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China: Electricity generation from wind and solar

2301.16TWh · 2025+922.4% since 2015

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

19862025

Every year

YearValue (TWh)Note
20252,301.16
20241,836.08
20231,470.02
20221,189.94
2021982.8
2020727.6
2019629.3
2018542.7
2017422.4
2016307.388
2015225.072
2014183.275
2013146.638
2012106.644
201176.71
201050.101
200927.894
200813.252
20075.593
20063.807
20052.03
20041.354
20031.061
20020.885
20010.75
20000.612
19990.491
19980.37
19970.209
19960.103
19950.623
19940.389
19930.216
19920.134
19910.011
19900.004
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 wind and solar. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-generation-wind-solar (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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