Most of China's solar power is generated within its western provinces. These regions transfer the generated solar power to other parts of the country. In 2011, China owned the largest solar power plant in the world at the time, the Huanghe Hydropower Golmud Solar Park, which had a photovoltaic capacity of 200 MW.
PV still has significant potential for further development in China, particularly in regions abundant in solar energy resources like northwest China (Lin et al.,2022). Driven by the continued decarbonization of energy structure, the growth of PV installations is expected to keep a rapid pace in the future (Ovaitt et al.,2022).
As of the end of 2020, China's total installed photovoltaic capacity was 253 GW. This accounts for one-third of the world's total installed photovoltaic capacity (760.4 GW). Most of China's solar power is generated within its western provinces and is transferred to other regions of the country.
In 2011, China owned the largest solar power plant in the world at the time, the Huanghe Hydropower Golmud Solar Park, which had a photovoltaic capacity of 200 MW. Most of China's solar power is generated within its western provinces and is transferred to other regions of the country.
The installed solar PV capacity in China increasing from 130.25 GW in 2017 to 392.61 GW in 2022 (IRENA, 2023). Moreover, at the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit, China further announced that the total installed capacity of wind and solar power will reach over 1200 GW by 2030 (The United Nations et al., 2020).
In the first nine months of 2017, China saw 52.8 GW of solar energy installed for the entire year. This makes 2017 the year with the largest addition of solar energy capacity in China.
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