China built out record amount of wind and solar
China raced ahead building renewable energy last year, installing
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Solar saw the biggest leap, with a record-breaking 45.2% increase (+277 GW), achieving 887 GW overall. Wind power also saw solid growth, climbing 18% (+80 GW) to almost 521 GW. In 2020, President Xi Jinping set a goal of at least 1,200 GW of solar and wind capacity by 2030.
China saw monumental solar and wind growth in 2024, according to data released today by its National Energy Administration (NEA). China's installed capacity shot up by 14.6% last year, now surpassing 3,348 gigawatts (GW). Solar saw the biggest leap, with a record-breaking 45.2% increase (+277 GW), achieving 887 GW overall.
Looking ahead, if all proposed utility scale solar and wind projects come online as intended, China could easily reach 1,200 GW of installed wind and solar capacity by the end of 2024, six years ahead of the pledge made by President Xi Jinping and one year earlier than GEM's forecast last year.
The February 2025 release of the Global Solar Power Tracker and the Global Wind Power Tracker shows at least 240 GW of utility-scale solar and wind became operational in 2024. 3 This is a lower figure than the International Energy Agency's earlier forecast (378 GW), as it does not include projects for which the start year is unknown.
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China raced ahead building renewable energy last year, installing more wind and solar power than ever before and continuing to leave all other countries in the dust.
In 2020, President Xi Jinping set a goal of at least 1,200 GW of solar and wind capacity by 2030. China met that target last year – nearly six years ahead of schedule – according to NEA...
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