China's installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity more than doubled last year, turning the country into the world's biggest producer of solar energy by capacity, the National Energy Administration (NEA) of China said on Saturday.
Installed PV capacity rose to 77.42 gigawatts at the end of 2016, with the addition of 34.54 gigawatts over the course of the year, data from the energy agency showed.
Shandong, Xinjiang, Henan were among the provinces that saw the most capacity increase, while Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai and Inner Mongolia had the greatest overall capacity at the end of last year, according to the data.
China will add more than 110 gigawatts of capacity in the 2016-2020 period, according to the NEA's solar power development plan.
Solar plants generated 66.2 billion kilowatt-hours of power last year, accounting for 1 percent of China's total power generation, the NEA said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-solar-idUSKBN15J0G7
It's interesting to note that even with this incredible growth the country still is only on pace to maintain or slight improve upon that 1 percent of total power generation since China's power consumption is expected to continue to rise. Here is a list of the countries with the highest electrical power consumption - Note China's relatively low per Captia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electricity_consumption
China's Solar Power Capacity More Than Doubles in 2016
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