China Outstrips Germany in Solar Capacity After Record Additions
- Country added 15.1 gigawatts of solar capacity last year
- Solar power capacity has surged almost 13-fold since 2011
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China, the world’s largest consumer of energy, surpassed Germany as the country with the most installed solar capacity after record additions last year.
The nation added 15.1 gigawatts of new solar last year, bringing the total to 43.2 gigawatts, the National Energy Administration said Friday on its website. That’s equal to more than a quarter of global additions and a third of the nation’s solar-panel production, the NEA said.