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China: Electricity generation from solar

1173.24TWh · 2025+2871.7% since 2015

Electricity generated from solar in the year. Annual figures for China from 1985 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (TWh)Note
20251,173.24
2024839.04
2023584.15
2022427.27
2021327
2020261.1
2019224
2018176.9
2017117.8
201666.528
201539.481
201423.512
20138.374
20123.595
20112.61
20100.701
20090.279
20080.152
20070.114
20060.095
20050.084
20040.076
20030.064
20020.048
20010.031
20000.022
19990.017
19980.014
19970.011
19960.009
19950.007
19940.005
19930.004
19920.003
19910.002
19900.002
19890
19880
19870
19860
19850

Source

Published by Ember, produced by Ember. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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Ember (2026). Electricity generation from solar. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-generation-solar (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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