China Solar Energy Installed Capacity

The country the biggest clean energy investor in the world is looking to dramatically increase the proportion of renewable energy in its power mix.

China solar energy installed capacity.

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. The relatively modest new additions took china s cumulative installed capacity to 185 5 gw according to the nea figures. 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. In 2015 hydropower generated 1 126 twh of power accounting for roughly 20 of china s total electricity generation.

Hydroelectricity is currently china s largest renewable energy source and the second overall after coal. China s installed hydro capacity in 2015 was 319 gw up from 172 gw in 2009 including 23 gw of pumped storage hydroelectricity 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. 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. By early 2020 the leading country for solar power was china with 208 gw accounting for one third of global installed solar capacity. Last year 53 gigawatts of solar capacity were installed in china. 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.

United states 1954 1996 the united states where modern solar pv was invented led installed. 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 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. This year liu expects installations to total no more than 35 gigawatts a drop of more than 30.