As of 2021, China has an installed solar power capacity of over 300 gigawatts. China has made enormous strides in building up its solar power capacity within the past decade, growing cumulative capacity from only 4.2 gigawatts in 2012 to 306.56 gigawatts in 2021.
Cumulative installed solar power capacity in China from 2012 to 2021 (in gigawatts)
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China Energy Portal. (January 20, 2022). Cumulative installed solar power capacity in China from 2012 to 2021 (in gigawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 24, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/279504/cumulative-installed-capacity-of-solar-power-in-china/
China Energy Portal. "Cumulative installed solar power capacity in China from 2012 to 2021 (in gigawatts)." Chart. January 20, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/279504/cumulative-installed-capacity-of-solar-power-in-china/
China Energy Portal. (2022). Cumulative installed solar power capacity in China from 2012 to 2021 (in gigawatts). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/279504/cumulative-installed-capacity-of-solar-power-in-china/
China Energy Portal. "Cumulative Installed Solar Power Capacity in China from 2012 to 2021 (in Gigawatts)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/279504/cumulative-installed-capacity-of-solar-power-in-china/
China Energy Portal, Cumulative installed solar power capacity in China from 2012 to 2021 (in gigawatts) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/279504/cumulative-installed-capacity-of-solar-power-in-china/ (last visited March 24, 2023)
Cumulative installed solar power capacity in China from 2012 to 2021 (in gigawatts) [Graph], China Energy Portal, January 20, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/279504/cumulative-installed-capacity-of-solar-power-in-china/