Wind and solar now account for 37% of the total power capacity in the country, an 8% increase from 2022, and widely expected to surpass coal capacity, which is 39% of the total right now, in 2024. Cumulative annual utility-scale solar & wind power capacity in China, in gigawatts (GW)
By the end of June, the country's total solar capacity reached approximately 710 GW, up 51.6% year on year. Total power generation capacity hit roughly 3.07 TW, up 14.1% from last year. Total installed wind power capacity also expanded to around 470 GW, marking a 19.9% increase.
The NEA said that China installed 102.48 GW of new solar capacity in the first half of 2024. By the end of June, the country's total solar capacity reached approximately 710 GW, up 51.6% year on year. Total power generation capacity hit roughly 3.07 TW, up 14.1% from last year.
China can now make more solar power than the rest of the world. Data released by China’s National Agency last week revealed that the country’s solar electric power generation capacity grew by a staggering 55.2 percent in 2023. The numbers highlight over 216 gigawatts (GW) of solar power China built during the year.
As of 2022, China has an installed solar power capacity of over 390 gigawatts. China has made enormous strides in building up its solar power capacity within the past decade, growing cumulative capacity from only 4.2 gigawatts in 2012 to 392.6 gigawatts in 2022. Get notified via email when this statistic is updated.
Between March 2023 and March 2024, China installed more solar than it had in the previous three years combined, and more than the rest of the world combined for 2023. Solar capacity first surpassed wind in 2022, and the gap has grown significantly larger, thanks to the massive expansion of distributed solar.
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