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)
Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg (Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg) (Bloomberg) -- China connected one of the world’s largest ever solar projects in an effort to curb coal consumption and reign in emissions.
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.
Considering that the environmental impacts of PV may last throughout the entire operational lifespan of PV projects (ranging from 20 to 30 years), the methodologies described in this study can be used to continuously monitor the greenness around PV panels in China over the forthcoming two decades.
Correction: My story initially stated that the solar farm is on 200,000 acres. The original Chinese source says the area is 200,000 mu, a Chinese unit representing 1/15 hectares, so the total area is about 33,000 acres. The story also stated that the solar farm is 5 GW. It has been corrected to 3.5 GW.
All told, 2023 saw unprecedented wind and solar growth in China. The unabated wave of construction guarantees that China will continue leading in wind and solar installation in the near future, far ahead of the rest of the world.
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China added almost twice as much utility-scale solar and wind power capacity in 2023 than in any other year. By the first quarter of 2024, China''s total utility-scale solar and wind capacity reached 758 GW, though …
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China building ''world''s largest'' solar farm near Mongolia
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