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<p>China added 30.11 GW of new solar capacity in 2019. Large-scale projects made up 17.91 GW and 12.2 GW of installations was through distributed projects, according to the official statistics released by China’s National Energy Administration (NEA).</p>
<p>According to the latest statistics, installations declined by  31.9% year-over-year (YoY), compared to 2018, which saw <a href="https://mercomindia.com/china-installs-44-gw-solar-capacity-cy-2018/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">44.26 GW</a> of solar installations.</p>
<p>From January to September 2019, the country <a href="https://mercomindia.com/china-solar-installation-dip-9m-2019/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">added</a> 16 GW of solar capacity, a decrease of 45% YoY from the 44 GW of capacity added in the same period in 2018, as reported previously by Mercom.</p>
<p>Cumulative solar installations stood at 174 GW at the end of 2019.</p>
<p>According to the NEA, the newly installed capacity in North China was 8.58 GW, while South China’s new installed capacity was 4.72 GW.</p>
<p><a href="https://mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/China-Solar-PV-Installations-MW-2010-2019.png"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18231" src="https://mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/China-Solar-PV-Installations-MW-2010-2019.png" alt="China Solar PV Installations (MW), 2010 - 2019" width="481" height="311" srcset="https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/China-Solar-PV-Installations-MW-2010-2019.png 481w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/China-Solar-PV-Installations-MW-2010-2019-300x194.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px" /></a></p>
<p>In 2019, the country’s photovoltaic power generation reached 224.3 million MWh, an increase of 26.3% year-on-year. The photovoltaic utilization hours were 1,169 hours, showing an increase of 54 hours.</p>
<p><a href="https://mercomindia.com/aceca-china-likely-install-23-31-gw-solar-2020/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">In January 2020</a>, a report by Asia Europe Clean Energy (Solar) Advisory Co. Ltd (AECEA), pointed out that 2020 may not be much different from 2019, with grid parity being the priority followed by utility-scale, distributed PV and residential PV projects. The AECEA report further noted that the other area of growth would be the ‘solar storage charging,’ which can be used to charge electric vehicles, and has been put into use in various provinces during 2019. The EV market is growing at a rapid rate, and the estimated electricity consumption by EVs, which was approximately 5 TWh in 2019, would increase to 32 TWh by 2025.</p>
<p>Currently, the Chinese solar industry and its economy are reeling due to the outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus. The pandemic has claimed thousands of lives, and its impact on the country’s solar industry and its exports are yet to be gauged fully.</p>
<p>Amid the increasing doubt on the supply chains due to the spread of the deadly virus in China, the Indian <a href="https://finmin.nic.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ministry of Finance</a> has issued a <a href="https://mercomindia.com/coronavirus-covered-under-force-majeure-clause-ministry-of-finance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">clarification</a> that Coronavirus will be covered in the force majeure clause and would be considered as a case of natural calamity.</p>
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<p>Image credit: USGS/NASA Landsat / Public domain</p>
<div class="saboxplugin-wrap" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope itemprop="author"><div class="saboxplugin-tab"><div class="saboxplugin-gravatar"></div><div class="saboxplugin-authorname"><a href="https://cms.mercomindia.com/author/anjana/" class="vcard author" rel="author"><span class="fn">Anjana Parikh</span></a></div><div class="saboxplugin-desc"><div itemprop="description"><p><img class="alignleft" src="https://mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Anjana2.png" width="112" height="121" />Anjana is a news editor at Mercom India. Before joining Mercom, she held roles of senior editor, district correspondent, and sub-editor for The Times of India, Biospectrum and The Sunday Guardian. Before that, she worked at the Deccan Herald and the Asianlite as chief sub-editor and news editor. She has also contributed to The Quint, Hindustan Times, The New Indian Express, Reader’s Digest (UK edition), IndiaSe (Singapore-based magazine) and Asiaville. Anjana holds a Master’s degree in Geography from North Bengal University, and a diploma in mass communication and journalism from Guru Ghasidas University, Bhopal.</p>
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