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China: Share of electricity generation from wind and solar

21.90percent · 2025+464.4% since 2015

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

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202521.904
202418.315
202315.634
202213.521
202111.568
20209.394
20198.423
20187.608
20176.428
20165.037
20153.881
20143.17
20132.705
20122.142
20111.631
20101.194
20090.751
20080.379
20070.17
20060.133
20050.081
20040.061
20030.056
20020.054
20010.051
20000.045
19990.04
19980.032
19970.018
19960.01
19950.062
19940.042
19930.027
19920.018
19910.002
19900.001
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 wind and solar. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-share-wind-solar (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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