China Solar Energy Installed Capacity

By early 2020 the leading country for solar power was china with 208 gw accounting for one third of global installed solar capacity.

China solar energy installed capacity.

In 2015 china surpassed germany to become the world s largest producer of photovoltaic power and in 2017 became the first country to surpass 100 gw of installed 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. 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. 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.

Large scale solar parks make up around 130 5 gw of china s pv capacity. United states 1954 1996 the united states where modern solar pv was invented led installed. The country the biggest clean energy investor in the world is looking to dramatically increase the proportion of renewable energy in its power mix. Hydroelectricity is currently china s largest renewable energy source and the second overall after coal.

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 hydropower generated 1 126 twh of power accounting for roughly 20 of china s total electricity generation. 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. 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.

China s installed hydro capacity in 2015 was 319 gw up from 172 gw in 2009 including 23 gw of pumped storage hydroelectricity capacity. In 2015 china became the world s largest producer of photovoltaic power narrowly surpassing germany. China already has more solar capacity than any other country in the world and is home to several massive solar farms including the world s largest in the tengger desert. 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.