China has at least 80% of the global market share in solar manufacturing capacity, making Chinese exports an important dataset for tracking the clean energy transition. In the first half of 2023, exports of solar panels from China grew by 34%, with 114 GW shipped worldwide, compared to 85 GW in the same period last year.
Beijing invested more than US$50 billion in new solar supply capacity from 2011 to 2022, according to the International Energy Agency. PHOTO: AFP BEIJING – Strong state support and huge private investment have made China’s solar industry a global powerhouse, but it faces new headwinds, from punitive tariffs abroad to a brutal price war at home.
Exports of solar modules from China to the rest of the world have increased 34% year-on-year, growing from 85 GW in the first half of 2022 to 114 GW in the same period this year, which is almost as much as the total exported over the whole of 2021.
Beijing invested more than US$50 billion in new solar supply capacity from 2011 to 2022, according to the International Energy Agency. The industry has also benefited from access to cheap raw materials, readily available capital from state-owned banks and huge engineering manpower.
China unleashed the full might of its solar energy industry last year. It installed more solar panels than the United States has in its history. It cut the wholesale price of panels it sells by nearly half. And its exports of fully assembled solar panels climbed 38 percent while its exports of key components almost doubled.
China produces most of the materials and components for the world’s solar panels, in addition to the panels themselves. Chinatopix, via Associated Press Something similar is happening in the automotive sector. Annual car sales in China are around 25 million, more than any other country but barely half the country’s ability to make vehicles.
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