China’s Solar Power Generation Overtakes Wind for First Time

China’s solar power generation overtook wind for the first time last year as a boom in cheap panels continues to reshape the country’s grid and climate trajectory.

The nation produced 1.17 million gigawatt-hours of electricity from solar power in 2025, up 40% on a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said in its annual report published Saturday. That edged out wind generation, which rose 13% to 1.13 million gigawatt-hours.