China Solar Power Generation Laboratory

What is the installed capacity of PV power generation in China?

By the end of 2017, China's new grid connected installed capacity of PV power generation was 53.06 GW and the cumulative installed capacity reached 130.25 GW , which is 68.7% more than the data of the year of 2016 . The cumulative installed capacity of China accounts for 33.77% of the global PV installed capacity.

Should Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia focus on centralized PV power plants?

Specifically, for Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Gansu, and Tibet with huge PV power potential and sparse populations, it is most appropriate to prioritize the construction of large-scale centralized PV power plants to fully exploit the solar energy of the region, while the southeastern provinces should focus on developing distributed PV.

Does Xinjiang have solar power?

Xinjiang accounts for 18.06% of the national potential owing to plentiful solar resources and wide land areas. The yearly PV power potential in China decreased by 1.69 kWh·m −2 ·decade −1 from 1961 to 2016.

Can centralized large-scale PV power plants be developed in China?

For example, the China renewable energy industry development report 2018 , which assessed the potential of centralized large-scale PV power plants, found only 5% of the area of one land use type, Gobi, to be developed. However, the suitability of other geographical and resource environment conditions was not considered.

How much solar power can China generate a year?

The average yearly potential for solar power generation in China from 1961 to 2016, assessed with global horizontal radiation data from the PSO-XGBoost model, reached 285.00 kWh·m −2.

Is China a leader in solar power?

With its total installed capacity of solar PV surpassing that of the United States in 2013 and Germany in 2015 ( 15, 16 ), China has maintained its leading global position in terms of not only the deployment of solar power but also the manufacture of PV modules.