According to data released by the National Energy Administration, the cumulative total installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation in China in 2020 was 253GW, a year-on-year increase of 23.8%. As photovoltaics gradually enter the era of parity and 14-five-year plan, the installed capacity will show a more rapid growth trend.
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.
With its total installed capacity of solar PV surpassing that of the United States in 2013 and Germany in 2015 (15, 16), China has maintained its leading global position in terms of not only the deployment of solar power but also the manufacture of PV modules.
In this case, the cost advantage of solar PV could be further amplified. The decline in costs for solar power and storage systems offers opportunity for solar-plus-storage systems to serve as a cost-competitive source for the future energy system in China.
With addition of 48.2 GW in 2020, China’s installed capacity of solar PV rose to 253.4 GW (12), far ahead of a target of 105 GW set for 2020 in the 13th 5-y plan (17). The large-scale installation of solar power both globally and in China has promoted improvements in PV conversion efficiencies and reductions in generation costs.
As photovoltaics gradually enter the era of parity and 14-five-year plan, the installed capacity will show a more rapid growth trend. According to the incomplete statistics of CPIA, 16 enterprises in China's photovoltaic industry completed 18 financing projects in 2019, with a corresponding financing scale of 36.27 billion yuan.
Solar power in China
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Photovoltaic research in China began in 1958 with the development of China''s first piece of monocrystalline silicon. Research continued with the development of solar cells for space satellites in 1968. The Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences led this research for a year, stopping after batteries failed to operate. Other research institutions continued the developm…
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Solar energy in China
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China''s installed capacity of photovoltaic power tops 300m kW
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