In 2020, China installed the largest share of the world’s new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity, at 35 percent of the total capacity. This was a smaller share than it had in 2018, when despite reduced feed-in-tariff (FIT) payments and certain policy changes, China was able to surpass its national solar capacity target for 2020.
In comparison, the United States installed 14 percent of the world’s 116 gigawatts of capacity additions. The United States added 19.2 gigawatt in that year.
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