to 1 84 of total electricity production. This year liu expects installations to total no more than 35 gigawatts a drop of more than 30.

Large scale solar parks make up around 130 5 gw of china s pv capacity. By the end of 2016 cumulative photovoltaic capacity increased by more than 75 gigawatt gw and reached at least 303 gw sufficient to supply approximately 1 8 percent of the world s total electricity consumption. In 2017 china was the first country to pass 100 gw of cumulative installed pv capacity and by the end of 2018 it had 174. The relatively modest new additions took china s cumulative installed capacity to 185 5 gw according to the nea figures.

In 2015 china became the world s largest producer of photovoltaic power narrowly surpassing germany. Due to differences in statistical standards confirmation of moment of grid connection and other reasons there are certain discrepancies in data on total and newly installed generation capacity 4. China is the world s largest market for both photovoltaics and solar thermal energy since 2013 china has been the world s leading installer of solar photovoltaics pv. In 2015 china surpassed germany s installed base of solar power capacity and claimed the position as the largest solar market by both new installations and cumulative capacity.

China is the world s leading country in electricity production from renewable energy sources with over double the generation of the second ranking country the united states by the end of 2018 the country had a total capacity of 728 gw of renewable power mainly from hydroelectric and wind power china s renewable energy sector is growing faster than its fossil fuels and nuclear power capacity.