In the first 10 months of this year, the country added 142.5 GW of new PV systems, with 13.62 GW deployed in October alone. New solar power installations hit 78.42 GW in China at the end of June. State Power Investment Corp. (SPIC) has kicked off the construction of a 1,000 MW ground-mounted solar farm in Hotan, in China's Xinjiang region.
Installations are not evenly distributed across the country, but highly concentrated within three provinces. According to IHS Markit’s latest report, Shandong, Hebei, and Henan have accounted for nearly 75% of residential installs since 2019.
A photovoltaic power station in Yinchuan, in China’s northwest Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Photo: EPA-EFE/XINHUA China’s solar sector is expected to add a total of 120GW to 140GW of capacity this year, at least 40 per cent higher than 2022, Hong Kong-based WaterRock’s Lucas Zhang says
China's NEA said the nation's cumulative installed PV capacity reached 540 GW at the end of October. In the first 10 months of this year, the country added 142.5 GW of new PV systems, with 13.62 GW deployed in October alone. New solar power installations hit 78.42 GW in China at the end of June.
China’s newly installed solar PV capacity increase by 148% year-on-year. Image: Trina Solar The National Energy Administration of China has released the national electricity industry statistics for 2023 with new solar installations reaching 216.88GW last year, representing a year-on-year increase of 148.12%.
China installed 48.31 gigawatts (GW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in the first four months of 2023, nearly tripling the 16.88GW installed during the same period last year, according to statistics published by the National Energy Administration this week.