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China: Share of electricity generation from solar

11.17percent · 2025+1539.9% since 2015

Electricity generated from solar as a share of total generation. Annual figures for China from 1985 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202511.168
20248.369
20236.213
20224.855
20213.849
20203.371
20192.998
20182.48
20171.793
20161.09
20150.681
20140.407
20130.154
20120.072
20110.056
20100.017
20090.008
20080.004
20070.003
20060.003
20050.003
20040.003
20030.003
20020.003
20010.002
20000.002
19990.001
19980.001
19970.001
19960.001
19950.001
19940.001
19930
19920
19910
19900
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). Share of electricity generation from solar. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-share-solar (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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