China Further Expands Solar, Wind Capacity in 2024 1Q Carbon...

China Further Expands Solar, Wind Capacity in 2024 1Q

Carbon Brief reported the following in its Monday media summary.

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"Energy news outlet BJX News reports that China’s total installed generating capacity reached approximately 2,990 gigawatts (GW) at the end of March this year, 14.5% more than a year earlier, with the installed capacity of solar power and wind power reaching 660GW and 460GW, respectively, according to the National Energy Administration (NEA).

"Bloomberg reports that China added 46GW of solar capacity in the first quarter of 2024, marking an increase of more than a third on the same period in 2023 but slower growth than between 2022 and 2023."

bellcurve: of the figures reported above for China, about 37% of total installed generating capacity is either solar or wind.