Solar water heating is also extensively implemented with a total installed capacity of 290 gwth at the end of 2014 representing about 70 of world s total installed solar thermal capacity.
China solar power installed.
In 2017 china was the first country to pass 100 gw of cumulative installed pv capacity and by the end of 2018 it had 174.
Of the 6 412 twh electricity produced in china in 2017 118 2 twh was generated by solar power equivalent to 1 84 of total electricity production.
This year liu expects installations to total no more than 35 gigawatts a drop of more than 30.
China is the world s largest market for both photovoltaics and solar thermal energy since 2013 china has been the world s leading installer of solar photovoltaics pv.
Newly installed solar power capacity china 2013 2018 cumulative installed solar power capacity china 2018 by region north america s solar pv capacity by country 2015 2021.
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