China’s Growth in Large-Scale Solar Exceeded Rooftops Last Year
Solar panels on the rooftop of a house in Shaanxi province.
Source: Bloomberg
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China installed more solar panels in power plants than on rooftops last year for the first time since 2020 as President Xi Jinping’s push to build large-scale renewable facilities in inland deserts boosted growth.
The country added 120 gigawatts of utility-scale solar projects, exceeding the 96.3 gigawatts of new distributed capacity, which are mainly on the rooftops of homes and office buildings, according to a National Energy Administration statement on Wednesday.